Himachal Pradesh GK MCQ – Lahaul-Spiti District

1. Which is the headquarters of Lahaul subdivision?

A) Kaza
B) Keylong
C) Tabo
D) Udaipur
Answer: B) Keylong

2. Which subdivision is known as the administrative center of Spiti?

A) Losar
B) Kaza
C) Dhankar
D) Rangrik
Answer: B) Kaza

3. Lahaul-Spiti shares international border with:

A) China only
B) Pakistan only
C) China and Pakistan
D) Nepal
Answer: A) China only

4. Which pass connects Spiti with Lahaul?

A) Rohtang
B) Baralacha La
C) Kunzum La
D) Sach Pass
Answer: C) Kunzum La

5. Which pass connects Lahaul with Ladakh?

A) Rohtang Pass
B) Baralacha La
C) Jalori Pass
D) Shipki La
Answer: B) Baralacha La

6. Chandra river originates from:

A) Suraj Tal
B) Chandra Tal
C) Kunzum range
D) Bara Shigri glacier
Answer: D) Bara Shigri glacier

7. Bhaga river originates from:

A) Chandra Tal
B) Suraj Tal
C) Rohtang
D) Pin Valley
Answer: B) Suraj Tal

8. Chandra and Bhaga meet at:

A) Keylong
B) Tandi
C) Udaipur
D) Sissu
Answer: B) Tandi

9. After meeting, Chandra-Bhaga becomes:

A) Ravi
B) Sutlej
C) Chenab
D) Beas
Answer: C) Chenab

10. Chandratal Lake is situated near:

A) Kaza
B) Kunzum Pass
C) Keylong
D) Tandi
Answer: B) Kunzum Pass

11. Chandratal is famous for its shape like:

A) Square
B) Crescent moon
C) Triangle
D) Circle
Answer: B) Crescent moon

12. The famous mummy monastery of Himachal is at:

A) Tabo
B) Gue
C) Ki
D) Kardang
Answer: B) Gue

13. Gue village is famous for:

A) Hot springs
B) Natural mummy
C) Fossils
D) Monastery paintings
Answer: B) Natural mummy

14. Which monastery is located on a hilltop near Kaza?

A) Tabo
B) Ki Monastery
C) Kardang
D) Shashur
Answer: B) Key Monastery

15. Which monastery is one of the oldest in Himalayas?

A) Dhankar
B) Tabo
C) Kardang
D) Kungri
Answer: B) Tabo

16. Tabo Monastery is known as:

A) White Temple
B) Ajanta of Himalayas
C) Black Monastery
D) Red Gompa
Answer: B) Ajanta of Himalayas

17. Which national park lies in Spiti?

A) Great Himalayan National Park
B) Pin Valley National Park
C) Simbalbara
D) Renuka Sanctuary
Answer: B) Pin Valley National Park

18. Pin Valley is famous for:

A) Musk deer
B) Snow leopard
C) Lion
D) Elephant
Answer: B) Snow leopard

19. Largest glacier in Himachal Pradesh:

A) Bara Shigri
B) Bhadal
C) Parbati
D) Gangotri
Answer: A) Bara Shigri

20. Bara Shigri glacier lies in:

A) Kinnaur
B) Lahaul
C) Chamba
D) Shimla
Answer: B) Lahaul

21. Which crop is famous in Lahaul valley?

A) Rice
B) Tea
C) Potato
D) Cotton
Answer: C) Potato

22. Which medicinal crop is widely grown in Lahaul?

A) Saffron
B) Peas
C) Hops
D) Cardamom
Answer: C) Hops

23. Hops cultivation in Himachal is mainly in:

A) Kangra
B) Lahaul
C) Solan
D) Una
Answer: B) Lahaul

24. Which tunnel gives all-weather access to Lahaul?

A) Rohtang Tunnel
B) Atal Tunnel
C) Kunzum Tunnel
D) Jalori Tunnel
Answer: B) Atal Tunnel

