Facts about Himachal Pradesh: Part 1

Prashar Lake; Mandi

1. The total geographical area of Himachal Pradesh is?

• Answer:  55673 Sq. k.m.

2. What is the meaning of Himachal?

• Answer: Abode of Snow

3. In which year Himachal Pradesh was constituted?  

• Answer: -15 April, 1948. 

4. In 1948 how many princely states were merged with Himachal Pradesh?

•  Answer: 30 Princely states 

5. First Five Year Plan (1951-56) total outlays for Himachal Pradesh was

•  Answer: -5.64 crores 

6. The first Govemor General who visited Shimla in 1827 and stayed with Major Kennedy was

• Answer: "Lord Amherst"

7. Who said, "I think the beauty of Shimla is very questionable, it is such a sea of hill tops and the snowy mountains are so far off and the dryness makes all look wintry. This place is very much like a watering place, I get so tired at the sameness of the roads"?

•  Answer: Lady Canning  

8. Which Viceroy is credited with the opinion that the government of the country would be benefitted by a habitual residence the hills (Shimla) during summer. He believed that they will do more work in one day at Shimla than five down in Calcutta.

•  Answer: Sir John Lawrence 

9. Which Viceroy described the Peterhoff building as "a sort of pigstye" and a most unsuitable residence for Viceroy? 

• Answer: Lord Lytton

10. Altitude variation in Himachal Pradesh is 

• Answer: 350 to 7000 mts. 

11. What is the maximum altitude of Shivalik Hills? 

• Answer: 1000 Mts. 

12. In which year Punjab Hills were merged with Himachal? 

• Answer: (1st November) 1966 

13. In which year Himachal Pradesh achieved full Statehood? 

• Answer: (25th January) 1971. 

14. Which is the rainiest place in Himachal? 

• Answer: Dharamshala 

15. Which is the Eastern most river of Himachal Pradesh?

• Answer: Yamuna