Mastering Punjab: 50 Crucial Multiple-Choice Questions for PPSC Exam Preparation

1.Who was the first Chief Minister of Punjab?
a) Gopi Chand Bhargava
b) Partap Singh Kairon
c) Giani Zail Singh
d) Beant Singh
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2.Which city is known as the “Manchester of Punjab”?
a) Amritsar
b) Ludhiana
c) Jalandhar
d) Patiala
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3.Who composed the famous Punjabi song “Heer”?
a) Waris Shah
b) Baba Bulleh Shah
c) Shah Hussain
d) Sultan Bahu
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4.The Anandpur Sahib Resolution was passed in which year?
a) 1966
b) 1969
c) 1973
d) 1978
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5.Who is considered the founder of the Sikh Misls?
a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
b) Baba Deep Singh
c) Banda Singh Bahadur
d) Hari Singh Nalwa
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6.The Beas River and the Satluj River form the boundary between Punjab and which state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Jammu and Kashmir
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7.Who is the current Governor of Punjab?
a) VP Singh Badnore
b) Capt. Amarinder Singh
c) Navjot Singh Sidhu
d) Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
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8.Which city is known for its traditional Phulkari embroidery?
a) Patiala
b) Amritsar
c) Bathinda
d) Firozpur
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9.The Punjab Agricultural University is located in which city?
a) Amritsar
b) Ludhiana
c) Jalandhar
d) Mohali
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10.The Battle of Chamkaur was fought between Guru Gobind Singh and which Mughal commander?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Bahadur Shah I
c) Wazir Khan
d) Mir Mannu
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11.Who was the first Sikh to be appointed as the President of India?
a) Giani Zail Singh
b) Pratibha Patil
c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d) R. Venkataraman
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12.The famous Ropar wetland is located on the bank of which river?
a) Beas River
b) Satluj River
c) Ravi River
d) Ghaggar River
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13.Who is known as the “Flying Sikh”?
a) Milkha Singh
b) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
c) Hima Das
d) PT Usha
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14.The Radcliffe Line, which divided Punjab during the partition of India, was drawn by whom?
a) Cyril Radcliffe
b) Louis Mountbatten
c) Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
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15.Who was the first Punjabi film actor to receive the Padma Bhushan award?
a) Gurdas Maan
b) Dharmendra
c) Dilip Kumar
d) Rajesh Khanna
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16.The Virasat-e-Khalsa museum is located in which city of Punjab?
a) Anandpur Sahib
b) Amritsar
c) Fatehgarh Sahib
d) Patiala
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17.Who is the author of the Punjabi epic “Sassi-Punnu”?
a) Waris Shah
b) Shiv Kumar Batalvi
c) Sultan Bahu
d) Hashim Shah
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18.The Punjabi festival of Basant Panchami is dedicated to which deity?
a) Lord Krishna
b) Lord Shiva
c) Goddess Saraswati
d) Lord Vishnu
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19.Who built the Quila Mubarak in Patiala?
a) Maharaja Amarinder Singh
b) Maharaja Narinder Singh
c) Maharaja Bhupinder Singh
d) Maharaja Yadvindra Singh
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20.Who is the current Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court?
a) Justice Ravi Shankar Jha
b) Justice Sanjay Karol
c) Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal
d) Justice Hemant Gupta
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21.The Ravi River originates from which state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Uttarakhand
d) Punjab
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22.The Punjabi folk dance “Giddha” is performed by whom?
a) Men
b) Children
c) Women
d) Couples
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23.The famous Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, was completed during the reign of which Sikh Guru?