25. Atal Tunnel connects Manali to:

A) Kaza
B) Keylong side
C) Tabo
D) Udaipur
Answer: B) Keylong side

26. Administrative language commonly used in Spiti monasteries:

A) Sanskrit
B) Bhoti
C) Urdu
D) Punjabi
Answer: B) Bhoti

27. Which fair is important in Lahaul-Spiti?

A) Minjar
B) Halda
C) Lavi
D) Sair
Answer: B) Halda

28. Halda festival resembles:

A) Diwali
B) Holi
C) Dussehra
D) Baisakhi
Answer: A) Diwali

29. Main religion in Spiti valley:

A) Hinduism
B) Sikhism
C) Buddhism
D) Jainism
Answer: C) Buddhism

30. Kardang Monastery is in:

A) Spiti
B) Lahaul
C) Kinnaur
D) Chamba
Answer: B) Lahaul

31. Shashur Monastery is near:

A) Keylong
B) Kaza
C) Tabo
D) Losar
Answer: A) Keylong

32. Udaipur in Lahaul is famous for:

A) Hidimba temple
B) Trilokinath temple
C) Naina Devi
D) Baijnath
Answer: B) Trilokinath Temple

33. Trilokinath temple is sacred to both:

A) Hindus and Sikhs
B) Hindus and Buddhists
C) Buddhists and Jains
D) Hindus and Muslims
Answer: B) Hindus and Buddhists

34. Which river flows through Spiti valley?

A) Ravi
B) Beas
C) Spiti River
D) Yamuna
Answer: C) Spiti River

35. Spiti river joins Sutlej near:

A) Kaza
B) Sumdo
C) Namgia
D) Tabo
Answer: B) Sumdo

36. Cold desert region of Himachal mainly refers to:

A) Kullu
B) Lahaul-Spiti
C) Chamba
D) Solan
Answer: B) Lahaul-Spiti

37. Which village is among highest inhabited villages?

A) Kibber
B) Sissu
C) Tandi
D) Gondhla
Answer: A) Kibber

38. Kibber is famous for:

A) Fossils
B) High altitude settlement
C) Tea gardens
D) Temple fair
Answer: B) High altitude settlement

39. Fossil village in Spiti:

A) Langza
B) Losar
C) Komic
D) Hikkim
Answer: A) Langza

40. World’s highest post office in Spiti is at:

A) Kaza
B) Hikkim
C) Kibber
D) Komic
Answer: B) Hikkim

41. Komic village is famous as:

A) Highest village connected by road
B) Largest village
C) Glacier village
D) Apple belt
Answer: A) Komic

42. Dhankar was once capital of:

A) Bushahr
B) Spiti kingdom
C) Kullu kingdom
D) Chamba kingdom
Answer: B) Spiti kingdom

43. Dhankar monastery is located above:

A) Pin river confluence
B) Sutlej valley
C) Chandra valley
D) Bhaga valley
Answer: A) Pin river confluence

44. Main tribal community of Lahaul:

A) Gaddi
B) Bodh
C) Gujjar
D) Pangwal
Answer: B) Bodh

45. Gondhla fort is located in:

A) Kaza
B) Lahaul
C) Spiti
D) Kinnaur
Answer: B) Lahaul

46. Gondhla fort was residence of:

A) Rana rulers
B) British officers
C) Buddhist monks
D) Gurkhas
Answer: A) Rana rulers

47. Which valley lies within Lahaul region?

A) Pangi
B) Pin
C) Bhaga valley
D) Sangla
Answer: C) Bhaga valley

48. Lahaul-Spiti district came under Himachal Pradesh fully after:

A) 1948
B) 1966
C) 1971
D) 1954
Answer: B) 1966

49. Which is a major Buddhist monastery in Pin Valley?

A) Kungri Monastery
B) Tabo
C) Ki
D) Kardang
Answer: A) Kungri Monastery

50. Which district borders Lahaul-Spiti in Himachal?

A) Kullu district
B) Kinnaur district
C) Chamba district
D) All of these
Answer: D) All of these