Revision Series | Himachal GK | Geography of Himachal Part-3 | 66

ANSWER – D

• Dhauladhar branches off from Great Himalayan Range near Badrinath.
• Dhauladhar is intercepted by river Satluj at Rampur Bushahr, by Beas at Larji and by Ravi in the South west of Chamba.

ANSWER – D

• Pir Panjal, the largest of the Lesser Himalayan Range, bifurcates from the Great Himalayan Range near that bank of river Satluj which forms the water parting between the river Chenab on one side and river Beas and Ravi on the other.
• Pir Panjal bends towards Dhauladhar range near the source of river Ravi

ANSWER – C

Pejore and shikri are the main tributaries of Pabbar. Pabbar in turn is tributary of Tons river. Tons is tributary of river Yamuna.

ANSWER – A

• Chung Shakhago pass lies at the head of Baspa river.
• Kamru and Sangla are two populous villages on the right bank of Baspa river.

ANSWER – A

• At Zanskar and the Great Himalaya crossing, the Sutlej receives the spiti river from the north-west.
• In Kinnaur, it is joined by Baspa river which rises from the southern Baspa Hills.
• Just below Rampur Bashahr, it is joined by Nogli stream.

ANSWER – B

Saruel sar is found in Kullu district. Kunt bhayog, Kalasar and Sukhsar are found on the top of Rewalsar town.

ANSWER – C

According to 1991 census report, ‘Old Himachal’ accounts for 48.4% of the area while 51.6% acoounts for the ‘New Himachal’.

ANSWER – A

• Shimla district contains areas from ‘old’ Himachal except the capital town of Shimla itself, which properly belongs to ‘new’ Himachal state,
• The Solan district which has been excluded from both the categories is an excellent example which now contains two tehsils, i.e. Solan and Arki from ‘old’ Himachal and three tehsils, i.e. Kasauli, Nalagarh and Kandaghat from the ‘new’.

ANSWER – C

• Chamba and Sirmour princely states were merged into Himachal Pradesh without alteration of their boundaries.
• Mandi and Suket states were clubbed together to form the Mandi district.
• Mahasu district was created after merging 26 princely states, Thakurais and their tributaries.

ANSWER – B

‘Old’ Himachal: Districts of Chamba, Kinnaur, Bilaspur, Mandi, Sirmaur and Shimla.

‘New’ Himachal: Districts of Kangra, Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, Hamirpur and Una.