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Tourism and Communication in Nepal: Key Facts, Institutions, Airports, Media and Telecom
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: General Knowledge · For: Kharidar · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
Nepal opened its doors to foreign tourists after:
- A) 1990 BS
- B) 2007 BS ✔
- C) 2017 BS
- D) 2046 BS
Why: Nepal opened to foreign tourists after the 2007 BS revolution ended Rana rule, which had kept the country closed.
Sagarmatha was first climbed on:
- A) 29 May 1953 ✔
- B) 15 August 1947
- C) 29 May 1963
- D) 1 January 1953
Why: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first reached the summit on 29 May 1953.
Which body promotes tourism in Nepal?
- A) Nepal Rastra Bank
- B) Nepal Tourism Board ✔
- C) NTA
- D) NEA
Why: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), a public–private body, promotes Nepal as a tourist destination.
World Tourism Day is celebrated on:
- A) 27 September ✔
- B) 5 June
- C) 22 April
- D) 1 May
Why: World Tourism Day is 27 September, set by the UN World Tourism Organization.
Gautam Buddha International Airport is in:
- A) Pokhara
- B) Bhairahawa ✔
- C) Biratnagar
- D) Nepalgunj
Why: Gautam Buddha International Airport is in Bhairahawa (Rupandehi), close to Lumbini.
Which ministry looks after tourism?
- A) Ministry of Home Affairs
- B) Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation ✔
- C) Ministry of Finance
- D) Ministry of Forests
Why: Tourism falls under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Nepal Tourism Year was celebrated in:
- A) 1998
- B) 2011 ✔
- C) 2020
- D) 2005
Why: Nepal Tourism Year was celebrated in 2011 to attract one million tourists.
The first Nepali newspaper is:
- A) Kantipur
- B) Gorkhapatra ✔
- C) Himalayan Times
- D) Nagarik
Why: Gorkhapatra, started in 1958 BS, is Nepal's first and oldest newspaper.
Radio Nepal started in:
- A) 1958 BS
- B) 2007 BS ✔
- C) 2042 BS
- D) 2054 BS
Why: Radio Nepal began in 2007 BS as Prajatantra Nepal Radio, during the democracy movement.
Nepal Television began regular broadcasting in:
- A) 2007 BS
- B) 2036 BS
- C) 2042 BS ✔
- D) 2052 BS
Why: Nepal Television (NTV) began regular broadcasting in 2042 BS, after test transmissions in 2041.
The regulator of telecom services in Nepal is:
- A) Nepal Telecom
- B) NTA ✔
- C) NRB
- D) NTB
Why: NTA (Nepal Telecommunications Authority) regulates telephone and internet service providers.
Nepal's first satellite was:
- A) NepaliSat-1 ✔
- B) Sagarmatha-1
- C) NepSat-A
- D) Himal-1
Why: NepaliSat-1, launched in 2019, was Nepal's first satellite.
Which community FM radio was first in South Asia?
- A) Radio Sagarmatha ✔
- B) Kantipur FM
- C) Image FM
- D) Radio Nepal
Why: Radio Sagarmatha (2054 BS / 1997) was South Asia's first independent community FM radio.
Which of these is a World Heritage Site in Nepal?
- A) Rara Lake
- B) Chitwan National Park ✔
- C) Phewa Lake
- D) Gosaikunda
Why: Chitwan National Park is a natural World Heritage Site (1984). Nepal's others are Sagarmatha, Kathmandu Valley and Lumbini.
One major benefit of tourism is:
- A) Foreign currency earnings ✔
- B) Higher imports only
- C) Less employment
- D) More pollution only
Why: Tourism earns foreign currency, creates jobs and supports local businesses such as hotels, guides and handicrafts.
Nepal Tourism Board was established in:
- A) 2055 BS (1998) ✔
- B) 2007 BS
- C) 2042 BS
- D) 2072 BS
Why: The Nepal Tourism Board was established in 2055 BS (1998).
Tribhuvan International Airport is in:
- A) Kathmandu ✔
- B) Pokhara
- C) Bhairahawa
- D) Biratnagar
Why: Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal's main international airport, is in Kathmandu.
Pokhara International Airport began operations in:
- A) 2023 ✔
- B) 2022
- C) 2015
- D) 2019
Why: Pokhara Regional International Airport began operations on 1 January 2023.
Gautam Buddha International Airport began operations in:
- A) 2022 ✔
- B) 2023
- C) 2018
- D) 2015
Why: Gautam Buddha International Airport began international operations in 2022.
Nepal Tourism Year 2011 was followed by:
- A) Visit Nepal 2020 ✔
- B) Visit Nepal 1998
- C) Visit Lumbini 2012
- D) Nepal Year 2015
Why: Visit Nepal 2020 was planned to bring two million tourists, but it was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visit Nepal Year was first celebrated in:
- A) 1998 ✔
- B) 2011
- C) 2020
- D) 1990
Why: Visit Nepal Year was first celebrated in 1998.
Which is a major trekking destination of Nepal?
- A) Annapurna circuit ✔
- B) Thar desert
- C) Sahara
- D) Gobi
Why: The Annapurna Circuit is one of the world's most famous treks, crossing Thorong La pass.
The Ministry for tourism is:
- A) Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation ✔
- B) Ministry of Home
- C) Ministry of Finance
- D) Ministry of Forests
Why: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation looks after tourism, culture and aviation.
Which festival city attracts tourists for Bisket Jatra?
- A) Bhaktapur ✔
- B) Pokhara
- C) Dharan
- D) Nepalgunj
Why: Bisket Jatra, the New Year chariot festival, is celebrated in Bhaktapur.
Lumbini attracts tourists mainly as:
- A) Birthplace of Buddha ✔
- B) A beach
- C) Ski resort
- D) Desert
Why: Lumbini is the birthplace of Gautam Buddha and a major Buddhist pilgrimage site.
