HP GK Questions with Answers & Quiz
Q. Hamta Pass is located in which district?
Kullu
Description: Hamta Pass lies at an altitude of 4270 m (14039 ft) on the Pir Panjal range in the Himalayas. It is a small corridor between Lahaul’s Chandra Valley and Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Hamta pass is frequently used by shepherds of the lower Himalayan region, seeking high altitude grasslands in the summer, when the dry cold desert of Lahaul is barren.
Q. What is the Himachal per capita income in 2018-19?
Rs. 1,76,968
Q. When Himachal Pradesh was given Statehood?
On 25 January, 1971
Description: Formerly a union territory, Himachal Pradesh became a state of India on January 25, 1971
Q. When Hamirpur and Una districts were created by trifurcation of Kangra districts?
1st September 1972
Description: On 1st September 1972 two more districts viz Hamirpur and Una were created by trifurcation of Kangra districts. On the same day, Mahasu and Shimla districts were recognised as Shimla and Solan districts.
Since, 1st September 1972 onwards, there had been no change in the administrative structure of HP. Presently, there are 12 districts, 52 Sub-divisions, 75 tehsils and 34 Sub-tehsils in Himachal Pradesh.
Q. What is area-wise rank of HP in India?
17th
Description: Prior to India’s independence from the British, Himachal comprised the hilly regions of Punjab Province of British India. After independence, many of the hilly territories were organized as the Chief Commissioner’s province of Himachal Pradesh which later became a union territory. In 1966, hilly areas of neighbouring Punjab state were merged into Himachal and it was ultimately granted full statehood in 1971.
