Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh GK MCQ Question and Answer | State Gk MCQ

Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of 240 km² (93 square mile), is surrounded by the Himalayas in the north and the northern - plains in the south. Jammu is the second most populous city of the union territory.

In mid 8^th century, the Dhar dynasty was weakened by facing several attacks from neighbouring regions of Poonch, Kashmir and outside invasions. The weakening of this dynasty led to the emergence of a stronger dynasty known as Dev Dynasty.

Dhruv Dev gave shelter to Sikh warrior Banda Bahadur and helped him to rise against Mughals. He consolidated his empire and became an independent ruler.

Assertion (A): Kashmir came under several dynasties including the rule of Central Asia and Bactrian empire.
Reason (R): Kashmir was under the rule of Kushans and the Huns as they were powerful and defeated native rulers of Kashmir.

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true. Kashmir's history indeed includes periods of rule by various dynasties from Central Asia and the Bactrian empire. Additionally, the assertion that Kashmir was ruled by powerful dynasties like the Kushans and the Huns, who defeated native rulers, is also true. The reason provides an explanation for why Kashmir came under the rule of these dynasties, thereby supporting the assertion.

Hence, Option A: Both (A) and (R) true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) is the correct choice.

Kashmir came under the rule of Shah Jahan (son of Jahangir) in 1628 AD. He was also an art lover who built Chashme Shahi Garden through his Governor Ali Mardan Khan in 1632 AD.

The Mughal Governors in Kashmir were corrupt. They started looting people. There was a steep rise in crime and violence. Due to this misrule, two Kashmiri noblemen, Miri Muquim Kant and Khwaja Zahir Didmari invited Ahmad Shah Abdali Durrani of Kabul (Commander of Nadir Shah), who was at Lahore in 1752 to capture Kashmir. In 1753, Ahmad Shah Abdali again sent his army under Commander Abdullah Khan Ishaq Aqasi to conquer Kashmir. A battle was fought at Shepian where Mughal Army was defeated and Kashmir was conquered by the Afghans.

On the request of Pandit Birbal Dhar and Rajakak Dhar, Maharaja Ranjit Singh sent 30,000 Sikh soldiers. These soldiers fought with the Afghan Army and defeated them in 1819. With this, Kashmir was included in the Sikh dynasty.

Sikh ruled in Kashmir from 1819 - 1846 AD.

Rajatarangini, the book on Kashmir’s history, details about the rule of Achaemenid Empire in Kashmir. According to this book, Kashmir came under the rule of Achaemenians of Persia and ruled by King Cyrus from 600 - 400 BC.