J&K History

JKSSB Class-IV & MTS · General Awareness & Science · 12 practice questions with answers and explanations: 6 Easy, 4 Medium, 2 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

The July 1931 uprising in Kashmir was a mass movement against whose rule?

  1. Mughal rule
  2. British rule
  3. Dogra rule
  4. Sikh rule
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Answer: C. The July 1931 revolt was directed against Dogra rule.

Sample Medium question 2

The Treaty of Amritsar (1846), which transferred Kashmir to Gulab Singh, was concluded during the tenure of which Governor-General?

  1. Lord Hardinge
  2. Lord Dalhousie
  3. Lord Curzon
  4. Lord Mountbatten
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Answer: A. Sir Henry Hardinge was Governor-General in 1846, after the First Anglo-Sikh War. Dalhousie succeeded him in 1848.

Sample Hard question 3

The celebrated English translation of Kalhana's Rajatarangini, published in 1900, was made by:

  1. M. A. Stein
  2. Vincent Smith
  3. James Prinsep
  4. Alexander Cunningham
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Answer: A. Marc Aurel Stein published his annotated English translation of the Rajatarangini in 1900.

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