Jammu & Kashmir GK Quiz

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The Vaishno Devi Mandir is located in Trikuta.

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Leh is the largest district in Jammu and Kashmir by areawise.

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The festival of Losar started in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on December 19, 2017, to mark the Tibetan New Year.

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Chenab River (960 km) is the longest river in Jammu Kashmir.

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a ten-member committee to declare Srinagar’s famous Dal Lake and its surrounding areas as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ), following concerns over its shrinking size.

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There are total of 5 National parks in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Article 370 Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Srinagar is the capital of Jammu & Kashmir.

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The Lok Sabha (meaning “House of the People”) is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Jammu and Kashmir state elect 6 members and they are directly elected by the state electorates of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq was the first Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir.

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Lavender is being cultivated in Jammu as part of the Aroma Mission.

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Uri power station is a run-of-the-river scheme with an installed capacity of 480 MW (4 X 120 MW) to harness the Hydropower potential of river Jhelum.

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Wular Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia. It is sited in the Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River.

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There are twenty districts in Jammu and Kashmir, they are ten districts in Jammu and ten districts in Kashmir. The three divisions of Jammu and Kashmir together have 22 districts in total

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Lotus is the state flower of Jammu and Kashmir.

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The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control.

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Kashmir valley is located in the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the main Himalayas range.

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The Bara Lacha La Pass connects Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. It has an elevation of 4890 meters.

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Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has been named as the nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, by the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, after a request from the government.

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Srinagar is located on the banks of the Jhelum river.