Punjab State

Q. Which is the most popular form of folk music of the Eastern Punjab?

A
Boli Songs
B
Dhola Songs
C
Mahiya Songs
D
Teeyan Songs

Correct Answer

Boli Songs

More Questions on Punjab

  • Q. How many consonants and basic vowels are there in Gurmukhi script?
    A)40, 3
    B)38, 3
    C)40, 5
    D)50, 10
    Answer: 38, 3
  • Q. Who is the first Chief Minister of Punjab?
    A)Bhim Sen Sachar
    B)Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava
    C)Pratap Singh Kairon
    D)None of them
    Answer: Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava
  • 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. Which media played a significant role to promote Punjabi films after partition?
    A)Newspapers
    B)Magazines
    C)All India Radio
    D)None of the above
    Answer: All India Radio
  • Q. Which of the following political personalities of India is an economist and recipent of Bharat Ratna, became the Prime Minister of India twice for a period of thirteen days.
    A)I. K. Gujral
    B)Devilal
    C)Gulzarilal Nanda
    D)None of these
    Answer: Gulzarilal Nanda
  • Q. In Punjab, blue cards of Atta Dal Scheme has been replaced by
    A)Purple Card
    B)Red Card
    C)Smart Card
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Smart Card
  • Q. Which one of the following rulers of Punjab and their capital is correctly matched? List-I List-II a. Kanishka Purushapura b. Pushyabhuti Mathura c. Milinda Sakala d. Gopala Kamboja
    A)Both a and c
    B)Only a
    C)Only c
    D)Both b and c
    Answer: Both a and c
  • Q. Punjab and Haryana High Court was established in
    A)1965
    B)1960
    C)1966
    D)1956
    Answer: 1966
  • Q. The Government of Punjab has approved two Mega Food Parks, one in Ludhiana and the other in
    A)Phagwara
    B)Mohali
    C)Chandigarh
    D)Rajpura
    Answer: Phagwara
  • Q. Consider the following statements 1. The Ghadar Party was an organisation founded by Punjabi Indians in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule. 2. The Ghadar Party, initially the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, was formed under the leadership of Lala Hardayal with Sohan Singh Bhakna as its President. 3. The Ghadar activists undertook what the British described as political terrorism. 4. Their newspaper, ‘The Ghadar’ was published from Canada. Which of the statement(s) given above about Ghadar party in Punjab is/are correct?
    A)2, 3 and 4
    B)1, 2 and 3
    C)3 and 4
    D)All of these
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. Name the district of Punjab which is famous for surgical instruments, sports goods, hand tools, automobile parts industries.
    A)Ludhiana
    B)Jalandhar
    C)Kapurthala
    D)Patiala
    Answer: Jalandhar
  • Q. The another name of Ranjit Sagar Dam is
    A)Bhakra Dam
    B)Thein Dam
    C)Govind Sagar Dam
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Thein Dam
  • Q. Annual report, i.e. the report presented to the governor as to workdone by the State Public Service Commission of Punjab is referred in Article No.
    A)321
    B)320
    C)322
    D)323
    Answer: 323
  • Q. Under the schemes for urban Punjab, the state government developed new centres of industries and urban areas in
    A)Amritsar, Ludhiana
    B)Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar
    C)Bathinda, Mohali
    D)Both (A) and (B)
    Answer: Both (A) and (B)
  • Q. Which of the following renounced his Knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)S. B. Sinha
    D)M. A. Jinnah
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. The other name of Gurmat sangeet is
    A)Mahiya sangeet
    B)Shabad Kirtan
    C)Teeyan song
    D)None of these
    Answer: Shabad Kirtan
  • Q. Before partition which city was the main centre of Punjabi Film?
    A)Multan
    B)Lahore
    C)Patiala
    D)Jalandhar
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. Name the forest of Punjab where vegetation is predominantly of broad-leaved trees.
    A)Northern Dry Deciduous Mixed Forests
    B)Dry Deciduous Scrub forests
    C)Shiwalik Chir Pine Forests
    D)None of these
    Answer: Northern Dry Deciduous Mixed Forests
  • Q. Which of the following wetlands is the largest wetland in Northern India?
    A)Harike
    B)Kanjli
    C)Nangal
    D)Ropar
    Answer: Harike
  • Q. Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan restricted India’s right to usage to only three Eastern rivers. Identify the correct group of rivers.
    A)Jhelum, Chenab and Sutle
    B)Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
    C)Ravi, Beas and Jhelum
    D)Chenab, Sutlej and Jhelum
    Answer: Sutlej, Beas and Ravi

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