HP GK Questions with Answers & Quiz
Q. What is estimated per capita income of Himachal?
Rs. 1,76,968
Description: As per Economic Survey 2019, per capita income of Himachal Pradesh is estimated Rs. 1,76,968. While, the Growth rate of the Pradesh for the current financial year, 2018-19 has been estimated at 7.3%.
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. Chandra and Bhagha river meet at which place to form the Chenab river?
Tandi
Q. In which district is the famous Bhakra Dam, one of the highest gravity dams in the world, located?
Answer: Bilaspur.
