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HP GK Questions with Answers & Quiz

  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. Which wildlife sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh is known for its population of the Himalayan Monal and is a haven for birdwatchers?

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    Answer: Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary.

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

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    Rs. 1,76,968

  4. Which Pass connects Parbati valley on the Kullu side with the Pin valley on the Spiti side?

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    Pin Parbati Pass

    Description: The Pin Parbati Pass is a mountain pass in Himachal Pradesh at 5,319 meters. Pin Parbati Pass connects the fertile and lush Parbati valley on the Kullu side with the Pin valley on the Spiti side.

  5. Sex-sorted Semen Facility is coming up at which place?

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    Lamlahari

    Description: The Himachal Pradesh Government is setting up a Sex-Sorted Semen Facility Centre at a cost of Rs. 47.50 crore. For establishing this centre, 90 per cent grant will be given by the Central government and the state government will be providing the remaining 10 per cent money. In Sex-Sorted Semen Facility centre, such injections will be prepared for indigenous cow breeds that will produce only female calves. 740 kanals of land have been selected for the establishing Sex-Sorted Semen Facility Centre in Lamlahdi of Kutlehar Assembly constituency in Una district.

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