More Questions on Himachal Pradesh
- Q. Where in Himachal Pradesh is rock salt industry located?
A)Mandi
B)Solan
C)Kullu
D)Hamirpur
Answer: Mandi
- Q. Who was been awarded the highest peace time gallantry award ‘Ashok Chakra’, posthumously?
A)Sudhir Kumar Walia
B)Somnath Sharma
C)Charanjit Singh
D)Captain Vikram Batra
Answer: Sudhir Kumar Walia
- Q. Where is mobile soil testing lab set up in Himachal Pradesh in 2010-11?
A)Barmana
B)Palampur
C)Rajban
D)Kaniara
Answer: Palampur
- Q. Larji Hydroelectric Project (126 MW) is located in
A)Shimla
B)Kullu
C)Kangra
D)Mandi
Answer: Kullu
- Q. Dal lake is located at
A)Bilaspur
B)Dharamshala (Kangra)
C)Mandi
D)Shimla
Answer: Dharamshala (Kangra)
- Q. Sirmaur, Nalagarh and Nahan are covered with which type of forests?
A)Himalayan Temperate forests
B)Thorny forests
C)Dry Deciduous forests
D)None of the above
Answer: Dry Deciduous forests
- Q. In which year Sher Shah Suri captured the Kangra fort?
A)1530 AD
B)1520 AD
C)1525 AD
D)1540 AD
Answer: 1540 AD
- Q. Which of the following lakes is also known as Pong Dam lake?
A)Khajjiar lake
B)Maharana Pratap Sagar
C)Gobind Sagar
D)Parashar lake
Answer: Maharana Pratap Sagar
- Q. What percentage of the total population of Himachal Pradesh follows Sikhism?
A)1.25%
B)0.12%
C)1.21%
D)1.94%
Answer: 1.21%
- Q. From where the bilingual newspaper Uncha Himalaya published in Himachal Pradesh?
A)Dalhousie
B)Kangra
C)Shimla
D)Jogindernagar
Answer: Shimla
- Q. What is the duration of Panchayat?
A)4 years
B)6 years
C)5 years
D)3 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. The ‘Country life’ that describes life in Palampur is written by
A)Norah Richards
B)J. C. frank
C)T. S. Negi
D)Nicholas Roerich
Answer: Norah Richards
- Q. Consider the following statements 1. The expansion of Shiwalik range in Himachal Pradesh is found in districts of Hamirpur, Kangra and Una. 2. The Shiwalik range acts as a water divide between river Sutlej and Chenab. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)Only 1
C)Only 2
D)None of these
Answer: Only 1
- Q. Arrange the following peaks in descending order of their height? 1. Shilla 2. Manerang 3. Reo Purgyil 4. Shipki
A)1, 3, 4, 2
B)1, 4, 3, 2
C)1, 3, 2, 4
D)1, 2, 3, 4
Answer: 1, 3, 4, 2
- Q. Thoda is a
A)tribal community
B)folk dance
C)folk song
D)traditional dress
Answer: folk dance
- Q. Which treaty signaled the departure of the Gorkhas and arrival of the British on the political canvas of Shimla hill states?
A)Treaty of Sugauli
B)Treaty of Kangra
C)Treaty of Jwalamukhi
D)Treaty of Shimla
Answer: Treaty of Sugauli
- Q. Lavi fair is held at
A)Solan
B)Mandi
C)Shimla (Rampur Bushahr)
D)Kullu
Answer: Shimla (Rampur Bushahr)
- Q. Which place in Himachal Pradesh has one of the oldest golf course in the country?
A)Solan
B)Bharmour
C)Naldehra
D)Annadale
Answer: Naldehra
- Q. In which district of Himachal Pradesh Renuka lake is located?
A)Sirmaur
B)Chamba
C)Lahaul-Spiti
D)Shimla
Answer: Sirmaur
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Soils of Kangra are poor in phosphorus. 2. Calcium carbonate is less in Sirmaur, Solan and Nahan.
A)Both 1 and 2
B)Only 1
C)Only 2
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
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