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101 punjab question capsule

1. Goindwal is situated in which district of Punjab = Tarn Taran


2. Treaty of Amritsar was signed between whom and at which place = William Bentick
& Ranjit Singh at Ropar.
3. First Asian to be selected as chairman of Commonwealth Parliament Executive
Forum = Balram Jakhar
4. First non-congress Chief Minister in India= Gain Singh Rarewala
5. Who known as Punjabs Beard Mother Teresa = Bhagat Puran Singh
6. Who known as Nightingale of Punjab= Surinder Kaur
7. Prof. Mohan Singh Memorial International Cultural mela is held at = Ludhiana
8. Who won both Sahtiya Akadami Award and Sangeet Natak Akadami award = Balwant
Garg
9. Who is author of the book My Other Two Daughters= Surjit Singh Barnala
10. First woman to win Sahtiya Akadami Award= Amrita Pritam
11. The youngest recipient of Sahtiya Akadami Award Shiv Kumar Batalavi
12. Which former Punjab DGP faced as assassination attempt while posted an Indian
ambassador in Romaina= Julio Ribiero
13. Who enjoyed the longest tenure as president of SGPC= Gurcharan Singh Tohra
14. Harcharan Singh Brar served as governor in which states= Orissa and Haryana
15. When was the post of Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh abolished = 1984
16. Hola Mohalla, a sikh festival is held on = one day after holi
17. Dhyan Chand, famous hockey player belong to which state= Madhya Pradesh
18. Which famous sportsperson declined Arjuna award in 2001= Milkha Singh
19. Who was the first Indian women to win a gold medal at Asian Games= Kamaljeet
Sandhu Kooner
20. Who was the upramukh of PEPSU= Jagjit Singh
21. The book Bullet for Bullet was written by= Julio Ribiero

