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1. The name 'Punjab' was used for spatial or territorial
identity. The oldest of these is the Rigvedic 'Sapta
Sindhu' which like the Persian
'Punjab' has been interpreted as
(a) the land of seven rivers
(b) the land of outsiders
(c) the region beyond Sutlej
(d) None of the above

ANS. (A)

2. Kotla Nihang Khan in Rupnagar district was

discovered in
(a) 1928
(c) 1929
(b) 1920
(d) 1930

ANS. (C)

3. The term Punjab has been found in

(a) Tarikh-e-Sher Shah Suri
(b) Ain-e-Akbari
(c) Tuzk-e-Jahangiri
(d) All of the above

ANS. (D)
4. The name Punjab is mentioned again in Ain-e-
Akbari, written by
(a) Tarikh-e-Sher Shah Suri
(b) Abul Fazal
(c) Multan
(d) Jahangir

ANS. (B)

5. In the 9th and 10th centuries which of the following

rulers became dominant in the North-West of
Punjab?
(a) Palas
(c) Shahiss
(b) Huns
(d) Tomaras

ANS. (C)

6. In which of the following centuries, Western Punjab

became a part of the Ghaznavid empire, while the
Rajputs held the Yamuna-Sutlej divide?
(a) 9th century
(b) 10th century
(c) 11th century
(d) 7th-8th century
 ANS. (C)

7. Under which of the following rulers, Punjab was

divided into a number of provinces, each under a
Turkish or an Afghan Governor?
(a) Ghaznavi
(c) Mughals
(b) Delhi Sultanate
(d) Lodhi

ANS. (B)

8. Which of the following fortresses were captured by

Muhammad of Ghor?
(a) HANSI
(b) SARSUTI
(c) SAMANA
(d) ALL OF THESE

ANS. (D)

9. During the reign of whom, the Mangols appeared

for the first time on the banks of Indus under Changez
Khan
(a) lltutmish
(b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(c) Razia Sultana
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji

ANS. (A)

10. Which of the following rulers of Delhi sultanate

first realized the economic potentiality of the Doab,
and Iqtas were distributed mainly in the Punjab
region?
(a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(b) lltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) None of these

ANS. (B)

11. Which of the following rulers was the real founder

of canal irrigation system of Punjab?
(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(c) Firoz Tughlaq
(d) lltutmish

ANS. (C)

12. Under which of the following rules 'Punjab, was

named as Suba-Lahore'?
(a) Delhi Sultanate
(c) Mughals
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Sayyids

ANS. (C)

13. At which of the following places in Punjab, the

great Mughal emperor, Akbar was coronated?
(a) Kalanaur
(c) Sir hind
(b) Panipat
(d) Lahore

ANS. (A)

14. Which of the following Mughal emperors, donated

500 bighas of land to Guru- daughter Bibi Bhanee?
(a) Akbar
(c) Humayun
(b) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb

ANS. (A)

15. Under whom did the Sikhs rebel after Guru

Gobind Singh's death?
(a) Nihal Singh
(c) Ranjit Singh
(b) Banda Bahadur
(d) Jindan Kaur

ANS. (B)

16, Under whose guruship did the Sikhs become a

political and military force?
(a) Gobind Singh
(c) Ramdas
(b) Amardas
(d) Hargobind

ANS. (D)

17.'Bachittar natak’ is the autobiography of which the

following gurus?
(a) arjan dev
(b) gobind singh
(c) tegh bahadur
(d) hargobind

ANS. (B)

18. The Mongols invaded Punjab in 1298 under the

leadership of
(a) Kutlugh Khan
(c) Alaudin Khilji
(b) Shayasta Khan
(d) None of these

ANS. (A)

19. Who attempted to install Ram Rai as new guru,

after the Guru Har Rai?
(a) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(b) Aurangzeb
(d) Akbar

ANS. (B)

20. Who amongst the following introduced the

Gurmukhi script?
(a) Guru Angad
(c) Guru Ramdas
(b) Guru Nanak
(d) Guru Amardas

ANS. (A)

21. Which of the following places was/were

constructed by Guru Hargobind?
(a) Akai Takht
(c) Kiratpur
(b) Whgarh fort
(d) All of the above

ANS. (D)

22. Which Sikh Guru started the tradition of Mall

Akhara?
(a) Guru Nanak
(c) Guru Angad
(b) Guru Amardas
(d) Guru Ramdas

ANS. (C)

23. Which of the following Governor-General annexed

Punjab?
(a) Harding
(c) Metcalf
(b) Dalhousie
(d) Bentick

ANS. (B)

24. Which of the following treaty marked the end of

first Anglo-Sikh War?
(a) Lahore
(c) Sutlej
(b) Multan
(d) Patiala

ANS. (A)

