100 Himachal Pradesh GK Questions and Answers 2017

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Himachal Pradesh GK 2017

100+ Himachal Pradesh GK Questions & Answers

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1. What is the capital of Himachal Pradesh? 
Answer: Shimla.

2. What is the Area of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 55,673 KM Square

3. Total Population of Himachal Pradesh State?
Answer: 6,864,602.

4. Total Population of Villagers in HP?
Answer: 6,176,050

5. What is the Sex Ratio of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 972

6. Number of Villages in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 20,690. 


Himachal is divided into 3 mountain categories. The height of the Himachal Pradesh from sea level is 350-7026 Meter. The Divided 3 Mountain categories are:

  • Lower Mountain Categories.
  • Medium Mountain Categories.
  • Highest Mountain Categories.
We will talk about Himachal Pradesh Mountains later in our another article, but for now, Read some General knowledge questions about Himachal Pradesh below.

7. Who is the Present Governer of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Acharya Devvrat

8. Who is the present Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Shri Virbhadra Singh

9. Who is the First Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer:  Dr. Yashvant Singh Parmar

10. Name the first Governer of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Shri. S. Chakrabarti

11. First Lady Governer of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Shrimati Sheela Kaul

12. Who won the first Paramvir Chakra in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Major Somnath Sharma

13.  When was First Loksabha Election held in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 1951.

14. Where was the first railway line started in HP?
Answer: Kalka to Shimla.

15. Where is the oldest fort in H.P.?
Answer: Kangra.

16. Oldest News Paper of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Kshatriya Tej.

17. Name the largest Area wise District of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Lahaul - Spiti.

18. Largest river of the Himachal Pradesh State?
Answer: Chinaav.

19. Longest River of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Satluj.

20. The Highest situated lake in the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Surajtal.

21. Which is the highest mountain peak of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: L Sheela(7026 Meter)

22. Which is the largest Airport in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Gagal (Kangra)

23. Name the district which has the largest number of Roads?
Answer: Kangra

24. Which is the largest Apple producing district of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Shimla.

25. Which is the highest District headquarter in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Kelong (Lahaul-Spiti)

26. Which District have largest numbers of Panchayat in it?
Answer: Kangra.

27. Name the Asia's Highest Dam in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Bhakhra Bandh.

28. Highest Village in the Himachal Pradesh State?
Answer: Kibbar.

29. Highest cricket ground of the world?
Answer: Chayal.

30. Tick the Smallest district of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Hamirpur (1118 KM Square)

31. The district with the lowest population?
Answer: Lahaul-Spiti

32. Which is the smallest river of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Yamuna.

33. Name the smallest artificial lake of H.P.?
Answer: Pandoh.

34. How many rivers are in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 5.

35. Parashar Lake is situated in Which District of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Mandi.

36. The height of the Kamrunag lake from the sea level?
Answer: 3150.

37. Manimahesh Lake is in which District of H.P.?
Answer: Chamba

38. Which is the largest artificial lake of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: GobindSagar Lake.

39. How many Airports are in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 3.

40. The great Himalayan Park is situated in which District of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Kullu.

41. Shikari Devi Park is situated in which district of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Mandi.

42. The history of Mandi State is written by which Writer?
Answer: Manmohan Singh.

43. The book Tarikh-e-Riyasat was written by?
Answer: Ranjor Singh.

44. "Dharti Hai Bali dan Ki" Book is written by which writer?
Answer: Shanta Kumar.

45. What is also known as Choti Kashi of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Mandi.

46. Dharamshala is also known as?
Answer: Mini Lhasa.

47.The place which is known as Shiva Place?
Answer: Bharmour.

48. The district which is known as Valley of Gods?
Answer: Kullu.

49. The lake which is known as "Lake of the Moon"?
Answer: Chandra Tal.

50. Which is known as the Apple State of India?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh.

51. Manimahesh Temple is situated in which District of H.P.?
Answer: Bharmour.

52. "Masroor Ekasham Mandir" is situated in which District of H.P.?
Answer: Nagrota Suriyan (Kangra).

