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. Punjab accord was signed b/w Harchand Singh Longowal and Rajiv Gandhi
31. Duleep Singh was the last Sikh ruler of Punjab
32. Kharak Singh was the immediate successor of Ranjit Singh
33. 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 E-
Governce 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

Q-1. Which is the most famous city in Punjab?

(A) Ludhiana
(B) Amritsar
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Patiala
Ans : (B)

Q-2. Who is the first lady Chief Minister of Punjab?

(A) Bibi Jagir Kaur
(B) Kiran Bedi
(C) Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
(D) Ms. Seema Roy
Ans : (C)
Q-3. Who was the first Governor of Punjab?
(A) Mr. Chandu Lal Trivedi
(B) Bansilal
(C) Gopi Chand
(D) Amrinder Singh
Ans : (A)

Q-4. Who is the first lady Deputy commissioner of Punjab?

(A) Ms. Vini Chohan
(B) Ms. Vini Mahajan
(C) Ms. Kiran Bedi
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

Q-5. Which is the biggest District of Punjab?

(A) Fatehgarh Sahib
(B) Mansa.
(C) Morinda
(D) Ferozepur
Ans : (D)

Q-6. Which is the smallest District in Punjab?

(A) Moga
(B) Mansa
(C) Fatehgarh Sahib
(D) Bhatinda
Ans : (C)

Q-7. When was the Punjab annexation with the British Rule?
(A) 1829
(B) 1839
(C) 1859
(D) 1849
Ans : (D)

Q-8 . Which is new created city in Punjab?

(A) Fatehgarh Sahib
(B) Anandgarh
(C) Garshankar
(D) Nawashahar
Ans : (B)

Q-9. When was Punjabi University established at Patiala?

(A) 1930
(B) 1940
(C) 1950
(D) 1960
Ans : (D)

Q-10. When was the Punjab School Education Board established in Punjab?
(A) 1969
(B) 1959
(C) 1949
(D) 1939
Ans : (A)

Q-11. Where is the Sikh Heritage Complex developed?

(A) Mansa
(B) Amritsar
(C) Ropar
(D) Anandpur Sahib
Ans : (D)

Q-12. Who is the first Punjabi novelist to get Jananpith Award?

(A) Sr. Nanak Singh
(B) Sr. Gurdial Singh
(C) Sr. Gurdial Duggal
(D) Sr. Nanak Duggal
Ans : (B)

Q-13. When was the use of Punjabi made compulsory in the year?
(A) 1990
(B) 1991
(C) 1992
(D) 1994
Ans : (C)

Q-14. Who is the Governor of Punjab?

(A) Gen. S.E. Rodrigues
(B) Prakash Singh Badal
(C) Mr. Butta Singh
(D) Naresh Kumar Sandhu
Ans : (A)

Q-15. Which is the biggest grain market of Punjab?

(A) Marinda.
(B) Mansa
(C) Kotkpoora
(D) Khanna
Ans : (D)

Q-16. When was the treaty of Amritsar held on

(A) 1805
(B) 1806
(C) 1807
(D) 1809
Ans : (D)

Q-17. When was the Punjab and Papsu meged?

(A) 1950
(B) 1952
(C) 1953
(D) 1956
Ans : (D)

Q-18. According to 2001 census, the total population of Punjab is

(A) 2, 43, 89, 296
(B) 2, 42, 89, 296
(C) 2, 44, 89, 296
(D) 2, 44, 88, 296
Ans : (B)

Q-19. Where is the Punjabi University located at

(A) Chandigarh
(B) Ludhiana
(C) Jalandhar
(D) Patiala
Ans : (D)

Q-20. Who is the pioneer of Punjabi Suba?

(A) Master Tara Singh
(B) Master Kapoor
(C) Master Akesh
(D) Master Mohan
Ans : (A)

Q-21. Which city of Punjab is famous for furniture goods?

(A) Kirtpur
(B) Mansa
(C) Kartarpur
(D) Khanna
Ans : (C)

Q-22. Who is the Punjabi Poetess to get Jananpith Award?

(A) Ms. Amrita Shergil
(B) Ms. Amrita Pritam
(C) Dilip KaurTiwana
(D) Ms. Sharmila Panday
Ans : (B)

Q-23. Which is the Pioneer of Punjabi Novel?

(A) Sr. Gurdial Singh
(B) Sr. Nanak Singh
(C) Sr. Nanak Duggal
(D) Sr. Gurdial Khanna
Ans : (B)

Q-24. Where was the headquarters of Punjab school Education Board?

(A) Morinda
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Mohali
(D) Ropar
Ans : (C)

Q-25. Where are mini Olympics are held

(A) Mandi Gobindgarh
(B) Ropar
(C) Mansa
Ans : (D)

Q-26. How many divisions of Punjab State?

(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 7
Ans : (B)

Q-27. Where is Punjab Agriculture University located?

(A) Chandigarh
(B) Amritsar
(C) Ludhiana
Ans : (C)

Q-28. How many Universities in Punjab?

(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 6
(D) 9
Ans : (C)

Q-29. What is the old name of Punjab?

(A) Sapta Sindhu
(B) Sapta Rishi
(C) Sapta-Aba
(D) Panj-Ab
Ans : (A)

Q-30. Who is the Chief Minister of Punjab at present

(A) Prakash Verma
(B) C. Amrinder Singh
(C) Prakash Singh Badal
(D) M. Surjeet Singh.
Ans : (C)

Q-31. Who was the first Chief Minister of Punjab?

