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  1. Complete the sentence about Pokhara with the correct year: In ______, Prithvi Narayan Shah, the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal, added Pokhara to his kingdom…
  2. Complete the sentence about Lalitpur, Nepal with the correct year: In ______, Lalitpur was annexed by Prithvi Narayan Shah during the unification of Nepal.
  3. Complete the sentence about Lalitpur, Nepal with the correct year: After the ______ People's Movement, Lalitpur gained local governance rights and began urban expansion.
  4. Complete the sentence about Bhaktapur with the correct year: Bhaktapur served as the capital of Nepal during the first half of Malla dynasty from the 12th century to ______ when Nepal split into three…
  5. Complete the sentence about Biratnagar with the correct year: On 4 March ______, the first anti-Rana movement in Nepal started in Biratnagar at the Biratnagar jute mills under the leadership of Girija…
  6. Complete the sentence about Birgunj with the correct year: The Buddhist shrine is yet to be dated by archaeologists, however preliminary investigations have estimated the stupa to be around ______ yea…
  7. Complete the sentence about Janakpur with the correct year: The earliest description of Janakpur as a pilgrimage site dates back to ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Butwal with the correct year: Butwal was officially declared as a sub-metropolitan city on 2 December ______ AD by combining two neighboring VDCs Motipur and Semlar.
  9. Complete the sentence about Butwal with the correct year: When King Tribhuvan fled to India in ______ during the revolt against the Rana dynasty he traveled through Butwal.
  10. Complete the sentence about Hetauda with the correct year: The park honors Nepalese martyrs, from those who died in the British colonial wars to those who overthrew the autocratic Panchayat system in…
  11. Complete the sentence about Jomsom with the correct year: The town was only slightly affected by the major earthquake of 25 April ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about Tansen, Nepal with the correct year: The hospital was established in ______ as a partnership between the people of Nepal and a coalition of 20 Christian organizations on fo…
  13. Complete the sentence about Gorkha with the correct year: The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli in ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Gorkha with the correct year: Fraser's confidence in their loyalty was such that in April ______ he proposed forming them into a battalion under Lt.
  15. Complete the sentence about Mustang District with the correct year: Upper Mustang remained a restricted area until ______, which has helped preserve its cultural heritage and traditional way of life.
  16. Complete the sentence about Upper Mustang with the correct year: At the end of the 18th century, the kingdom was annexed by Nepal and became a dependency of the Kingdom of Nepal in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Upper Mustang with the correct year: Though still recognized by many Mustang residents, the monarchy ceased to exist on October 7, ______, by order of the Government of Nep…
  18. Complete the sentence about Mount Everest with the correct year: To approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim M…
  19. Complete the sentence about Mount Everest with the correct year: Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first documented ascent of Everest in ______, using the Southeast Ridge route.
  20. Complete the sentence about Mount Everest with the correct year: The Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo, and Qu Yinhua made the first reported ascent of the peak from the North Ridge on…
  21. Complete the sentence about Mount Everest with the correct year: Everest himself opposed the honour, and told the Royal Geographical Society in ______ that "Everest" could neither be written in Hindi…
  22. Complete the sentence about Mount Everest with the correct year: Despite Everest's objections, Waugh's proposed name prevailed, and the Royal Geographical Society officially adopted the name "Mount Ev…
  23. Complete the sentence about Kangchenjunga with the correct year: Until ______, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world.
  24. Complete the sentence about Kangchenjunga with the correct year: After allowing for further verification of all calculations, it was officially announced in ______ that Kangchenjunga is the third-high…
  25. Complete the sentence about Lhotse with the correct year: An early attempt on Lhotse was made by the ______ International Himalayan Expedition, headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth.
  26. Complete the sentence about Lhotse with the correct year: The main summit of Lhotse was first climbed on 18 May ______, by the Swiss team of Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger, members of the Swiss Moun…
  27. Complete the sentence about Lhotse with the correct year: On 12 May ______, Sepp Mayerl and Rolf Walter of Austria made the first ascent of Lhotse Shar.
  28. Complete the sentence about Lhotse with the correct year: On 12 May ______ Czech climber Soňa Vomáčková reached the main summit and thus became the first woman to reach it without supplemental oxygen.
  29. Complete the sentence about Cho Oyu with the correct year: Until the ascent of Mount Everest by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler in ______, this was the highest peak climbed without supplemental oxy…
  30. Complete the sentence about Manaslu with the correct year: The Nepalese Government only permitted trekking on this circuit in ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about Manaslu with the correct year: As of May ______, the mountain has been climbed 297 times with 53 fatalities.
