NEW PUNJAB GK QUES/ANS

1. Who is the current Chief Minister(CM) of Punjab as of 2016-2017?

Answer : Amarinder Singh(Political party- Indian National Congress)

2. Who is the current Governor of Punjab as of 2016-2017?

Answer : Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore

3. Who is the current Chief Justice of Punjab as of 2016-2017?

Answer : Shiavax Jal Vajifdar(Acting)

4. Who is the current Finance Minister of Punjab as of 2017?

Answer : Manpreet Singh Badal

5. Who is the Irrigation and Power Minister of Punjab as of 2017?

Answer : Rana Gurjeet Singh

6. Who is the current Technical Education Minister of Punjab as of 2017?

Answer : Charanjit Singh Channi

7. Who is the current Health and Family Welfare Minister of Punjab as of 2017?
Answer : Brahm Mohindra

8. Who is the current Forest Minister of Punjab as of 2016-2017?

Answer : Sadhu Singh Dharamsot

9. Who is the current Higher Education and School Education Minister of Punjab as of
2016-2017?

Answer : Aruna Chaudhary

10. Who is the current Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Punjab as of 2017?

Answer : Brahm Mohindra

11. Who is the Rural Development Minister of Punjab as of 2016-2017?

Answer : Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa

12. Which is the real name of wrestler Gama Pehalwan(The Great Gama)?

Answer : Ghulam Muhammad Butt

13. Who was the Punjabi person became the 7th Indian President in 1982?

Answer : Giani Jail Singh

14. Who is the Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister of Punjab as of 2017?

Answer : Navjot Singh Sidhu

15. Who was the former Indian Acting Prime Minister in 1966 belongs to Punjab?

Answer : Gulzarilal Nanda

16. Which Punjabi personality became the 12th Indian Prime Minister served from
1997-1998?

Answer : Inder Kumar Gujral

17. Which Punjabi personality became the 13th Indian Prime Minister before Narendra
Modi?

Answer : Manmohan Singh

18. Which Punjabi figure served as Governor of Tamilnadu from 2004-2011?

Answer : Surjit Singh Barnala [ He was also the 11th Chief Minister of Punjab and 1st
Governor of Uttarakhand]

19. Which Punjabi person served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Delhi?

Answer : Madanlal Khurana [He also served as Governor of Rajasthan in 2004]

20. Which Punjabi person is the Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprise and was
awarded Padma Bhushan in 2007?

Answer : Sunil Mittal

21. Who was the founder of Sikhism?

Answer : Guru Nanak(1469-1539)

22. Who was the 10th Sikh Guru and the founder of Khalsa?
Answer : Guru Govind Singh

23. Which Sikh Guru founded the Taran Taran and Kartarpur city?
Answer : 5th Sikh Guru Arjun(1563-1606)
24. Who was the first Punjabi woman to win Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956?

Answer : Amrita Pritam for Magnum Opus

25. Which Punjabi person became Telecommunication and IT Minister of India in

2002?

Answer : Arun Shourie [ He was also awarded Ramon Magsaysay and Padma Bhushan
in 1982 and 1990 consecutively]

26. Which Indian Punjabi Musician was honoured Padma Shri in 1967?
Answer : Mohammed Rafi

27. Who was the first Chief Minister of Punjab?

Answer : Gopi Chand Bhargava(1947-1949)

28. Who was the first Governor of Punjab?

Answer : Chandulal Madhavlal Teivedi(Duration 1947-1953)

29. Punjab economy is mainly based on which industry?

Answer: Punjab economy is mainly based on agricultural industry

30. How much percent of wheat produced in Punjab comparing whole India?

Answer : Punjab produces 19% of wheat of whole India

31. What are the major agricultural crops produced in Punjab?

Answer : Wheat, Cotton, Rice, Sugarcane, Maize, Barley

32. Which state is known as Indias bread-basket?

Answer : Punjab

33. How much percent of rice produced in Punjab comparing whole India?
Answer : 11%

34. What is the HDI rank of Punjab?

Answer : 9th
35. What is the GDP(Gross Domestic Product) rate in Punjab?

Answer : 3.17 Lakh Crore

36. Why Punjab is called Granary of India?

Answer : Punjab is the most fertile region in India. Major agricultural products like
wheat, rice, sugar cane, maize are heavily produced here. Thats why Punjab is called
Granary of India.

