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The correct answer is: C. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.<\/strong><\/p>\n Gulab Singh was the founder of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. He signed the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846 with the British East India Company, in which he acquired the rights of the hilly regions between Indus and Ravi in exchange for a sum of Rs. 75 lakhs. This treaty demarcated the boundaries of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n Therefore, both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true. Moreover, reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A). This is because the Treaty of Amritsar was the instrument that demarcated the boundaries of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n Here is a brief explanation of each option:<\/p>\n [amp_mcq option1=”A is true but R is false” option2=”A is false but R is true” option3=”Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A” option4=”Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A” correct=”option3″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[982],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jammu-and-kashmir-gk-mcq","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\n\n