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Hargobind
c) Guru Arjan Dev
d) Guru Ram Das
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24.Who is the current Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab?
a) Dinkar Gupta
b) Siddharth Chattopadhyaya
c) MK Tiwari
d) Neelmani Raju
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25.The famous “Bulbul” dance form is associated with which region of Punjab?
a) Malwa
b) Majha
c) Doaba
d) Pothohar
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26.The famous Punjabi poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi is associated with which literary genre?
a) Ghazal
b) Kafi
c) Geet
d) Qissa
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27.Who is the first Sikh woman to be appointed as a Union Minister of India?
a) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
b) Ambika Soni
c) Preneet Kaur
d) Maneka Gandhi
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28.The famous historical site “Wagah Border” is located between India and which country?
a) Pakistan
b) China
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh
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29.Who was the first Sikh to be appointed as the Prime Minister of India?
a) Dr. Manmohan Singh
b) Inder Kumar Gujral
c) Harchand Singh Longowal
d) Gulzarilal Nanda
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30.The famous Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh hails from which city of Punjab?
a) Jalandhar
b) Amritsar
c) Ludhiana
d) Patiala
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31.Who is the current Chief Minister of Punjab as of 2021?
a) Capt. Amarinder Singh
b) Sukhbir Singh Badal
c) Navjot Singh Sidhu
d) Prakash Singh Badal
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32.The famous Punjabi poet Amrita Pritam was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in which year?
a) 2004
b) 2005
c) 2006
d) 2007
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33.The famous Mohenjo-daro archaeological site is located in which district of Punjab?
a) Amritsar
b) Firozpur
c) Ludhiana
d) Moga
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34.Who is the current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly?
a) Rana KP Singh
b) Charanjit Singh Atwal
c) Rana Gurjit Singh
d) Harcharan Bains
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35.The famous Punjabi poet Surjit Patar received the Sahitya Akademi Award in which language?
a) Hindi
b) Punjabi
c) Urdu
d) English
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36.Who is the current President of the Shiromani Akali Dal party in Punjab?
a) Sukhbir Singh Badal
b) Parkash Singh Badal
c) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
d) Simranjit Singh Mann
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37.The famous Bhakra Dam is built on which river?
a) Ravi River
b) Beas River
c) Chenab River
d) Satluj River
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38.Who is the first Sikh to win an Olympic gold medal for India?
a) Balbir Singh Sr.
b) Milkha Singh
c) Abhinav Bindra
d) Sushil Kumar
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39.The famous Punjabi dish “Sarson da Saag” is made from which vegetable?
a) Spinach
b) Mustard Greens
c) Fenugreek Leaves
d) Cauliflower
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40.Who is the first woman IPS officer from Punjab?
a) Kiran Bedi
b) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
c) Sanjukta Parashar
d) Kanwaljit Deol
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41.The famous Punjabi poet Bulleh Shah is associated with which religious tradition?
a) Sikhism
b) Hinduism
c) Islam
d) Buddhism
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42.Who is the first Sikh woman to win an Olympic medal for India?
a) Saina Nehwal
b) P. V. Sindhu
c) Sakshi Malik
d) Harpreet Kaur
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43.The famous Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan is known for his contributions to which genre of Punjabi music?
a) Bhangra
b) Ghazal
c) Sufi
d) Folk
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44.Who is the first Punjabi woman to win the Arjuna Award for India?
a) Surinder Kaur
b) Manpreet Kaur
c) Sunita Rani
d) Kamaljeet Sandhu
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45.The famous Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh made his Bollywood debut with which film?
a) Udta Punjab
b) Phillauri
c) Good Newwz
d) Soorma
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46.Who is the current Lieutenant Governor of Punjab?
a) V. P. Singh Badnore
b) Shivraj V. Patil
c) Kaptan Singh Solanki
d) Anil Baijal
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47.The famous Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam received the Jnanpith Award in which year?
a) 1971
b) 1981
c) 1991
d) 2001
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48.Who is the first Sikh to win the Nobel Prize?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Har Gobind Khorana
c) Mother Teresa
d) C. V. Raman
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49.The famous Punjabi festival “Lohri” is celebrated to mark the arrival of which season?
a) Winter
b) Spring
c) Summer
d) Monsoon
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50. Who is the first Sikh Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army?
a) General Bipin Rawat
b) General Dalbir Singh Suhag
c) General Joginder Jaswant Singh
d) General Manoj Mukund Naravane
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