Punjab: The term Punjab comprises two words: “punj meaning five and ab meaning water, thus the land of five rivers.”The Greeks referred to Punjab as Pentapotamia, an inland delta of five converging rivers. In Avesta, the sacred text of Zoroastrians, the Punjab region is associated with the ancient hapta həndu or Sapta Sindhu, the Land of Seven Rivers.
Established – 1 Nov, 1966
Area – 50362 km2 (1.54% of India)- Northwest of republic of India
Population – 2,77,04,236 (2.28% of India)
Latitude – 29’30”N To 32’32”N
Longitude – 73’55”E To 76’50”E
Forest Area – 6.12% of Punjab
Largest Forest Area – Hoshiarpur
2nd Largest Forest AreaRupNagar
3rd Largest Forest Area – Gurdaspur
Population Density – 550 per sq KM
Largest Population Density – Ludhiana
Smallest Population Density – Muktsar
Literacy Rate – 76.7%
Largest Literacy Rate – Hoshiarpur (86%)
Smallest Literacy Rate – Mansa (62.8%)
Sex Ratio – 893
Sex Ratio (for 0-6 age group) – 846
Largest Sex Ratio – Hoshiarpur
Smallest Sex Ratio – Bathinda
Largest District (According to Population) – Ludhiana
Smallest District(According to Population) – Barnala
Largest District (According to Area) – Firozpur (According to 2011 Censes); Ludhiana (in 2018)
Smallest District(According to Area) – Mohali (According to 2011 Censes); Pathankot (in 2018)
Maximum Daecade Growth of Punjab – Mohali (Another Name – SAS Nagar)
Minimum Decade Growth of Punjab – Nawanshahr (Another Name – SBS Nagar)
Lok Shaba Seat – 13
Rajya Shaba Seat – 7
Vidhan Shaba Seat – 117
First Speaker of Vidhan Shaba – Kapoor Singh
First CM of Punjab – Gopi Chand Bhargav
First Governor of Punjab – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
First Speaker of Vidhan Shaba (New Punjab*) – Harbans Singh
First CM of (New Punjab*) – Giani Gurmukh Singh
First Governor of (New Punjab*) – Dharmvira
Note – (New Punjab*)-Punjab After 1966
Shortest Time period of Governor of Punjab – Hokeshe Seema
During Operation of Blue Star Governor of Punjab – Bhairab Dutt Pande
State Bird Of Punjab – Gushak (Baaz)
State Animal Of Punjab – Black Buck (Kala Hiran)
State Tree Of Punjab – Shesham (Tahli)
Total Wetland Of Punjab – 3 Harike Wetland (Tarantaran), Ropar Wetland, Kanjali (Near Kapurthala)
Zoological Park in Punjab – 5 1. Mahindra Choudhary Zoological Park – District Mohali (Also Known
as Chattbir Zoo) 2. Tigar Safari – Ludhiana 3. Deer Park Bir Moti Bagh – Patiala 4. Deear Park –
