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1. Which city is called the Manchester of Punjab? (A) Jalandhar (B) Ludhiana (C) Chandigarh (D) Amritsar 2.

How many Airports are there in Punjab? (A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4 3. Which is the most Polluted City of Punjab? (A) Jalandhar (B) Bhatinda (C) Ludhiana (D) Sirsa 4. When did the present Punjab come into Existence? (A) 1866 (B) 1966 (C) 1766 (D) 1867 5. When was Punjabi declared the official language of Punjab? (A) 1766

(B) 1867 (C) 1966 (D) 1967 6. When was SGPC established in Punjab? (A) 1970 (B) 1925 (C) 1922 (D) 1924 7. Who was the first Sikh ruler of Punjab? (A) Guru Nanak Dev (B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh (C) Bhai Lakha Singh (D) Maharaja Kamaljit Singh 8. Which is the most famous temple of Punjab? (A) Golden Temple (B) Temple of Sikh Guru (C) Nanak Temple (D) Heritage Temple 9. Which District of Punjab has lowest literacy rate? (A) Patiala (B) Moga (C) Khana (D) Mansa

10. Which is the major occupation of Punjabis? (A) House hold (B) Sports things (C) Farming (D) Dairy

. What is the Area of Punjab? 1. 50, 362 (Sq. K.M.) 2. 65, 342 (Sq. K.M.) 3. 45, 560 (Sq. K.M.) 4. 55, 465 (Sq. K.M.) 2. Which of the following animals is not found in Punjab?

1. The Wolves 2. The Revive 3. The Leopards 4. The Elephant 3. How many total Districts are there in Punjab? 1. 20

2. 17 3. 24 4. 36

4. Punjab is rich in 1. Gold 2. Coal 3. The rock salt 4. Oil 5. What is the shape of the Punjab State? 1. Triangular 2. Square 3. Rectangular 4. Rombus 6. How many Divisions in Punjab? 1. 3 2. 5 3. 4 4. 7 7. The land of five rivers Punjab was named in Purans as 1. The Brahmnad 2. The Aeropious 3. Devbhumi 4. Panchand 8. From How many states of India is Punjab One of them? 1. 30 2. 25

3. 15 4. 45 9. How many Tehsils are there in Punjab? 1. 65 2. 5 3. 55 4. 40 10. The capital of Punjab and East Punjab States Union' (PEPSU) was at 1. Amritsar 2. Nabha 3. Faridkot 4. Patiala 11. How many rivers flowed in Punjab? 1. 4 2. 6 3. 3 4. 5 12. How many Sub-Tehsils are there in Punjab? 1. 70 2. 68 3. 67 4. 69 13. The no. of Dental Colleges in Punjab is?

1. 3 2. 5 3. 6 4. 2 14. How many constituencies of Lok Sabha are there in Punjab? 1. 14 2. 13 3. 6 4. 5 15. The no. of females per thousand males in Punjab is? 1. 888 2. 923 3. 933 4. 930 16. On which side of India Punjab situated? 1. North West 2. South West 3. East West 4. North South 17. How many Rajya Sabha constituencies are there in Punjab? 1. 8 2. 7 3. 6

4. 5 18. The Rachna Doab comprises the areas including 1. Wazirabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Sheikupura 2. Gujarat, Bheramk, Shahpur, Miami and Sahiwal 3. Attock, Rohtak, Jehlum and Mianwali 4. Lahore, Amritsar and Multan 19. Who is the first lady Commissionor of Punjab? 1. Vinni Mahajan 2. Satinder Kaur 3. Rabinder Kaur 4. Dr. Suman Lata 20. How many divisions are there in Punjab? 1. 4 2. 3 3. 5 4. 2 21. How many Vidhan Sabha Constituencies are there in Punjab? 1. 120 2. 188 3. 117 4. 119 22. How many rivers flow through the Punjab? 1. 2

2. 5 3. 3 4. 4 23. What is the total number of villages (Populated) in Punjab. 1. 13,342 2. 13,000 3. 11629 4. 14,442 24. The greater part of Punjab is covered with 1. The alluvial soil 2. The desert soil 3. The grassy lands 4. None of these 25. Name the distt. Which is situated on the bank of the river 1. Patiala 2. Ferozpur 3. Moga 4. Jalandhar Phillaur 26. What is the number of hospitals in Punjab? 1. 207 2. 208 3. 210 4. 200

27. The rocky barron lands of Punjab are 1. The region of Multan and Hissar 2. The regions of Bari Doab 3. The regions of Bist Jalandhar 4. None of these 28. How many villages are there in Punjab? 1. 12,888 2. 12,342 3. 13,000 4. 13,432 29. In which District Punjabi university is there? 1. Ludhiana 2. Amritsar 3. Patiala 4. Ropar 30. Among the various passes of Himalayas, which was the most frequently visited by the external invaders 1. The Kurram pass 2. The Khyber pass 3. The Gomal pass 4. The Bolan pass Answers 1: 142316: 33234 11: 44423 16: 12113 21: 33314 26: 21132 1. Under whom did the Sikhs rebel after Guru Govind Singhs death?

