In 1887, the first Garhwali regiment was named
A. 39 Garhwal Rifles
B. 38 Garhwal Rifles
C. 36 Garhwal Rifles
D. 37 Garhwal Rifles
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Himalaya Vidyapeeth was founded in
A. 1940 at Dehradun
B. 1939 at Dehradun
C. 1940 at Garhwal
D. 1939 at Almora
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Consider the following statements about Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant?
1. He was fondly called Himalaya Putra by Jawaharlal Nehru.
2. He was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
3. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1957.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. All of the above
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In which year, Indira Gandhi made Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
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In which year, the Debating Club of Almora started the publication of Almora Akhbar?
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The Kumaun Parishad was formed in the year
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Kalu Singh Mahara, the first freedom fighter of Kumaun, founded an organisation Krantiveer in the year
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
A. The regimes of Panwar dynasty in Kumaun followed an indigeneous administrative tradition.
B. In 1966-67, Community Party of India organised People Awareness Programme (PAP) for a separate hill state.
C. In 1967, a Hill State Council was established.
D. None of the above
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The main cause for the separation of Uttarakhand was
A. the protection of hilly people's culture.
B. backwardness and poverty of hilly people.
C. separate identity and land of hilly people.
D. political wish of hilly people.
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After the formation of Uttarakhand, who among the following was Sworn in as the first Governor of the state?
A. Surjeet Singh Barnala
B. Sudarshan Agarwal
C. B. L. Joshi
D. Margaret Alva
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The first Prime Minister who announced for separate state Uttarakhand on Independence Day is
A. Rajeev Gandhi
B. H. D. Devagauda
C. Chandra Shekhar
D. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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The first politician who supported for separate Uttarakhand state was
A. Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant
B. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Smt. Indira Gandhi
D. Sri. Rajeev Gandhi
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The first local leader who thought for the Constitution of separate Uttarakhand state was
A. Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant
B. Badri Dutt Pandey
C. Narayan Dutt Tiwari
D. Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
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The first All Parties Conference was organised for separate Uttarakhand at
A. Pauri Garhwal
B. Nainital
C. Karnaprayag
D. Dehradun
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Consider the following statements
1. Ram Shankar Kaushik Committee was the first committee to draft proposal for a separate state.
2. It is the first Cabinet Committee to be constituted for the demand of separate state.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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Consider the following statements
1. Hill State Council was established under the Chairmanship of Shri Daya Krishna Pandey.
2. The council also decided to establish several branches of council outside Uttarakhand.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
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Uttarakhand Rajya Parishad was reorganised by
A. Non-resident Uttarakhand
B. Garhwali
C. Kumauni people
D. Hill Council members
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After the formation of Uttarakhand, who among the following was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of the state?
A. N. D. Tiwari
B. Nityanand Swami
C. B. C. Khanduri
D. B. S. Koshyari
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A. Maharaja Manvendra Shah led the movement for the creation of a separate state in 1958.
B. A Hill State Council was established under the chairmanship of Shri Dayakrishna Pandey.
C. In 1973, Shri Pratap Singh Negi tabled the proposal for a seperate state in Parliament.
D. None of the above
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The students participated first time in a movement for separate Uttarakhand in
A. June, 1992
B. June, 1993
C. June, 1994
D. June, 1995
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