GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BASIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘Brass City’ in Uttarakhand is Being setup at -
A
Bajpur
B
Almora
C
Rudrapur
D
Pithoragarh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Later on when Chand kingdom was founded in Baramandal, the town of Almora was founded at this centrally located place in 1568 by Kalyan Chand.

Detailed explanation-2: -Almora got its name from Bhilmora, a kind of sorrel (although some have tried to derive it from Berberis “kilmora"), a short plant commonly found there which was used for washing the utensils of the sun temple at Katarmal.

Detailed explanation-3: -These include Cedrus deodar, Pinus spp, Abies pindrow, Quercus spp, Aconitum neterophyllum, Paeonia emodi, Swertia chiraOta, Bergenia ciliate, Dios corea deltoidea, Angelica glauca (Choru), etc. The altitude above 3, 000 metres is general lyconsidered a zone of sub-alpine and alpine vegetation.

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