Ans- Banda Bahadur 2.Who was the Bundela chief who allied with allied with Bahadur Shah against Banda Bahadur? Ans- Chattarsal 3.Which Guru Began the transformation of Sikhs into a militant community? Ans- Hargobind 4. Under whose Gurudom did the Sikhs become a political and military force? Ans- Hargobind 5.In how many misls (confederacies) were the Sikhs organized? Ans- 12 6.To which misl did Ranjit Singh belong? Ans-Sukerchakia 7.Where did Ranjit Singh Modern factories to manufacture canon? Ans- lahore 8.Who served as Ranjit Singhs Finance minister? Ans- Dinanath 9.Who composed the famous romatic epic Heer Ranjha? Ans-Warris Shah 10.Who was the Guru when the Sikh Khalsa was formed? Ans- Guru Gobind Singh 11.In 1805, Ranjit singh won Amritsar form the misl? Ans-Bhangi 12.When was the treaty of Amritsar signed? Ans- 1808

13.The treaty of Amritsar gave the British control overterritories? Ans- Cis Sutlej 14.Who were the French officers associated with the training of Ranjit Singhs Army? Ans-Venurre and Allard 15. Who set up an artillery unit for Ranjit Singh? Ans-Court and Gardner 16.When did the British sign a treaty of perpetual Friendship with Ranjit Singh? Ans- 1809 17.When did Ranjit Singh die? Ans-1839 18.Who was the British Governor General when the First Anglo Sikh War took Place? Ans- Lord Hardinge 19. When the first Anglo Sikh war did took place? Ans- 1846 20.Who was the prime minister of Punjab when the 1st Anglo war took place? Ans- Lal Singh 21.Who was the commander in chief of Punjab during the first Anglo Sikh war? Ans- Misar Tej Singh 22. The Treaty of . Was signed on 8 March, 1846 marking the end of 1st Anglo- Sikh war. Ans- Lahore 23.Who was the leader of sikh revolt of 1848 at Multan Ans- Mulraj 24.Who led the sikh revolt of 1848 at Lahore

Ans- Chattar Singh Attriwasl 25. Which governer general annexed Punjab? Ans-Dalhousie 26. Which governer general is associated with doctrine of lapse Ans-Dalhousie 27. The Battle of .was the most decisive battle in the first Anglo sikh war Ans-Sobraon 28.Who was made the regent of Punjab state by the treaty of Lahore. Ans- Rani Jindan 29.Who was appointed as the British resident of Lahore in 1846 Ans- Henry Lawernce 30.Who was the new British Resident of Punjab in 1848 Ans- Fedricj Mann 31.Who was the sikh governor of Hazarah who sided with the rebels of Multan in 1848 Ans- Chattar Singh 32.The Battle of .. .was the most decisive battle in the second Anglo Sikh war Ans- Gujrat 33.Who commented Annexation of Punjab was not an annexation but a treachery. Ans-Napier 34.When was Bhagat of Punjab and Udaipur annexed under doctrine of Lapse Ans-1852 35.Where was the main centre of Wahabi movement in India Ans- Patna

36.Which movement was known as Namdhari mission Ans- Kuka 37.The kuka movement played a prominent role in arousing the feeling of Patriotism in Ans- Punjab 38.Who was the chief aspirator of Kuka Movement Ans- Ram singh 39.Who was the Guru of Bhai singh Ans- Balak Singh 40.Who stressed on the need for the recitation of chandi Path, Gurwani, Naam Jap and Asa di var Ans- Ram singh 41.Which animal was worshipped in the Kuka Movement Ans- Cow 42.The leader of the Kuka Movement who was perhaps the first person to adopt the policy of non co-operation against the British was Ans- Ram singh 43.Which kuka Leader appointed subadars and naib subaidars Ans- Ram singh 44.Who was the lieutenant governor of Punjabi in1863 Ans- Outram 45.The Native village of Ram Singh was Ans- Bhaini 46.Bhai Ram singh was put under house arrest at 1863 Ans-Bhaini