(A) M. Ajit Singh
(B) Gurmel Singh
(C) Tota Singh
(D) Gopi Chand Bhargva
Ans : (D)

Q-32. How many Border State of Punjab?

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
Ans : (B)

Q-33. Which is the famous & biggest Airport in Punjab?

(A) Amritsar
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Bhatinda
(D) Ludhiana
Ans : (A)

Q-34. How many Parliamentary constituencies in Punjab?

(A) 14
(B) 13
(C) 16
(D) 17
Ans : (B)

Q-35. How many Rajya sabha seats in Punjab?

(A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 9
Ans : (A)

Q-36. Which is the centre of newspapers of Punjab?

(A) Chandigarh
(B) Jalandhar
(C) Ludhiana
(D) Amritsar
Ans : (B)

Q-37. Who is the first IPS lady of Punjab?

(A) Ms. Surinder Kaur
(B) Bibi Jagir Kaur
(C) Ms. Rajinder Kaur
(D) Ms. Kiran Bedi
Ans : (D)

Q-38. Where is the science city of Punjab?

(A) Jalandhar
(B) Ludhiana
(C) Moga
(D) Khanna
Ans : (A)

Q-39. Where is the Manchester of Punjab?

(A) Jalandhar
(B) Ludhiana
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Amritsar
Ans : (B)

Q-40. How many Airport in Punjab?

(A) 5
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 4
Ans : (D)

Q-41. Which is the most Polluted City of Punjab?

(A) Jalandhar
(B) Bhatinda
(C) Ludhiana
(D) Sirsa
Ans : (C)
Q-42. When was the present Punjab came into Existence?
(A) 1866
(B) 1966
(C) 1766
(D) 1867
Ans : (B)

Q-43. When was the Punjabi declared as a official language in Punjab?

(A) 1766
(B) 1867
(C) 1966
(D) 1967
Ans : (C)

Q-44. When was SGPC established in Punjab?

(A) 1970
(B) 1925
(C) 1922
(D) 1924
Ans : (B)

Q-45. Who was the first Sikh ruler of Punjab?

(A) Guru Nanak Dev
(B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(C) Bhai Lakha Singh
(D) Maharaja Kamaljit Singh
Ans : (B)

Q-46. Which is the most famous temple of Punjab?

(A) Golden Temple
(B) Temple of Sikh Guru
(C) Nanak Temple
(D) Heritage Temple
Ans : (A)
Q-47. Which District of Punjab has lowest literacy rate
(A) Patiala
(B) Moga
(C) Khana
(D) Mansa
Ans : (D)

Q-48. Which is the major occupation of Punjabs?

(A) House hold
(B) Sports things
(C) Farming
(D) Dairy
Ans : (C)

Q-49. Which district of Punjab has the highest literacy rate?

(A) Ludhiana
(B) Hoshiarpur
(C) Patiala
(D) Faridkot
Ans : (B)

Q-50. Which is the most popular game of Punjab?

(A) Hockey
(B) Kabaddi
(C) Kho-Kho
(D) Badminton
Ans : (B)

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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 General Knowledge Questions Answers

GK Questions of Punjab - General Knowledge of Punjab
Punjab is also called as The Food basket and Granary of India

Punjab was known as Panchanad during Mahabharata times.

Geographical area of Punjab

50,362 sq. km

Average elevation of Punjab is 300 m from the sea level.

Punjab extends from the latitudes 29.30 North to 32.32 North and longitudes 73.55 East to
76.50 East

Capital of Punjab is Chandigarh

Provisional Census Data 2011 Punjab

Total Population of Punjab in Census 2011 - 27,704,236

Male Population of Punjab in Census 2011 - 14,634,819
Female Population of Punjab in Census 2011 - 13,069,417

Sex Ratio Punjab - 893

Punjab Population Density (per sq km) - 550

Punjab Decadal Growth Rate - 13.73%

Punjab Literacy Rate - 76.68%

Punjab Male Literacy Rate - 81.48%

Punjab Female Literacy Rate - 71.34%

The state of Punjab has 22 districts which comprise of sub-divisions, tehsils & blocks.
Punjab has 22 districts:
 Amritsar

Bathinda

Barnala

Faridkot

Fatehgarh Sahib

Ferozepur

Gurdaspur

Hoshiarpur

Jalandhar

Kapurthala

Ludhiana

Mansa

Moga

Muktsar

Mohali

Nawanshahr

Patiala

Rup Nagar

Tarn Taran

Sangrur

Pathankot

Fazilka
The area of Punjab can be divided into three regions:

Malwa Region

This is a region of Punjab comprise of 11 districts Cities such as Ludhiana, Patiala, Bhatinda
and Mohali. Some parts of this region lie in Haryana

Majha Region

This region consists of Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran. It lies between two of the five
great rivers of the Punjab: the Ravi and the Sutlej.

Doaba Region

This region of Punjab State is surrounded by the rivers Beas and Sutlej. The name "Doaba"
literally translates to "land of two rivers" ("Do" two, "Ab" river; Punjabi). It is one of the
most fertile regions of the world, and was the centre of the Green Revolution in India. To this
day, it remains one of the largest per capita producers of wheat in the world. The biggest
cities in Doaba are Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Adampur, Nawansher and Phagwara.

Climate of Punjab

Areas like Adampur and Amritsar experiences temperature of -1 degrees in winters. In

summers the temperature crosses the 40 degree mark. Annual temperatures in Punjab range
from 2 to 40 C (min/max), but can reach 47 C (117 F) in summer and 4 C in winter