- Answer: 55673 Sq. k.m.
- 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
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