Himachal GK 2 Q-1 Q-2 Q-3 Q-4 Q-5 At which place Tons river meet with Yamuna river ?

(a) Kalsi (b) Naitwar (c) Menus Yamuna merge with Ganga at -------------? (a) Hyderabad (b) Allahabad (c) Tajewala Where is the origin of Satluj river ? (a) Rakas Lake (b) Govind Sagar (c) Dal Lake (d) Lama Lake At which place Satluj enter in Himachal ? (a) Dehradun (b) Har-Ki-Dun (c) Shipki (d) None of these What is Vedic name of Satluj ? (a) Satudri (b) Vipasha (c) Parushni (d) Tuni (d) None

(d) None

Himachal GK 1 Q-1 Who is author of book Kullu Desh ki kahani? (a) Rayor Singh (b) L. C. Parathi (c) Gharib Khan (d) None Q-2 Who is author of book country life? (a) Norah Richard (b) R. K. Kaushal (c) R. Parthi (d) None Q-3 Who is author of book Himalayan Border land? (a) Ram Rahul (b) Raja Chander (c) Raja Sen (d) None Q-4 Churdhar Sanctuary in located in -----------(a) Sirmour- Shimla (b) Kullu (c) Kangra (d) None Q-5 How many Engineering college are there in H.P.? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) None Q-6 How many private engineering colleges are there in H.P.? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 9 Q-7 How many Panchayat are there in Lahul-Spiti? (a) 41 (b) 43 (c) 48 (d) 50 Q-8 Palampur is sub division of. . (a) Hamirpur (b) Kangra (c) Una (d) Hamirpur Q-9 Dehra is sub division of. . (a) Kangra (b) Una (c) Hamirpur (d) None Q-10 Badsar is sub division of. (a) Una (b) Hamirpur (c) Kangra (d) None Q-11 Kalpa is Tehsil of .

(a) Kinnur (b) Una (c) Chamba (d) None Q-12 Puh in Tehsil of (a) Kangra (b) Kinnur (c) Chamba (d) None Q-13 Badoh is Tehsil of.. (a) Una (b) Shimla (c) Kangra (d) None Q-14 How many sub-Tehsil of Hamirpur. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) None Q-15 How many sub- Tehsil of Kangra? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 9 Q-16 How many sub-Tehsil of Chamba ? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 9 Q-17 There aresub division in Una . (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8 Q-18 There areTehsil in Una. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 2 Q-19 PWD comes under. (a) Chief minister (b) Chief Engineer (c) CJ (d) None Q-20 Where is headquarter of excise department in H.P.? (a) Shimla (b) Mandi (c) Una (d) None Q-21 Kasauli Tehsil comes under-------- district? (a) Solan (b) Una (c) Kangra (d) None Q-22 How many sub-Tehsil in Kullu? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) None Q-23 In which year battle of Bilaspur & handur fought? (a) 700 AD (b) 600 AD (c) 900 AD (d) None Q-24 Battle of Bhagini fought in.. (a) 1686 (b) 1896 (c) 1996 (d) None Q-25 Which of the following school is opened by John Laurence? (a) Bishop cotton school (b) DPS (c) St. solider (d) None

ANSWERS:1 (b) L. C. Parathi

2 (a) Norah Richard 3 (a) Ram Rahul 4 (a) Sirmour- Shimla 5 (b) 2 6 (b) 1 7 (a) 41 8 (b) Kangra 9 (a) Kangra 10 (b) Hamirpur 11 (a) Kinnur 12 (b) Kinnur 13 (c) Kangra 14 (b) 1 15 (b) 5 16 (b) 3 17 (b) 2 18 (b) 3 19 (b) Chief Engineer 20 (a) Shimla 21 (a) Solan 22 (b) 2 23 (b) 600 AD 24 (a) 1686 25 (a) Bishop Cotton School

General Knowledge of Himachal Pradesh 2013(Himachal GK2011)

HIMACHAL PRADESH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2011 MINISTRIES DETAIL OF HIMACHAL PRADESH:-

The Chief.Minister of Himachal Pradesh State is Shri Virbhadra Singh The Irrigation & Public Health Minister of Himachal Pradesh Smt. Vidya Stokes The Governor ( ) of Himachal Pradesh is Smt. Urmila Singh. The Speaker of Vidhan Sabha is Shri Brij Behari Lal Butail . The Dupty Speaker of Vidhan Sabha is Sh. Rikhi Ram Kundel. The Health & Family Welfare Minister is Shri Kaul Singh Thakur The Education Minister is Shri Virbhadra Singh The Industary Labour &Sainik Welfare Minister is Shri Mukesh Agnihotri The Technical Education and Horticulture Minister is Smt. Vidya Stokes The Civil supply and consumer protection Minister is Shri G. S. Bali The Forest Minister is Shri Rajesh Dharmani .

