Tourism (Uttarakhand)

Total Questions: 2

1. Which one of the following shrines of Uttarakhand was visited by maximum number of tourists in the year 2015? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Yamunotri
(b) Gangotri
(c) Kedarnath
(d) Badrinath

Correct Answer: (d) Badrinath

Solution:The shrine of Badrinath was visited by maximum number of tourists in the year 2015. Till July, 2015 approximately 2.48 lakh tourists visited this shrine.

2. On which country's pattern is tourism being developed in Uttarakhand? [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Australia
(b) Switzerland
(c) Sweden
(d) Singapore

Correct Answer: (b) Switzerland

Solution:Uttarakhand has immense potential from the tourism point of view. Mussoorie, Nainital, Valley of Flowers and Haridwar are among important tourist places of the state. Impressed by the natural beauty of the region, Gandhiji termed it as 'The Switzerland of India'. Uttarakhand and Switzerland have many similarities from tourism point of view. Therefore, Uttarakhand is being developed on the pattern of Switzerland.

Tourism (Uttarakhand)

1. Which one of the following shrines of Uttarakhand was visited by maximum number of tourists in the year 2015? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

2. On which country's pattern is tourism being developed in Uttarakhand? [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010]

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