37. Which districts of Punjab are the largest producer of wheat and rice?

Answer : Firozpur and Fazilka

38. What is the poverty rate in Punjab?

Answer : 6.16%

39. How much capacity of power in Guru Govind Singh Super Thermal Plant in Ropar?

Answer : 1260 Megawatt

40. How much power capacity there in Rajpura Thermal power plant?

Answer : 1400 Megawatt

41. Which is the biggest milk processing plant in Punjab?

Answer : Moga is the biggest milk processing plant in Punjab. Processing capacity is
435 thousand litres of milk.

42. How much percent of cotton Punjab produces in India?

Answer : 70%

43. When Punjab formed as a Partial state of Indian Union?

Answer : 1 November 1966

44. In which year Ranjit Singh died?

Answer : 1839

45. In which year the Second Anglo-Sikh war was fought between British and Sikh
Empire?
Answer : 1849

46. During British period Punjab province were partitioned in two region, they are-
Answer : East Punjab and West Punjab
47. How long the Sikh Empire reigned?

Answer : 1801-1849(49 Years)

48. Why Punjab was known as Saptasindhu region mentioned in Rigveda?

Answer : Punjab was known as Saptasindhu for seven rivers. The rivers are- Saraswati,
Satadru(Sutlej), Vipasa(Beas), Chandrabhaga(Chenab), Iravati(Ravi), Vitasta(Jhelum),
Sindhu(Indus).

49. Who introduced the Khalsa and when?

Answer : Khalsa was introduced by 10th Sikhguru Guru Govind Singh in 1699

50. In which year Banda Singh Bahadur died?

Answer : 1716

51. In which battle Wazir Khan was killed by sikhs?

Answer : Battle of Chappar Chiri in 1710

52. Who was the Governor of Sirhind?

Answer : Wazir Khan

53. In which war Banda Singh Bahadur defeated Mughals?

Answer : Battle of Samana in 1709

54. When the Battle of Muktsar happened?

Answer : 1705

55. When the Battle of Sarsa fought between Sikhs and Mughals?
Answer : 1704

56. When the Battle of Anandpur fought between Sikhs and Mughals?
Answer : 1704

The Battle of Basoli was fought in the year-

Answer : 1702
57. When the Battle of Bhangani fought?

Answer : 1688
58. Who is the father of Guru Gobind Singh?

Answer : Guru Tegh Bahadur

59. Guru Granth Sahib is written in which language?

Answer : Guru Granth Sahib is written in Gurumukhi language

60. Who is the sixth Sikh Guru?

Answer : Guru Har Gobind is known as sixth Sikhguruji

61. Who built Akal Takht?

Answer : Guru Har Gobind built Akal Takht

62. Where is Akal Takht situated at?

Answer : Akal Takht located at Harmandir Sahib Complex, Amritsar

63. Who is the father of Guru Arjan?

Answer: Guru Ram Das

64. When Guru Amar Das became the 3rd Sikhguru?

Answer : In year 1552

65. Who is the 7th Sikh Guru?

Answer : Guru Har Rai

66. What is the geographical area of Punjab?

Answer : 50,362 Squar Kilometer(19,445 Squar Mile)

67. Which is the largest city in Punjab?

Answer: Ludhiana 310 Km2

68. Punjab shares an international border with which country?

Answer : Pakistan on west

69. For which literary work Giani Gurdit Singh was awarded UNESCO prize for Punjabi
literature?

Answer : Tith Tihar in 1960

70. First Punjabi dictionary was published in which year?

Answer : 1854

71. Sisters of The Spinning Wheel written by which poet?

Answer : Puran Singh

72. Who is known by Father of Modern Punjabi Poetry?

Answer : Mohan Singh

73. Shareef Kunjahi was the writer of which poetry in Gurumukhi language?

Answer : Jagrate, published in 1958

74. Nawan Jahan was written by which writer?

Answer : Dhani Ram Chatrik

75. For which literary work Kulwant Singh Virk awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in
1967?
Answer : Nave Lok- Short Story

76. Piran da Paraga was written by which writer?

Answer : Shivkumar Batalvi

77. In which year Punjabi Athletician Milkha Singh won gold medals in Asian Games?

Answer : Milkha Singh won gold medals four times in Asian Games. In 1958 he won
two medals and rest two in 1962.

