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Indian Polity Quiz: Article 370 and the Reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir

  • 10 questions
  • 10 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
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This Indian Polity quiz on Article 370 and the Reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.

Questions in this quiz

10 questions with answers and explanations

Q2.Indian PolityEasy

The Instrument of Accession of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on:

  1. A.15 August 1947
  2. B.26 October 1947
  3. C.27 October 1948
  4. D.26 January 1950
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Correct answer: B. 26 October 1947

Tribal raiders backed by Pakistan entered the Kashmir valley in the third week of October 1947, and Maharaja Hari Singh of the Dogra dynasty signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947; Governor-General Lord Mountbatten accepted it the next day, after which Indian troops were airlifted to Srinagar.

Q4.Indian PolityEasy

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 came into effect on its appointed day, which was:

  1. A.5 August 2019
  2. B.9 August 2019
  3. C.31 October 2019
  4. D.26 January 2020
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Correct answer: C. 31 October 2019

The Act named an appointed day on which the State of Jammu and Kashmir would cease to exist and the two Union Territories would come into being, and the Union notified that day as 31 October 2019, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is observed as National Unity…

Q7.Indian PolityMedium

Under Article 370(3), the President could declare that the article shall cease to be operative only on the recommendation of:

  1. A.Both Houses of Parliament
  2. B.The Governor of the State
  3. C.The Constituent Assembly of the State
  4. D.The Supreme Court of India
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Correct answer: C. The Constituent Assembly of the State

The proviso to Article 370(3) said that the President could issue a public notification ending the article only on the recommendation of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.

Q8.Indian PolityHard

Which provisions of the Constitution of India applied to the State of Jammu and Kashmir directly, without the concurrence of the State government, while Article 370 was in force?

  1. A.Articles 1 and 370
  2. B.Articles 1 and 3
  3. C.Articles 370 and 371
  4. D.Articles 1, 3 and 370
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Correct answer: A. Articles 1 and 370

Article 370(1)(c) said that Article 1, which declares India a Union of States and lists its territory in the First Schedule, and Article 370 itself applied to the State; everything else could reach it only through a presidential order made with the concurrence of the State government.

Q9.Indian PolityHard

The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, whose final order of 2022 fixed ninety assembly seats, was headed by:

  1. A.Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
  2. B.Justice Kurian Joseph
  3. C.Justice R. C. Lahoti
  4. D.Justice Deepak Verma
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Correct answer: A. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

A retired judge of the Supreme Court, she chaired the Delimitation Commission set up in March 2020 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which gave its final order in May 2022.

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