More Questions on Punjab
- Q. The Resource Conservation Technologies (RCTs) are encouraged amongst the farmers to
A)use fertilisers
B)reduce cost of inputs
C)use pesticides
D)None of the above
Answer: reduce cost of inputs
- Q. Who are responsible for legalising the Sikh marriage by passing Anand Marriage Act?
A)Namdhari Movement
B)Nirankari Movement
C)Singh Sabha Movement
D)None of the above
Answer: Singh Sabha Movement
- Q. Whose short poems are known as Kafis?
A)Bhai Gurdas
B)Shah Hussain
C)Bulleh Shah
D)None of the above
Answer: Shah Hussain
- Q. Which of the following districts of Punjab known as ‘Mecca of Indian Hockey’?
A)Jalandhar
B)Amritsar
C)Patiala
D)None of these
Answer: Jalandhar
- Q. Irrigation and Power Research Institute (IPRI) was established in the year
A)1926
B)1924
C)1928
D)1930
Answer: 1924
- Q. Which of the following ruler of Indo-Greek established independent kingdom centred at Taxila and later moved his capital to Sakala, modern Sialkot of Punjab?
A)Demetros II
B)Menander
C)Demetros I
D)None of them
Answer: Menander
- Q. Who is regarded as the Pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi Poetry ?
A)Waris Shah
B)Bulleh Shah
C)Shah Hussain
D)None of them
Answer: Shah Hussain
- Q. These soils of Punjab are yellowish to grey in colour and become more productive by artificial irrigation and are capable of producing cotton, citrus, oilseeds, wheat, fodder crop. Name the soil.
A)Sandy soils
B)Kandi soils
C)Desert soils
D)Sierozem soils
Answer: Sandy soils
- Q. Kikli is a rural game of Punjab basically for
A)Boys
B)Girls
C)Both Boys and Girls
D)Particular occasion
Answer: Girls
- Q. On the bank of which river the Cave Temple in Pathankot is situated
A)Indus
B)Beas
C)Chenab
D)Ravi
Answer: Ravi
- 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. Which of the following newspaper(s) is/are published from Punjab?
A)Pehredar
B)Sky Hawk Times
C)Azad Soch
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Gurdwara Reform Movement was also Known as
A)Swaraj Movement
B)Akali Movement
C)Babbar Khalsa Movement
D)None of these
Answer: Akali Movement
- Q. Which one of the following rulers of Punjab and their dynasty is not correctly matched? List-I List-II a. Persian king Darins b. Greek King Gustasp c. Kushan Emperor Kujula Kadphises d. Parthian King Gondophares
A)Only a
B)Both a and b
C)Only b
D)All of the above
Answer: Only b
- Q. Humayun appointed Bairam Khan as the Governor of
A)Sirhind
B)Ropar
C)Rupnagar
D)Panipat
Answer: Sirhind
- Q. Average annual rainfall in Punjab
A)ranges between 960 mm in the sub-mountain region and 460 mm in the plains.
B)ranges between 980 mm in the sub-mountain region and 490 mm in the plains.
C)ranges between 940 mm in the sub-mountain region and 420 mm in the plains.
D)ranges between 1020 mm in the sub-mountain region and 560 mm in the plains.
Answer: ranges between 960 mm in the sub-mountain region and 460 mm in the plains.
- Q. The Northern railway has its zonal headquarters in the divisions of which of the following places in Punjab?
A)Jalandhar
B)Amritsar
C)Firozpur
D)Faridkot
Answer: Firozpur
- Q. Punjab’s urban local self-government consists of
A)Municipal Councils
B)Nagar Panchayats
C)Municipal Corporations
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. They keep a Lathi (a bamboo stave) instead of Kripan (sword). Who are they?
A)Nirankaris
B)Namdharis
C)Arya Samajis
D)None of them
Answer: Namdharis
- 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)
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