100 Fascinating Facts About Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir is known as “Paradise on Earth” and is one of the most enchanting areas in the north of India, capturing the awe of visitors by its grand natural majesty and rich culture as well as the myriad species of its wildlife. The highest snow-clad peaks in Himalayas together with serene valleys wrapped with luscious flourishing green are the places where each and every visitor is left spellbound.
This union territory has a large number of distinguished national parks, such as Dachigam being renowned for Hangul, the endangered deer species, and Hemis being the largest such park in India, securing a sanctuary for notoriously untraceable snow leopards of Indian Himalayas. The wetlands and wildlife sanctuaries of the region, the most striking examples being Hokersar and Wular Lake, are among the most important components of this region in ecological terms. Furthermore, considerable alpine meadows and dense forests—say Kishtwar and Kazinag—adorn the respective areas with a wide diversity of flora and fauna from large Himalayan brown bears to the stylish Markhor.
Jammu and Kashmir is a paradise for any such person in dealing with nature along with history. Its inviting landscapes, biodiversity, and cultural heritage make it every traveler’s dream to visit since ever.
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Table of content:-
1. Formation of Jammu and Kashmir
2. History
3. Administration and politics
4. State symbol
5. Geography and natural features
6. Temples and fort
7. Agriculture
8. Art & culture
9. Health and education
10. Forest and wildlife
1. Formation of Jammu & Kashmir
1. Who was the last ruling Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Hari Singh
2. In which time did Jammu and Kashmir subscribe to India?
Answer: 1947
3. Who was the author of the kingly state of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Gulab Singh
4. Which Article of the Indian Constitution granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Article 370
5. When was Composition 370 disannulled, repealing Jammu and Kashmir’s special status?
Answer: 2019
6. What was the executive change enforced in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2019?
Answer: Reorganized into two Union homes
7. Who was the Governor-General of India when Jammu and Kashmir agreed to India?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
8. in 1846 led to the creation of the kingly state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Answer: Treaty of Amritsar
9. Which regions were formed as separate Union homes after the reorganization?
Answer:Jammu and Kashmir; Ladakh
10. Who was the first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India?
Answer:Sheikh Abdullah
2. History Jammu & Kashmir
1. Which Mughal emperor adjoined Kashmir in 1586?
Answer: Akbar
2. Who was the architect of the famous Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar?
Answer: Emperor Jahangir
3. When did Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang visit Kashmir?
Answer: 361 AD
4. Which Sufi saint’s shrine is located at Charar-e-Sharif in Kashmir?
Answer: Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani (Nund Rishi)
5. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir?
Answer: Shah Mir
6. Which battle marked the morning of the Sikh subjection of Kashmir?
Answer: The Battle of Shopian (1819)
7. Which ancient tample devoted to Lord Shiva is located in Pahalgam?
Answer: Mamal (Mamleshwar) tample (temple spelling is wrong everywhere)
8. Which ancient textbook records the history of Kashmir’s lords?
Answer: Kalhana’s Rajatarangini
9. Which king built the City of Srinagari, now known as Srinagar?
Answer: Emperor Ashoka
10. Who was the author of the Karkota Empire in Kashmir?
Answer: Durlabh Vardhana
3. Administration and politics
1. Who’s the current Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Manoj Sinha
2. Which act was abolished along with Article 370, impacting Jammu and Kashmir’s endless occupancy rules?
Answer: Article 35A
3. Which political leader was detained after the invalidation of Composition 370 in 2019?
Answer: Mehbooba Mufti
4. When was the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly dissolved?
Answer:1957
5. Which transnational body did India approach in 1948 regarding the Jammu and Kashmir conflict?
Answer: United Nations
6. What’s the current duration of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly’s term?
Answer: Five years
7. How many seats were reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly after the delimitation exercise?
Answer: 9
8. How numerous are the members in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court?
Answer: 17
9. Which commission handled the recent delimitation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Delimitation Commission
10. What’s the total number of Rajya Sabha seats allocated to Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: 4
4. State symbol
1. What’s the state animal of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: the hangul (The Kashmir stag)
2. Which raspberry is honored as the state raspberry of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer:The Kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
3. What’s the state fish of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: The Golden Mahseer (Tor putitora)
4. Which flower represents Jammu and Kashmir as its state flower?
Answer: The common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
5. What tree has been designated as the state tree of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: The Chinar tree (Platanus orientalis)
6. Which butterfly is the state butterfly of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: The Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya)
7. What’s the state cotillion of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Rauf Dance
8. What’s the anthem song of Kashmir?
Answer: ‘Watan Hamara Azad Kashmir’.
9. Which craft is considered the state craft of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Pashmina shawls
10. What’s the state swash of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer:Jhelum River
5. Geography and natural features
1. What’s the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Srinagar
2. What’s the downtown capital of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Jammu
4. Which lake in Srinagar is famous for its houseboats and floating auditoriums?
Answer:Dal Lake
5. What’s the loftiest peak in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Nun Peak
6. Which pass connects the Kashmir Valley with the Ladakh region?
Answer: Zoji La Pass
7. Which vale is known as the ‘Saffron Bowl of Kashmir’?
Answer: Pampore Valley
8. Which region in Jammu and Kashmir is notorious for its cold desert geography?
Answer: The Ladakh region
9. Which lake in Jammu and Kashmir is Asia’s largest brackish lake?
Answer: Wular Lake
10. Which mountain range lies to the south of the Kashmir Valley?
Answer: Pir Panjal Range
6. Temples and fort
1. Which temple in Jammu is devoted to Lord Rama as a manifestation of Lord Vishnu?
Answer:Raghunath Temple
2. Which is considered the largest Shiva temple in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Ranbireshwar Temple
3. The Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagar is devoted to which deity?
Answer: Lord Shiva.
