1. Punjab was known in the ancient period by the name of Sapta Sindhu 2. In the Epic age Punjab was known as Panchnad 3. The Greeks referred to Punjab as Penta Potamia 4. Punjab was invaded by Alexander in the year (Battle of Hydespus 326 BC with Porus) 5. During Mahabharata times Punjab was known by the name of Panchananda 6. Name the place where world’s best university Takshashila was Rawalpindi located? 7. What was the ancient name of river Indus? Sindhu 8. VITASTA was old name of river Jhelum 9. PURUSNI was old name of river Ravi 10. Satluj was earlier called Shatudri 11. Which river was known as Askini in ancient times? Chenab 12. Harappa was situated on the bank river Ravi 13. Mohenjodaro, a town of Indus Valley Civilization was situated on Ravi bank of river 14. The author of Arthshashtra was Kautilya 15. The number of Puranas is 18 16. Who was the founder of Ayurvedic system of Medicines? Charak 17. Name the seven rivers which flowed in Punjab during ancient Sindhu, Satluj, Beas, Ravi, times? Chenab, Jhelum and Saraswati 18. Punjab that had been conquered by Alexander was soon captured Chandragupta Maurya by 19. ‘Trigartha’ was old name of city of Jalandhar 20. What is meant by ‘Trigartha’? Watered by three rivers 21. Jalandhar was watered by which three rivers? Satluj, Beas and Ravi 22. Seleucus was successor of which ruler? Alexander 23. Who wrote Ashtadhyae in Punjab? Panini 24. Battle of Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus 25. Punjabi language is considered to be a successor of which language? Sauraseni Prakrit 26. Hydaspes & Vitasa was old name of river Jhelum 27. At which place in Punjab region were the Ashokan inscriptions Taxilla found? 28. Harappan civilization belongs to which age Bronze age period 29. What is the importance of town of Sanghol (Dist. Fatehgarh Sahib) Remains of harappan civilization have been found here 30. Other sites in Punjab where remains have been found Ropar, Rohirha (dist sangrur), Sunet (dist. Ludhiana) 31. Ramayan, Mahabharata and Bhagwad gita were composed during Aryan period which period 32. Name the Persian king who is believed to have completed the Gustasp occupation of Punjab in 516 BC 33. Under Mauryans the area known as modern Punjab was included in Takshila (now in the larger province of Gandhara, its capital was Pakistan)
PUNJAB G.K. 34. Khidrana was the old name of Muktsar whereas Chak Ram Das was Amritsar the old name 35. Japji sahib was written by Guru Nanak Dev Ji 36. Jaap Sahib was written by Guru Gobind Singh ji 37. Anand Sahib was written by Guru Amar Dass Ji (3rd Guru) 38. Of the 5 Takhts of Sikhism 3 are in Punjab those are Akal Takht Sahib, Anandpur Sahib & Damdama Sahib 39. Which Sikh personality has the distinction of coronation the Baba Buddha Ji successors of Guru Nanak upto the Sixth Guru? 40. Sikh heritage complex (Virasat-e-Khalsa) is developed at Anandpur Sahib 41. How many Sikh Takhts (symbolic seats of temporal and spiritual Five authority of Sikhism) are there 42. Guru Nanak Dev was born at Nankana Sahib Lahore whereas Kartarpur Sahib breathed his last in (Pakistan) 43. Guru Ka Langar was started by Guru Nanak Dev Ji 44. How many Udasis were taken up by Guru Nanak Dev Ji Four 45. Laavan, the hymns of marriage written by Guru Ram Das whereas Guru Nanak Dev Kirtan Sohila by 46. “Barah Mah” and “Asa di Vaar” were written by Guru Nanak Dev Ji 47. Who was the father, mother, wife & sister of Guru Nanak Dev Ji? Kalian chand das bedi, Tripta Devi, Sulakhni & Nanki respectively 48. Which Guru gave the 3 pillers of humanity Naam Japan, Kirti Guru Nanak Dev Ji Karani& Vand Chakna? 49. Where did Guru Nanak Dev Ji attain enlightenment? River Bein 50. Who was the source of Guru Nanak’s Biography compiled by Guru Bhai Bala Angad Dev? 51. Original name of Guru Angad Dev Ji Bhai Lehna 52. Name the city founded by Guru Angad Dev Ji Kadoor Sahib 53. Who invented gurmukhi script? Guru Angad Dev Ji 54. The standardization of Gurumukhi was done by Guru Angad Dev 55. First biography of Guru Nanak Dev ji was written by Guru Angad Dev Ji 56. Who constructed the city Goindwal? Guru Amardass 57. Which Mughal Emperor visited Guru Amardas at Goindwal? Akbar 58. Pangat & Sangat concept was given by Guru Amar Das Ji (3rd Sikh Guru) 59. Anand Karaj marriage ceremony of the Sikhs was introduced by Guru Amar Dass 60. Name the town founded by Guru Amardass Ji Goindwal Sahib 61. Name the Sikh Guru who started Manji system Guru Amar Dass Ji 62. Who was the fourth Sikh Guru? Guru Ramdass Ji 63. City of Amritsar was founded by Guru Ramdas 64. Guru Ramdas (4th Sikh Guru) composed 688 Shabads in Guru Granth A Shabad sung at the Sahib and also composed “Lavan” which means time of Sikh Marriage 65. Who founded the Amritsar & designed the Golden Temple? Guru Ram Dass 66. Sri Amritsar was founded by Guru Ram Das Ji 67. Which Sikh Guru started Masand system Guru Ram Das Ji
PUNJAB G.K. 68. SUKHMANI SAHIB was written by which Sikh Guru Guru Arjun Dev Ji 69. Sikh Guru Arjun Dev was put to Martyrdom by which Mughal Ruler? Jahangir 70. Foundation of Golden Temple was laid down Guru Arjun Dev through the hands of Sufi Saint Mian Mir 71. Name the Musical instrument which is believed to have taken birth Saranda from Guru Arjan Dev Ji’s passion for music 72. Tarn Taran Sahib was founded by Guru Arjun Dev Ji 73. Harmandir Sahib was built by Guru Arjun Dev 74. Principles of Miri Piri (two swords representing temporal and Guru Hargobind (6th guru) spiritual powers) were established by 75. 1st Guru who wore Kalgi on his Turban Guru Hargobind Ji 76. The Guru who invented the musican instrument “taus” Guru Hargobind Ji 77. Bandi Chorr Devas is related with Guru Hargobind Ji 78. Anandpur Sahib was founded by Guru Teg Bahadur whereas the Guru Hargobind Ji Kiratpur founded by 79. Which Sikh Guru Ji got akal takht constructed Guru Hargobind Ji 80. Who started the art of gatka? Guru Hargobind Ji th th 81. Who was appointed as the 7 Guru by the 6 Guru Shri Guru Shri Guru Har Rai Ji Hargobind Ji? 82. Shri Guru Har Rai ji was born in the year 1630. His place of birth was Kartarpur Sahib 83. Shri Guru Har Rai ji was the son of Bhai Gurditta Ji the eldest son of Bibi Nihal Kaur 6th Guru Hargobind Ji. Name the mother of Shri Guru Har Rai Ji 84. Name the Sikh Guru who remained on Gurgaddi from 1645 to 1661 7th Guru Shri Guru Har Rai Ji 85. Bakshishes………….. 3 important preaching missions started by Shri Guru Har Rai Ji 86. Who was the youngest to become Sikh Guru at age of 7 Guru Har Krishan Ji th 87. Eight Sikh Guru Guru Har Krishan Ji was born on 7 July 1656 at Kiratpur Sahib which place? 88. Guru Har Krishan Ji was the son of Shri Guru Har Krishan Ji. Name Bibi Sulakhni Ji the mother of 8th Guru Ji 89. Name the sikh Guru who remained on Gurgaddi from 1661 AD to Shri Guru Har Krishan Ji 1664 AD 90. Shri Guru Har Krishan Ji sat on Gurgaddi at the age of only SEVEN Bal Guru Ji years. that is why he is also remembered as 91. Which Sikh Guru was executed by Aurangzeb? Guru Teg Bahadur (9th Guru) 92. Which Sikh Guru attained martyrdom in Delhi at a place now called Guru Teg Bahadur Ji Sisganj Sahib 93. City Anandpur Sahib was founded by Guru Teg Bahadur Ji st 94. Ninth Sikh Guru Guru Teg Bahadur Ji was born on 1 April, 1621. Amritsar Name the place of birth 95. Who identified Guru Teg Bahadur Ji as a Guru at Baba Bakala Sahib Makhan Shah Lubana with the saying “Guru Ladho Re, Guru Ladho Re” 96. Name the Mughal ruler by whose orders Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji Aurangzeb was martyred on November 11, 1675 97. Name the three Sikh disciples who have executed before the Bhai Mati Das Ji SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 3 PUNJAB G.K. execution of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji Bhai Sati Das Ji Bhai Dyala Ji 98. Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji sacrificed his life for the sake of Hindu Hind Di Chaadar religion. That is why he is still rmemebred respectfully as 99. Shri Anandpur Sahib town was founded by SHri Guru Teg Bahadur Makhowal Sahib Ji on June 19, 1665. What was its original name? 100. Name the Sikh woman who acted as one of the bodyguards of Guru Mai Bhago Gobind Singh Ji & fought war with Mughals in 1705 101. Who was the founder of Damdami Taksal? Guru Gobind Singh Ji 102. Masand system was started by Guru Arjun Dev whereas abolished Guru Gobind Singh Ji by 103. Language in which Guru Gobind Singh created his poetry in Brij Basha 104. Who was the court poet of Guru Gobind Singh? Bhai Nand Lal 105. Name the poetry written by Guru Gobind Singh Ji, filled by Vir Rasa Chandi Di Var 106. Who wrote Zafarnama to Aurangzeb? Guru Gobind Singh Ji 107. Battle of Chamkaur Sahib was fought between forces of Mughal Guru Gobind Singh Ji Empire and that of 108. Sukhmani Sahib was composed by Guru Arjan Dev whereas Savaiye Guru Gobind Singh Ji & Jaap Sahib was composed by 109. Name the two Sahibzadas who were bricked to death by Mughals Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh 110. The Birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh was Patna Sahib whereas the Hazoor sahib Demise place was 111. Name the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh? Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh, Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh Ji 112. Which Sikh Guru sent Banda Bahadur to Defeat Mughal Rulers? Guru Gobind Singh Ji 113. Dasam Granth was written by Guru Gobind Singh Ji th 114. Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji was the father of 10 Guru Shri Guru Mata Gujari Ji Gobind Singh Ji. Name the mother of the 10 th Guru Ji 115. Name the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji Sahibzada Ajit Singh Ji 116. Name the youngest Sahibzada Sahizada Fateh Singh Ji 117. Sahibzada Ajit Singh and Sahibzada Jujhar Singh Ji were martyred by Battle of Chamkaur Sahib the Mughals in 1704. Name the battle in which they attained martyrdom. th 118. Nagara was beaten at the time of start of war, whenever 10 Guru Ranjit Nagara Ji went on hunting tours and at the start of Langar. Name the Nagara th 119. Name the famous battle that was fought by 10 Guru Ji against the Battle of Bhangani joint army of the kings of hilly states in 1688 in which Guru Ji emerged victorious. th 120. On 30 March, 1699 Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji laid the foundation Khalsa Panth of which Historical Panth at Shri Anandpur Sahib Ji 121. Name the forest where Nabi Khan and Gani Khan-the two muslim Machhiwara brothers helped the Guru Ji 122. What is meant by “Paonta Sahib”? Space for a foothold th 123. 40 Muktas were those Sikhs who got martyrdom fighting for 10 Sri Muktsar Sahib Ji Guru Ji who granted Mukti to Them at Khidrana. What is its new name?