The Social well Fare and Justice Minister is Shri Dhani Ram Shandil

Himachal Pradesh 2011 census

Total Population Males Females Decadal Growth Total Literacy Rate Male Literacy Female Literacy rate Sex Ratio (per 1000 males) Highest Literate District Lowest Literate District Biggest District (Area wise) Smallest District (Area wise) Highest Populated District Lowest Populated District - 68, 56, 509 -34, 73, 892 - 33, 82, 617 -7, 78, 609 -83.78% -90.83% - 76.60% -974 -Hamirpur (89.01%) -Chamba (73.19%) -Lahaul-Spiti -Hamirpur -Hamirpur -Lahaul-Spiti

Himachal Pradesh literacy Rate and Sex Ratio 2011

District Himachal Pradesh Sex Ratio 974 Literacy Rate 83.77

District Wise literacy District Kangra Mandi Shimla Solan Sirmour Una Chamba Hamirpur Kullu Bilaspur Kinnaur Lahaul-Spiti

Rate and Sex Ratio

Sex Ratio 1013 1012 916 884 915 977 989 1096 950 981 818 915

of HImachal Pradesh 2011:=

Literacy Rate 86.49 82.81 84.55 85.02 79.98 87.23 73.19 89.01 80.14 85.67 80.77 77.24

Highlights of Himachal Pradeshs Population Census 2011

1. Himachal Pradesh has a total population of 68, 56, 509 which is only 0.57% of Indias st population, placing the state 21 Position and recorded a growth of 12.81%. 2. The state also recorded Improved Literacy of 83.78% and Gender ratio at 974/1000. st 3. 2011 census put Himachal Pradesh 21 on the population chart Followed by Tripura on nd 22 place.

4. Lahaul-Spiti Recorded a decline in the grow rate by minus. 5. 10% while highest jump in the sex ratio was seen of 114 points against 802 in 2001, now up at 916 points. The decline in population tribal district is attributed to large scale migration.

HImachal Pradesh Objective GK

Current GK Himachal Pradesh

1. Who is Education Minister? (A) Thakur Gulab Singh (B) Dr. Rajeev Bindal (C) Kishan Kapoor (D) Ishwar Dass Dhiman
Ans : (D)

2. Who is food & civil supplier Minister? (A) J.P. Nadda (B) Ramesh Dhawala (C) Rajiv Bindel (D) none
Ans : (B)

3. Bandli sanctuary located in (A) Una

(B) Mandi (C) kullu (D) None

Ans : (B)

4. What are the total No. of Panchayat in Shimla district? (A) 330 (B) 331 (C) 333 (D) 309
Ans : (B)

5. Moti Mahal located at (A) Nahan (B) Una (C) Mandi (D) Shimla
Ans : (A)

6. How many Panchayts Samitis are there in Una district (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 4
Ans : (C)

7. The book History of Mandi State is writhen by (A) Manmohan Singh (B) A.K. Kaushal (C) A.K. Randhawa (D) none
Ans : (A)

8. Which is birth place of C.M. Prem kumar Dhumal? (A) Hamirpur (B) Samirpur (C) Mehatpur (D) None
Ans : (B)

9. How many DIETS are there in H.P.? (A) 13 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 19
Ans : (B)

10. Give the No. of universities in H.P.? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
Ans : (B)

11. Pathankot to Mandi is a NH of No.

(A) 21 (B) 20 (C) 23 (D) 24

Ans : (B)

