Uttarakhand GK – 01
Question: What is Uttarakhand’s rank among the states of India?
Answer: It is the 27th state. (How many districts are there in the state?)
Question: What is the total geographical area of the state of Uttarakhand?
Answer: The total geographical area of the state of Uttarakhand is 53,483 square kilometers.
Question: When were the state symbols and emblems of Uttarakhand officially adopted?
Answer: In 2001.
Question: What is the name of the state animal of Uttarakhand?
Answer: The name of Uttarakhand’s state animal is the Musk Deer (Kasturi Mrig).
Question: Name the state tree of Uttarakhand.
Answer: The state tree of Uttarakhand is the Buransh (Rhododendron).
Question: What is the name of the state bird of Uttarakhand?
Answer: The name of Uttarakhand’s state bird is the Monal.
Question: What is the name of the state flower of Uttarakhand?
Answer: The name of Uttarakhand’s state flower is the Brahma Kamal.
Question: What is the scientific name of the Monal bird?
Answer: The scientific name of the Monal bird is *Lophophorus impejanus*; it is also known as the Himalayan Monal.
Question: Which commission was constituted to select the capital of Uttarakhand?
Answer: The Dixit Commission.
Question: Where does the highest voter turnout occur in Uttarakhand?
Answer: The highest voter turnout in Uttarakhand occurs in Haridwar.
Question: Where does the lowest voter turnout occur in Uttarakhand?
Answer: The lowest voter turnout in Uttarakhand occurs in the Almora district.
Question: What is the total number of members in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly?
Answer: The total number of members in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is 71, comprising 70 elected members and 1 nominated member.
Question: Where is the High Court of Uttarakhand located?
Answer: The High Court of Uttarakhand is located in Nainital.
Question: Who is known as the “Son of the Soil” (*Dharti Putra*) of Uttarakhand?
Answer: Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna is known as the “Son of the Soil” of Uttarakhand.
Question: When did the Khatima incident take place in Uttarakhand?
Answer: The Khatima incident in Uttarakhand took place on September 1, 1994.
Question: Who was the first elected Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?
Answer: Narayan Datt Tiwari
Question: What is the number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes in Uttarakhand?
Answer: The number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes in Uttarakhand is 12.
Question: What is the number of Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand?
Answer: Three
Question: Which district of Uttarakhand has the fewest Tehsils?
Answer: Rudraprayag. When did Uttarakhand receive ‘Special Category Status’? It received it on April 1, 2001.
Question: In whose name is the record for serving as the 46th Pro-tem Speaker held?
Answer: Dharam Singh
Question: When was the status of a ‘Special Category State’ granted to Uttarakhand?
Answer: April 1, 2001
Question: In which districts of Uttarakhand is the ‘Mahila Samakhya’ scheme currently operational?
Answer: Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, and Uttarkashi
Question: What is the provision for horizontal reservation across all categories in Uttarakhand?
Answer: 30%
Question: By whom is a Gram Sabha established in Uttarakhand?
Answer: By the State Government
Question: Who was the first Advocate General of the State?
Answer: Meharban Singh
Question: When was the interim Legislative Assembly constituted, and who was its Speaker?
Answer: November 9, 2000; Speaker: Prakash Pant
Question: How many Fast-Track Courts were established in Uttarakhand, and when?
Answer: 45; in the year 2002
Question: When was the status of a university granted to Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University?
Answer: August 15, 2009
Question: Where is the headquarters of the Uttarakhand Board of Secondary Education located?
Answer: In Ramnagar
Question: What is the total number of schools for the differently-abled in Uttarakhand?
Answer: 09
Question: Where is the Microsoft Academy located in Uttarakhand?
Answer: Dehradun
Question: When was the Minorities Commission constituted in Uttarakhand?
Answer – August 18, 2006
Question – Who was the first female Vice-Chancellor of Garhwal University in Uttarakhand?
Answer – Sushila Dobhal
Question – Which committee identified Gairsain as the most suitable location for Uttarakhand?
Answer – The Kaushik Committee
Question – When is ‘Hariyali Diwas’ (Greenery Day) celebrated?
Answer – July 5th
Question – Who was appointed as the first Registrar General of the Uttarakhand High Court?
Answer – Mr. G.C. Rawat
Question – The provision that the Governor nominates one Anglo-Indian member is derived from which Article?
Answer – Article 333
Question – Which King laid the foundation for a structured state administration system, including a Panchayat-based government, in Kumaon?
Answer – Somchand
Question – The Disaster Management Ministry of Uttarakhand is modeled after the system of which country?
Answer – Australia
Question – How many seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly?
Answer – Three
Question – Where is the headquarters of the Garhwal Regiment located?
Answer – Lansdowne
Question – When was Dehradun designated as a Municipal Corporation?
Answer – In the year 1867
Question – When did rail services commence in Dehradun?
Answer – In the year 1900
Question – When was the telegraph service inaugurated in Dehradun?
Answer – In the year 1865
Question – Where has the Information Technology Park been established?
Answer – In Nainital
Question – When did the President give assent to the State Bill?
Answer – August 28, 2000
Question – Where was the summer capital of the British located?
Answer – Nainital
Question – What is the chronological ranking of the Uttarakhand High Court among the High Courts of India?
Answer – 20th
Question – Who was the first Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly?
Answer – Shri Prakash Pant
Question: How many seats were there in the State Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council prior to the formation of the state?
Answer: 22 and 9
Question: What is the name of the Speaker of the first elected Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Prakash Pal Arya
Question: What was the number of female MLAs in the state’s first elected Legislative Assembly?
Answer: 10
Question: How many total MLAs were there in the Interim Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand?
Answer: 30
Question: Which city is known as the ‘City of Litchis’?
Answer: Dehradun
Question: When was the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes established in Uttarakhand?
Answer: 2006