78. PCA cricket statdium is located in which city of Punjab

Answer : Mohali

79. Which is known as the state sport of Punjab?

Answer : Kabbadi (circle style)

80. Lala Amarnath is associated with which sports?

Answer: Cricket
81. Harmandir Sahib is a famous architecture located in which city?

Answer : Amritsar
82. Moti Bagh Palace is located in which city of Punjab?

Answer : Patiala

83. Where the historical Jalianwala Bagh Massacre was occurred in 1919?

Answer : Amritsar

84. Kila Raipur is located near which city in Punjab?

Answer : Ludhiana
85. Anandpur Sahib is famous for which thing?

Answer : Virasat-e-Khalsa

86. Where the Shamsher Khans tomb located at?

Answer : Gurdaspur

87. By which name Punjabi film industry is known as?

Answer : Pollywood

88. What was the first Punjabi film?

Answer : Sheela or Pind Di Kudi by K. D. Mehra. Released in 1935

89. Which Punjabi film won National Film Award in 1964?

Answer : Satluj De Kandhe by Panna Lal Maheswari

90. Which Punjabi film won the 62nd National Film Award?

Answer : Punjab 1984

91. For which categories the film Anhe Ghore Da Daan won 59th National Film Award
in 2011?

Answer : Best direction, best cinematography and best feature film

92. Which political party currently ruling the government of Punjab in 2017?

Answer : Indian National Congress

93. There are how many seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly?

Answer : 117 Seats

94. There are how many political parties exist in Punjab?

Answer : Five, {they are Indian National Congress, Bhartiya Janata Party, Shiromani
Akali Dal, Bahujan Samaj Party and Aam Aadmi Party.}

95. In which year Shiromani Akali Dal was founded?

Answer : 1920
96. Who is the current President of Shiromani Akali Dal as of 2017?

Answer : Sukhbir Singh Badal

97. Who is the current Speaker in Punjab Legislative Assembly as of 2017?

Answer : K.P RANA

98. Who is the leader of the Opposition Party in Punjab Legislative Assembly as of
2017?

Answer : H. S. Phoolka

99. What is the name of Upper House of Punjab Legislative Assembly?

Answer : Vidhan Parishad

100. What is the name of Lower House of Punjab Legislative Assembly?

Answer : Punjab Vidhan Sabha

101.In which year the Treaty of Lahore was signed?

Answer : 1849

102.There are how many districts in Punjab?

Answer : 22 Districts

103. Who is the first female Chief Minister of Punjab?

Answer : Rajinder Kaur Bhattal(1996-1997)

104. Who was the past Governor before V. P. Singh Badnore?

Answer : Kaptan Singh Solanki

105. Who was the past Chief Minister of Punjab before Amarinder Singh?

Answer : Parkash Singh Badal

106. Who is the 10th Chief Minister of Punjab?

Answer : Beant Singh(1992-1995)

107. Who is the 2nd Chief Minister of Punjab?

Answer : Bhim Sen Sachar

108.Which Punjabi personality was awarded the 61st Dadasaheb Phalke Award in
2013?

Answer : Gulzar
109.When the Second Anglo-Maratha war was fought between British and Maratha
empire?

Answer : 1803-1805

110. When Punjab Digital Library launched?

Answer : In 2003
111.What is the full form of PEPSU?

Answer : Patiala and East Punjab States Union

112.Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh are the two sons of which Sikh Guru?
Answer : Guru Govind Singh

113.What is the Operation Blue Star?

Answer : Operation Blue Star is an operation into Harmandir Sahib Complex conducted
by Indian Army. Blue Star conducted in 1984 in order of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,
to remove sant jarnail singh bhindranwala and other sikh kharku (militants)from Akal
takhat

114.Where is the birthplace of Guru Arjan?

Answer : Tarn Taran District

115. Who is the 8th Sikh Guru?

Answer : Guru Harkishan

116. Where is the birthplace of Khalsa?

Answer : Keshgarh Sahib

117. Which is the state animal of Punjab?

Answer : Blackbuck

118. Which symbolise the state bird of Punjab?

Answer : Baaz

119. Which symbolise the state dance of Punjab?

Answer : Bhangra, Giddha

120. What is Hola Mohalla?

Answer : Hola Mohalla is a punjabi yearly festival where military skills and various type
of exercises are performed by sikhs

121.How many writing scripts are in Punjabi language?