12. Tirthan Sanctury is located (A) Shimla (B) Kullu (C) Una (D) none
Ans : (B)

13. What is overall literacy rate of H.P.? (A) 75.91% (B) 76% (C) 79% (D) None
Ans : (A)

14. What is Literacy rate of Female in H.P.? (A) 66% (B) 67.08% (C) 69% (D) None
Ans : (B)

15. Who built Gouari Shanker Temple in Chamba ? (A) Bataloo (B) Meru Verma (C) Yuzankar Verma (D) None
Ans : (C)

16. Who built Hidimba Temple in Manali? (A) RB Singh (B) RS Singh (C) R.N. Singh (D) none
Ans : (A)

17. What is height of Shimla above sec Level? (A) 2205 (B) 2206 (C) 2208 (D) None
Ans : (B)

18. How many district are in H.P.? (A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 12 (D) 19
Ans : (C)

19. Who is district head of Medical Services? (A) DMO (B) CMO (C) SMO (D) None
Ans : (A)

20. Who is district head of Police? (A) DSP (B) SSP (C) SP (D) None
Ans : (A)

21. Who is Officer Incharge of Headquarter? (A) IG (B) DIG (C) DSP (D) None
Ans : (A)

22. Shri Naina Devi Ji is a Sub-Tehsile of Which district? (A) Bilaspur (B) Una (C) Shimla (D) None
Ans : (A)

23. Battle of Haloti fought in which year? (A) 1650 AD (B) 1670 AD (C) 1690 AD (D) None
Ans : (B)

24. Who is Founder of Chamba State? (A) Veer Sen (B) Meru Varma (C) Hati Chand (D) None
Ans : (B)

25. Who is founder of Jubbel ? (A) Karan (B) Karan Chand (C) K.P. (D) None
Ans : (B)

26. Dr. Y.S. Parmar University was established in (A) 1980 (B) 1985 (C) 1987 (D) None
Ans : (B)

27. Dr. Y.S. Parmar University located in H.P. (A) Shimla (B) Nanni (C) Sundenagar (D) None
Ans : (B)

28. Where is place of Publication of Newspaper Ooncha Himalaya? (A) Una (B) Shimla (C) Delhi (D) None
Ans : (B)

29. Lahauli Language in Spoken in which area (A) Lahaul Spiti (B) Shimla (C) Una (D) None
Ans : (A)

30. Gujjar are (A) SC (B) ST (C) OBL (D) None

Ans : (B)

31. Lahaulis are (A) ST (B) SC (C) OBC (D) None

Ans : (A)

32. What is area of Una district? (A) 1550 sq. km (B) 1540 sq. km (C) 1550 (D) None
Ans : (B)

33. Which district is max. literate? (A) Hamirpur (B) Una (C) Shimla (D) None
Ans : (A)

34. What is sex ratio in H.P? (A) 870:1000 (B) 970:1000 (C) 900:1000 (D) None

Ans : (B)

35. Dal Lake is located in (A) Una (B) Kangra (C) Chamba (D) Shimla
Ans : (B)

36. Pong Dam is in (A) Kangra district (B) Una district (C) Shimla (D) None
Ans : (A)

37. What is height of Shilla Peak ? (A) 7020 m (B) 7050 m (C) 7051 m (D) None
Ans : (B)

38. Who built Maukot fort? (A) Salim (B) Salim Shah Sur (C) a & b (D) None
Ans : (B)

39. Who is the founder of Hamirpur? (A) Hamir chand (B) Raja Ram Singh (C) Deep chand (D) None
Ans : (A)

40. Who is the first C.M. of H.P.? (A) Y.S. Parmar (B) Y.S. singh (C) Y.S. Bhoot (D) N.C. Mehta
Ans : (A)

41. In area wise, which is the smallest district? (A) Una (B) Hamirpur (C) Bilaspur (D) None
Ans : (B)

42. Highest rain occur at- (A) Una (B) Dharamshala (C) Shimla

(D) None
Ans : (B)

43. Write name of the Constituency of Anil Kumar (MLA) ? (A) Mandi 61 (B) Mandi 68 (C) Mandi 19 (D) None
Ans : (B)

44. G.S. Bali belongs to which party (A) BJP (B) INC (C) BSP (D) None
Ans : (B)

45. Roop singh belong to which Party (A) BJP (B) INC (C) BSP (D) None
Ans : (A)

46. Who is Transport Minister? (A) Sri Mahender Singh (B) Shri S.K. Sharma (C) Rajeev Bindel (D) Sarveen Chaudhary
Ans : (A)

