J&K Reorganisation Act 2019 MCQ for JKSSB: Key Facts & Questions
J&K GK · 2026-09-30 · 6 min read
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 shows up in almost every JKSSB paper's General Awareness section — Junior Assistant, Finance Accounts Assistant, Class-IV, SI, VLW. The questions are factual recall: a date, a number of seats, which part covers what. One focused session covers most of what can be asked.
Timeline
- 5 August 2019 — Bill introduced and passed in the Rajya Sabha; the Presidential order made most of Article 370 inoperative the same day
- 6 August 2019 — Passed by the Lok Sabha
- 9 August 2019 — Presidential assent
- 31 October 2019 — 'Appointed day': the two UTs came into existence (Sardar Patel's birth anniversary)
- December 2023 — A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of Article 370
Structure of the Act
The Act has 103 sections in 14 parts, with 5 schedules. It split the former state into two Union Territories:
- UT of Jammu and Kashmir — with a legislature, administered on the Article 239A model (like Puducherry), headed by a Lieutenant Governor
- UT of Ladakh (Leh and Kargil districts) — without a legislature
Both UTs share one High Court, now the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh; Part VIII of the Act deals with it.
Seats: the most-asked numbers
- Section 14 (original): 107 Assembly seats, of which 24 are for PoK areas and kept vacant
- Section 15: the LG may nominate 2 women if they're not adequately represented
- Assembly term: 5 years (down from 6 under the former state constitution)
- Council of Ministers: at most 10% of the Assembly's total strength
- Parliament: J&K has 5 Lok Sabha and 4 Rajya Sabha seats; Ladakh has 1 Lok Sabha seat
Updates newer papers test
- Delimitation (May 2022) — Commission chaired by Justice (Retd.) Ranjana Prakash Desai: 90 elected seats — 43 Jammu, 47 Kashmir; 9 ST and 7 SC seats
- Amendment Act, 2023 — total raised to 114 (90 + 24 PoK); LG may nominate up to 2 Kashmiri migrants (one a woman) and 1 displaced person from PoK
- Elections (Sept–Oct 2024) — first Assembly polls under the UT set-up, in three phases; Omar Abdullah sworn in as CM on 16 October 2024
Two names to remember
Girish Chandra Murmu was the first LG of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, and Radha Krishna Mathur the first LG of Ladakh. If you can recall every number on this page, you've covered most of what JKSSB asks on the Act — try the questions below.
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Practice questions
Q1. On which date did the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh come into existence?
- 5 August 2019
- 9 August 2019
- 31 October 2019
- 26 January 2020
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31 October 2019 — 31 October 2019 was the 'appointed day' under the Act. 5 August is when the bill was introduced; 9 August is the date of Presidential assent.
Q2. How many sections does the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 contain?
- 95
- 103
- 107
- 114
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103 — 103 sections in 14 parts, with 5 schedules. 107 and 114 are Assembly seat totals — a common trap.
Q3. Under the Act as originally enacted, how many women could the Lieutenant Governor nominate to the Legislative Assembly?
- One
- Two
- Three
- Five
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Two — Section 15 allows the LG to nominate two women if they are not adequately represented.
Q4. After the 2023 amendment, what is the total number of seats in the J&K Legislative Assembly (including those for PoK)?
- 87
- 90
- 107
- 114
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114 — 90 elected seats in J&K plus 24 seats for PoK areas = 114. The original figure was 107.
Q5. The Council of Ministers in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir cannot exceed what share of the Assembly's total strength?
- 10%
- 12%
- 15%
- 20%
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10% — The Act caps the Council of Ministers at 10% of the total number of members of the Assembly.
Q6. How many Lok Sabha seats were allotted to the UT of Ladakh?
- One
- Two
- Three
- None
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One — Ladakh has one Lok Sabha seat; the UT of Jammu and Kashmir has five.