Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh - Study Mode

[#1191] Dhruv Dev gave shelter to which Sikh warrior in 1703?
Correct Answer

(A) Banda Bahadur

Explanation

Solution: 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.

[#1192] 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.
Correct Answer

(A) Both (A) and (R) true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Explanation

Solution: 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.

[#1193] When did Kalhana completed his writing of 'Rajatarangini'?
Correct Answer

(B) 1148 - 50 AD

[#1194] Chashme Shahi garden in Kashmir was built in the year
Correct Answer

(C) 1632 AD

Explanation

Solution: 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.

[#1195] In which year, Afghan rule was established in Kashmir?
Correct Answer

(C) 1753 AD

Explanation

Solution: 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.