25. When was the Battle of Gujarat fought between

the Sikhs and the British?
(a) 1847
(c) 1849
(b) 1848
(d) 1850

ANS. (C)

26. Which of the following was the Commander of

Shaheed an Misl?
(a) Sardar Baba Deep Singh
(b) Sardar Nawab Kapur Singh
(c) Sardar Gulab Singh
(d) Ala Singh

ANS. (A)

27. Which of the following officers is responsible for

the collection of land revenue of the districts?
(a) Kardar
(c) Patwari
(b) Muqadam
(d) Kanungo

ANS. (A)

28. Which of the following was the capital of Sikh rule

founded by Ranjit Singh?
(a) Lahore
(c) Sirhind
(b) Multan
(d) Amritsar

ANS. (A)

29. Maharaja Ranjit Singh belonged to which Misl?

(a) Ahluwalia
(c) Sukarchakia
(b) Kanhaiya
(d) Phulkian

ANS. (C)

30. When did the new state of Punjab come into

existence?
(a) 1956
(c) 1977
(b) 1966
(d) 1988

ANS. (B)

31. When did the State of Punjab carved out by the

Punjab Reorganization Act?
(a) 1966
(c) 1967
(b) 1965
(d) 1972

ANS. (A)

32. Mountbatten Plan is known as

(a) August offer
(c) June plan
(b) July plan
(d) June offer

ANS. (C)

33. The Namdhari Movement was one of the most

influential and transitional Socio-Religious
Movements in Punjab is founded by
(a) Baba Ram Singh
(b) Dalip Singh
(c) Khem Singh Bedi
(d) Baba Dayal Das
 ANS. (A)

34. Which of the following Socio-Religious

Movements in Punjab also known as a movement of
purification and return?
(a) Nirankaris Movement
(b). Singh Sabhas
(c) Namdhari Movement
(d) None of the above

ANS. (A)

35. Namdhari Movement also called Kuka Movement

was started by whom and when?
(a) Bhai Dayal Singh, 1857
(b) Baba Ram Singh, 1857
(c) Dalip Singh, 1925
(d) Khem Singh Bedi, 1925

ANS. (B)

36. Which of the following advocated the need to gain

a command of Western knowledge if Sikhs were to
compete successfully with Hindu and
Muslim Punjabis?
(a) Namdharis
(c) Nirankari’s
(b) Singh Sabhas
(d) None of these

ANS. (B)

37. The leader of the Kuka Movement, who was

perhaps the first person to adopt the policy of Non-
Cooperation against the British was
(a) Dina Singh
(b) Arjan Singh
(c) Baba Ram Singh
(d) Harkishan Singh

ANS. (C)

38. Which of the following animal was worshipped in

the Kuka Movement?
(a) Ox
(c) Cow
(b) Sheep
(d) Horse

ANS. (C)

39. Where was the first Singh Sabha held?

(a) Sir hind
(c) Amritsar
(b) Panipat
(d) Ropar

ANS. (C)

40. Which of the following nationalist leader was

known as 'Lion of Punjab'?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(d) Kartar Singh Sarabha

ANS. (B)

41. The newspaper 'The Punjabi and The People' was

published by which of the following leaders?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Annie Besant
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bhagat Singh

ANS. (A)

42. The Kirti Kisan Conference of 1931 was held at

(b) Anandpur Sahib
(a) Harmindar Sahib
(d) None of the above
(c) Nankana Sahib

ANS. (B)

43. The Muslim leader, who was given the keys of

Golden Temple was
(b) SM Akhtar
(a) MA Ansari
(d) None of these
(c) Dr Kitchlew

ANS. (C)

44. The execution hanging of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev

and Rajguru took place at
(a) Lahore
(c) Ludhiana
(b) Firozpur
(d) Karachi

ANS. (B)

45. The arrest of which leader/leaders led to the

assembly of people at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919?
(a) Dr. Kitchlew
(b) Dr. Satyapal
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

ANS. (C)

46. The President of Congress during the 1929 session,

of Lahore was
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

ANS. (D)

47. Which of the following pass separates the

Sulaiman range of Punjab from the Kirthar range?
(a) Bolan pass
(c) The Gomal pass
(b) Khyber Pass
(d) None of these

ANS. (A)

48. Which of the following pass lies between Sindh

and Southern Baluchistan of Punjab?
(a) Bolan pass
(b) Khyber Pass
(c) Gomal pass
(d) None of the above
 ANS. (A)

49. Which of the following districts is/are part of the

Kandi tract in the region of Punjab?
(a) Hoshiarpur
(c) Jhelum
(b) Sialkot
(d) All of these

ANS. (D)

50. Which of the following areas is a part of the Thar

desert from Punjab?
(a) The Sindh-Sagar doab
(b) Bist doab
(c) Bari doab
(d) Rachna doab

ANS. (A)
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