Author Archives: HP General Studies

What is Jeevan Dhara Scheme and how it is proving boon for people of the state?

By | November 23, 2021

Important for HPAS Mains The State Government is determined to provide people of the state access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services.  To provide complete range of health care services for population living in remote, inaccessible, un-served and underserved areas mainly with the objective of taking healthcare service delivery to the doorsteps of… Read More »

Category: Editorials

What are the steps taken by State government for promoting conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants?

By | November 23, 2021

Important for HPAS Mains With the recent upsurge of preference for natural products, there has been a revival of interest in medicinal plants in the international markets. Medicinal Plants form the major resource base of our indigenous health care traditions. The outreach and acceptability of AYUSH systems, both nationally as well as globally, are dependent… Read More »

Category: Editorials

What is CM One Bigha Scheme and how it becomes a symbol of self-reliance?

By | November 23, 2021

The state government is laying special emphasis on women empowerment, as a result of which Himachal Pradesh has emerged as the best state in the country. With the objective to strengthen the economy of rural women alongwith providing food security and employment to women of Self Help Group, the State Government has launched Mukhyamantri One… Read More »

Category: Editorials

[Topper’s Notes] Amit Kalthaik (SDM) – HAS 2020: Download Now

By | November 22, 2021

Amit Kalthaik is a topper of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services (HAS) exam 2019-20. He has studied engineering from JP University in Solan district. Amit has shared his notes with the HP General Studies team. We are uploading these notes with his due permission on our website hpgeneralstudies.com We hope that these notes will help… Read More »

Category: Topper's Notes

The Musical Instruments in Himachal Pradesh

By | November 22, 2021

Wind Instruments Bansuri/Flute: The Hindu God lord Krishna is traditionally considered a master of the bamboo flute. Two main varieties of Indian flutes are currently used; the first has six finger holes and one embouchure hole and is used predominantly in the Hindustani music of northern India. The second, the Venu or Pullan Guzhal, has… Read More »

Five Years Plans and Vision for the developed Hill States – HPAS Mains

By | November 22, 2021

BACKGROUND: The concept of planning both social and economic is listed in the concurrent list which means that it is a concern of both the government. In 1946 itself, under the interim govt an ‘Advisory Planning Board’ was set up, under the chairmanship of K.C. Neyogi.  After independence, in 1950 the central agency of planning… Read More »

Human Aspects: Quantitative, Qualitative and Temporal Characteristics of Population in Himachal Pradesh – HPAS Mains

By | November 22, 2021

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Himachal Pradesh came into being on 15th April 1948 as a centrally administered territory by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states of Shimla. The state was having four districts at that time namely Chamba, Mandi, Mahasu, and Sirmour with a total area of 25,839 sq. km. It got full-fledged statehood on 25th… Read More »

Solved Paper Data Entry Operator 2021 [Part-3] – HPSSC Hamirpur

By | November 19, 2021

121. The TCP/IP protocol suite consists of how many layers? 2 3 4 5 122. To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the System calls API Library Assembly instructions 123. Program always deals with Logical address Absolute address Physical address Relative address 124. Virtual memory typically located on RAM CPU… Read More »