  32. Complete the sentence about Manaslu with the correct year: The Manaslu Conservation Area, declared as such in December ______ under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act, subsumes Manaslu w…
  33. Complete the sentence about Manaslu with the correct year: While Nubri has been frequently visited since Nepal opened itself for tourism in ______, Tsum still retains much of its traditional culture…
  34. Complete the sentence about Annapurna with the correct year: Maurice Herzog led a French expedition to its summit through the north face in ______, making it the first eight-thousander to be successfu…
  35. Complete the sentence about Annapurna with the correct year: In ______, the American Women's Himalayan Expedition, a team led by Arlene Blum, became the first United States team to climb Annapurna I.
  36. Complete the sentence about Machapuchare with the correct year: The only confirmed attempt was in ______ by a British team led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Roberts.
  37. Complete the sentence about Ama Dablam with the correct year: Alfred Gregory led the first attempt to climb Ama Dablam in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Ama Dablam with the correct year: On 23 October ______, Azerbaijani climber Murad Ashurly died after his rope snapped, causing him to fall about 300 metres while descending…
  39. Complete the sentence about Ama Dablam with the correct year: On 15 November ______, A 33 year old Australian mountaineer fell to his death whilst with a group of 15 climbers.
  40. Complete the sentence about Ama Dablam with the correct year: During October ______, two climbers died in separate incidents.
  41. Complete the sentence about Langtang with the correct year: Around ______, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, some of these were equipped with solar panels so that hikers co…
  42. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Rara Lake was included as part of Rara National Park in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Rara Lake with the correct year: In ______, citizens of the two villages Chapra and Rara were resettled to Nepalgunj.
  44. Complete the sentence about Tilicho Lake with the correct year: According to the Nepali Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, no aquatic organism has been recorded in the lake as of ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Begnas Lake with the correct year: The water level is regulated through a dam constructed in ______ on the western outlet stream, Khudi Khola.
  46. Complete the sentence about Koshi River with the correct year: A satellite image shows old channels with a confluence before ______ with the Mahananda River north of Lava.
  47. Complete the sentence about Koshi River with the correct year: On 18 August ______, the Kosi River picked up an old channel it had abandoned over 100 years previously near the border with Nepal and In…
  48. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Established in ______, it is the oldest national park of Nepal.
  49. Complete the sentence about Kali Gandaki Gorge with the correct year: Below is a quotation from Sven Hedin's visit to the headwaters of the Kali Gandaki in ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Chitwan National Park with the correct year: Chitwan National Park is the first national park of Nepal and was established in ______ as Royal Chitwan National Park.
  51. Complete the sentence about Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park with the correct year: Clouded leopard, leopard cat, masked palm civet, crab-eating mongoose, Indian pangolin, rhesus macaque and yellow-th…
  52. Complete the sentence about Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve with the correct year: In ______, the reserve together with the Koshi Barrage was identified as one of 27 Important Bird Areas of Nepal.
  53. Complete the sentence about Shuklaphanta National Park with the correct year: The area was a favourite hunting ground for Nepal's ruling class and was declared a Royal Hunting Reserve in ______.
  54. Complete the sentence about Makalu Barun National Park with the correct year: Makalu Barun National Park is a national park in the Himalayas of Nepal that was established in ______ as the eastern exte…
  55. Complete the sentence about Rara National Park with the correct year: Rara National Park is a national park in the Himalayas of Nepal and was established in ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Rara National Park with the correct year: In ______, the frog species Paa rarica has been first recorded as endemic to the lake.
  57. Complete the sentence about Khaptad National Park with the correct year: Khaptad National Park is a national park in the Far-Western Region, Nepal that was established in ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Boudhanath with the correct year: In ______ the Boudha Stupa was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  59. Complete the sentence about Boudhanath with the correct year: Following the ______ Tibetan uprising, a large number of the Tibetan refugees migrated to Nepal and settled around the stupa in Boudha.
  60. Complete the sentence about Swayambhunath with the correct year: For its outstanding universal value, Swayambhunath was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The Kumari Ghar was built by King Jaya Prakash Malla in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Kathmandu Durbar Square with the correct year: The Jagannath Temple is an example of Malla-period tiered temple architecture and was consecrated in ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Patan Durbar Square with the correct year: The square was heavily damaged by the earthquake in April ______.
  64. Complete the sentence about Bhaktapur Durbar Square with the correct year: Among these the Jagannath temple was the largest and was destroyed in the earthquake of ______ after which a shed like struct…
  65. Complete the sentence about Changu Narayan with the correct year: The temple was recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in ______.
  66. Complete the sentence about Kopan Monastery with the correct year: The monastery was established by the FPMT's founders, Lamas Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who bought the property from Nep…
  67. Complete the sentence about Kopan Monastery with the correct year: The nunnery was established in ______ by Lama Yeshe to provide spiritual and practical education modeled on that received by the monk…
  68. Complete the sentence about Kopan Monastery with the correct year: In ______ the nunnery began raising money to expand its housing and education capacity, which has grown from 4 to 400 in less than 35…
  69. Complete the sentence about Janaki Mandir with the correct year: The Government of Nepal has declared the temple vicinity as a protected monument zone, under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, __…
  70. Complete the sentence about Janaki Mandir with the correct year: In ______, a golden statue of the Goddess Sita was found at the very spot, and Sita is said to have lived there.