Answer : There are two categories in Punjabi language are used. One is Gurmukhi and
other is Shahmukhi

122.Which is the standard form in Punjabi language?

Answer : Majhi is the standard form in Punjabi language

123.Which type of language is Punjabi?

Answer : Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language

124.How much people speak in Punjabi worldwide as mother tongue?

Answer : There are almost 100 Million Punjabi speaking people around the world

125. How Punjabi language originated?

Answer : Punjabi language originated from Prakrit language

126.Which are the major dialects of Punjabi language?

Answer : Majhi, Powadhi, Pothohari, Malwai, Multani, Doabi

127.Geographically Punjabi is most widely spoken in which country?

Answer : Punjabi is most widely spoken in Pakistan

128.When the Punjabi University was established?

Answer : Punjabi University was established in 30 April 1962

129. What is Punjabs areawise ranking in India?

Answer : 20th
130.Haryana lies on which direction of Punjab?

Answer : South

131.Which rivers are located on Pathankot district?

Answer : Beas and Ravi river

132.Which state lies on north direction of Punjab?

Answer : Jammu and Kashmir

133.Rajasthan lies on which direction of Punjab?

Answer : South

134. Which is the largest wetland in Northern India?

Answer : Hari-ke-pattan or Harike wetland in Punjab

135. According to census 2011 what is the rank of Punjab by population?

Answer : 16th

136. What is the total population of Punjab as census 2011?

Answer : 27,704,236

137.What is the official language of Punjab?

Answer : Punjabi

138. What is total population of Pathankot?

Answer : Total population of Pathankot is 626154

139.What is the total population of Jalandhar district?

Answer : Total population is 862196

140.What is the literacy rate in Punjab as census 2011?

Answer : 76.68%
141.For which literary work Giani Gurdit Singh was awarded UNESCO prize for Punjabi
literature?

Answer : Mera Pind da Jiwan in 1967

142.The famous punjabi Qissa Heer Ranjha written by which author?

Answer : Waris Shah

143.The Janamsakhis prose literature describes about which great person?

Answer : Guru Nanak

144.Mirza Sahiba was written by which great author?

Answer : Hafiz Barkhudar

145.Who wrote Qissa Puran Bhagat?

Answer : Qadaryar

146.Chandi di Var was written by which great person?

Answer : Guru Gobind Singh

147.The Jangnama was written by which author?

Answer : Shah Mohammad

148. Agg The Khed was written by which great novelist?
Answer : Nanak Singh

149. Chitta Lahu was written by which author?

Answer : Nanak Singh

150. Nanak Singh was awarded 1962 Sahitya Akademi Award for which novel?

Answer : Ik Mian Do Talwaran

151. Mention three famous Poems written by Puran Singh?

Answer : Khule Maidan, Khule Ghund, Khule Asmani Rang

152. Which kind of poet Sultan Bahu was?

Answer : Punjabi Sufi poet

153.Who is the author of Mirza Sahiba?

Answer : Hafiz Barkhudar

154. Where is the cemetry of Ranjit Singha located at?

Answer : Lahore, Pakistan

155. In Punjab political history which person became Speaker two times?

Answer : Charanjit Singh Atwal

156. Who was the Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly between 1947-1951?

Answer : Kapur Singh

157. Who was the past speaker before Charanjit Singh Atwal?
Answer : Nirmal Singh Kahlon

158 During the recent assembly elections(2017) in Punjab, what was the approximate
voting percentage?
Answer:77%

159:In the year 2016, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi language?
Answer:Swaraj Bir

160:This year (2017), which famous personality of Punjab was given Padma Shri
award?
Answer:Balbir Singh Seechewal

161.An Ethanol Bio-Refinery is being setup near which city of Punjab?

Answer: Bathinda

162:What is the name of the memorial built by Punjab govt at Kartarpur?

