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