Neelon(Ludhiana) 5. Deer Park Bir Talab – Bathinda
Punjab History and GK Questions One Liner
1. Who was the Bundela chief who allied with Bahadur Shah against Banda Bahadur?
Chattarsal
2. Which Guru Began the transformation of sikhs into a militant community?
Hargobind
3. Under whose Gurudom did the sikhs became a political and military force?
Hargobind
4. In how many misle (confederacies) were the sikhs organized?
12
5. To which ‘misl’ did Ranjit Singh belong?
Sukerchakia
6. Where did Ranjit Singh modern factories to manufacture canon?
Lahore
7. Who served as Ranjit singh’s Finance minister?
Raja Dinanath Madan
8. Who composed the famous romantic epic Heer Ranjha?
Warris shah
9. Who Was the Guru When the Sikh Khalsa was Formed?
Guru Gobind Singh
10. In 1805,Ranjit Singh won Amritsar From the misl?
Bhangi
11. When was the treaty of Amritsar Signed?
1809
12. The treaty of Amritsar gave the British Control over territories?
Cis Sutlej
13. Who were the French officers associated with the training of Ranjit Singh Army?
Venture and Allard
14. Who set up an artillery unit for Ranjit Singh?
Court and Gardner
15. When did the British sign a treaty of perpetual Friendship with Ranjit singh?
1809
16. When did Ranjit Singh die?
1839
17. Who was the British Governor General When the First Anglo Sikh War took place?
Lord Hardinge
18. When did the First Anglo Sikh war took place?
1846
19. Who was the Prime minister of Punjab When the 1st Anglo-sikh war took place?
Lal Singh
20. Who was the commander in chief of Punjab during the first Anglo Sikh war?
Misar Tej Singh
21. The Treaty of_ was signed on 8 march,1846 marking the end of 1st Anglo-sikh war
Lahore
22. Who was the leader of sikh revolt of 1848 at Multan
Mulraj
23. Who led the sikh revolt of 1848 at Lahore
Chattar Singh Attriwasl
24. Which governor general annexed Punjab
Dalhosie
25. Which governor general is associated with doctrine of lapse
Dalhosie
26. The Battle of was the most decisive battle in the first Anglo sikh war
Sobraon
27. Who was appointed as the British resident of Lahore in 1846
Henry Lawrence
28. Who was made the regent of Punjab state by the treaty of Lahore
Rani Jindan
29. Who was the new British Resident Of Punjab in 1848
Fedrick Mann
30. Who was the Sikh governor of Hazarah Who sided with the rebels of Multan in 1848
Chattar Singh
31. The Battle of was the most decisive battle in the second Anglo Sikh war
Gujarat
32. Who commented “Annexation of Punjab was not an annexation but a treachery”
Napier
33. When was Bhagat of Punjab and Udaipur annexed under doctrine of Lapse
1852
34. Where was the main centre of Wahabi movement in india
Patna
35. Which movement was Know as Namdhari mission
Kuka
36. The kuka movement played a prominent role in arousing the feeling of Patriotism in:
Punjab
37. Who was the Chief inspirator of kuka Movement
Ram Singh
38. Who was the Guru of Bhai Ram Singh
Balak Singh
39. Who stresse on the need for the recitation of chandi Path,Gurwani,Naam Jap and Ass di var
Ram Singh
40. Which animal was worshipped in the kuka Movement
Cow
41. The leader of the kuka Movement Who was perhaps the first person to adopt the policy of non co-operation against the British was
Ram singh
42. Which kuka Leader appointed subadars and naib subaidars
Ram singh
43. Who was the lieutenant governor of Punjab in 1863
Outram
44. The Native Village of Ram Singh was
Bhaini
45. Bhai Ram Singh was put under house arrest at 1863
Bhaini
46. Who was the commissioner of Ambala When Ram Singh was put under
R J Taylor
47. The sikh were bitter opponents of cow slaughter
Namdhari
48. Where did the NAmdharis confornt the British on the issue on cowslaughter
Raigarh
49. The Namdhari Attacked the Slaughter house at_on 15 jan 1872
Malerkotla
50. The deputy commissioner of Ludhiana responsible for the execution of fourty nine Naamdharis on 16 jan 1872 was
Cowan
51. To where was Bhai Ram singh deported by the British
Burma
52. Which Nationalist leader was know as Sher e Punjab
Lala Lajpat Rai
53. Lala Lalpat Rai Began his practice of Law in
Hissar
54. When did Lala Lajpat Rai Speak in the Congress session for the the first time
1888
55. Who published newspaper like The Punjabi and The people
Lala Lajpat Rai
56. Who was the viceroy who described Lajpat Rai as dangerous conspirator
Harding
57. Who used the name of kali and Durga to inspire the feeling of self pride
Aurbindo Ghosh
58. Who Presidend over the First session of All india Hindu Maha Sabha
Maharaja of Kasim Bazaar
59. Who gave the slogan Home rule is my birth right and i shall have it
Lala Lajpat Rai
60. When was the Ghadar Rebellion party formed
1913
61. The weekly paper of Ghadar party was
Ghadar
62. Who said”We are not sikhs or Punjabis our religion was patriotism”
Sohan SIngh Bhakna
63. 1915 was fixed as the date for an armed revolt in the Punjab
21 february
64. Light infantry at Singapore revolted being inspired by the
Ghadar Party Fifth
65. Who composed the song Pagari Samnhal Jatta
Banke Dayal
66. Who was the lieutenant governor of Punjab in 1906
Lbertson
67. on 22 nov 1908 the DSP of_was assasssinated by the Punjabi Revolutionaries
Layalpur
68. Where did the Ajit singh escape to in 1908
France
69. Which revolutionary is supposed to be the master mind in the attack on Hardinge
Rash Behari Bose
70. When did Lala Hardayal return to india
1908
71. Which ship was prevented from entry into india in 1914
Kamagata Maru
72. Who informed the goverment about the Gadhar party’s plan of revolt in India
Satpal Singh
73. which of the revolutionaries started the Scheme of Scholarship for Indian Student in England
S K Verma
74. Revolutionaries associated with the papers Talwar and indian freedom was
Madan Lal Dhingra
75. Madan Lal Dhingra went to Englandd in 1906 to study
Engineering
76. Whom did Madan Lal Dhingra Murder in 1909
Curzon Wylie
77. Initially Madan lal Dhingra had plan to murder_
Curzon
78. Who described Madan lal Dhingras murder of curzon Wylie as senseless
Agha khan
79. Who described Madan lal Dhingras act as national loss
Aga Khan
80. When was Madan Lal Dhingra sentenced to death
1909
81. To Whom did Madan Lal Dhingra express his 3 wishes before dying
V D Savarkar
82. Where was the Ghadar party set up by Lala Hardayal in 1913
San Fransisco
83. Where was the First President of Ghadar party
Sohan Singh Bhakna
84. Who was the first secretary general of Ghadar party
Lala Hardayal
85. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred on
13 April 1919
86. who were the two doctors whose arrest led a crowed together at jallianwala bagh
Saifudin Kitchlew and Satyapal
87. Who was the Milltary commander of Amritsar reponsible for the jallianwala bagh Massacre
General Dyre
88. Who renounced his knighthood in protest against the jallianwala bagh Massacre
Rabinder Nath Tagore
89. The Muslim leader who was given the keys of Golden temple
Dr Kitchlew
90. When did Gandhi declare that Khilafat question over shadowed that of constitutional reforms and the Punjab wrongs
1920
91. The indian struggle was the autobiography of Subhash Chander Bose
92. The Hindustan republican association changed its name to Hindustan socialist republican organization in
1928
93. Lala Lajpat Rai died_______
1st November
94. Who was the pujabi leader killed because of brutal lathi charge on an antisimon commison rally in 1928
Lala Lajpat Rai
95. The British officer who lead the brutal Lathi Charge was Saundres
96. Bhagat singh and Raiguru on dec 1928 killed Saundres
97. Bhagat Singh andd B K Dutt threw a bomb in the central legislative assembly on
8 April 1929
98. When in 1931 were Bhagat Singh Rajguru and Sukhdev executed
23 March
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