PUNJAB G.K. 124. Name the head of the 40 Muktas who got martyrdom in the Battle Bhai Mohan Singh Ji of Khidrana 125. Name the Guru Ji who wrote he famous compositions Bachitar Guru Gobind Singh Ji Natak 126. Which Mughal Ruler was at peace with Guru Gobind Singh Ji Bahadur Shah I 127. Name the place known as Guru Ki Kasha Damdama Sahib 128. Khalsa, a collection of army of Baptized Sikhs was established on Guru Gobind Singh Ji 13th April in 1699 at Anandpur by 129. Name the festival which has a special significance due to the birth Baisakhi of Khalsa 130. Name the Gurudwara which stands at the place where Khalsa was Gurudwara Keshgarh born. Sahib in Ananpur Sahib 131. Name the five disciples who were chosen as “Panj Pyaras” by Guru Daya Singh, Dharam Gobind Singh Ji Singh, Himmat Singh, Mohkam Singh, Sahib Singh 132. Akal Takht is situated at Amritsar 133. Banda singh bahadur took the revenge from nawab of sirhind, wazir Bricked alive the 2 khan who youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh 134. Name the Mughal ruler who executed banda singh bahadur Farruksiyar 135. Sikh coins were first minted by Banda Singh Bahadur st 136. The 1 one who establish Sikh rule in Punjab was Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in 1710 th 137. Banda Singh Bahadur was born on 27 October, 1670 at Rajauri, Lachhman Dev District Poonchh (J&K). what was his childhood name 138. Father of Banda Singh Bahadur belonged to Dogra Caste of the Ram Dev Rajputs. What was his name? 139. After becoming Bairagi Sadhu, which name was adopted by Madho Das Lachhman Dev? 140. Madho Das was given the name of Banda Singh Bahadur by Shri At Nanded Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji in 1708. Name the place where both of them met 141. Banda Singh Bahadur attacked Chapparchiri, Sirhind on May 22, Wazir Khan 1710. Name the Faujdar of Sirhind who was 142. Mukhlispur was made the capital of the first Sikh state under Banda Lohgarh Singh Bahadur from 1710 to 1715. He named it as? 143. Last battle fought by Banda was battle of Gurdas Nangal in 1715. Abdus Samad Khan Name chief commander of Mughals who defeated Banda. 144. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was martyred on June 19, 1716. Name Delhi the place where he was executed? 145. Name the Mughal Emperor who ordered the execution of Shri Farrukh Siyar Banda Singh Bahadur and his son 146. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur issued new coins in the name of Nanak Persian Shahi and Gobind Shahi. Name the language inscribed on these coins. 147. Bandai Khalsa and Tat Khalsa were the two sects of the Sikhs that Shri Banda Singh Bahadur came into existence after the death of? 148. Bandai Khalsa believed in the principles of Banda Singh Bahadur Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji
PUNJAB G.K. whereas Tat Khalsa believed in principles of 149. Name the Head Granthi of Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar who resolved Bhai Mani Singh Ji the differences between the two sects of Sikhs in 1721 150. Battle of Chappar Chiri was fought in May 1710 between Banda Singh Bahadur and Wazir Khan 151. Who won the battle of Chapparchiri? Banda Singh Bahadur 152. What was common among Abdus Samad Khan, Zakariya Khan, They all persecuted the Yahiya Khan, and Mir Mannu-Four Governors of Punjab during Sikhs 1716-1752? 153. Zakariya Khan was the son of Abdus Samad Khan and was appointed Governor of Lahore in 1726 by then Mughal emperor Roshan Akhtar on which post? 154. Those followers who believed in the Khalsa Panth but could not Sahajdhari Sikhs embrace Sikhism openly due to State terror were called as? 155. Name the ruler of Iran who invaded India in 1739 and caused Nadir Shah anarchy to spread in India 156. Prestige of Mughals suffered a setback due to invasion of Nadir Sikhs consolidated their Shah. This proved out as a Golden Chance for the Sikhs. How? power in Punjab 157. Haqiqat Rai was executed in 1742 AD because he had said some Bibi Fatma objectionable words against? 158. First or small Holocaust took place in May 1746 in which 7000 sikhs Kahnuwan were killed. Name the place where it took place. 159. Who were the two Mughal officers responsible for the murder of Yahiya Khan and Lakhpat the Sikhs in First Ghallughara? Rai 160. Mir Mannu, son of Qamru-ud-din, the Wazir of Delhi, was the last Due to increasing Mughal Governor of Punjab who oppressed against the Sikhs. Why influence of Sikhs in Punjab 161. Multani Begum because the Subedar of Punajb in 1753 after the Mir Mannu death of her husband. Name her husband 162. Name the place where Buddha Dal and Taruna Dal the two Dals of Amritsar the Sikhs were created in 1734? 163. Buddha Dal included those Sikhs who were above 40 years of age. Nawab Kapoor Singh Who was the head of this Dal? 164. Taruna Dal included the young Sikhs who used to fight battle with Nawab Kapoor Singh the enemies. Who was the head of this Dal? 165. Dal Khalsa-the military organization of the Sikhs-was established on Nawab Kapoor Singh March 29, 1748 at Amritsar by whom? 166. Guerilla Warfare was the mode of fighting of Dal Khalsa. Who was S. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia the first commander of Dal Khalsa? 167. S. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was conferred upon him the title of? Sultan-ul-Qaum 168. What was the name given to the gathering of all the Sikhs in Sikhism Sarbat Khalsa held on the eve of Baisakhi and Diwali at Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar? 169. Nawab Kapoor Singh conferred the title of “Sultan-ul-Qaum” on Jassa Singh Ahluwalia 170. Dal Khalsa was divided into Buddha Dal and Tarna Dal 171. How many Angs are there in Guru Granth Sahib? 1430 172. Guru Granth Sahib was installed in 1604 at Amritsar with fiurst Baba Buddha Granthi as 173. Guru Granth Sahib was earlier known as Pothi Sahib or Adi Granth
PUNJAB G.K. 174. For the first time, Guru Granth Sahib was compiled by Guru Arjan Bhai Gurdas Ji Dev Ji and was written by nd 175. Guru Granth Sahib for the 2 time was compiled byGuru Gobind Bhai Mani Singh Singh Ji and was written by 176. Adi Gr4anth contains the work of First 5 Gurus 177. Guru Granth Sahib include the works of First 5 Gurus & 9th Guru 178. Guru Granth Sahib comprises of 1430 pages & 5894 hymns 179. How many ragas are there in Guru Granth Sahib? 31 180. Who was the last ruler of Sikh Empire? Duleep Singh 181. After which treaty Maharaja Raja Duleep Singh surrendered Treaty of Lahore 1849 Kohinoor Diamond to Queen? 182. The sole court in Punjab province during Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Sadder Adulate Court period was 183. Takht Sri Patna Sahib & Takht Sri Hazur Sahib were built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh 184. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born in Sandhawalia Clan and belonged Sukerchakia Misl to _____Misl 185. Who was the founder of SUkerchakia Misl? Charat Singh 186. Maharaja Ranjit Singh acquired Kohinoor Diamond from Shah Suja of Afghanistan 187. Maharaja Ranjit Singh got victory over Lahore on 7th July, 1799 188. Name the exiled son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Maharaja Daleep Singh 189. The river of treaty between English and Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Sutlej 1809 was 190. Name the Sikh Emperor known as Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh 191. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum is in Amritsar 192. Maharaja Ranjit Singh attacked Malwa in 1806 for the first time. It was the tussle between What was the reason of this attack? the rulers of Patiala and Nabha over Doladhi Village 193. Maharaja Ranjit Singh attacked Malwa in 1807 for the second time. He attacked Malwa at Why the invitation of Rani Aas Kaur of Patiala 194. Name the famous Army Generals of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hari Singh Malwa and Akali Phula Singh 195. What was the position of Malwa with treaty of Amritsar, 1809 by It came under Britishers’ which Ranjit Singh accepted Sutlej as Eastern boundary of his control and Ranjit Singh empire? could not capture it. 196. Suchet Singh was one of three Dogra brothers who were totally Kharaka Singh controlling administration of which ruler? 197. What discord was created by the British with Lahore Darbar when Suchet Singh had left Suchet Singh was killed in 1844 in Firozpur behind Rs 15 Lakh there. That sum was disputed 198. What was the immediate objective of this Tripartite Treaty To make Shah Shuja the ruler of Afghanistan 199. Who was the ruler of Afghanistan at the time of signing of this The tuler of Barkzai Tripartite Treaty Dynasty Dost Mohammad Khan 200. Batai system continued under Maharaja Ranjit Singh up to 1823. Land revenue was fixed What was this system and why was it abolished? after harvesting of crops.