Answer: Jang-e-Azadi Memorial

163:To prevent the construction of SYL Canal, which is the latest step of the state
government?
Answer: Punjab SYL Land (Transfer of Proprietary Right) Bill, 2016

164:The insurance scheme of Punjab govt for the poor people is named after which
person?
Answer: Bhagat Puran Singh
165: Which town of Punjab is known as Guru Ki Kashi?
Answer: Talwandi Sabo

166: When was S. Parkash Singh Badal became chief minister of Punjab for the first
time?
Answer: 1970

167: According to the Punjabi calendar (Vikram Samvat), which is the first month of
the year?
Answer: chet

168: The only stock exchange of Punjab is located in which city?

Answer: Ludhiana

169: Which country has the largest number of Punjabi speaking people?
Answer: Pakistan

170: Which of the following cities of Punjab has an international cricket stadium?
Answer: Mohali

171: What is the literal meaning of the name Punjab?

Answer: Land of five rivers

172: Who became the chief minister of Punjab most number of times?
Answer: Parkash Singh Badal

173: Jalandhar city is famous for which of the following industry?

Answer: Sports Goods Manufacturing

174: After Independence, which city became the capital of Punjab?

Answer: Shimla

175: When was Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) established?

Answer: 1969

176: How many districts are there is Punjab?

Answer: 22

177:How many sikhs lost their lives in the second Holocaust?

Answer:Nearly 12000 sikhs
178: When did the second Holocaust take place?
Answer:1762 AD
179: Which route did all the foreign invaders infiltrate through to reach india?
Answer:Punjab
180: Which Mughal Ruler was in power at the time of execution of Banda Singh
Bahadur?-
Answer:Farruksiyar
181: When was Banda singh Bahadur got martyred?
Answer:1716 AD
182: Where was Banda Singh Bahadur got imprisoned?
Answer:Gurdas Nangal
183: What was the name of the son of Banda Singh Bahadur?
Answer: Ajay singh
184: What was the name of the Subedar or commander in- chief of Sirhand?
Answer: Wazir khan
185: How many arrows did Guru Gobind singh give away to Banda Bahadur and sent
him to punjab?
Answer:Five
186: Where is the fair of Hola- Mahlla celebrated?
Answer: Anandpur Sahib
187: What was the original name of Banda Bhadur?
Answer: Lachman Das
188: Which fair is that where the donkeys are worshipped?
Answer:The fare of Jarag
189: In which district is the fair of Chhappar held?
Answer: Ludhiana
190: What was Punjab called as during the Vedic period?
Answer: Sapt- Sindhu
191: What name was Guru Gobind singh ji called with in his childhood?
Answer Gobind Rai
192: When did Guru Gobind Singh form the Khalsa Panth?
Answer: 1699 AD
193: Where did the Kashmiri Pandits put up their petition in ?
Answer:Anandpur Sahib
194: What is the other name of Pnaja Sahib?
Answer: Hassan Abdal
195: Which Mughal emperors had Guru Nanak Dev Ji been the contemporary one?-
Answer:Babur
196: When did Guru Nanak Dev ji leave this Mortal World?
Answer:1539 AD
197: How many years towards the last days of his age did Guru Nanak dev Ji spend in
Kartarpur Rakuba?-
Answer:Eighteen Years
198: What was the name of the mother of guru Nanak dev ji?
Answer:Mata Tripta
199: Which town is associated to the Indus valley civilisation?
Answer:Roopnagar
200: Which is the cash-crop in Punjab?
Answer:sugarcane
201: Which belt or region of punjab does come under the Ravi and the beas rivers?
Answer:Majha
202: Which town in punjab is famous for the textile industry?
Answer:Amritsar
203: The total area of punjab is
Answer:50362 sq.kms.
204: How many times did babur attack punjb in all?
Answer:17 times
205: Who composed the Ratnawali?
Answer: Bhai Mani singh
206: Which Guru is the Dasam Granth Related to?
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh ji
207: How many compositions have been included in the Dasam Granth?
Answer: 18
208: How many zones in Punjab divided into geographically?
Answer:Three
209: Editor in chief Punjab kesari and Jagbani is ?
Answer:Vijay Kumar Chopra
210: Editor in chief of Ajit newspaper is
Answer:Barjinder singh Hamdard
211: Amritsar is founded by which sikh guru ?
Answer: Guru Ramdass ji
212: Bhagat singh along with Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged on 23rd March ,1931
for the assassination of?
Answer:Saunders at Lahore in 1928
213: Which of the following Revolutionary known as Human Dyanmo?
Answer:Kartar singh Sarabha
214: Who said the Each lathi blow on my body would prove a nail driven into the
coffin of the bristish empire in India?
Answer: Lala Lajpat rai
215: Heer Ranja first written by Damodar then by?
Answer:Warh Shah
216: Which place is that, where Guru Nanak Dev Ji acquired the celestial Knowledge?

