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Q1.
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Who was the first Sikh President of India, with roots in Punjab?
A)
Pratap Singh Kairon
B)
Giani Zail Singh
C)
Parkash Singh Badal
D)
Manmohan Singh
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Q2.
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Which freedom fighter is closely associated with avenging the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A)
Udham Singh
B)
Kartar Singh Sarabha
C)
Subhas Chandra Bose
D)
Rajguru
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Q3.
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The Golden Temple, also called Harmandir Sahib, is located in which city?
A)
Sultanpur Lodhi
B)
Amritsar
C)
Patiala
D)
Anandpur Sahib
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Q4.
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Which major border town in Punjab is near the Hussainiwala memorial?
A)
Sangrur
B)
Batala
C)
Hoshiarpur
D)
Firozpur
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Q5.
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Which district is associated with the Shaheed Bhagat Singh museum area at Khatkar Kalan?
A)
Patiala
B)
Mansa
C)
SBS Nagar
D)
Muktsar
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Q6.
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Which town in Punjab is famous for the Hola Mohalla festival started by Guru Gobind Singh?
A)
Bathinda
B)
Moga
C)
Abohar
D)
Anandpur Sahib
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Q7.
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Which city became the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana after the 1966 reorganization?
A)
Patiala
B)
Ludhiana
C)
Amritsar
D)
Chandigarh
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Q8.
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Who founded Sikhism in the Punjab region in the 15th century?
A)
Guru Gobind Singh
B)
Guru Tegh Bahadur
C)
Guru Nanak
D)
Guru Arjan Dev
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Q9.
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Which leader is widely known by the title 'Punjab Kesari'?
A)
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur
B)
Lala Lajpat Rai
C)
Bhagat Singh
D)
Madan Lal Dhingra
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Q10.
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In which year was Punjab reorganized on linguistic lines to create Haryana?
A)
1956
B)
1966
C)
1947
D)
1971
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Q11.
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Who is popularly known as the 'Sher-e-Punjab'?
A)
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
B)
Lala Lajpat Rai
C)
Bhagat Singh
D)
Udham Singh
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Q12.
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Which Sikh general served under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and is remembered for frontier campaigns?
A)
Lal Singh
B)
Teja Singh
C)
Ajit Singh
D)
Hari Singh Nalwa
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Q13.
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Which historic city is associated with Guru Nanak's early life in Indian Punjab?
A)
Ludhiana
B)
Sultanpur Lodhi
C)
Barnala
D)
Anandpur Sahib
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Q14.
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Which city is home to the Jallianwala Bagh memorial?
A)
Amritsar
B)
Jalandhar
C)
Patiala
D)
Ludhiana
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Q15.
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Punjab was annexed by the British in which year?
A)
1857
B)
1835
C)
1849
D)
1861
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Q16.
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The Punjab Accord is commonly known by what combined leader-name?
A)
Nehru-Liaquat Pact
B)
Indira-Sheikh Accord
C)
Rajiv-Longowal Accord
D)
Patel-Nehru Pact
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Q17.
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Punjab in its present Indian form came into existence on which date?
A)
15 August 1947
B)
1 November 1966
C)
1 April 1956
D)
26 January 1950
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Q18.
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Who established the Khalsa in 1699?
A)
Guru Arjan Dev
B)
Guru Gobind Singh
C)
Guru Nanak
D)
Guru Angad Dev
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Q19.
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What was the name of the union formed in 1956 by merging princely states with Punjab?
A)
Cis-Sutlej Union
B)
Punjab Agency
C)
PEPSU
D)
North India Union
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Q20.
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Which Sikh ruler is credited with building a powerful kingdom in Punjab in the early 19th century?
A)
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
B)
Raja Gulab Singh
C)
Hari Singh Nalwa
D)
Banda Singh Bahadur
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Q21.
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Which event in 1947 divided the historic Punjab region between India and Pakistan?
A)
Partition of India
B)
First World War
C)
Non-Cooperation Movement
D)
Rowlatt Act
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Q22.
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Which massacre took place in Amritsar in 1919?
A)
Chauri Chaura incident
B)
Quit India firing
C)
Kakori incident
D)
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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Q23.
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Which Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth?
A)
Guru Arjan Dev
B)
Guru Tegh Bahadur
C)
Guru Hargobind
D)
Guru Ram Das
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Q24.
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Which revolutionary from Punjab was hanged in 1931 along with Rajguru and Sukhdev?
A)
Udham Singh
B)
Baba Deep Singh
C)
Bhagat Singh
D)
Lala Lajpat Rai
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Q25.
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Which city was the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's kingdom?
A)
Bathinda
B)
Amritsar
C)
Lahore
D)
Patiala
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