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The First Kashmir War - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 49 times
- The average score is 9 of 14
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Prior to 1815, Jammu and Kashmir was controlled by which Asian country? | Afghanistan | 91%
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| Initially, in 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh decided to join neither Pakistan nor India, but to remain __________, concerned for the diverse population of Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs. | Independent | 88%
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| Military personnel from what foreign country fought on both sides of the war? | United Kingdom | 82%
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| Who was the Prime Minister of India? | Jawaharlal Nehru | 76%
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| What did the United Nations mediate, officially ending the war on January 1, 1949? | A {Ceasefire} | 74%
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| Punjab | 71%
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| What is the capital city of Jammu and Kashmir, which the militias were meant to capture? | Srinagar | 71%
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| What is the name of the present-day Pakistani territory that administers this land? | {Azad} Kashmir | 68%
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| Who was the Governor-General of Pakistan? | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | 62%
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| What South Asian regions with mixed religious populations had already been split in two? | Bengal | 59%
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| Pakistan employed tribesmen from what ethnic group to invade Jammu and Kashmir, causing Singh to ultimately accede Jammu and Kashmir to India? | Pashtuns | 59%
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| The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a far-right Hindu nationalist organization still in power today, carried out what atrocity during the war, killing 20,000–100,000 Muslim inhabitants? | The 1947 Jammu {Massacres} | 56%
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| By the end of the war, approximately what fraction of Jammu and Kashmir was Pakistan in possession of, with India continuing to control the remaining majority? | ⅓ | 47%
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| Originally called Operation Duck, what was India's surprise attack in November 1948, entailing the successful reclamation of the Ladakh region? (Hint: a North American bovine) | Operation {Bison} | 41%
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