PUNJAB G.K. It was costly and thus abolished 201. Four types of Jagirs were prevalent during the time of Maharaja Service Jagirs, Inam Ranjit Singh. Name them Jagirs, Dharmarth Jagirs and Watan Jagirs 202. Name the finance minister under Ranjit Singh Diwan Bhawani Das 203. On June 26, 1838 “Tripartite Treaty” was signed. Who were the Ranjit Singh, the English three parties to it? and Shah Shuja ex-ruler of Afghanistan 204. Name the prime minister under Ranjit Singh Raja Dhyan Singh 205. Of these Jagirs, the service Jagirs were considered to be the most These Jagirs were given significant although Ranjit Singh could confiscate them. What were to the Army and Civil these Jagirs? Officials instead of cash payments 206. Dharmarth Jagirs were given to the religious institutions and holy To encourage them to persons. Why? propagate religion. These were on permanent basis. 207. What were the Jagirs on hereditary basis during Ranjit Singh’s rule? Watan Jagirs- Maharaja used to give to Jagirdars in their village 208. Duties of Jagirdars during Ranjit Singh’s regime were to collect To command small taxes, to ddecide cases of people living in their jagirs and military campaigns-which was given only to brave Jagirdars 209. Merits of Jagirdari System were that the state became free from the A large reserve force for burden of collecting revenue and proved Maharaja was prepared by the Jagirdars 210. What were the social demerits of Jagirdari System? Farmers were exploited by collecting maximum land revenue. Jagirdars lead a luxurious life at state’s cost 211. What was the demerit of Jagirdari system from military point of Soldiers under each view? Jagirdar did not undergo the same kind of training. There was lack of unity among them 212. Syed Ahmed Led Jihad against Ranjit Singh. Who was he? He was caliph of the Muslims 213. Diwan Moolraj was appointed the Nazim of Multan in 1844 but he The Britishers had falsely rebelled against the britishers in april 1948. Why? accused him of killing two British Officers. 214. Why the English did not suppress the revolt of Diwan Moolraj and So that they get an why they wanted it to spread to other places of Punjab opportunity to annex Punjab to their British empire 215. For how long did Maharaja Dalip Singh rule over Punjab? September 15, 1843 to March 29, 1849
PUNJAB G.K. 216. Name the widow of Ranjit Singh who was also mother of Maharaj Maharani Jindan Dalip Singh 217. What treatment was given by the British to Maharani Jindan before She was first exiled to her death in England in 1863? Banaras and later sent to England 218. When and where did Dalip Singh Die? On October 22, 1893 in Paris 219. Since Ranjit Sngh took special care of his subjects, that is why he Paras was nicknamed as 220. What did Ranjit Singh Call himself? Kookar of Sikhism 221. Name two prominent scholars in the court of Ranjit Singh? Sohan Lal Suri and Diwan Amar Nath 222. What was the common among general ventura, general court, These four were general allard and Col. Gardner under Ranjit Singh’s rule? European officers appointed to impart training to his army. 223. Who was the commander of dal Khalsa Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia 224. Treaty of Amritsar was signed in year 1809 between Maharaja Ranjit Singh & Charles T. Metcalfe 225. Independent Sikh administrative regiosn formed by Sikh warlords Misls were called 226. Battle of Kahnuwan was fought between Sikhs and Yahya Khan 227. Sikh battle with Ahmed Shah Abdali in 1762, is also known as 2nd or Wadda Ghalughara 228. Who were the pioneers of “Punjabi Suba”? Master Tara Singh and Sant Fateh Singh 229. Master Tara Singh was associated with which movement in Punjab? Punjabi Suba Movement 230. What was the aim of the Punjabi Suba Movement? Rorganization of Punjab on linguistic basis 231. The Patiala and East Punjab state Union (PEPSU) was state of India 1948-56 from 232. Who was the founder of Patiala city in 1763 AD Baba Ala Singh 233. PEPSU was inaugurated on July 15, 1948 234. Who inaugurated PEPSU? Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 235. The capital of PEPSU was Patiala 236. Who was the first chief minister of PEPSU Sardar Gian Singh rarewala 237. Who was the first Rajpramukh of PEPSU Yadavindra Singh 238. PEPSU was formed after combining eight princely states and these Patiala, Jind, Nabha, were Kapurthala, Faridkot, Kalsia, Malerkotla and Nalagarh 239. PEPSU was merged in Punjab state on November 1, 1956 240. PEPSU high court had its seat at Patiala 241. PEPSU high court was merged with Punjab High Court in 1956 242. The recommendations of which commission led to linguistic Shah Commission reorganization of Punjab in 1966? 243. Who was the chairman of 3 member Punjab boundary commission Justice JC Shah 1966? SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 9 PUNJAB G.K. 244. Name the act that was passed to reorganize Punjab? Punjab Reorganization Act st 245. When was Punjab Trifurcated? On November 1 1966 to from Haryana and Himachal Pradesh 246. Name other two members S Dutt and MM Philips 247. What was Ananpur Sahib resolution of 1973? It was a comprehensive document of demands framed by a committee of AKali Dal, at Anandpur Sahib on 16-17 October 1973 th 248. When was the Rajiv-Longowal accord (Punjab Accord) signed? 24 July, 1985 249. Dharam Yudh Morcha was launched by Sant Harchand Singh Longowal in 1982 250. Name the operation taken by Indian Military to remove armed Sikh Operation Bluestar separatists from Golden Temple in Amritsar 251. Arya Samaj Movement was founded by Swami Dayanand Sarasvati 252. First unit of Arya Samaj was setup in Bombay and later the Lahore headquarters were moved to 253. Views of Dayanand Sarasvati were published in his literary work Satyarth Prakash named 254. Dayanand saraswati received his education on Vedas from Swami Virjanad in Mathura 255. Name some freedom fighters who were the supporters of Arya Lala HansRaj, Lala Lajpat Samaj Rai etc. 256. Who started the Kuka or Namdhari Movement? Baba Balak Singh 257. Who was the successor of Baba Balak Singh? Baba Ram Singh 258. Baba Ram Singh transferred the centre of Namdhari Movement to? Village Bhaini near Ludhiana 259. Name some Kuka Journals Nawan Hindustan, Sacha Marg and Satyug 260. The Dev Samaj Movement was founded by Shiv Narayan Agnihotri 261. Dev Samaj was established in 1887 at Lahore 262. Who started Nirankari Movement? Baba Dayal, a merchant from Peshawar 263. When and where was Nirankari darbar founded? It was founded at Rawalpindi in 1851 264. Who was the founder of Radha Swami Movement? A Hindu banker named Shiv Dayal 265. When and where was it founded? In Agra in 19th century 266. Who was the governor general of India when first Anglo Sikh battles Lord Hardinge were fought? st 267. The 1 Anglo Sikh wars took place in 1845-46 268. Name the only first Anglo Sikh war won by the Sikhs? Battle of Baddowal on Jan 21st 1846 269. Who were the commanders of Sikh and British forces in Battle of Ranjodh Singh Majjitjia Baddowal? and Sir Henry Smith
PUNJAB G.K. respectively 270. Which battle established the British Rule in Punjab? Battle of Chilianwala (during 2nd Anglo Sikh War) 271. Who was the Last Maharaja of Daleep Singh Punjab? 272. What was Treaty of Bhairowal It was concluded between Sir Henry Hardinge and Maharaja Dalip Singh after first anglo Sikh wars on 16 Dec 1846. Under this treaty a council of regency consisting of 8 sardars was formed and it was decided that British toops would stay until Dalip Singh attained majority. 273. Who was appointed as the resident after first anglo sikh wars? Sir Henry Lawrence nd 274. Who was the governor general of India when 2 Anglo Sikh wars Lord Dalhousie were fought? 275. Treaty of Lahore, 1846 was Daleep Singh and Lord Dalhousie signed between 276. What was Treaty of Lahore? Maharaja Dalip Singh was declared as sovereign of Punjab, Territory between Beas and Satluj was annexed by britishers 277. Kashmir, which was once the part of Punjab was handed over to 1 crore Gulab Singh for an amount of nd 278. Which 2 anglo sikh battle is called battle of guns? Battle of Gujarat 279. Name the last anglo sikh war Battle of Gujrat, fought in feb, 1849, British forces won the battle st 280. Name the Governor General, who declared 1 Anglo Sikh War on Lord Harding 18th November, 1845 and the war which last till February 10, 1846 281. II Anglo Sikh war was fought during 1848-49. Who was the governor Lord Dalhousie general of Punjab at that time? 282. Second Anglo Sikh war took place in the year 1848-1849 283. Punjab was annexed by Britishers in year 1849 284. Thousands of People gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh of Amritsar to Festival of Baisakhi celebrate 285. Who came to the place with fifty rifleman and without any warning Brigadier General ordered them to shoot at the crowd. Reginald E.H.Dyer 286. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Lord Chelmsford Massacre 287. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on 13 April, 1919
