Jammu, Srinagar - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   The Asia’s largest and most famous Tulip Garden is located in

a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Sikkim
c. Uttarakhand
d. Kerala
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Jammu and Kashmir

Explanation:

  • Asia's largest tulip garden is in Srinagar.
  • It was inaugurated in 2008 and attracts thousands of tourists every year.
  • It is known as Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden, previously Model Floriculture Center.
  • It was opened to boost floriculture and tourism in Kashmir Valley.
2)   Name the separatist leader arrested in connection with the raising of Pakistani flags during a rally at Srinagar on 15th Apr’15?

a. Mohd. Sarfaraz
b. Mehrisul Hasan
c. Masarat Alam
d. Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Masarat Alam

Explanation:
He has been arrested in the case registered in police station Budgam in connection with the provocative actions during the said rally. The arrest comes hours ahead of Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani's call for a march to Tral area of Pulwama district where a youth was allegedly killed in a cross firing incident between the army and militants. Almost all separatist leaders including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, have been put under house arrest, in view of the Tral March Call.

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