Answer:Sultanpur lodhi
217: Who introduced the Langer System?
Answer: Guru Angad Dev ji
218: Who was the composer of the Asa Di Vaar:?
Answer: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
219: At which place did guru ji preach the tridition of true aarti?
Answer:Jagannath Puri
220: What was the name of the elder sister of guru nanak dev ji
Answer:bebey Nanki
221: What was the name of the mother of guru Nanak dev ji?
Answer:Mata Tripta
222: Among the ministers of Maharaja Ranjit singh were the Sikhs, the Hindus, the
Musalmans all. What was the darbar called as ?

Answer: Khalsai Darbar

223: By which Mughal emperors orders was Banda Singh Bahaur persecuted?-

Answer:Farrukhsiyar

224: At which place was Banda singh Bahadur exceuted?

Answer: Delhi

225: When did the second Holocaust take place?

Answer: 1762 AD
226: Where was Banda Singh Bahadur got imprisoned?
Answer:Gurdas Nangal
227: When was Banda singh Bahadur got martyred?
Answer:1716 AD
228: How many steps did Guru Amar Dass ji get constructed in the staircase that of
the way to the Baoli?
Answer:84
229: What is meant by subbar?
Answer:A form of Phulkari
230: Whose worship is done in the fair of Jarag?
Answer: goddess Sheetala
231: The place where the trunk of Guru Teg Bahadur ji was cremated, which Gurdwara
has been built there?

Answer: Rakab Ganj

232: The place where Guru Teg Bahadur jis head got cremated which Gurudwara has
been erected there in his memory?
Answer:Seas Ganj

233: Which forts did Guru Gobind Singh ji get built on his arrival to Anandpur?

Answer: Anandgarh and Lohgarh

234: When did Guru Gobind Singh form the Khalsa Panth?

Answer: 1699 AD

235: Where was Guru Gobind singh ji born?

Answer: Patna
236: What was the age of Guru Gobind singh ji when he accessed to the Gurgaddi?
Answer: 9 years
237: Who did compse the Chanddi di vaar ?

Answer:Guru Gobind Singh

238: In which composition is found the Autobiography of Guru Gobind Singh ?

Answer:Bachittar Natak

239: In which year was Guru Gobind singh ji born?

Answer: 1666 AD

240: Who was the Mughal emperor along with whom Guru Gobind Singh ji left for the
Deccan(south)?

Answer:Bahadur Shah

241: In which town did Guru Gobind Singh form the Khalsa panth ?
Answer:Anandpur Sahib
242: Where is the Gurudwara Jyoti Saroop situated at ?
Anser: Sirhand
243: How many piaras did Guru Gobind singh ji form in all ?-
Answer:5
244: Who is regarded as the Hinddi Chadar?
Answer: Guru Teg Bahadur ji
245: In which battle did the eldrely sons of Guru Gobind singh Ajit Singh and Jujhar
Singh meet their Martyr

Answer:Battle of Chamkaur

246: Which script is the jafarnama wirtten in ?

Answer: Persian

247: Name the Misl that the father of Maharaja Ranjit singh led ?
Answer: Shukarchakkiya Misl

248: What name did ranjit singh give to the conin he introduced?
Answer:Nanak Shahi

249: Who and when was the compliation of the Adi Granth done?
Answer: guru Arjan Dev in 1604 AD.

250: The total number of rivers in the present punjab is ?

Answer: two and half

251: Out of 5 Takhts of Sikhism How many Takht's are in punjab?

Ans:- 3

252:Which District of Punjab has lowest litracy rate ?

Ans:- Mansa

253.Who is Known As "koel of Punjab''?

Ans:- Surinder Kaur

254.Who is Known as "Beared Mother Teresa" of Punjab?