PUNJAB G.K. 288. The inaffective inquiry and the initial accolades for Dyer by the Non-cooperation House of Lords led to Movement of 1920-22 289. A memorial was built on the site Benjamin Polk and inaugurated by President of India designed by Rajendra Prasad on 13 April 1961 290. What were the major impacts of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? On May 30, 1919 Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knightwood. Gandhi returned the Kaiser-i- hind gold medal given to him for his work during Boer war. Dyer was removed from the Job and sent to London, but he was never charged of any offence. 291. Who killed General Dyer on March 13, 1940 when he was Sardar Udham Singh addressing a meeting in Caxton hall, London 292. Name the commission was appointed to enquire Hunter commission into it 293. What was the aim of Gurudwara reform movement? Liberation of gurudwaras from the control of mahants or priests who ahd acquired property rights over gurudwaras 294. On 15 Nov, 1920, Akalis formed a committee of 175 members and Sikh Gurudwara designated it as_________and declared so from Akal Takht Prabhandak Committee, for management of all gurudwaras 295. Who was elected a president, VP and secretary? Sunder Singh Majithia, harbans Singh Attari and Bhai Jodh Singh respectively 296. When and where was the first session of Sikh league, a political In Amritsar in 1919 body of Sikhs held? 297. Where was Akali newspaper published from? Lahore 298. Gurudwara movement was also known as Akali movement 299. What was Nankana Sahib Massacre? A group of Sikhs was subjected to murderous assault at Nankana Sahib by Mahant Narain Das on Feb. 20 1921 300. What was Jaito Morcha? Akali Campaign lauchned in 1923 for the restoration to his throne of Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha 301. Nabha Day was observed on 9 sept, 1923 302. What was the issue related to princely state of Nabha? Maharaja of Nabha Ripudaman singh was forced to abdicate his
PUNJAB G.K. throne in favour of his minor son pratap singh 303. The Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee was formed on November 15, 1920 304. When was SGPC formed on 15 November 1920 On October 12, 1923 declared as unlawful? 305. When ws the Sikh Gurudwara Act passed? Sikh Gurudwara Act was passed by Provincial legislative assembly on 9 July, 1925 306. When was Sikh Gurudawara Act 1925 implemented? From November 1, 1925 307. What did this act constitute? Under this act a board renamed as Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee was created for administration of gurudwaras 308. Name the act through which Mahants were removed from Sikh Gurudwara Act, Gurudwaras and all Gurudwaras were to be managed through SGPC 1925 309. What is the tenure of SGPC? 5 years 310. SGPC elections was first held in 1926 311. Who was the first president of SGPC? Baba Kharak Singh 312. First Secretary of SGPC was Master Tara Singh 313. Election for SGPC was held in state of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Chandigarh 314. Who enjoyed the longest tenure as president of SGPC? Gurcharan Singh Tohra 315. SGPC elections are held under which act? Sikh Gurudwara Act 1925 316. Who convenes the first meeting of newly elected SGPC members? DC of Amritsar 317. Who is the first non-Sikh DC of Amritsar to convene the first Rajat Aggarwal meeting of newly elected SGPC members? 318. The Singh Sabha movement was started at ____in___ Amritsar in 1873 319. What was the aim of this movement? To defend the sikh faith against any kind of onslalught 320. When and where was an association named Sri Guru Singh Sabha In Amritsar on 30 July was formed? 1873 321. The first chairman of Sri guru Singh Sabha was Thakur Singh Ahluwalia 322. What was Singh Sabha Movement? A step to remove the caste barriers in Sikhs and to stop conversion of Sikhs 323. Who formed Singh Sabha Lahore? Professor Gurmukh Singh 324. What was Khalsa Diwan? Singh Sabha Amritsar was renamed as Khalsa Diwan in 1880 325. What was Anjuman-e-Punjab? It was founded in 1865 for translation of important English books into Punjabi 326. Who established the Khalsa Tract Society Amritsar? Bhai Kaur Singh and Bhai
PUNJAB G.K. Vir Singh for the purpose of Issuing monthly tracts on sikh religion. 327. Achievements of Singh Sabha Movement. Passage of Anand Marriage Act 1909, foundation of Sikh Educational Society 1908 etc. 328. What was Babbar Akali Movement? A step to remove the caste barriers in Sikhs and to stop conversion of Sikhs 329. Who were the leaders of this movement? Master Mota Singh and Krishan Singh 330. What was Chakarvati jatha? It was a secret organization formed by krishan singh to incite the peasants and soldiers against britishers 331. How did Babbar Akalis work? They targeted british officials and their informers and carried anti-British activities secretly 332. Sewa Singh Thikriwala was associated with which movement in Praja Mandal Movement Punjab? 333. What was Punjab Ryasati Praja Mandal? An organization that worked for securing political rights and liberty of people of princely states 334. When and where was it formed? It was formed in 1928 and the declaration was made in Mansa of Patiala princely states 335. Who was the president of Punjab Ryasati Praja Mandal? Sewa Singh Thikriwala 336. Indus water treaty was signed in 1960 between India and Pakistan 337. Indus water treaty restricted India’s right on only three rivers and Satluj, Ravi and Beas these are 338. Rivers meant for usage of Pakistan under Indus water treaty were Indus, Chenab and Jhelum 339. Who along with Bhim Sen Sachar was the architect of Giani-Sachar Giani Kartar Singh Formula? 340. The first president of the Central Sikh League, a political Gajjan Singh organization floated by the Sikhs in March 1919 in Lahore 341. Who was the main leader of Dharam yudh Morcha Movement in Harchand Singh longowal Punjab? 342. First lady president of congress was Annie Besant (1917) 343. First Indian lady president of congress was Sarojini Naidu (1928)
PUNJAB G.K. 344. When and where was Bhagat Singh born? 27 Septmeber 1907 at Banga, Lyalpur, Pakistan 345. Who were the founders of HRA (Hindustan Republican Association) Ramprasad Bismil, Jogesh Chattergee and Sachindanath Sanyal 346. Who formed Kirti Kisan Party? Sohan Singh Josh and Santokh Singh, Bhagat Singh joined it later 347. When was Punjab Naujwan Sabha formed? In March 1926, Bhagat Singh was its secretary 348. When was HRA reorganized to form HSRA (Hindustan Socialist In Septmeber 1928 Republican Organization) 349. Bhagat Singh was executed on 23 March 1931 350. Which freedom fighter is known for writing “Why I am a Atheist”? Bhagat Singh 351. The slogan “Inqilab Zindabad’ was given by Bhagat Singh 352. The Song ‘Pagri Sambhal Jatta’ was composed by Bhagat Singh 353. Name the revolutionaries who threw bombs in central legislative Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt assembly in April 1929? 354. When and Where was shaheed Sukhdev thapar born? 15 May 1907 at nau ghara, Ludhiana 355. When did Bhagat Singh and jailmates launch hunger strike in jail? June 1929 356. When and where was Saheed Rajguru born? 24 August, 1908 at khed near pune, Maharashtra, he was a member of HSRA 357. When and where was Shaheed Udham Singh born and what was his 26 December, 1899, childhood name? sunam. His childhood name was Sher Singh 358. When and How did he avenge the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? On 13 March 1940, he assassinated Michael O’Dwyer in Caxton Hall, London 359. Name the freedom fighter who was one of the founder leaders of Dr. Saifuddin Kichlew Bharat Naujwan Sabha and also one of the founder members of Jamia Milia Islamia University 360. Kartar Singh Sarabha was sentenced to death in 1915 for his role in Gadar conspiracy 361. Slogans ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Give me blood, I’ll give you freedom’ were Subash Chandra Bose given by 362. Who conceived the idea of Indian National Army? Mohan Singh in Mallaya 363. The all women regiment of INA was named after Rani Lakhmi Bai of Jhansi, name of the regiment was Rani Jhansi regiment 364. When did Subhash Chandra Bose join INA? 1943 365. When did Bose set up a provisional Indian Government? In October 1943, it was headquartered in Rangoon and Singapore. 366. British held trials for the high officials of Indian National Army at Gurbaksh Singh, Sahnivaj Red fort name those high officials Khan and Prem Kumar Saigal
