ANSWER – C
Punjab State touches the highest 5 districts of H.P. i.e. Solan, Bilaspur, Una, Kangra and Chamba.
Kangra and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh touch the borders of maximum 6 districts whereas Chamba and Sirmaur touch the boundaries of minimum 2 districts.
ANSWER – C
Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) studied the data of the past 140 years on snow and rainfall in the Himalayan region to arrive at this conclusion.
The average snowfall in the Himalayas has decreased by 15 to 20 per cent.
The scientists attribute the rise in the winter temperature partly to global warming and partly to a surge in the traffic and pollution in the high- altitude Manali Rohtang-Lahaul-Leh-Ladakh region during the summer season.
The carbon deposits emitted by heavy traffic leadto a rise in temperature and reducing the winter span..
ANSWER – B
Dry cold temperate – Trans-Himalayas
ANSWER – A
The total area of Himachal Pradesh is 55,673 square kilometres which is divided into twelve administrative districts.
Out of this total area 32,271 square kms. (58.0%) is measured area according to the revenue records of the Pradesh.
Area wise, ‘Hamirpur‘ is the smallest district of the Pradesh which covers an area of 1,118 sq. kms. (2.01%) and Lahaul-Spiti’ covers the largest area of 13.835 sq.kms. (24.85%)
ANSWER – A
ANSWER – D
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