Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh - Study Mode

[#596] The city of Jammu got its name from which King?
Correct Answer

(B) Jambu Lochan

Explanation

Solution: The city of Jammu is named after Jambu Lochan, the brother of Bahu, a powerful local chieftain who ruled during the ninth century. It is said that on becoming king, Jambu Lochan went on a hunt and, crossing the Tawi, found a deer and a tiger drinking water from the same tank. His ministers explained that this meant that the soil of the place was so virtuous that no living creature bore enmity against another. Raja Jambu Lochan, decided to build his capital, Jambupura, on this soil, on the right bank of the Tawi overlooking his brother king Bahu's fort. Jambupura later came to be known as Jammu.

[#597] What was the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir during the Dogra rule?
Correct Answer

(A) Srinagar

Explanation

Solution: Srinagar served as the summer capital, Jammu was the winter capital. Dogra monarch Maharaja Gulab Singh is believed to have started the tradition of shifting the capital in 1872.

[#598] Khiran Conservation Reserve is located in
Correct Answer

(A) Anantnag

Explanation

Solution: Khiram Conservation Reserve is located in Anantnag.

[#599] The Project Snow Leopard covers
Correct Answer

(D) All of the above

Explanation

Solution: The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, launched the Project Snow Leopard in 2009 in Trans-Himalayan regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

[#600] Project Hangul is undertaken for the protection of
Correct Answer

(D) Kashmiri Stag

Explanation

Solution: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir launched Project Hangul for the protection of the Hangul or Kashmir Stag habitat in 1970s with the help of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF).