More Questions on Punjab
- Q. Aam Khas Bagh at Preet Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib was built by
A)Akbar
B)Shah Jahan
C)Jahangir
D)All of these
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. In which year Punjab Horticulture Department came into existence?
A)1978-79
B)1979-80
C)1970-71
D)1980-81
Answer: 1979-80
- Q. Identify the authentic Punjabi cuisine.
A)Butter Chicken, Tandoori Chicken
B)Aloo Paratha, Chole Bhature
C)Dum Aloo, Rogan Josh
D)Both (A) and (B)
Answer: Both (A) and (B)
- Q. Consider the following statements which is/are correct? 1. Sukhdev Thapar was not a member of Hindustan Socialist Republician Association. 2. ‘Naujawan Bharat Sabha’ started at Lahore. 3. Sukhdev Thapar, Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru were hanged in Lahore Central jail on 23rd March, 1931. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A)Only 2
B)Only 1
C)2 and 3
D)All of these
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. Sanghol Museum at Fatehgarh Sahib displayed antiques of
A)Kushan period
B)Harappan period
C)Mauryan period
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Who was the first Defence Minister of India?
A)Baldev Singh
B)Darbara Singh
C)Lala Har Dayal
D)Indra Kumar Gujral
Answer: Baldev Singh
- Q. The famous newspaper Punjab Kesari was founded on?
A)2nd February, 1881
B)13th June, 1965
C)13th November, 2001
D)2nd October, 1945
Answer: 13th June, 1965
- Q. Who amongst the following was not a member of Punjab Boundary Commission 1966?
A)S. Dutt
B)Justice J. C. Shah
C)M.M. Philips
D)Cyril Radcliffe
Answer: Cyril Radcliffe
- Q. Consider the following statements 1. The High Court of Punjab was renamed as the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. 2. The judges of the High Court of Punjab became judges of the common High Court of Punjab. 3. The principal seat of the High Court remained at Chandigarh. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A)2 and 3
B)Only 1
C)Only 3
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Which of the following was the longest serving Cabinet Minister of India?
A)Harkishan Singh Surjit
B)Gaini Zail Singh
C)Swaran Singh
D)Darbara Singh
Answer: Swaran Singh
- Q. Which of these National Highways is the longest National Highway of Punjab?
A)NH 72
B)NH 15
C)NH 20
D)NH 21
Answer: NH 15
- Q. Cotton is a major cash crop in which of the following region of the state
A)Eastern
B)North
C)South-Western
D)North-Eastern
Answer: South-Western
- Q. Name the dance of Punjab which has a similarity to dandiya dance of Gujarat and is performed with sticks.
A)Dhamal
B)Dhankara
C)Gatka
D)Julli
Answer: Dhankara
- Q. Who was the first President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee?
A)Sardar Ajit Singh
B)Bhai Parmanand
C)Baba Kharak Singh
D)None of the above
Answer: Baba Kharak Singh
- Q. Name the musical instrument used by the artists of Punjab which was inverted by Amir Khusrau.
A)Sarode
B)Sitar
C)Pakhawaj
D)None of these
Answer: Sitar
- Q. Consider the following regarding schemes running in Punjab under water and sanitation programmes. 1. Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan 2. Installation of RO Systems 3. Swachhata Pakhwada 4. Water Supply and Sanitation Project Which among the following is a scheme running in Punjab at present?
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 3 and 4
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Nanakshahi coins were issued by whom of the following?
A)Banda Singh Bahadur
B)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C)Baba Deep Singh
D)All of the above
Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Q. Name the founder of Sayyid dynasty who was previously the governor of Punjab?
A)Shaista Khan
B)Kutlugh Khan
C)Suleman Khan
D)Khizr Khan
Answer: Khizr Khan
- Q. Punjab plain is formed by the deposition of
A)desert soils of arid zone
B)alluvium brought down from the Himalayas
C)sandy soils
D)None of the above
Answer: alluvium brought down from the Himalayas
- Q. Name the northern district(s) of Haryana which speak (s) Malwai Punjabi language.
A)Sirsa, Kurukshetra
B)Ambala, Hisar
C)Both (A) and (B)
D)Only Kurukshetra
Answer: Ambala, Hisar
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