What is the most appropriate reason for the broken nature of the Eastern Ghats?

Correct answer: Many peninsular rivers cut across them

The governing concept is the contrast between the continuous Western Ghats and the discontinuous Eastern Ghats. The Eastern Ghats are older, lower, and more eroded, and major peninsular rivers such as the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri cut across them on their way to the Bay of Bengal. River erosion and long geological denudation have therefore produced separated hill blocks rather than one continuous wall. Option A gives the most appropriate school-level explanation. Snow cover cannot explain their structure, because they are not permanently snow-covered high mountains. They are not submerged beneath the sea, and the Thar Desert is located in northwestern India, far from the Eastern Ghats.