47. The book Prachin himachal is written by (A) L.C. Sharma (B) L.C. Parathi (C) Gharib Khan (D) None
Ans : (B)

48. Which is the birth place of Shanta Kumar? (A) Samirpur (B) Una (C) Gharjumla (D) None
Ans : (C)

59. Vidya Stokes belong to which district? (A) Una (B) Shimla (C) Manipur (D) None
Ans : (B)

50. How many Hospitals are there in Himachal Pradesh? (A) 79 (B) 80

(C) 81 (D) None

Ans : (A)

51. How many mountain ranges are there in Himachal Pradesh? (A) Four (B) Three (C) Two (D) One
Ans : (B)

52. In which mountain range Hamirpur and Una Districts are located? (A) Outer Himalayas (B) Inner Himalayas (C) Great Himalayas (D) None of these
Ans : (A)

53. Outer Himalayas is known as (A) Lower Himalayas (B) Shivalik (C) Manak (D) All of these
Ans : (D)

54. Where is Dashahar Lake Situated? (A) Near Mandali (Kullu) (B) Rewalsar Town (Mandi) (C) Dankhar (Sirmaur) (D) None of these
Ans : (A)

55. Which district has been declared as the Mushroom District of Himachal Pradesh? (A) Shimla (B) Solan (C) Bilaspur (D) Una
Ans : (B)

56. In which District of Himachal Pr Pradesh to produce Sugar beet? (A) Kullu (B) Sirmor (C) Kinnour (D) Kangra
Ans : (C)

57. The State Day of Himachal Pradesh is (A) 5th April (B) 15th January (C) 25 March (D) 15 May
Ans : (A)

58. The High Court of Himachal Pradesh is in (A) Una

(B) Hamirpur (C) Shimla (D) Mandi

Ans : (C)

59. How many Divisions are there in Himachal Pradesh? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 3
Ans : (D)

60. Which of the following is a tributary of Beas river (A) Chandra (B) Kunah (C) Htli (D) Baira
Ans : (B)

61. The location of Himachal Pradesh is (A) 32022 to 34012 North latitude and 750 47 to 780 04 East Longitude (B) 30022 to 33012 North latitude and 75047 to 79004 East Longitude (C) 31022 to 300 12 North longitude and 75047 to 79004 east longitude (D) None of these
Ans : (B)

62. The area of Himachal Pradesh is (A) 55673 sq km (B) 55574 sq km (C) 55373 sq km (D) 55272 sq km
Ans : (A)

63. Which of the following district is Renuka lake situated? (A) Mandi (B) Una (C) Sirmour (D) Shimla
Ans : (C)

64. In which district Mani Mahesh Lake situated? (A) Kangra (B) Una (C) Chamba (D) Palampur
Ans : (C)

65. The river Satluj arise from which of the following Lake (A) Bradonsar Lake (B) Kamru Nag Lake (C) Mani Mahesh Lake (D) Man Sarover Lake
Ans : (D)

66. In which district a Budha monastry was established?

(A) Kangra (B) Lahaul Siti (C) Una (D) Shimla

Ans : (B)

67. The Idol of Raghu Nath was brought to Kulu frm Ayodhya in (A) 1651 A.D. (B) 1751 A.D. (C) 1851 A.D. (D) 1951 A.D.
Ans : (A)

68. Mandi Town was established by (A) Raja Suraj Sen (B) Raja Ajmer Sen (C) ranja Ber Sen (D) None of these
Ans : (B)

69. When was Mandi town established? (A) 1512 (B) 1517 (C) 1527 (D) 1530
Ans : (C)

70. Where was Ras Bihari Bos Stayed in 1913 A.D. (A) Kullu (B) Kangra (C) Lahaul Spiti (D) Palampur
Ans : (C)

71. The greatest Ruler Raja Rattan Chan ruled over (A) Kahloor (B) Bilaspur (C) Kullu (D) None of these
Ans : (A)

72. In which district the highest pass of Himachal Pradesh is located? (A) Kangra (B) Kullu (C) Shimla (D) Lahaul Spiti
Ans : (D)

