More Questions on Punjab
- Q. The Punjab Government under urban development schemes, plans to develop a ‘medicity’ in which place?
A)Sangrur
B)Mohali
C)Ludhiana
D)Pathankot
Answer: Mohali
- Q. Which songs of Punjab are sung during the celebrations of harvest?
A)Baisakhi songs
B)Teeyan songs
C)Boli songs
D)None of these
Answer: Baisakhi songs
- Q. The Arya Samaj was established by Dayanand Saraswati on
A)7th May, 1870
B)7th April, 1875
C)7th April, 1850
D)7th April, 1865
Answer: 7th April, 1875
- Q. The town known for manufacture of wooden toys, in lay and lacquer finished furniture and musical instruments is
A)Sangrur
B)Amritsar
C)Hoshiarpur
D)Ludhiana
Answer: Hoshiarpur
- Q. In Punjab the sites of Palaeolithic Age are found in the valley of river –
A)Ravi
B)Soan
C)Betwa
D)Sutlej
Answer: Soan
- Q. The District Education Revitalisation Programme (DERP) of Punjab was launched in
A)1994
B)1990
C)1996
D)1985
Answer: 1994
- Q. The earliest Municipal Act dealt with Municipal Corporation was
A)The Municipal Act 1873
B)The Municipal Act 1867
C)The Municipal Act 1850
D)The Municipal Act 1910
Answer: The Municipal Act 1867
- Q. Name ‘the king of Bhangra’ of Punjab.
A)Lal Chand Yamla
B)Sardool Sikander
C)Hans Raj Hans
D)None of the above
Answer: Sardool Sikander
- Q. Which of the following was/were creating problems for Akbar in Punjab and the North – West region?
A)Todar Mal
B)Mirza Hakim
C)Maan Singh
D)All of these
Answer: Mirza Hakim
- Q. Radha Soami Movement was founded by
A)Shiv Dayal
B)Baba Ram Singh
C)Dalip Singh
D)None of these
Answer: Shiv Dayal
- Q. The famous folk instrument of Punjab, which is entirely based on Iktara, made of wooden sticks mounted with a resonator covered with skin and metallic string?
A)Dhad
B)Dhol
C)Toomba
D)Garah
Answer: Toomba
- Q. The Jallianwala Bagh is known for the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre that took place on
A)13th April, 1919
B)10th October, 1917
C)13th March, 1919
D)12th May, 1917
Answer: 13th April, 1919
- Q. The concept of ‘Smart Villages’ in Punjab aims to provide which of the following in rural areas?
A)4G network
B)Solar lighting
C)Sewa Kendras
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The scorching heat, low relative humidity and dust storms are features of which of the seasons in Punjab?
A)Rainy season
B)Summer
C)Winter
D)Post-monsoon
Answer: Summer
- 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. Which of the following is associated with Ravi river.
A)Separates Upper Bari Doab from Rachna Doab
B)Drainage area between Pir Panjal and Dhauladhar range
C)A seasonal river
D)Joins Chenab river at Mithankot
Answer: Drainage area between Pir Panjal and Dhauladhar range
- Q. The government of Punjab launched a medical scheme for Blue Card holder families, marginal farming families, small traders and construction workers. This scheme is known as
A)Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Yojana
B)Bhagat Puran Singh Bima Yojana
C)Universal Health Insurance Scheme
D)None of the above
Answer: Bhagat Puran Singh Bima Yojana
- Q. The instrument Saranda was made by
A)Guru Gobind Singh Ji
B)Guru Arjan Dev Ji
C)Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
D)None of them
Answer: Guru Arjan Dev Ji
- Q. Which of the following is also called Shakespeare of the Punjabi language because of his great poetic story ‘Heer Ranjha’?
A)Waris Shah
B)Bulleh Shah
C)Farid
D)Bhai Vir Singh
Answer: Waris Shah
- Q. Who is known as the Nightingale of Punjab?
A)Surinder Kaur
B)Narinder Biba
C)Lal Chand Yamla
D)None of the above
Answer: Surinder Kaur
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