Books, Writers and Literature of Himachal Pradesh (Part 2)

Question 1

“Travels in India in 1783” (Journey from Bengal to England through Bilaspur and Kangra) was written by the early European traveler:

Accepted Answer

George Forster

Answer

William Moorcroft

Answer

Vigne

Answer

Thomas Coryat

Question 2

“Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo” (1842) was written by:

Accepted Answer

G.T. Vigne

Answer

J.B. Fraser

Answer

Major Kennedy

Answer

Harcourt

Question 3

“Journal of a Tour through Part of the Snowy Range of the Himala Mountains” (1820) was authored by:

Accepted Answer

James Baillie Fraser

Answer

Captain Gerard

Answer

Alexander Cunningham

Answer

Lord Hastings

Question 4

“History of Mandi State” (1930) was authored by:

Accepted Answer

Manmohan

Answer

Ranzor Singh

Answer

Hutchison

Answer

Dr. Y.S. Parmar

Question 5

“Shashivansh Vinod” (The Chronicle of the Chandravanshi Dynasty of Bilaspur/Kahloor) was written by:

Accepted Answer

Ganesh Singh Bedi

Answer

Manmohan

Answer

Ranzor Singh

Answer

Vogel

Question 6

“Himachal: Past, Present and Future” was authored by:

Accepted Answer

Dev Raj Sharma

Answer

Mian Goverdhan Singh

Answer

Dr. Y.S. Parmar

Answer

Shanta Kumar

Question 7

“History, Culture and Economy of Himachal Pradesh” was written by the renowned librarian and historian:

Accepted Answer

Mian Goverdhan Singh

Answer

Dr. Y.S. Parmar

Answer

Lal Chand Prarthi

Answer

Rahul Sankrityayan

Question 8

“Simla: Past and Present” (1904), a seminal historical and social chronicle of the Summer Capital of British India, was written by:

Accepted Answer

Edward J. Buck

Answer

Pamela Kanwar

Answer

Lord Curzon

Answer

Henry Irwin

Question 9

“Imperial Simla: The Political Culture of the Raj” was authored by the modern historian:

Accepted Answer

Pamela Kanwar

Answer

Edward J. Buck

Answer

Mark Bence-Jones

Answer

Pat Barr

Question 10

“Pahari Chitrakala” was authored in Hindi by the art critic and scholar:

Accepted Answer

K.L. Vaidya

Answer

M.S. Randhawa

Answer

B.N. Goswamy

Answer

O.C. Ganguly

Question 11

“The Ancient Geography of India” (1871), which provides the earliest archaeological and numismatic accounts of Trigarta, Kuluta, and Audambaras, was written by:

Accepted Answer

Alexander Cunningham

Answer

John Marshall

Answer

James Prinsep

Answer

Mortimer Wheeler

Question 12

The famous revolutionary freedom fighter and Hindi novelist Yashpal (author of the Sahitya Akademi Award winning epic 'Meri Teri Uski Baat' and 'Jhutha Sach') hailed from which place in HP?

Accepted Answer

Hamirpur (Bhumpal)

Answer

Kangra

Answer

Mandi

Answer

Bilaspur

Question 13

“Kinner Lok Sahitya” (Folk Literature of Kinnaur) was written by:

Accepted Answer

Dr. Bansi Ram Sharma

Answer

T.S. Negi

Answer

Rahul Sankrityayan

Answer

M.S. Randhawa

Question 14

“Himachal Ke Loknatya” was authored by the renowned folklorist:

Accepted Answer

Dr. Gautam Sharma 'Vyathit'

Answer

K.L. Vaidya

Answer

Lal Chand Prarthi

Answer

Dr. Y.S. Parmar

Question 15

“Kangra Ke Lokgeet” was compiled and researched by:

Accepted Answer

Dr. Gautam Sharma 'Vyathit'

Answer

M.S. Randhawa

Answer

Piyush Guleri

Answer

Shanta Kumar