73. Banganga is tributary of which of the following rivers? (A) Beas (B) Yamuna (C) Ganga (D) None of these
Ans : (A)

74. National Institute of Technology is in (A) Shimla (B) Chamba (C) Hamirpur (D) Kullu
Ans : (C)

75. The height of District Shimla is (A) 2205 (B) 2305 (C) 2405 (D) 2505
Ans : (A)

76. Which is the largest city of Himachal Pradesh ? (A) Shimla (B) Hamirpur (C) Kullu (D) Chama
Ans : (A)

77. Find out the following Place is called Mini Lahasa (A) Solan (B) Kinnaur (C) Sirmor (D) Dharamshala
Ans : (D)

78. The longest river of Himachal Pradesh is (A) Jehlem (B) Beas (C) Chenab (D) Satluj
Ans : (D)

79. The main religion of People of Lahul Spiti? (A) Hinduism (B) Christian (C) Budhism (D) None of these
Ans : (C)

80. Who is the Public works Minister of the State? (A) Thakur Himmat Singh (B) Thakur Gulab Singh (C) J.P. Nadda (D) Kishan Kapoor
Ans : (B)

81. Who is the chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh? (A) Kurian Joseph (B) Narende Bragta (C) Rajeev Bindal (D) None of these
Ans : (A)

82. When was the first General Election held in Himachal Pradesh (A) 1953 (B) 1954 (C) 1952 (D) 1951
Ans : (C)

83. The old name of Ravi is (A) Ravati (B) Ramani (C) Kalindi (D) Iravati
Ans : (D)

84. Which of the following districts is the biggest in area wise? (A) Shimla (B) Una (C) Lahaul Spiti (D) Palampur
Ans : (C)

85. On which river Bhakra Dam Project is located? (A) Satluj (B) Ganga (C) Ravi (D) Beas
Ans : (A)

86. Which was the first Capital of Nurpur State? (A) Niyajpur (B) Trigarta (C) Pathan Kot (D) Shahpur
Ans : (C)

87. When was the battle of Bhagini fought? (A) 1586 A.D. (B) 1686 A.D. (C) 1786 A.D. (D) 1886 A.D.
Ans : (B)

88. The battle of Bhangini was fought between (A) Guru Gobind Singh & Sansar Chand (B) Siks & Chande Bhan (C) Ishwar Sen & Siks (D) Guru Gobind Singh & Raja Bhi Chand of Bilaspur
Ans : (D)

89. When was Gandhi Ji visited Shimla? (A) 1916 (B) 1917 (C) 1918 (D) 1921

Ans : (D)

90. Gandhi ji Visited Shimla and he stayed at (A) Peterhaff (B) Chauki (C) Shanti Kutir (D) None of these
Ans : (C)

91. Who was the Great General of Ranjit Singh King? (A) Hari Singh Nalwa (B) Gorkhas (C) Bhagat Singh (D) None of these
Ans : (A)

92. The book Country Life written by (A) M. Pallis (B) U.S. Kumar (C) Nora Richard (D) None
Ans : (C)

93. H.P. Area and Languages written by (A) Shanta Kumar (B) Dr. Y. S. Parmar (C) Hari Ram Jasta (D) None of these
Ans : (B)

94. Who is Deputy-Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Assembly? (A) Sh.Kuldeep Kumar (B) Sh. Dev Raj Negi (C) Rikhi Ram Kaundal (D) Vijay Kumar Joshi
Ans : (C)

95. Which is the State Bird of Himachal Pradesh? (A) Sparrow (B) Monal (C) Peacock (D) None of these
Ans : (B)

96. On which river a bridge was constructed in 1894? (A) Satluj (B) Ravi (C) Beas (D) Chenow
Ans : (B)

97. Which was the ancient name of Kanga? (A) Trigarta (B) Nagar (C) Triartan

(D) None of these

Ans : (A)

98. The Capital of Trigarta was (A) Nagoori (B) Nagar (C) Nagarcot (D) Narvani
Ans : (B)

99. When was Dharam Chand ascended the Kangra Throne (A) 1516 (B) 1518 (C) 1524 (D) 1528
Ans : (D)

100. Hamirpur town was established by (A) Alam (B) Hamir chand (C) Bhim Chand (D) Sansar Chand
Ans : (B)

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