Ans:- Bhagat Puran Singh
255.Who is Known as "Sher-e-Punjab"?
Ans:- Lala Lajpat Rai

256.Punjab is Divided into how many Divisions?

Ans:-5

257.First Punjabi novelist to get Jnanpith Award?

Ans:-Gurdial Singh

258.Adi Granth is also known as?

Ans:-Pothi Sahib

259.Who was the 1st head granthi of Harmandir Sahib?

Ans:-Baba Budha Ji

260 How many pages does Guru Granth Sahib Contained?

Ans:-1430

261.who is the founder of Modern Punjabi Literature?

Ans:-Bhai Veer Singh Ji

262 Which city is called "Manchester of india" ?

Ans:- Ludhiana

263.Which Sikh Guru Was born and died at same place?

Ans:-Guru Har Rai

264.Which Governor of Punjab has the shortest tenure?

Ans:-Hokishe Sema

265.What is the shape of the Punjab State?

Ans:- Triangular

266.Which place of Punjab is known as "Mecca of Indian Hockey"?

Ans:- Sansarpur

267 Who was the 1st Woman President of SGPC?

Ans:-Bibi Jagir Kaur

268.Gurmukhi was standardized by which Guru sahib?

Ans:- Guru Angad Dev Ji
269.Punjab and Pepsu Were merged in which year?
Ans:-1956

270.Who Was the 1st Chief Minister of Punjab?

Ans:-Gopi Chand Bhargava

271. Who was the 1st Sikh ruler of Punjab?

Ans:-Maharaja Ranjit Singh

272.Mini Rural Olympics in Punjab are held at which place?

Ans:- Killa Raipur

273.For how many times,Punjab has been put under President's rule?
Ans:-8

274.Which Sikh Guru is also known as "Bala Pritam " ?

Ans:- Guru Harkrishan Ji

275 Phillaur in Punjab is famour for which activity?

Ans:- Training of Policemen

276.Which of the Punjabi folk dances is not a dance form for females?
Ans:-Jugni

277.Which country has the largest number of Punjabi speaking people?

Ans:-Pakistan (8 Crore) {India (3 Crore Only)}

278.When was S. Parkash Singh Badal became chief minister of Punjab for the first
time?
Ans:-1970

279.Do you know the name of HIL (Hockey India League) team having the word
Punjab in its name?
Ans:-Punjab Warriors

280.Which of the following crops is shown in the official seal of Punjab government?
Ans:-Wheat

281.Which is only city of Punjab that is not a district headquarter but is a Municipal
Corporation?
Ans:-Phagwara
282.Total No. of Municipal Corporations In Punjab?
Ans 10

283.There is a village in Punjab known as Nursery of Hockey Olympians. What is the

name of that village?
Ans:-Sansarpur

284.Which of the following is the largest railway junctions of Punjab?

Ans:-Bathinda

285.The railway station of Punjab, from where largest number of trains originate, is?
Ans:-Amritsar Junction

286. What is the name of the memorial built by Punjab govt at Kartarpur?
Ans:-Jang-e-Azadi

287.The insurance scheme of Punjab govt for the poor people is named after which
person?
Ans:- Bhagat Puran Singh

288.To prevent the construction of SYL Canal, which is the latest step of the state
government?
Ans:-Punjab govt denotified the land which was acquired

289.How many districts of Punjab are located along internationl border with Pakistan?
Ans:-6

290.Which town of Punjab is known as 'Guru Ki Kashi'?

Ans:-Talwandi Sabo

291.Who was the first chief minister of Punjab?

Ans:-Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava

292.According to the Punjabi calendar (Vikram Samvat), which is the first month of the
year?
Ans:-Chet

293.Who is the current governor of Punjab?

Ans:-VP Singh Badnore

294.Which is the smallest district of Punjab by area?

Ans:-Pathankot
295.When was Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) established in Punjab?
Ans:-1969

296: What was the name of the Pnadit who insturcted Guru Nanak Dev Ji to wear
Janeyu?-
Answer:Pandit Hardyal

297: With Whose company did Guru Nanak Dev ji Initiate the first udasi?
Answer:Bhai Mardana

298: Sohini mahiwal was written by

Answer:fazal shah

299: Sussi punnu written by

Answer:Hashim shah

300: Mirza sahib was written by

Answer: Pilo