Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh at a Glance

(Exercise)

1. Answer the following questions briefly. 

a) What are the various physiographic divisions of the two Union Territories? 

Answer: The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh have been divided into following six physical divisions: 

I.The Outer Plains. 

II.The Shiwaliks. 

III.The Middle Himalayas. 

IV.The Valley of Kashmir 

V.The Greater Himalayas. 

VI.The Ladakh Region.

b) Name the important rivers flowing through the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh? 

Answer: Major rivers flowing through these Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh are: 

The Indus in Ladakh, 

The Chenab in Jammu region

The Jhelum in Kashmir Valley.

c) What are the languages spoken in different areas of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh? 

Answer: The languages spoken in these Union Territories are of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh are:

• Kashmiri
• Urdu
• Dogri
• Punjabi
• Pahari
• Bhoti
• Balti
• Gojri
• Shina
• Siraji
• Dardi
• Pashto

d) Name the coldest place in the Union Territory of Ladakh? 

Answer: Drass is the coldest place in the Union Territory of Ladakh. Lowest temperature goes deep below freezing point upto -40 degree Celsius.

2. Tick the correct answers. 

(a) The largest glacier  in the north west Himalayas is 

1) Kolhai 

2) Siachin 

3) Thajwas 

Answer: 2) Siachin Glacier

b) Waharat  is a local name for which of the seasons in –—— Kashmir. 

1) Rainy season 

2) Winter season 

3) Spring season  

Answer: 1) Rainy Season

c) Dachigam National Park is in 

1) Srinagar 

2) Ladakh  

3) Bhadarwah

Answer: 1) Srinagar

3. Match the Following:

Column A	Column B
(i) Indus River	(a) Kashmir Valley
(ii) Chenab River	(b) Ladakh
(iii) River Jhelum	(c) Jammu
(iv) Suru River	(d) Kargil

Answer:

Column A	Column B
(i) Indus River	(b) Ladakh
(ii) Chenab River	(c) Jammu
(iii) River Jhelum	(a) Kashmir Valley
(iv) Suru River	(d) Kargil