General Knowledge

Below are the names and contact details of current council of Ministers of HP :   Name Designation Additional Charge Phone (Office) (STD Code - 0177) Phone (Residence) (STD Code - 0177) E-mail Shri Virbhadra Singh Chief Minister All other Departments, which are not...

  Vehicle Registration Codes of Himachal (Location vise) HP-01 & HP-02 Shimla - Urban and Tourist buses & taxis HP-03 Shimla - Urban HP-04 Dharamsala HP-05 Mandi HP-06 Rampur HP-07 Shimla HP-08 Chaupal HP-09 Theog HP-10 Rohru HP-11 Arki HP-12 Nalagarh HP-13 Kandaghat HP-14 Solan HP-15 Parwanoo HP-16 Rajgarh HP-17 Paonta Sahib HP-18 Nahan HP-19 Amb HP-20 Una HP-21 Barsar, Distt. Hamirpur HP-22 Hamirpur HP-23 Ghumarwin HP-24 Bilaspur HP-25 Reckong Peo HP-26 Nichar (Bhaba Nagar) HP-27 Poo HP-28 Sarkaghat HP-29 Jogindernagar HP-30 Karsog HP-31 Sundernagar HP-32 Gohar, Distt. Mandi HP-33 Mandi HP-34 Kullu HP-35 Anni, Distt. Kullu HP-36 Dehra HP-37 Palampur HP-38 Nurpur HP-39 Dharamshala HP-40 Kangra HP-41 Kaza HP-42 Keylong HP-43 Udaipur/Lahaul & Spiti HP-44 Churah HP-45 Pangi HP-46 Bharmour HP-47 Dalhousie HP-48 Chamba HP-49 Banjar/Kullu HP-50 Shimla (auto-rikshaws) HP-51 & HP-52 Shimla (rural) HP-53 Baijnath HP-54 Jawali HP-55 Nadaun/Hamirpur HP-56 Jaisinghpur HP-57 Chowari(Bhattiyat)/Chamba HP-58 Manali HP-59 Solan HP-60 Hamirpur HP-61 Kullu HP-62...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is almost wholly mountainous with altitudes ranging from 350meters to 6,975 meters above the mean sea level. It is located between Latitude 30O 22’ 40’’ N to 33O 12’ 20’’ N...

Connectivity Air Connectivity There are three airports in the Himachal Pradesh. The Shimla Airport is well connected with both Chandigarh and Delhi by air. The distance about 12 kms from the airport to Shimla...

Q 1. The main religion of People of Lahul Spiti? (A) Hinduism (B) Christian (C) Buddhism (D) None of these Q 2. Who is the chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh? (A) Kurian Joseph (B) Mansoor Ahmad Mir (C) Rajeev Bindal (D) None of...

Himachal Pradesh has rich flora and fauna, and there are several national park and wildlife sanctuaries in Himachal. These Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves and National Parks provide a very good opportunity to the visitor...

Mandi: Temples Location Special Feature Shikari Devi Temple Janjehli (Saraj) Devoted to Goddess Shikari Devi Parashar Temple Prashar(Mandi) Built by Raja Ban Sen Mahoonag temple Karsog – Bhootnath Temple Mandi Built by Raja Ajbar Sen.Devoted to Ardhanarishwara Madho Rai Temple Mandi – Tarna Devi Temple Tarna Hills Built by Raja Shyam Sen   Chamba:   Temples Location Special Feature Chhatrari Temple/Shakti Devi...

Q 1. Where is ‘Dashahar Lake’ Situated? (A) Near Mandali (Kullu) (B) Rewalsar Town (Mandi) (C) Dankhar (Sirmaur) (D) None of these Q 2. Which district has been declared as the Mushroom District of Himachal Pradesh? (A) Shimla (B)...

First in HP: First Governor S.S Chakravarti First Chief Minister Dr. Y.S Parmar First Chief Commissioner Sh. N.C Mehta First Deputy Chief Commissioner Sh. E.Pendral Moon First Lt. Governor Major General Himmat Singh First Woman Governor Sheela Kaul First Chief Justice Mirza Hamidullah Beg First Woman Chief Justice Leela Seth First...

Resources rich Himachal Pradesh has great potential for hydroelectric projects, Himachal Pradesh has only harnessed 10351 MW capacity of total approximate of 27436 MW. Below is the list of all Hydel projects having capacity...