53. Jwalaji Temple is located in which district of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Kangra.

54. Shikari Devie Temple is located in which city?
Answer: Sundar Nagar (Mandi).

55. Where is Tara Devi temple located?
Answer: Shimla.

56. Arjun Gufa is located in which district?
Answer: Kullu.

57. Baba Balak Nath temple is located in Which District?
Answer: Hamirpur.

58. Chintpurani Temple is situated in which District?
Answer: Chintpurani (Una District).

59. The temple Baba Bhadbhag Singh temple is located in which District?
Answer: Medi (Una).

60. Tabo Math is in which district of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Kaja (Lahaul-Spiti)

61. Triloki Nath Temple is in which District of H.P.?
Answer: Udaipur. (Lahaul-Spiti).

62. Nalbadi Mela is held in which District?
Answer: Bilaspur.

63. Minjar Mela is held in which District?
Answer: Chamba.

64. Which is the famous National Level Fair held in Mandi District?
Answer: Shivratri Mela.

65. Manimahesh Yatra is Held in Which Month of the Year?
Answer: August.


66. In which District the Dussehra is Famous?
Answer: Kullu.


67. Baba Bad Bhag Singh Mela is held in which District of H.P.?
Answer: Una.


68. Where is Vyas Gufa Situated in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Bilaspur


69. Bhuri Singh Museum is Located in which District?
Answer: Chamba.



70. Sainik School in Himachal Pradesh is situated in which District?
Answer: Sujanpur Tihra.

71. War Memorial is in which city?
Answer: Dharamshala.

72. Sant John's Church is in the city?
Answer: Dharamshala.

73. Shobha Singh Art Gallery is in which City?
Answer: Palampur.

74. Who is the founder of Dalhousie?
Answer: Lord. Dalhousie.

75. Who is he founder of Kangra Town?
Answer: Susharma Chand.

76. Name the founder of the Hamirpur Town?
Answer: HamirChand.

77. What is the old name of Baijnath?
Answer: Kir Gram.

78. The old name of Bilaspur City?
Answer: Vyaspur.

79. What is old name of Kullu?
Answer: Kulut.

80. Kangra Fort is made by which of the following?
Answer: Susharma Chand.

81. Where is SheeshMehal situated in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Nahan.

82. First Radio station of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 91.9 Big FM, Shimla

83. The first person from Himachal Pradesh to climb Mount Everest?
Answer: Sunil Sharma.

84. When the Pahari day is celebrated in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 1 November.

85. How many times Dr. Yashvant Singh Parmar is Selected as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: 4 Times.

86. Himachal Pradesh University Shimla is Established in which year?
Answer: 1971.

87. Which District is located in the south of the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Sirmour

88. Most rainy place in the Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Dharamshala.

89. What is the height of Kailash Mountain Peak in Chamba?
Answer: 5,660 Meter

90. Khir Ganga is famous for What?
Answer: Trekking and Hot water.

91. Which place is known as the land of grapes?
Answer: Ribba Kinnaur.

92. Halda Festival is famous in which District of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Chandra - Bhaga Ghati.

93. Major Somnath Sharma belongs to which District?
Answer: Chamunda (Kangra)

94. Name the birthplace of the Chief Minister Virbhdra Singh?
Answer: Sarahan (Shimla)

95. National Institute of Fashion Technology is in which district?
Answer: Kangra (Cheb)

96. Himachal Pradesh Technical university is found in which year?
Answer: 2011.

97. Shoolini University is found in which district of H.p.?
Answer: 2009.

98. Sri Sai University is located in which city of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Palampur.

99. United Service Club is established in which year?
Answer: 1844.

100. When was H.R.T.C department established?
Answer: 2 October 1974.



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