4. The Bahu Fort is situated on the bank of which river?
Answer: Tawi River
5. The Raghunath Temple complex consists of how many shrines?
Answer: seven shrines
6. Which fort in Jammu and Kashmir is also known as the Mughal Fort?
Answer: Hari Parbat Fort
7. Which temple in Jammu is considered second only to Mata Vaishno Devi in terms of mystical power?
Answer: The temple of Maha Kali (Bawey Wali Mata)
8. How many temples are part of the Krimchi Temple Complex?
Answer: 7
9. How many Shivalingas are enshrined in the Ranbireshwar Temple’s main hall?
Answer: 12
10. In which century was the Martand Sun Temple constructed?
Answer: 8th Century AD
7. Agriculture
1. Which quarter is the largest patron of vegetables in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Budgam quarter
2. Which region in Jammu and Kashmir is famed for saffron civilization?
Answer: Pampore region
3. What’s the main Rabi crop grown in the Jammu region?
Answer: Wheat
4. Which fruit is Jammu and Kashmir the largest patron of in India?
Answer: Apples
5. Which agrarian university is located in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir
6. What’s the main oilseed crop grown in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: rapeseed and mustard
7. What chance (2023) does Jammu and Kashmir’s population have of depending on husbandry and confederated sectors?
Answer:70%
8. Which conduit is a major source of irrigation in the Jammu quarter?
Answer: Ranbir Canal
9. Which quarter in Ladakh has a high-altitude herbal theater?
Answer: Leh quarter
10. What chance is there that the net sown area in Jammu and Kashmir is used for food crops?
Answer: Approximately 70%
8. Art & culture
1. What’s the traditional embroidery art form of Jammu and Kashmir known for its intricate embroidery?
Answer: Kashida
2. Which style of oil is done on cloth using vegetable colors in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer:Calico printing
3. Which traditional dance of Jammu and Kashmir is performed in honor of original divinities and involves metrical movements?
Answer: Kud
4. Which musical instrument, analogous to a lute, is traditional to Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer:Rubab
5. What’s the traditional boat used in the Dal Lake of Srinagar called?
Answer: Shikara
6. Which traditional music form of Jammu and Kashmir involves the use of instruments like the santoor and sitar?
Answer: Sufiana music
7. What’s the traditional cotillion performed during the Hemis jubilee in Ladakh, Jammu, and Kashmir?
Answer: Cham Dance
8. What’s the traditional system of cuisine in Jammu and Kashmir that involves slow-cooking in earthen pots?
Answer: Dambur
9. What’s the traditional form of liar through music and cotillion in Jammu and Kashmir called?
Answer: Ladishah
10. What’s the traditional form of theater performed during the Lohri jubilee in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Bhand Pather
9. Health and education
1. When was the University of Kashmir established?
Answer: 1948
What’s the knowledge rate of Jammu and Kashmir according to the 2011 census?
Answer: 68%
2. Which quarter in Jammu and Kashmir has the loftiest knowledge rate (2011)?
Answer: Jammu District
3. Which scheme focuses on nutrition and health for children in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme
4. What’s the oldest academy in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Tyndale Biscoe School
5. Which action focuses on skill development for youth in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer:Udaan
6. Which medical council in Jammu and Kashmir was the first to admit authorization to run postgraduate courses?
Answer: The Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar.
7. What’s the name of the mobile healthcare service launched for remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: ‘Aarogya – Doctor on Wheels’.
8. What’s the name of the periodic education jubilee organized in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Sonzal
9. Which ancient university in Jammu and Kashmir is mentioned in literal textbooks?
Answer: Sharda Peeth
10. Which is the largest hospital in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences.
10. Forest and wildlife
1. How many national parks are there in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: 5
2. Which national park in Jammu and Kashmir is famous for the Hangul deer?
Answer: Dachigam National Park
3. Which national park in Jammu and Kashmir is known as the’ Snow Leopard Capital of India’?
Answer:Hemis National Park
4. Which national park in Jammu and Kashmir is designated as a Ramsar site?
Answer: Hokersar Wildlife Sanctuary
5. Which beast species in Jammu and Kashmir is frequently referred to as the “Ghost of the Mountains”?
Answer: Snow leopards
6. In which time was Dachigam National Park established?
Answer: 1981
7. Which National park was named after the relegation of ten villages to create it?
Answer: Dachigam National Park
8. How many wildlife sanctuaries are there in Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: 14
9. Which exposed species of scapegoat is defended in the Kazinag National Park of Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer: Markhor
10. Which swash, flowing through the Kishtwar National Park, is known for its demitasse-clear waters and submarine life?
Answer: Chenab River
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