Education Quiz
Q. Which Mountain range separate Kinnaur and Spiti from Tibet?
Zaskar Range
Description: The Zaskar Range separates Kinnaur and Spiti from Tibet. It has peaks up to 7,026 m high. Some of the well-known peaks are Shilla (7,026 m) and Riwo Phargyul (6,791 m); these are among the highest peaks in this range. There are many glaciers over the Zaskar and the Great Himalayan ranges.
Q. Which pass in Himachal Pradesh is known as the “Gateway to Lahaul” and connects Kullu Valley to Lahaul and Spiti Valley?
Ans: Rohtang Pass
Q. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan was member of which boundary commission?
Radcliffe Commission
Description: Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan was Indian National Congress nominee on the Radcliffe Commission that defined the boundaries of India and Pakistan.
Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan was born on 23 December 1889 in Nagrota, Kangra district – 1967. He was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Prior to that he was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during the reign of Maharaja Hari Singh and played a key role in the accession of J&K to India.
Q. Which State becomes the first state to implement Emergency Response Support System?
Himachal Pradesh
Description: Himachal Pradesh emerged as the first state in the country to implement Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) when Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in presence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched the ERSS for the state from Mandi. ERSS was implemented in State on 28 November 2018.
Under this system, all emergency numbers, including 100 for police, 101 for fire, 102 for ambulance and disaster response have been integrated into countrywide one number i.e 112.
Q. Who is Abhijit Banerjee?
Abhijit Banerjee is economist and Noble Prize Winner 2019
Description: Indian-Amarican Abhijit Banerjee along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