47.Who was the commissioner of Ambala when Ram Singh was put under House arrest Ans- R J Taylor 48.The .. Sikh were bitter opponents of cow slaughter Ans- Namdhari 49.Where did the Namdhari confront the british on the issue on cowslaughter Ans- Raipur 50.The Namdhari Attacked the slaughter house aton 15 Jan 1872 Ans- Malerkotla

PUNJAB GK
1. Dr. gopi chand bhargava is 1st CM of Punjab 2. Justice gurnam singh first akali chief minister of Punjab 3. Chairman of Punjab state human rights commission: justice R.S.Mongia 4. President of Punjab Pradesh congress committee: Amarinder Singh 5. President of hockey Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal 6. Director of National institute of agricultural Biotechnology, Mohali: Dr Rakesh Tuli 7. President of Punjab Olympic association : Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 8. Chief justice of Punjab & Haryana high court :- Mukul Mudgul 9. President of SGPC: Avtar singh Makkar 10. 1st governor of Punjab: chandulala madhavlal trivedi 11. 1st speaker of Punjab legislative assembly: s. kapur singh 12. Punjab Latitude 2930 N to3232 Longitude 7355 E to 7650 13. Area 50,362 sq km (1.54% of total geographical area of India) 14. Forest area 6.12% of the total area of the state 15. 4 divisions of Punjab Jalandhar, Patiala, Firozpur, Faridkot

16. Balram jakhar was 1st asian to be selected as chairman of commonwealth parliamentarian executive forum. 17. Bhagat puran singh is know as Punjabs Bearded mother Teresa 18. Surinder kaur is popularly known as Nightingale of Punjab 19. Surjit singh barnala is the author of book My other Two Daughters 20. Amrita pritam was the 1st woman to win sahitya akademi awards 21. Shiv kumar batalavi is the youngest recipient of sahitya akademi awards 22. Baba ala singh was the founder of Patiala city in 1763 AD 23. National institute of sports is located at Patiala 24. giani gurmukh singh musafir was the first CM after the lingustic reorganization of Punjab 25. Baba kharak singh was 1st president of SGPC 26. IN 1951 presidents rule was imposed for first time in Punjab 27. Shivraj patil is current governer of Punjab 28. Parkash dingh badal is present CM of Punjab(4th time) 29. Indian Olympic Association Vice President Sardar Tarlochan Singh has been conferred with The Jewel of Punjab award a life-time achievement . 30. 31. 32. 33. Punjab accord was signed b/w Harchand Singh Longowal and Rajiv Gandhi Duleep Singh was the last Sikh ruler of Punjab Kharak Singh was the immediate successor of Ranjit Singh Who constructed Takht Patna Sahib and Takht Hazur sahib Maharaja Ranjit singh 34. Who laid the foundation of Harimandir Sahib(Golden Temple) ? Hazrat mian mir 35. Miss Arshdeep kaur(from Canda) become miss world Punjabi 2010. 36. Punjab will have a second international cricket stadium at burlton park in jalandhar by 2011. 37. Ropar has become the 1st district of d country to launch d District Monitoring System Scheme 38. Punjab is the only state that had set up separate police station for NRIs 39. Chairman of punjab governce reorms commission in augrated punjabs first centre for EGovernce at Landran(MOHALI) 40. Prof. Laxmi Kant chawla, health & family welfare minister(punjab) has got jhansi ki rani laxmi bai award(at Gwalior) 41. Prakash singh Badal declared Sultanpur lodhi in kapurthala distric a holy town in veiw of its religious & historical Significance 42. Punjabi university,patiala has attained d Distinction of being the 1st univ. in the region to enroll student,gurvinder singh dhaliwal for PhD from canada through video-conferencing. 43. AKHAR: A Roman-Punjabi word processing toolkit. 44. The state of new mexico,5th largest constituent of USA,has offered to enter into an agrrement with Punjab Granting the Status of SISITER STATE

45. Punjabi language has now become the second lanuage in the state of Haryana. 46. Punjab govnerment declared 2011 as YEAR OF TRANSFORMATION 47. First evening court of punjab was inaugurated at Jalandhar follwed by Amritsar,Ludhiana and Patiala. 48. Sukhbir singh Badal Manoranjab Kalia committee on Resources Mobilization 49. Director of PGI : KK Talwar 50. Chairman of Punjab state Backward Classes commission : Kirpal Singh Badunger

