HIMACHAL GK QUESTIONS FOR HPPSC-HPSSSB-HPU VARIOUS POSTS : PART 11

HIMACHAL GK QUESTIONS

IMPORTANT HIMACHAL GK QUESTIONS :

TOP 50 QUESTIONS HIMACHAL PRADESH GK :

Q.1 District kinnaur was carved out of mahasu district in the year?

A : 1960

Q.2 The most beautiful valley of Kinnaur distt. is ?

A : Sangla valley

Q.3 The 40 year war between  Aryan king Divodas and Shambar resulted in the defeat of?

A :Shamber

Q.4 Where is Nine-Hole Golf course located In H.P?

A : Naldehra (Shimla)

Q.5 . Where does the confluence of Chandra and Bhaga streams takes place?

A : Tandi -(lahaul)

Q.6 The military cantonment Bakloh is situated at?

A : Chamba

Q7 Sach and Chhabia passes are located in which distt. ?

A :  Chamba

Q.8 From which animal is the valuable Pashmina wool  is obtained?

A :Goat

Q.9 Who said about Spiti that “ This is not the place for men”?

A : Rudyard Kipling

Q.10 Kullu town is situated on the bank of which river?  

A : River Beas

Q.11 . At which place in Mandi distt. had the department of Ayurveda set up a Herbal Garden?

A : Jogindernagar

Q.12 . Which river enters Jammu & Kashmir at Sansari-Nala after passing through Himachal Pradesh?

A : Chenab

Q.13 On which Mountain Range is the Shilla Peak located?

 A : Zanskar Range

Q.14 Which pass joins the inner and outer Seraj?

A :  Jalori Pass

Q.15 Which zone of Himachal Pradesh is known as Alpine zone?

A : Greater Himalayas 

Q.16 Tattapani famous for hot water spring is in the distt. ?

A:  Mandi

Q.17 Wich is the highest peak of Dhauladhar range in mandi distt.?

A : Nagru (4400m)

Q.18 What is the average Rainfall in Himachal Pradesh?

A :1600 mm

Q.19 Waziri rupi is a part of ?

A :  Kullu distt.

Q.20 The total area of Himchal Pradesh at the time of formation was?

A : 27018 Sq.km

Q.21 Which is the driest area of Himachal Pradesh ?

A : Spiti

Q.22 At which place does the River Beas  enter the plains of Punjab?

A : Mirthal

Q.23 Tanu jubbal lake is located in which distt.?

A :Shimla

Q.24 Who commanded the Gorkha Army which attacked kangra in 1804 A.D. ? 

A : Amar Singh Thapa

Q.25 . Who was the chairman of joint meeting of Shimla hill states rulers and Praja Mandal representatives held in January 1948 at Solan?

 A : Durga singh

Q.26 Who was the king of Chamba when Jahangir visited  in 1621 A.D.?

A : Balbhadra

Q.27 Which governor general was first to stay at Shimla?

A : Lord Amherst (1827 A.D)

Q.28 In which year was the Himalayan hill states regional council formed?

A :  1946 A.D

Q.29 . Which Himachal princely state refused to side with the British during the war of independence 1857?

A :  Bushahar

Q.30  In which Himachal princely state did the people demanded abolition of “Beggar” leading to police firing on agitators?

 A : Dhami Tragedy - 16 JULY 1939 

Q.31 . In which temple were 300 sanskrit books  translated on Feroz-Shah-Tughlaq’s orders preserved? 

A : Jawalamukhi 

Q.32 Who was the first Nazim / Governor of Kangra Hills appointed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh after he defeated the Gurkhas?

           A : Sardar Desa Singh Majithia

 

Q.33 Which distt. of Himachal Pradesh has lowest population?

A :  Lahaul Spiti

Q.34 What is the height of Kandraur Bridge?

A : 80m (265 ft)

Q.35 Who wrote the book “Himalayan Circuit”?

A : G.D. Khosla

Q.36 Nicholas Roerich (Maharishi) painted nearly 7000 canvases in the Himalayas. To which country did he belong?

A : Russia

Q.37 Who conceived the idea of Nalwari Fair of Bilaspur in 1889 A.D.?

A : W.Goldstein

Q.38 Who inaugurated the Shimla-Kalka Rail Track on November 9, 1903 A.D.?

A : Lord Curzon

Q.39 On which river Baglihar Hydro-Electric Project (450 MW) proposed to be built ?

A : Chenab

Q.40 What is the approximate height of Chander Tal Lake situated in Lahaul-Spiti ?

A : 4270 m

Q.41 Who was the Lt. Governor of Himachal Pradesh between 1955 to 1963?

A : Bajrang Bahadur Singh

Q.42 When did Dr. Y.S. Parmar become the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for the first time?

A : 24 March 1952

Q.43 To which category do the Pathyar and Kanhiyara inscriptions of Kangra District of H.P. Containing epigraphical records, belong?

A : Rock Inscriptions

Q.44 Which of Mughal ruler conferred Chhatrapati upon Raja Kehri Singh ?

A :  Aurangzeb

Q.45 Which Term is used in upper Kinnaur region for narration to dead ?

A : Lama Phowa

Q.46 Who was deputy Speaker of HP Vidhan Sabha in 1952?

A :  Krishan Chander

Q.47 Where is the office of Chief Information Commissioner of HP at Shimla ?

A : Armsdale Building

Q.48 Which Raja of Sirmour shifted capital from Rajban to Kalsi ?

A : Udit Prakash

Q.49 Which Stream/River fed by Chander Nahan Glacier?

A : Pabbar

Q.50 With which name Khampas are called in Chamba distt.?

A :  Neondi Khampas