Bungee jumping in Nepal is famous at:
- A) Bhote Koshi ✔
- B) Phewa
- C) Rara
- D) Koshi Tappu
Why: Bungee jumping over the Bhote Koshi gorge near the Tibet border is famous.
Paragliding is popular in:
- A) Pokhara (Sarangkot) ✔
- B) Biratnagar
- C) Janakpur
- D) Birgunj
Why: Pokhara, especially Sarangkot, is famous for paragliding with views of Phewa Lake and the Annapurnas.
Gorkhapatra was started in:
- A) 1958 BS ✔
- B) 2007 BS
- C) 1990 BS
- D) 1946 BS
Why: Gorkhapatra was started in 1958 BS.
Gorkhapatra was started by Rana PM:
- A) Dev Shumsher ✔
- B) Chandra Shumsher
- C) Jung Bahadur
- D) Juddha
Why: Rana Prime Minister Dev Shumsher, known for reforms, started Gorkhapatra.
Radio Nepal began in:
- A) 2007 BS ✔
- B) 2042 BS
- C) 1958 BS
- D) 2015 BS
Why: Radio Nepal began in 2007 BS.
Nepal Television (NTV) began in:
- A) 2042 BS ✔
- B) 2007 BS
- C) 2052 BS
- D) 2062 BS
Why: NTV began in 2042 BS.
NTA stands for:
- A) Nepal Telecommunications Authority ✔
- B) Nepal Tourism Agency
- C) National Transport Authority
- D) Nepal Trade Association
Why: NTA is the Nepal Telecommunications Authority.
NepaliSat-1 was launched in:
- A) 2019 ✔
- B) 2015
- C) 2022
- D) 2010
Why: NepaliSat-1 was launched in 2019.
Radio Sagarmatha was:
- A) South Asia's first community FM radio ✔
- B) A TV channel
- C) A newspaper
- D) A satellite
Why: Radio Sagarmatha was South Asia's first community FM radio station.
Nepal Telecom is also called:
- A) Nepal Doorsanchar Company ✔
- B) NCELL
- C) Ncell Axiata
- D) NTA
Why: Nepal Telecom's official name is Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited.
Postal Day in Nepal is related to the start of postal service in:
- A) 1935 BS ✔
- B) 1958 BS
- C) 2007 BS
- D) 2042 BS
Why: Nepal's modern postal service started in 1935 BS, which National Postal Day marks.
Universal Postal Union (UPU) headquarters is in:
- A) Bern ✔
- B) Geneva
- C) Paris
- D) Vienna
Why: The Universal Postal Union, a UN agency, is based in Bern, Switzerland.
ITU deals with:
- A) Telecommunications ✔
- B) Trade
- C) Tourism
- D) Labour
Why: ITU (International Telecommunication Union), a UN agency in Geneva, deals with telecommunications and radio frequencies.
The press regulator that monitors journalistic ethics in Nepal is:
- A) Press Council Nepal ✔
- B) NTA
- C) NTB
- D) CIAA
Why: The Press Council Nepal monitors journalistic ethics and the code of conduct for media.
The national news agency of Nepal is:
- A) Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) ✔
- B) Gorkhapatra
- C) Kantipur
- D) Radio Nepal
Why: Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) is Nepal's national news agency.
Nepal's internet top-level domain is:
- A) .np ✔
- B) .ne
- C) .nl
- D) .nep
Why: Nepal's country-code internet domain is .np.
Sagarmatha was first climbed by Tenzing Norgay and:
- A) Edmund Hillary ✔
- B) Junko Tabei
- C) Maurice Herzog
- D) Reinhold Messner
Why: Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand first climbed Sagarmatha in 1953.
Which tourism type is based on mountain climbing?
- A) Adventure tourism ✔
- B) Religious tourism
- C) Medical tourism
- D) Business tourism
Why: Mountaineering, trekking and rafting are adventure tourism, Nepal's best-known tourism type.
Homestay tourism mainly benefits:
- A) Local rural communities ✔
- B) Only big hotels
- C) Airlines only
- D) Foreign firms
Why: Homestays let tourists live with village families, so income goes directly to local rural communities.
Which is a negative impact of tourism?
- A) Waste and cultural erosion ✔
- B) Foreign exchange
- C) Jobs
- D) Infrastructure
Why: Unmanaged tourism can cause waste (as on Everest trails), pollution, higher prices and erosion of local culture.
Tourism Act of Nepal is from:
- A) 2035 BS ✔
- B) 2072 BS
- C) 2007 BS
- D) 2055 BS
Why: The Tourism Act, 2035 BS regulates travel and trekking agencies, hotels and mountaineering.
The highest airport in Nepal used for Everest trekkers is:
- A) Lukla (Tenzing–Hillary Airport) ✔
- B) Pokhara
- C) Jomsom
- D) Simikot
Why: Lukla's Tenzing–Hillary Airport (about 2,845 m) is the gateway for Everest trekkers and known for its short, steep runway.
Phewa lake tourism is in:
- A) Pokhara ✔
- B) Kathmandu
- C) Bhaktapur
- D) Ilam
Why: Phewa Lake is in Pokhara, famous for boating and views of Machhapuchhre.
The main source of income for Everest region locals is:
- A) Tourism and mountaineering ✔
- B) Mining
- C) Industry
- D) Fishing
Why: Most Sherpa families in the Everest region earn from tourism and mountaineering: lodges, guiding and portering.
Kantipur and Annapurna Post are:
- A) Private daily newspapers ✔
- B) Government papers
- C) TV channels
- D) Radios
Why: Kantipur and Annapurna Post are private Nepali daily newspapers, while Gorkhapatra is government-owned.