Q. Which State starts Mukhya Mantri 1 Bigha Scheme?
Himachal Pradesh.
Description: Himachal Pradesh Government launched an innovative and ambitious scheme Mukhya Mantri 1 Bigha Scheme. The scheme envisages strengthening of rural economy by linking Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) under which a woman or her family who owns a land up to one bigha (or 0.4 hectare) can raise a backyard kitchen garden by growing vegetables and fruits.
Q. In Which year Chamba Massacre took place?
3 August 1998
Description: The 1998 Chamba Massacre was happened in 1998, in which thirty-five Hindus was gunned down by Islamic terrorists in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.
The Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists massacred 35 Hindus, mostly labourers, and injured 11. Chamba district share border with Doda in Jammu.
The massacre took place in two separate incidents at Kalaban and Satrundi. Twenty-six people were killed and eight injured in the Kalaban area under Police Station Tissa of Chamba District. In another incident five people were killed and three injured in village Satrindi, District Chamba.
Police came to know of the incident only in the morning. The police personnel at the Mansa outpost were unaware of the incident although the terrorists fired several rounds at the victims. The authorities were initially aware of only the killings at Kalaban. It was late in the afternoon that reports of the terrorist strike at Satrundi were received. This was the first such incident in Himachal Pradesh.
Q. In which district of Himachal Pradesh is the famous Baijnath Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, located?
Answer: Kangra.
Q. Marriage by inter-familial exchange in Himachal Pradesh is known as?
Bata-Sata
Q. Rohru is located on the bank of which river?
Pabbar
Description: Pabbar river originate from Chandranahan lake. Lake is located on the south-eastern slopes of the main Himalayas which lies to the north west of Rohru in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. Chandranahan lake is a revered lake for the inhabitants of the valley.