  71. Complete the sentence about Dharahara with the correct year: A century later, on 15 January ______, another earthquake completely destroyed the first tower, and only two of the nine storeys of the sec…
  72. Complete the sentence about Kathmandu Valley with the correct year: In ______ the valley was listed as Kathmandu District, which began referring to the valley as Kathmandu Valley.
  73. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ AD the King of Gorkha attacked and absorbed it into Nepal.
  74. Complete the sentence about Solukhumbu District with the correct year: The Solukhumbu district was established in ______, out of the old East No. 3 district.
  75. Complete the sentence about Solukhumbu District with the correct year: Before ______, present-day Solukhumbu, Okhaldhunga and some parts of Khotang previously constitute district "East No. 3".
  76. Complete the sentence about Nepal with the correct year: The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s ended with the establishment of a secular republic in ______, ending the world's last Hindu…
  77. Complete the sentence about Nepal with the correct year: The Constitution of Nepal, adopted in ______, affirms the country as a federal parliamentary republic divided into seven provinces.
  78. Complete the sentence about Provinces of Nepal with the correct year: A committee was formed to restructure administrative divisions of Nepal on 23 December ______ and in two weeks, a report was submi…
  79. Complete the sentence about Provinces of Nepal with the correct year: In ______, all Kshetras were dissolved and the country was restructured into 75 development districts; those districts were furthe…
  80. Complete the sentence about Provinces of Nepal with the correct year: In January ______ the Government of Nepal announced temporary headquarters of the seven provinces.
  81. Complete the sentence about Districts of Nepal with the correct year: Several changes were brought to district administration after the fall of Rana regime in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Bagmati Province with the correct year: Hetauda was declared as the permanent state capital on 12 January ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Bagmati Province with the correct year: Historically the area of Bagmati province known as "Kathmandu Kshetra", which was established in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Gandaki Province with the correct year: Gandaki Province was known as "Gandak Kshetra" which was established in ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Gandaki Province with the correct year: In ______, the administrative system was restructured again and the "Kshetras" system was cancelled.
  86. Complete the sentence about Gandaki Province with the correct year: In ______ area of the Gandaki Province named Western Development Region.
  87. Complete the sentence about Hanuman Dhoka with the correct year: In ______, in the southeast part of the palace, four lookout towers were added by Prithvi Narayan Shah.
  88. Complete the sentence about Narayanhiti Palace with the correct year: The existing palace complex was built by order of King Mahendra in ______, and incorporates an impressive array of courtyards, gar…
  89. Complete the sentence about Narayanhiti Palace with the correct year: Fateh was killed in the Kot massacre on 19 September ______ and his family was killed or exiled from Kathmandu.
  90. Complete the sentence about Narayanhiti Palace with the correct year: After Ranodip became prime minister in ______, the complex was renovated and expanded into a lavish multi-wing palace.
  91. Complete the sentence about Narayanhiti Palace with the correct year: Ranodip was assassinated during the coup d'état on 22 November ______ in the palace's southern wing.
  92. Complete the sentence about Narayanhiti Palace with the correct year: King Mahendra ordered the palace to be demolished and replaced in ______.
  93. Complete the sentence about Narayanhiti Palace with the correct year: Mahendra declared the palace as king office and property of the Government of Nepal in ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Manakamana Temple with the correct year: Alternatively, pilgrims can take the Manakamana Cable Car which was built in ______ for about US$7.5 million.
  95. Complete the sentence about Manakamana Temple with the correct year: In ______-65, Prithvi Narayan Shah began a trust to worship Manakamana, Bareyshwar Mahadev, and to feed the pigeons every day.
  96. Complete the sentence about Manakamana Temple with the correct year: According to another engraving, in ______-3, four siblings: Sur Bir, Kar Bir, Fauda Singh, and Khagda Singh built the gold plated…
  97. Complete the sentence about Rolpa District with the correct year: In ______, Rolpa district established carving out parts of Pyuthan District and Salyan District.
  98. Complete the sentence about Dolpo with the correct year: Dolpa was the location for the ______ Oscar-nominated film Himalaya and more recently for the German documentary Dolpo Tulku.
  99. Complete the sentence about Dolpo with the correct year: In ______, the Gorkhas conquered Kathmandu and established the Kingdom of Nepal, which would soon reach more or less the country's modern exten…
  100. Complete the sentence about Manang District with the correct year: In ______, 16.3% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.

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