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  1. On which river bank Alexander erected huge altars as a mark of his invasion of India?

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    Answer – Beas

    Description: Alexander, after gaining control of the former Achaemenid satrapy of Gandhara, including the city of Taxila, Alexander advanced into Punjab, where he engaged in battle against the regional king Porus, whom Alexander defeated in the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC.

    Thereafter, Alexander’s marched east put him in confrontation with the Nanda Empire of Magadha and the Gangaridai of Bengal. As per documents, the Nanda army was supposedly five times larger than the Macedonian army.

    Alexander’s army was exhausted, homesick, and anxious by the prospects of having to further face large Indian armies throughout the Indo-Gangetic Plain, mutinied at the Hyphasis (modern Beas River) and refused to march further east. Alexander, after a meeting with his officer, Coenus, and after hearing about the lament of his soldiers, eventually relented, being convinced that it was better to return. Alexander, then erected huge altars as a mark of his invasion of India. With the time those altars faded and completely demolished.

  2. Indrahar Pass connects Kangra with which district?

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    Chamba

    Indrahar Pass connects Kangra with Chamba district. Quick facts about Indrahar Pass:

    1. Indrahar pass forms the border between Kangra and Chamba districts.
    2. Indrahar Pass is a mountain pass in the Dhauladhar range
    3. Indrahar Pass is at an altitude of 4,342 meters (14,245 feet)
    4. Indrahar Pass is near the tourist town of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh
    5. Indrahar Pass part of a very popular trekking route from Dharamshala.
    6. It attracts thousands of tourists from across the world during the trekking season between April – October every year.
  3. Which is the state flower of Himachal Pradesh?

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    Pink Rhododendron

  4. What is the Himachal per capita income in 2018-19?

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    Rs. 1,76,968

  5. What is the name of Himachal’s first Biodiversity Park?

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    Bhulah Biodiversity Park

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