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Exploring Nepal: A Quiz on Geography, History, and Culture

Test your knowledge about Nepal's geography, history, and culture with this engaging quiz. Explore various aspects of this beautiful country and learn interesting facts along the way.

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1 The population density of Nepal: How many people are there per square mile?

2 Which of the following led to the establishment of Nepal?

3 In April 2007, the ________ joined the interim government of Nepal.

4 What time offset in UTC is Nepal in during daylight savings?

5 At the lowest elevations we find the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ________.

6 King ________ was given 15 days to leave the former Royal Palace in central Kathmandu by the Nepalese Constituent Assembly.

7 Nepal's legislature was ________, consisting of a House of Representatives called the Pratinidhi Sabha and a National Council called the Rastriya Sabha.

8 What is the calling code of Nepal?

9 What timezone is Nepal in during daylight savings?

10 In accordance with a long-standing treaty, Indian and Nepalese citizens may travel to each others' countries without a ________ or visa.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • reliable water flow from the Sun Kosi, in mountainous Nepal, is proposed to be diverted through a 16.6 kilometres (10.3 mi) tunnel to the Kamala River for irrigation and other purposes.
  • pollution has risen in the Sundarijal reservoir in Nepal due to large numbers of tourists who crowd the area every weekend.
  • indigenous rights activist Stephen Corry thought that British civilization and development was the best, until he made a trip to Nepal at age 18 and met the local people.
  • Hygrocybe coccinea (pictured) is a bright red edible mushroom that grows in the grasslands of Europe and under Rhododendron in Nepal.
  • the Nepalese communist leader Ruplal Bishvakarma, who introduced the current Maoist leader Prachandra to militant politics in the 1970s, opposed Prachandra's plans for an armed uprising in 1994.
  • the 1999 Chamoli earthquake in India, in which 103 people died, was also felt in the Baitadi, Dadeldhura and Kanchanpur districts in Nepal.
  • the staff of the mayor of Mirik, West Bengal vowed to spend a month's salary in SMS voting for Indian Idol contestant Prashant Tamang, the first finalist of Nepalese descent.
  • the new Maoist-led government seeks to scrap Nepal's 1950 treaty with India, which sought to build strong Indo-Nepal relations to counter perceived threats from China.
  • the former general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal, Keshar Jung Rayamajhi, turned royalist and became chairman of Nepal's Royal Privy Council.
  • the Gurkha Contingent of the Singapore Police Force is the world's only police department outside of Nepal to be comprised of Gurkhas, and it is currently the only military or police unit in Singapore to be headed by a Briton.
  • Wai-Wai is a popular noodle-like snack in Nepal, Sikkim and in northern parts of West Bengal.
  • Tengboche Monastery (pictured) is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region of Nepal.
  • Nepalese politician Radha Krishna Mainali, once a communist revolutionary and a political prisoner for 16 years, was appointed Minister of Education & Sports by King Gyanendra after the king's seizure of power in February 2005.
  • Nepalese communist politician Narayan Man Bijukchhe has won a parliamentary seat in every national election since the 1990 Jana Andolan.
  • Nepal's capital Kathmandu only had one restaurant in 1955.
  • Maoist rebels and Nepali government forces engaged in four attacks in Sandhikharka between 2002 and 2005.
  • Pakistan established bilateral relations with Nepal in 1962-63 and agreed to provide free trade access and transport facilities to Nepal at the Chittagong Port.
  • Bhanbhagta Gurung returned to his farm in Nepal in 1946, after receiving a Victoria Cross for his actions while serving with the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles in Burma.
  • Manaslu (pictured) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal.
  • Edward Pritchard Gee discovered Gee's Golden Langur (pictured) and was influential in the creation of Chitwan National Park, the first National Park in Nepal.
  • Chandra Prakash Mainali, who led an armed Maoist revolt in eastern Nepal in 1971, later served as Minister of Local Development in 1994-95.
  • Camling is an ancient and endangered Kiranti language, spoken by only about 10,000 people in eastern Nepal, Bhutan and India.
  • Buddhist monk Ekai Kawaguchi was the first Japanese citizen to travel to Nepal.
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