22. Who was the first CM after the linguistic reorganization of Punjab= Giani
Gurmukh Singh Mussafir
23. The Supercorp KPS Gill belong to which cadre= Assam
24. Yadwindra Garden is located at = Pinjore
25. The Cotton Belt of Punjab is located in which Physiographic region of
Punjab= Malwa
26. Who along with Bhim Sen sachar was the Architect of Giani Sachar Formula= Giani
Kartar Singh
27. First President of the SGPC= Baba Kharak Singh
28. At which place in Punjab region were the Ashokan inscription found= Taxila
29. The battle of Chapar-Chiri was fought between= Banda Bahadur and Wazir Khan
30. When was the presidents rule imposed for the first time in Punjab= 1951
31. Harivallabh Sanget Sammelan is held at = Jalandhar
32. Headquarter of DOORDARSHAN at= Jalandhar
33. Before 1962 Punjab Agriculture University(PAU) was known as= College of
Agriculture
34. Punjabi language is considered to be a successor of which language = Saraseni
Prakrit
35. Who is considered to be a pioneer of Punjabi Literacy tradition= Sheikh Farid
36. In which year, Upper Bari Doab Canal was completed= 1859
37. Which Governors of Punjab died in a plane crash while in office=Surinder Nath
38. When was the Anandpur resolution adopted=1973
39. Who is related with Anjuman-i-mohisban-i-watan = Sardar Ajit Singh
40. Name the revered Sikh sepoy who died in Singapore while imprisoned on charges
of mutiny= Bhai Maharaj Singh
41. Where was the countrys first Solar Power Plant Commissioned= Anandpur Shahib
42. Phagwara Tehsil is a non-contiguous pocket of which district of Punjab=
Kapurthala
43. kandi is name given to which physiographich region of Punjab= The sub-
mountanious upland Plain
44. What are Choes = Ephemeral stream of upland plains
45. Punjab Police Academy is situated in Punjab at = Phillaur
46. Punjab Police Academy is named after which of legend = Ranjit Singh
47. Who wrote the book nimm de patte= Balwant Gargi
48. Who said we are not Sikh or Punjabis. Our Religion was patriotism = Sohan
Singh Bhakna
49. Who was the first sufi poet of Punjab who adopted the popular measure of kafi
to express his mystic ideas= Bulleh shah
50. Last battle Gurdas Nangal fought by Banda Bahadur against the Mughal in year =
1715 AD
51. At which place Banda Bahadur executed in time of farrukhsiyar = Delhi
52. Which script have been engraved on to the Banda Singh introduced Nanakshahi and
Gobind Shahi coin= Persian
53. How many times did Abdali attack Punjab= 8 times
54. How old was Ranjit Singh when Maha Singh passed away = 12
55. What name did Ranjit Singh give to the coin he introduced= Nanak Sahi
56. Which had the first victory of Maharaja Ranjit Singh been= Lahore
57. What was the occasion when Maharaja Ranjit Singh was entitled withMaharaja=
Baisakhi
58. What was the name of Kanwar Kharak Singhs wife= Chand kaur
59. Which is the new created city in Punjab = Anandgarh
60. When was Punjabi University Patiala established =1960
61. When was the use of Punjabi made compulsoryin the year = 1992
62. When was the Punjabi declared as a official language in Punjab =1966
63. Punjab is rich in = The Rock Salt
64. City of Graden of Punjab is = Patiala
65. Which is the least source of tax revenue of Punjab Government= Entertainment
Tax
66. Which novel by Jaswant Singh Kanwal was given The Shatiya Akadami Award =
Toshali Di Hanso
67. Which Dialect is spoken in Roopnagar = Pawadi
68. Neelam Maan Singhis associated with = Theatre
69. Jarag Fair is held in which of the district = Ludhiana
70. Sobha Singh and Amrita Singh is associated with = Painting
71. Who was the Chief Minister of Punjab during Operation Black thunder = Surjit
Singh Barnala
72. When GNDU established = 1969
73. The G.T road starts from Amritsar, ends in = Calcutta
74. Martyr Udham Singh belong to = Moga
75. Late famous Film Sstar Devanand belong to = Gurdaspur
76. What is the script in which Dasam Granth is written = Gurumukhi
77. In which area was the play Kheode mostly played= Amritsar
78. Where was the first session of Muslim league held = Amritsar
79. Punjab University was set up in year = 1882
80. With whose association did Bhagat Singh set up the Naujawan Bharat Sabha in
1926= Chabil Das and Yashpal
81. According to 2011 census what percentage of working population of state is
employed in agriculture sector= 39%
82. Punjab position in the matter of Urbanization= 5th
83. In which year Arya Samaj was established in Punjab= 1897
84. Jallianwala Bagh Trust is headed by = Dr. Manmohan Singh
85. PAU 201 is variety of = Rice
86. First National Conference on sports was held at= Punjabi University Patiala
87. Who wrote first scientific history of Punjabi literature = Mohan Singh Dewana
88. Biggest Mill of Punjab = Doaba Co-Operative mills limited, Shahid Bhagat Singh
Nagar(Nawashahar)
89. Smallest Sugar Mill of Punjab= Punjab Co-operative Sugar Mill, Rakhra
90. To where Ram Singh deported by Britisher =Burma(Mayanmar)
91. Guru Granth Shahib University set up at = Fatehgarh Sahib
92. Who is the pioneer of Punjabi Novel= Nanak Singh
93. In how many Agro-Climate region Punjab has been divided= 3
94. First athlete of Punjab recipient of Padmashree= Milkha Singh
95. Total number of Sabad /Slokas in Guru Granth Shahib = 5872
96. Performing art of Punjab is = Nakal
97. When was Guru Granth Sahib kept in Golden Temple(Harminder Sahib) for the first
time = 1 september,1604
98. Who edited the Guru Granth Sahib first time = Guru Arjun Dev Ji

99. Who cremated the headless body of Guru Tegh Bahadur= Lakhi Shah Banjara
100. Who took away the head of Guru Tegh Bahadur from Chadni Chowk and where = Bhai
Jaita (jeevan) to Anandpur Sahib
101. Where is the Sikh heritage Complex Located =Anandpur Sahib

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