PUNJAB CENSUS 2011


The data, released by state Chief Secretary SC Aggarwal and Director (Census) Seema Jain. Provisional census data has been released on only three parameters - population, gender and literacy. According to Jain, it would take at least six months to tabulate the data. The census was conducted in two phases across 58 lakh households in cities and 12,581 villages across the state. population Distribution A unique way of publicity was introduced in Punjab for the first time through social marketing plan, wherein the philosophy, tools and practices of commercial marketing were used for the purpose. Punjab Census Timeline Phase I- House listing operations (May 1- June 15, 2010) Phase II- Population enumeration (February 9- 28, 2011) Revisional round (March 1-5, 2011) Some facts about punjab population 2011 1. The provisional population numbers released by the Punjab Census Department recently suggest the decadal growth declined to 13.7 per cent during 2001-2011, as against 20.1 per cent during 1991-2001. 2. The decadal growth for the state is less than that for India (17.6 per cent). According to the provisional data, the states population touched 27.7 million, somewhat more than the projected figure of 27.6 million for 2011.

3. Of the 27.7 million, 14.6 million are males, while 13 million are female. In the 2001 census, the population stood at 20.1 million. 4. The sex ratio (number of females per thousand males) has risen to 893, as against 876 in the 2001 census. 5. All the 20 districts have witnessed an increase in sex ratio, with exceptions of Mansa and Bhatinda. For the latter, the ratio has declined to 865, as against 870 in the 2001 census. 6. Interestingly, Mansa has failed to show any change in the sex ratio, which is the same as that in the previous census (880). 7. The child sex ratio (0-6 years) has increased by 48 points. From 798 in the last census, it has moved to 846 now. 8. Nawanshehar(SBS)(879), Jalandhar(874) and Kapurthala(872) have shown the highest increase in child sex ratio. Tarn Taran has lowest child sex ratio (819). 9. The state seems to gaining on the literacy front too. Literacy has risen to 76 .7 per cent, as against 74 per cent in the 2001 census. 10. While female literacy has moved up by 7.9 percentage points, male literacy has increased by 6.3 points, further narrowing the gap. 11. Hoshiarpur has the highest literacy at 85.4 per cent, followed by Mohali (84.9) and Muktsar and Mansa are at the bottom with 60 and 56 per cent literacy, respectively. 12. Ludhiana has emerged as the most populous district with 34.87 lakh persons. Barnala has the lowest population with only 5.96 lakh people. 13. The highest growth rate of population has been in Mohali, Patiala and Tarn Taran, districts. 14. Census 2011 Punjab Population Density (per sq km) - 550 . 34th National Games Started At Ranchi,Jharkhand. 2. Per Capita Income Of India - Growth Of 17.3% To 54,527 From 46,492 From Last Year 3. World's largest "Herbal Food Park" will be setup at Haridwar. 4. "Annapurna" is the name of Indian Super Computer 5. Nirbhay" is the Cruise Missile developed by India with 1000km Range. 6. Saudi Arabia is Largest supplyer of "Crude Oil" to india. 7. Ravishankar (Sitar Player) Honoured with doctorate by Melbourne University. 8. USA Finish "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in Iraq. 9. Commonwealth Bank of Australia open its Branch in India at Mumbai (India) 10. Eastern Bridge: joint Airforce exercise between India & Oman. 11. *"Operation Green Hunt" performed in Naxal affected area by CRPF. 12. Operation Sandhan" Start against 'Bangal ki Khaadi' me samudri luteron. 13. MCA-21" is the E-governance initiative by the Ministry of Company Affairs, Govt of India.

14. Meghalaya govt has renamed the Brookside Bungalow to Rabindranath Art Gallery 15. The Union Cabinet approved capital infusion of Rs 1100 Crore for RRBs(Regional Rural Banks) to improve their capital adequacy ratio. 16. Ministry of Rural Development hosts Mahatama Gandhi Narega Sammelan 2011 at Vigyan Bhawan Delhi with the slogan : Rojgar Gaurantee- Zordar Gaurantee 17. India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, the G4 nations would press for "urgent" reforms of the U.N. Security Council in 2011 18. For which movie has A.R.Rahman bagged 2 Oscar nominations? 127 Hours 19. Who is the favourite to land the top job as Censor Board chief as Sharmila Tagore's tenure is about to end? Shabana Azmi 20. Which singer has been sued by adopted daughter's family? Madonna 21. Which bollywood actress has adjudged herself as No.1 Actress? Priyanka Chopra 22. Which Yester Year actress would be honoured to have postal stamps issued in her name? Meena Kumari 23. What is the name of the movie which has 8 nominations for Academy Award and set to rerelease in India? 'The Social Network' 24. Which popular Canadian singer is all set to perform at the opening ceremony of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh? Bryan Adams 25. Which Bollywood singer recorded a track with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias? Sunidhi Chauhan There are 22 districts in Punjab

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