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| Formation | By Maharaja Gulab Singh on 16 March 1846. |
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| Location | 33.7782° Ν. 76.5762° E |
| Capital | Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter) |
| Area(Previous) | 2,22236 sq km.(State) |
| Area(Current) | 42,241 sq km.(UT) |
| Seats(Previous) | Lokh Sabha 06 and Rajya Sabha 04 |
| Seats(Current) | Lokh Sabha 05 and Rajya Sabha 04 |
| Population | 1.25 crores |
| Sex Ratio | 889 |
| Literacy | 68.74% |
| State Animal | Hangul |
| State Bird | Black necked Crane |
| Official Language | Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Hindi, English |
| JK High Court | 26 March 1928. | ||
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| JK Bank | 01 Oct 1938 | ||
| Highest Population | Jammu District | ||
| Highest Literacy | Jammu District | ||
| Highest Sex Ratio | Kulgam District | ||
| Lowest Literacy | Ramban District | ||
| First PM | Mehr Chand Mahajan | ||
| First CM | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | ||
| First Governor | Karan Singh | ||
| Last Governor | S.P MALIK | ||
| Last PM | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | ||
| UT | Since 31st OCt 2019 | ||
| Int. Boundary | China and Afghanistan | ||
| State Tree | Chinar | ||
| State Flower | Lotus |
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Some Important MCQs for Patwari, jkp Constable and All other JKSSB exams
1. Name the earliest known text of Kashmir.
Ans: Nilamapurana
2. What does the text contain?
Ans: It contains information on Kashmir’s history, geography, religion, and folklore (=traditional stories and culture of a group of people)
3. Who wrote the book ‘Rajatarangini’? Ans: Kashmir born author and historian, Kalhana in 1148
5. In what language had he written this book?
Ans: Sanskrit
6. How many total verses does the book consist of?
Ans: 7826 verses
7. What does the name ‘Rajatarangini’ refer to?
Ans: The River of Kings
8. What does the book deal with?
Ans: It deals with the history of Kashmiri rulers
9. After Kalhana’s death, who continued his Rajatarangini during the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin?
Ans: Jona Raja (Sanskrit)
Mullah Ahmed (Persian)
10. What does the greater portion of Jona Raj’s chronicle, “Rajavali” deal with?
Ans: It gives the circumstantial historical account of the later Hindu rulers from Jayasimha to Queen Didda
11. What name did Mulla Ahmed give to Rajatarangini in Persian?
Ans: Bahr-ul-Asman
12. Who wrote a similar Persian book called Tarikh-e-Kashmir?
Ans: Haider Malik
13. What are Abul Faza’s Akbar Nama and Ain-e-Akbari about?
Ans: History, geography, administration, arts, industries etc of Kashmir
14. In which AD Hiuen Tsang visited Kashmir?
Ans: AD 631
15. What did Tsang record in the valley? Ans: He recorded the conversion of the people to Bhuddism by Majjahantika or Madhyantika
16. Name the Chinese pilgrim who opined that Kashmir is a kingdom surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Ans: Ou-Kong
17. Who wrote the book ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’? Ans: Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
18. Name the book that provides exact and accurate information regarding the valley.
Ans: Kitab-ul-Hind
19. With whom did a European traveler, Father Jerome Xavier come to Kashmir? Ans: Emperor Akbar
20. With whom did Francis Bernier visit Kashmir?
Ans: Aurangzeb
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21. Name the foreign visitors who visited Kashmir after it had come under Dogra rulers.
Ans: Vigne, George Forester, Desideri, Drew Lawrence and Cunningham