PUNJAB G.K. 367. Muslim league was formed in 1906 by Khwaja Salimmullah, Syed Ahmed Khan, Agha Khan & Nawab Viquar UI Mulk 368. Mulsim league observed direct action day on August 16 1946 369. Muslim league announced Pakistan day on March 23, 1943 370. Who was the chairman of Punjab boundary commission 1947? Sir Cyrill Radcliffe 371. Name the other members of the commission Justice Din Mohammad, Justice Mohammad Munir, Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan and Justice Teja Singh 372. What was the aim of Punjab Boundary commission 1947? To demarcate the boundaries of the two parts of Punjab 373. On division of Punjab how much area went to west Punjab 70% 374. First battle of panipat was fought in 1526 375. Mohhamad bin Qasim the first muslim invader come to India, Khyber Pass entered Sindh from which pass 376. Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1556 377. Third battle of panipat 1761 was fought between Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marathas 378. Battle of Ten Kings was fought for sharing of water of river Ravi 379. Third battle of Panipat was fought in 1761 380. Name the city founded by Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq? Firozpur 381. Name the road earlier known as Uttarapath or Shah rah-e-Azam? Grant Trunk Road 382. Name the first empress of India who was imprisoned at For in Razia Sultan Bhatinda 383. First battle of Terrain was fought in year 1191 between Prihviraj Chauhan and Mohammed Ghori 384. Second Battle of Terrain was fought in year 1192 385. The sword of Hazrat Ali is kept at Anandpur Sahib 386. 800 years old the “Payal Fort” in Ludhiana was built by Maharaja Amar Singh 387. Who founded ferozpur Firoz Shah Tughlaq 388. Mughal prince who sought the blessings of guru har rai ji Dara Shikoh 389. During pre mohammadean period Bhatinda was known as Vikramgarh 390. Malwa and Doaba regions are separated by the river Sutlej 391. Presently, how many perennial rivers flow in Punjab? 3 (Satluj, Ravi & beas) 392. Which river is known as the Backbone of Punjab? Sutlej 393. At which place, Beas and Sutluj merge into one river retaining the Harike near Ferozpur name Sutlej? 394. River Indus originates from Kailash Range 395. Gomal Pass in Himalayas was mainly used for Trade purposes 396. Where does Satluj originate from? Rakas lake, near Mansarovar, in Tibet 397. Satluj enters Punjab plains near Nangal in Ropar District 398. Ravi originates from West of rohtang pass in kullu hills of Himachal Pradesh SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 16 PUNJAB G.K. 399. Ravi enters Punjab at Chaundh Village on chamba border 400. Which river feeds the canal system of Bhakra nangal project? Satluj 401. Name some towns situated on the banks of river satluj in Punjab? Phillaur, Ropar, Harike, Ferozpur 402. River beas originates from Beas kund in Kullu Hills near Rohtang Pass 403. Beas enters Punjab Through Talwara in Hoshiarpur district 404. Name the hydro electricity project constructed on the Ravi river? Shahpur Kandi Project, downstream the thein dam 405. What kind of a river is Ghaggar? Seasonal river that flows during monsoons 406. Ghaggar originates at Sarahan area of sirmaur dist in Himachal 407. In Punjab Ghaggar flows through Patiala, Sangrur and Mansa Dist. 408. In its course after Punjab (in Rajasthan), Ghaggar is known as Hakra 409. What is length of Bhakra canal? 1049 km 410. From which river, Sirhind canal takes off? Satluj 411. Hansi Butana Canal is issue of dispute between Haryana and Punjab 412. Wetlands in Punjab declared as Ramsar sites Harike, Kanjli and Ropar 413. National wetlands in Punjab Ranjit sagar wetland and Nangal 414. How many wetlands does Punjab have? 12 natural and 9 manmade wetlands 415. Which is the largest wetland in North India Harike Pattan 416. Name the wetland which has been designated as wetland of Kanjali wetland in national importance? kapurthala dist. 417. Which lake has been recognized internationally by the Ramsar Kanjali lake convention 2002 and listed in wetlands of international importance? 418. Conservation reserve in Punjab Rakh Sarai Amanat Khan conservation reserve 419. Community reserves in Punjab 2, Keshopur-Chhamb Reserve in Gurdaspur and Lalwan Reserve in Hoshiarpur 420. Name some wildlife sanctuaries in Punjab? Harike Pattan WLS, Bir Motibagh WLs in Patiala, Nangal WLS etc. 421. Which wildlife sanctuary is famous for black buck? Abohar sanctuary 422. What is the other name of famous Chhat Bir Zoo near zirakpur? Mahendra chaudhary zoological park, it is famous for lion safari 423. The Ludhiana zoo is famous for Tiger Safari 424. Mini zoo in neelon, Ludhiana is famous for Deer Park 425. Animal adoption scheme has been initiated in punjab in All the Zoos
PUNJAB G.K. 426. Areas where flood plain or bet soil is found Parts of ropar, fazilka, zira and moga 427. Most productive and fertile soil group of the state Loamy soil found in nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district, phagwara tehsil and central parts of kapurthala dist. 428. Punjab plains in Indo Gangetic drainage system 429. How have the Punjab plains been formed? By the deposition of alluviul brought down from Himalays 430. Sandy soil in found in Punjab Bathinda, mansa, sangrur, some parts of ferozpur and Ludhiana dist. 431. Kandi soil is found in Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Ropar, Nawanshahr districts 432. Forest soil is found in Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Ropar, Nawanshahr districts 433. Sierozems soils are found in The grey coloured and organic matter deficit soils are found in Taran Tarn and Patti Tehsils, Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala dist., nakodar and Phillaur Tehsils etc. 434. Deserts soil are found in Abohar and Zira Tehsils, bathinda, Muktsar and Mansa etc. 435. What type of climate does Punjab have? Sub tropical monsoon type climate 436. What type of monsoonal rainfall does Punjab receive? Punjab receives rainfall through south west monsoon. Arabian sea and bay of Bengal branch meet to give moderate rainfall. 437. What does arrival of Monsoon indicate in Punjab? Marks the start of agricultural year by sowing of kharif crops 438. How does Punjab receive winter rainfall? Temperate cyclones from Mediterranean sea cause winter rainfall 439. Winter rainfall is beneficial for Rabi crops 440. Monsoon is withdrew in Punjab in Month of September
PUNJAB G.K. 441. The major dialects of Punjab-“Majhi is spoken in Amritsar & Jalandhar & Hoshiarpur Gurdaspur districts whereas “Doabi” is spoken in Districts 442. The Punjabi Dialects-“Pwadi” is spoken in Kharar, Ropar & Rajpura Ludhiana, Bhatinda & whereas “Malwi” is spoken in Malerkotla areas 443. Which Punjabi dialect is used as ‘Taxil” or standard Punjabi which is Majhi used as official language? 444. Shahpuri dialect is spoken in Pakistani Punjab 445. Geographical area of Punjab is 50,362 sq. kms 446. The forest area of Punjab is 6.12% of total state area 447. Reserved forests contribute___ of total forest area 1.43% 448. Protected forests constitute ____of total forest area 36.87% 449. Unclassed forests constitute ____of total forest area 61.70 450. Which district in Punjab has maximum forest cover? Hoshiarpur 451. Minimum forest cover is found in district of Kapurthala 452. Area in between rivers Beas and Satluj is called Bist Doab 453. Singh Sagar Doab is an area between which two rivers? Indus and Jhelum 454. Doaba is region between rivers Beas and Satluj 455. Main cities in Doab region are Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr and Kapurthala 456. Malwa is region to south of Satluj and important districts in this Ludhiana, Patiala, region are Sangrur, Bhatinda and Mohali 457. Majha region contains important districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, GUrdaspur and Tarn Tarn 458. The modern districts Amritsar, Pathankot, Gurdaspur & Tarn Taran Majha region comes under 459. Between which two rivers lies plain of Majha? Ravi and Beas 460. Rachna Doab is area between river Chenab and Ravi 461. What is the name of Doab between rivers Jhelum and Chenab? Chajh Doab 462. Maharaja Ranjit Singh museum is in Amritsar 463. Where is Guru Teg Bahadur museum? Anandpur Sahib 464. Name the museum in Punjab which is known for its collection of Sanghol museum, dist. antiques from Punjab’s ancient civilizations? Fatehgarh 465. The museum of armoury and chandeliers is in Qila Mubarak, Patiala 466. The sports museum of national institute of sports is in Patiala 467. What is the shape of map of the Punjab state? Triangular 468. Punjab touches the border of how many Indian states? 4 469. Area wise Punjab is 50362km whereas population is (as per census 2.77crore 2011) 470. The state animal of Punjab is Blackbuck whereas the state tree is Shisham 471. District of Punjab having maximum population Ludhiana 472. Smallest district of Punjab is Fatehgarh Sahib 473. Which district of Punjab has been renamed as Shaheed Bhagat Nawashahar Singh nagar? 474. Newest Districts of Punjab are Fazilka and Pathankot 475. The least populous district of Punjab is Barnala whereas the most Ludhiana populous district is
PUNJAB G.K. 476. The smallest district is Fatehgarh Sahib whereas the largest is Ferozpur 477. How many total Tehsils, Sub tehsils & Districts are there in Punjab? 81, 86 & 22 respectively 478. District of Punjab which has maximum population Ludhiana 479. Which state has highest proportion of SC population among all the Punjab states and union territories 480. Second largest town of Punjab is Amritsar 481. The north most city of Punjab state is Amritsar 482. Jalandhar falls in which region? Doaba 483. Phillaur is a town in Punjab, situated on bank of river Satluj 484. Approximately what & age of food grain in India is produced by 11.8% Punjab 485. Largest grown crop in Punjab is Wheat 486. In which month sugarcane is sown in Punjab March-April 487. What percentage of Punjab’s total area under cultivation is irrigated 97% areas? 488. Ferzopur is having the highest procurement of cotton whereas Maize Ludhiana is having the maximum yield of 489. District known as area of white gold Mansa 490. The maximum yield of Paddy is produced from Sangrur whereas the Fatehgarh Sahib maximum yield of wheat is from 491. What percentage of population depends on Agriculture in Punjab? 80% 492. Which town is known as the “California of Punjab” for the Abohar production of kinnow? 493. Which is the commercial crop of Punjab? Cotton 494. In which district of Punjab maximum cattle are found? Ropar 495. Rabi or Spring harvest of Punjab includes? Wheat, Gram, Barley, Potatoes etc 496. Kharif or Autumn harvest of Punjab consists of Rice, Maize, Sugarcane, Cotton and Pulses 497. City of Punjab in which is an important centre for dry fruits Amritsar distribution in India rd 498. Punjab state ranks 3 in availability of milk after Haryana and Gujarat 499. The total cultivable land in the state of Punjab is 41.83 Lakh Ha. 500. _______% irrigation is done with tube bells in the state of Punjab 72.5%, 27.5% and _____is done with canalas 501. Consumption of chemical fertilizers in the year 2013-14 217 kgs per hectare 502. The contribution of the state of Punjab to the national food grain Punjab with 1.53 percent kitty is geographical area contributes about 43.40 percent wheat and 25.50% percent rice to the central food grain kitty 503. In recent years, cotton crop in Punjab has been affected by White fly 504. Punjab land records society was formed by Punjab govt to Provide efficient land related services 505. The contribution of the state of Punjab to the national food grain 4 percent in 1960-61 kitty before the commencement of the P.A.U., Ludhiana 506. The first hybrid grain pearl millet in the world was produced by PAU plant breeders SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 20 PUNJAB G.K. 507. Krishi Karman award 2014 was given to Punjab & UP for Highest food grain production 508. When was green revolution first introduced to India and by whom? In 1963 by American agronomist Norman Borlaug 509. Who is known as the father of green revolution? Norman Borlaug 510. The father of the green revolution in Punjab is Dr. M.S. Randhawa 511. Norman Borlaug was given noble prize in 1970 512. Name the variety of rice which was termed as the miracle rice IR 8 st 513. The rank of Punjab in terms of per hectare production of wheat 1 rank 514. The position of the state of Punjab in terms of the consumption of 1st rank fertilizers by the farmers of the Punjab 515. The position of Punjab in term of total tractors sold in India 1st rank 516. The position of Punjab in terms of the availability of eggs in India 1st rank 517. The position of Punjab in terms of per capita availability of milk 1st rank 518. Daily per capita milk availability in Punjab has gone up to ….in 2012- 961gm 13 519. The position of Punjab in terms of fish productivity per unit area 1st rank 520. The area of Punjab is 50362 sq. kms 521. IR 8 was created through a cross between which two breeds? Indonesian variety “peta” and Chinese variety “deegeo-woo-gen” 522. In order to control the dropping water table the paddy Punjab preservation of transplantation before june 10 has been banned under which act? Sub Soil act, 2009 523. When and where was the progressive Punjab agriculture summit In Feb 2014 at Mohali organized? 524. Where has the Kheti Bhawan been set up? In Mohali (Punjab) 525. Union govt has announced to set up post graduate institute of Amritsar horticulture and education at? 526. Expand PAFC Punjab agro food grains corporation 527. How many citrus estates have been set up in Punjab to promote Five horticulture? 528. Countries who have asked for Indian technology and expertise, Mozambique, Uganda, especially from Punjab, to bring in Green Revolution in their Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia territories 529. The position of Punjab in terms of Cotton production in India 6th position 530. The important cotton producing districts in Punjab are Ferozpur, Faridkot, Muktsar, Bathinda, Sangrur, Ludhiana 531. What % of irrigation is done by canals in Punjab? 40% 532. Punjab irrigation department was set up in year 1849 533. The pilot project for the computerization of land record was the Ropar first started in the district of 534. The cotton belt of Punjab is located in which physiographic region Malwa of Punjab? 535. Per capita availability of eggs is highest in India in Punjab 536. In Punjab Kisan Mela is organized every year by Punjab Agriculture university, Ludhiana SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 21 PUNJAB G.K. 537. What was operation flood Launched in year 1970 to increase the availability of milk 538. Which state recorded the highest per capita availability of milk Punjab under operation flood? 539. The number of tube wells in operation in the State of Punjab 13.82 Lakhs 540. Name a law enacted in Punjab for the preservation of soil Punjab preservation of sub soil act 2009 541. The Govt. of India in collaboration with _____has set up an BISA experimental site for wheat and maize in Ludhiana to Improve productivity level, 542. When and where was progressive Punjab agricultural summit In feb 2014 at SAS nagar organized in Punjab? 543. Central govt. has announced to set up post graduate institute of Amritsar horticulture and education in 544. The Govt. of Punjab has proposed to set multi product mega food Ladowal park in 200 acres at 545. Centre of excellence for citrus has been set up at ____in Khanaura, hoshiarpur, collaboration with ____ Govt. Of Israel 546. Centre of excellence for vegetable cultivation has been set up at Kartarpur, Jalandhar ______in collaboration with govt. of Israel 547. Centre of excellence for potato has been set up at _____under Indo Dhogri, Jalandhar Dutch Agreement, to modernize cold stores 548. Kinnow comprises ____of Punjab’s total fruit production 50% 549. Citrus has been established at Abohar, Fazilka, Thaliwala, Ferozpur, Hoshiarpur dist., Lambi in Muktsar district 550. Grapes estate has been established at Maur Mandi, Bathinda 551. Lichi estate has been established at Saran, Gurdaspur 552. Mubarak mosque is situated at Quadian 553. Shalimar garden of kapurthala has been designed by ______, who Sir Edward Lutines has also designed the city of New Delhi 554. Jama Masjid Khairuddin is in Amritsar 555. Central sikh museum is in Amritsar 556. What is the other name of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was Fateh Burj memorial? 557. Lohgarh fort is located in which city? Amritsar 558. Moti Bagh and Sheesh Mahal are in which city? Patiala 559. Sherawala gate and sunami gate are found in city Patiala 560. Maharaja Ranjit Singh museum is in Amritsar 561. Sikh heritage complex is developed at Anandpur sahib 562. The Aam Khas Baag in Punjab is situated in Sirhind 563. Shaheed-e-Azam sardar Bhagat Singh museum is in Jalandhar 564. Qila Mubarak is in Bhatinda whereas Lodhi Fort is in Ludhiana 565. Jateshwar Mahadev Temple is in Ropar whereas Moorish Mosque is Kapurthala in 566. In which district Punjabi University is situated? Patiala 567. Guru Ravidas ayurved university Hoshiarpur SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 22 PUNJAB G.K. 568. Rajiv Gandhi national uni. of law Patiala 569. Where is Punjab Agriculture university Ludhiana 570. Where is police training academy situated in Punjab? Phillaur 571. In 1895, the first school of medicine Asia named Christian medical Ludhiana college was established at 572. Where is Guru Nanak Dev University? Amritsar 573. Guru Angad Dev Engineering college is located in Ludhiana 574. What were the total number of seats for which SGPC elections were 170 held 575. Where is science city in Punjab? Jalandhar 576. The foundation stone of IISER Mohali was laid on 27th September 2006 by then Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh 577. The Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Mohali was 2007 established in year 578. The first direction Prof. N Sathyamurthy of IISER, Mohali joined on 18th June 2007 579. College of agriculture at Ludhiana was converted into Punjab 1962 agriculture university in 580. The P.A.U. Ludhiana was established in October, 1962 581. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru the first prime minister of India formally 8th July 1963 inaugurated P.A.U. Ludhiana 582. The chief minister of Punjab at the time of commencement of the S. Partap Singh Kairon P.A.U. Ludhiana was 583. Of trifurcation of Punjab in November, 1966 Haryana Agricultural February, 1970 University was carved out of PAU by an act of Parliament in 584. Location and area of Punjab agricultural university is Punjab agricultural university is located in Ludhiana city in north- wet India, situated on the Ludhiana- Ferozpur Road, the university covers an area of 580 hectares on its main campus and 2000 hectares as the Off campus for research 585. P.A.U. is modeled on the pattern of land grant colleges in USA 586. The Punjab agricultural university now has four constituent College of Agriculture, colleges, viz. College of Agricultural Engineering, College of Home Science and College of Basic sciences & Humanities 587. The college of veterinary science under PAU was upgraded as Guru Angad Dev ____in the year 2006 Veterinary and Animal Science University 588. The University has a total of how many seed farms 5 589. The current Vice chancellor of the P.A.U. Ludhiana Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon 590. The first vice chancellor of the P.A.U. Ludhiana Shri P.N. Thapar 591. Netaji Subhash National institute of sports is in Patiala 592. World class Olympic bhawan has been set up in Mohali 593. Govt. of Punjab has estd. Punjab institute of sports at SAS nagar, Mohali
PUNJAB G.K. 594. Central university of Punjab is located in____ Bathinda 595. What is the number of national highways in Punjab? 11 596. Garnd trunk road was built by Sher shah suri 597. Name the cities connected by NH-1 Amritsar to Delhi 598. Among all the national highways, what is the serial number given to National highway No. 1 Grand Trunk Road 599. Cities on grand trunk road are Amritsr, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Panipat, Delhi 600. Grand trunk road stretches from Sonargaon in Bangladesh to Peshawar in Pakistan 601. Delhi circuit bench of Punjab high court was declares as a separate Delhi High Court Act high court of UT of Delhi under Act 602. Punjab and Haryana High Court is situated in sector _____of 1 Chandigarh 603. How many Vidhan Sabha Constituencies & Rajya Sabha seats are 117 & 7 respectively there in Punjab? 604. Punjab was annexed and Daleep Singh was sent to England in 1849 Lord Dalhousie by 605. What is the sanctioned strength of Judges in Chandigarh district and 20 sessions court 606. Who was the first non-congress chief minister of Punjab? Gian Singh Rarewala 607. Who was the first Akali Chief Minister of Punjab? Justice Gurnam Singh 608. Who was the first Chief Minister of Punjab? Gopi Chand Bhargava 609. Who was the first female Chief Minister of Punjab? Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 610. Who was the first governor of Punjab? Chandu Lal Trivedi 611. Who is the chief commissioner of gurudwara Election Commission? H.S. Brar 612. In which Indian state, President’s rule was imposed for the longest Punjab duration of five years? 613. How many times President’s rule or State Emergency has been 8 times imposed in Punjab? 614. Governor of which state act as administrator of Chandigarh as well Punjab 615. The Punjab Gram Panchayat act was passed in 1952 616. In which congress session, complete independence was made the Lahore session (1929) aim 617. The only state in country where every village and urban slums areas Punjab have Mahila Swasthya Sang 618. How many divisions are there in Punjab? 5 619. The five divisions of Punjab are Firozpur, Faridkot, Patiala, Jalandhar and Roper Divisions 620. Who was the first CM after linguistic reorganization of Punjab? Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir 621. Who was the first speaker of Punjab legislative Assembly? S Kapur Singh 622. Oldest British district of Punjab Ferozpur 623. Ferozepur is also known as Shaheedon ki dhrati 624. Fazilka has been carved out of Ferozepur 625. ______is the only district in country, one part of which lies in the Kapurthala centre of another district 626. Only tehsil in Punjab which doesn’t have urban population Khadur Sahib SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 24 PUNJAB G.K. 627. Name the place known as Steel town of Punjab Mandi Gobindgarh 628. Where is police training academy situated in Punjab? Phillaur 629. Largest city of Punjab is Ludhiana 630. Atari border is situated in _____district Amritsar 631. Which city has a great strategic significance for being India’s only Pathankot land link to Kashmir? 632. City nicknamed city of lakes is Bhatinda 633. Rup nagar has been named after Rup chand 634. Which historical place is popularly known as UCHA PIND? Sangol 635. Name the city founded at time of Lodhi Dynasty? Ludhiana 636. Business capital of Punjab is Ludhiana 637. City known as ‘Merc City’ Ludhiana 638. Which set of princely states are termed as Phulkian States? Patiala, Jind, Nabha 639. Headquarters of Punjab police is at Chandigarh 640. Talwandi sabo is other name for Damdama Sahib 641. Bhatinda was earlier known by the name Tabarhindh 642. Tabarhindh means Gateway to India 643. Makhowal is other name for Anadpur Sahib 644. Ludhiana was originally known as LODHI-ANA 645. The Guru Ka Bagh is situated in Amritsar 646. Name the city also known as Ramdaspur Amritsar 647. City known as “California of Punjab” Abohar 648. Khidrana is other name for Mukatsar 649. Keshgarh Sahib Takht of Sikhs is located at Anandpur Sahib 650. Where is Pushpa Gujral Science city in Punjab? Kapurthala 651. Jalandhar falls in which region? Doaba 652. The largest military cantonment in Asia is found at Bhatinda 653. Sports city of India is Jalandhar 654. Oldest city of Punjab is Jalandhar 655. Place called ‘City of Bliss’ Anandpur Sahib 656. What is new name of Ropar? Roop Nagar 657. What is present name of Mohali? SAS Nagar 658. Which city of Punjab has been made white city? Anandpur Sahib 659. Another name of Jalandhar is ______as it was watered by 3 rivers Trigartha Satluj, Ravi and Beas 660. Dinanagar town in gurdaspur was in news due to a terrorist attack, Erstwhile capital of historical importance of this city is because of being Maharaja Ranjit Singh 661. Some of the important plays written by Gursharan Singh are Dhamak Nagare Di, Band Kamare, Chadni Chowk Taun Sirhind Teek, Baba Bolda Hai 662. Who was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at Asian games Kamaljeet Sandhu Koner 663. Who is known as Punjab’s bearded mother Teresa Bhagat puran Singh 664. Who was the first Asian to be elected as chairman of Balram Jakhar commonwealth parliamentary executive forum 665. Who is known as Flying Sikh Milkha Singh 666. Name the folk singer who is popularly known as Nightingale of Surinder kaur Punjab
PUNJAB G.K. 667. Name the freedom fighter known as Punjab kesri and lion of Punjab Lala Lajpat Rai 668. Unhappy India was book written by Lala Lajpat Rai 669. The Punjabi was written by Lala Lajpat Rai 670. Newspaper The Punjabee was started by Lala Lajpat Rai 671. Name the largest railway junction in Asia Bhatinda 672. PANJAAB is the name of Bus route connecting Amritsar to Nankana Sahib 673. DOSTI is the name given to Bus route connecting Amritsar to Lahore 674. Who founded the daily ‘The Tribune’ S. Dyal Singh 675. Who was the founder of newspaper Punjab Kesri Lala Jagat Narain 676. Raja Sansi International airport has been recently renamed as Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport 677. All Indian radio stations are located in Chandigarh and Jalandhar 678. In Punjab the percentage of Sikh is 63% whereas the % age of Jains 0.16 % (Muslims 2%, is Christians 1.2%) 679. Phagwara tehsil is a non-contiguous pocket of which district of Kapurthala Punjab 680. Festival celebrated to commemorate the velour of 40 Muktas Mela Maghi 681. S. Sobha Singh’s master art piece is Sohni Mahiwal 682. Ghorian are sung at Bridegroom’s place whereas _____are sung at Suhaag Bride’s place 683. _______is a dance performed to celebrate the victory Luddi 684. Who is also known as tooti-e-hind Shah Attaullah Bukhari 685. What is Kissa? It is a Punjabi language oral story telling tradition 686. What is Luddi? It is a Punjabi Men’s dance during the time of victory, over saving the women folk held captive in the middle east, it was prominent in areas near Sutlej in Pakistan 687. Punjabi Qissa, Sohni Mahiwal is the creation of Fazal Shah 688. Holla Mohalla is celebrated at Ananadpur Sahib and Kiratpur Sahib 689. Festival Holla Mohalla lasts for Three days 690. Which place in Punjab hosts village Olympics? Killa Raipur 691. Fair of Haider Sheikh is held at Malerkotla, for four days every year 692. Roshni fair or fair of lights is held at Jagraon 693. Where is Rauza Sharif Urs celebrated every year? At Rauza Sharif, Fatehgarh Sahib 694. Prof. Mohan Singh Memorial International cultural mela is held at Ludhiana 695. Fair of Chappar lasts for one day is held in Ludhiana 696. Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan is held annually held in Jalandhar 697. The fair of Baba Sodal is held in Jalandhar 698. Name the place in Punjab which organized Kisan Mela every year Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 699. What is PARVESH Primary Vidya Sudhar Project, to improve the quality of education in Punjab SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 26 PUNJAB G.K. 700. Bhai Jaitri ji scheme Launched to provide free text books to students upto 8th standard in govt. schools 701. Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme Launched by state govt. free bicycles are provided to girl students studying in 11th and 12th standard to encoyrage the for further studies 702. Mission Inderdhnush Launched in Punjab govt. to get 90% of the infants in the state covered under the complete immunization programme by 2020 703. Medicity is developed at Near Mullanpur in Mohali 704. Bhagat Puran Singh bima Yojna To provide cashless medical treatment through smart cards to blue card holder and bpl families 705. Bhai Ghanayiya insurance scheme Provide insurance cover of 1.5 lakh 706. Chief Minister cancer relief fund Provides help of 1.5 lakh to cancer patients 707. Mukh Mantri Pendu Vikas Yojna Launched in 2015, envisages comprehensive development of villages through provisions of basic amenities 708. BACKFINCO Provide loans to backward classes and minorities whose income is less than Rs 103000 in urban areas and Rs 81000 in rural areas 709. PSCFC Provides loan and subsidy to poor scheduled caste population 710. Name the village panchayati of Punjab which has been adjudged as Kusla gram panchayati one of the 11 best in the country for work done under NREGS 711. Name the mission launched in Punjab to improve the stocking and Green Punjab mission productivity of existing forest areas 712. What is MALWA? A plantation project of govt. of Punjab 713. PEDA is the state nodal agency for Promotion and development of renewable energy projects in Punjab 714. What is IWMP (integrated watershed Programme to conserve natural resources and management programme? to enhance livelihood opportunities in Punjab 715. Name the projects being implemented under Bus rapid transit system, Amritsar sewage Jawahar Lal Nehru national urban renewal treatment and network plant, Amritsar mission integrated solid waste management, Ludhiana 716. India’s largest roof top solar power plant has been commissioned at Dera Beas dist Amritsar 717. World’s largest cattle dung based bio CNG plant is under Haiboval dairy complex implementation at 718. Where is new chandigarh being developed It is being developed near chandigarh at village mullanpur dacha, on the concept of smart city 719. Which city in Punjab will be developed as IT and knowledge hub Amritsar along with Mohali 720. Name the cities to be developed as safe cities Ludhiana and Amritsar 721. Saanjh Initiative of govt. of Punjab to bridge the gap between public and
PUNJAB G.K. police 722. SUWIDHA To facilitate the citizens by capturing the input at a single point, defining the delivery date depending on the type of service and accepting cash at the counter itself 723. E-district project Automated back end process for the delivery of 47 services 724. Name the oldest power house in Punjab Shaman project 725. On which river Bhakra Nangal Dam is built Satluj 726. Pong Dam is built on ____river Beas 727. Sewing machines are manufactured in Ludhiana 728. Where is the largest bicycle manufacturer hero cycles based in Ludhiana Punjab 729. Where is Guru Nanak thermal plant situated? Bhatinda 730. When was Bhakra Nangal project started 1948 731. Where are steel rolling factories located in Punjab Mandi Gobindgarh 732. Where is railway coach factory in Punjab? Kapurthala 733. Thein dam is built on river Ravi 734. When was Punjab state industrial corporation established 1966 735. In which city sports goods are manufactured Jalandhar 736. Where is J.C.T. cloth mill? Phagwara 737. Highest gravity dam in world is Bhakra Nangal dam 738. Name the corporations carved out of erstwhile PSEB PSPCL, PSTCL 739. Pandoh dam and Pong dam is on river Beas 740. On which river Bhakra Nangal dam is built Satluj 741. Name the reservoir of Bhakra Nangal dam Gobind Sagar 742. In 1961, NESTLE opened its first milk plant in Punjab, which is the Moga largest in Punjab at 743. Ropar thermal plant is situated on bank of river Ravi 744. Number of sugar mills in the cooperative sector in Punjab 15 745. Name the two thermal plants in Bhathinda Guru Nanak Dev thermal plant and Guru Hargobind thermal plants 746. National fertilizer limited is located at Nangal and Bhatinda 747. Guru Gobind Singh refinery is at Bhatinda 748. _____is the world’s biggest producer of leather tool pouches and Jalandhar aprons 749. Bhakra Nangal holds _____largest reservoir Second 750. Ranjit sagar dam built on river ravi is also called Thein dam 751. Which city of Punjab has started a heritage walk to promote Amritsar tourism? 752. PSIDC (Punjab state industrial development corporation ltd.) Punjab govt. undertaking engaged in promotion of large and medium scale industries and helps in attracting considerable investments in the state 753. INFOTECH (Punjab information and communication technology Nodal agency of govt. of SCF-98 CHOTI BARADARI PATIALA 8437806665 ibtpatialacentre@gmail.com Page 28 PUNJAB G.K. corporation limited) Punjab for the promotion of electronic/IT industry in the state 754. PSIEC (Punjab small industries and export corporation ltd.) Nodal agency for promotion of exports and nominated agency for implementation of central govt. scheme known as ASIDE 755. PBIP (Punjab Bureau for investment promotion) Nodal agency to provide time bound clearance of all new investment in the state 756. Integrated mixed use industrial park is being developed at Kapurthala 757. Mixed land use industrial park is being developed at Rajpura 758. Trigarth old name Jalandhar 759. Patiala city founded 1763 760. Chairman of Punjab 3 member boundary Commission J.C. Shah Justice, S. Dutt, M.M. Phillips 761. Dharam yudh morcha started 1982 762. After whom the Rose Garden has been named President Zakis Hussain 763. Only first Anglo Sikh war won by the Sikhs Battle of Buddowal 764. Which sikh anglo war called battle of guns Battle of Gujarat 765. First Lieutenant Govt. of Punjab Sir John Lawrence 766. Penal code introduce in Punjab 1862 767. Where was Akali newspaper published from Lahore 768. Nankana Sahib Massacre 20 Feb 1921 against merchant Narain Dass 769. Jaito Morcha 1923 770. SGPC established on 15 November 1920 declared unlawful in 1923 771. Pagri Sambhal Jatta Bankey Dayal 772. Inqilab Zindabad Bhagat Singh 773. Kartar Singh Sarabha sentenced to death 16 November 1915 774. Ghaggar flow through in which districy of punjab Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa 775. Largest wetland north India Harike Pattan 776. Minimum Forest area Kapurthala 777. Guru Teg Bahadur museum Anandpur Sahib 778. Phillaur is town situated on the bank of river Satluj 779. Zafarnama known as Letter of victory 780. Which Punjab king known as Paras Ranjit Singh 781. When was Hindustan association of pacific coast formed? In 1912, it was associated with Gadar Movement 782. The first president of Hindustan association of pacific coast was Sohan Singh Bhakna 783. Headquarter of Hindustan association of pacific coast was at San Francisco 784. The paper Ghadar was started in year 1913 785. Who was the chief editor of gadar? Lala Hardyal 786. What is the other name of Gadar Ashram opened in 1913? Yugantar Ashram 787. Gadar party raised Indian Independence Army in Iran
PUNJAB G.K. 788. In which year was Swadeshi Boycott movement was launched? 1905 789. What was the time period of Non-cooperation Movement? 1920-22 790. Civil disobedience movement was launched in year 1930 791. When was Quit India Movement started? 8th August, 1942 792. Rowlett act was recommended by Sedition committee chaired by Sidney Rowlett 793. In protest Gandhi wrote in young India This satanic Govt. can’t be mended, it must be ended 794. Rowlett act was named after Sir Sydney A T Rowlett 795. At Jallianwala Bagh people came to protest against the arrest of Saifuddin Kitchloo and leaders like Satyapal 796. What was the most important cause for the outbreak of the Ghadar Kamagata Maru incident revolution 797. Name the weekly paper which started by Lala Hardyal in 1907 Ghadar 798. The Defence of India act was passed in March 1915 due to Kamagata Maru Incident 799. The Kamagata Maru Ship was to emigrate to Canada 800. The ship Kamagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong