Punjabi Culture Multiple Choice Questions
1. Into how many parts has Dr. Jaswinder Singh divided the culture?
a. four
b. eight
c. two
d. three
Answer: a
2. Where does man get culture from?
a. from folk art
b. from foreign countries
c. from heritage
d. from books
Answer: c
3. What are the symptoms of culture?
a. Culture is based on symbols
b. Culture is fused and a complicated system
c. Culture is universal or versatile
d. All of above
Answer: d
4. In which years did the publication of culture Human Science book take place?
a. in 1984
b. in 1987
c. in 1985
d. in 1986
Answer: b
5. How many phases are there that of the development of human civilization?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
Answer: c
6. Culture is
a. a heavenly heritage
b. a materialistic heritage
c. a social heritage
d. a religious heritage
Answer: c
7. The maker of culture and the Punjabi culture is
a. Harcharan Singh
b. Suba Singh
c. Jaswinder Singh
d. Gurbaksh Singh
Answer: d
8. Culture Theory and Behavior is the masterpiece by
a. Brahmjagdish Singh
b. Gurbaksh Singh Faraik
c. Jaswinder Singh
d. Jeet Singh Joshi
Answer: d
9. Culture includes
a. Changeability
b. Rigidity
c. Stagnance
d. Inactivity
Answer: a
10. For culturalisation , the determination applied by the American Scholars is
a. Culture contact
b. Unculturalisation
c. Diffusion
d. None of above
Answer: b
11. What does culture provide to cultural activities?
a. Power
b. Strength
c. Direction
d. Objective
Answer: a
12. What sort of relation is there between cultural and geography?
a. Deep
b. Mutual
c. Fast
d. None of three
Answer: a
13. Which of the following factors does the cultural accept at the maximum?
a. Physical fact
b. Historical fact
c. Political fact
d. Geographical fact
Answer: d
14. What does the changing of geographical field affect to?
a. Civilisation
b. Culture
c. Society
d. Human
Answer: b
15. Literature is an important________ of culture?
a. part
b. hand
c. organ
d. foot
Answer: c
16. What is the relationship between culture and language?
a. Mutual
b. Deep
c. Fast
d. None of the three
Answer: b
17. What is the factor without which the existence of culture is not recognized?
a. Man
b. Nature
c. Environment
d. Language
Answer: d
18. To move jointly is some geographical field what is called as the exchange between the both?
a. Civilisation
b. Literature
c. Culturalisation
d. Language
Answer: b
19. What are culture and language?
a. Changeable
b. Mutual
c. Fast
d. Language
Answer: a
20. What does affect the living style of people?
a. Dress
b. Script
c. Language
d. Geographical factor
Answer: c
21. Whose isseparable organs are History and Mythology?
a. Language
b. Culture
c. Literature
d. Civilisation
Answer: b
22. Where have both culture and literature arisen from?
a. Nature
b. Environment
c. Society
d. None of the three
Answer: c
23. Whose medium is literature culture?
a. Language
b. Communication
c. Script
d. Entertainment
Answer: b
24. The Medieval Punjabi constitutes
a. The popular love stories of man and woman
b. The stories in hand written form
c. The converted love stories from the Arabian language that came to Punjab
d. Love or Romance or renunciation or Bhakti or the poetic details of the worriors sacrifice
Answer: d
25. Who is called as the genesis of the Punjabi sufi poetry?
a. Sheikh Farid
b. Kabir
c. Shah Hussain
d. Bulle Shah
Answer: a
26. What is the correct historic sequence of the four medieval poets given below
a. Bulle Shah, Hasimshah, Hafiz Barkhurdar Mukbal
b. Hafiz Barkhurdar, Bulle Shah, Mukbal,Hashim Shah
c. Hafiz Barkhurdar, Mukbal, Bulle Shah, Hashim Shah
d. Mukbal, Hafiz Barkhurdar, Bulle Shah, Hashim Shah
Answer: c
27. Which of the followings had the maximum philosophical influence on the Punjabi fiction poetry?
a. of Gurmat
b. of Folklore
c. of Sufism
d. of Worldy love
Answer: c
28. Which composition is vastly dominated by the Punjabi culture
a. Chandi Di Var
b. Sassi Hashim
c. Heer Waaris
d. of worly love
Answer: c
29. Under which Mughal emperor’s rulership, the origination of the fiction poetry take place?
a. Aurangzeb
b. Akbar
c. Jehangir
d. Ashok
Answer: b
Punjabi Culture Related Questions in Punjabi | Cultural Heritage of Punjab30. What has been included in the medieval Punjabi literature?
a. The Gurmat poetry and the Sufi poetry
b. Valourous poetry
c. Bhakti poetry and other poetry
d. Medieval prose
Answer: d
31. What among the following is included in the Gurmat poetry?
a. the Bani of the Gurus
b. the Bani of the Bhakts
c. the Bani of the Bhakts and the Bani of the Guru Ghar’s poets
d. The composition of Bhai Gurdas
Answer: d
32. According to the Gurmat poetry, the muslims used to wear
a. Shirt-trousers
b. Salwar
c. Toga and all of these
d. Headgear
Answer: d
33. Whose reference is found in the Gurmat poetry regarding the life style
a. Palace-Paragola
b. Inns
c. Mussoleums and all of these
d. Cottage or huts
Answer: c
34. Which code (worshipping technique) has been mentioned in the Gurmat poetry?
a. Rozey, Hajj, Namaz
b. Hom Yajna giving alms
c. Fasting
d. Purification and all of these
Answer: d
35. Catching of which animals has been described in the Gurmat poetry?
a. Tiger and Lion
b. Deer and Elephant
c. Leopard
d. Antler
Answer: b
36. In the Gurmat poetry, which contemporary folk belief do we know about?
a. Sutak-Patak
b. Sneezing
c. Interception by Cat
d. Coming across an empty hamper
Answer: a
37. Which is the belt in Punjab that is dominated by the practice of Gugga, Seetla’s Basaria and undertaking chowkies?
a. Malwai
b. Doaba
c. Malwa
d. Majha
Answer: c
38. Which of the ancient books is considered the genesis of the oldest civilization?
a. the Vedas
b. the Koran
c. the Rigveda
d. the Granth
Answer: c
39. The basic source of the Holi festival is?
a. Indian culture
b. Indian mythology
c. Indian History
d. Indian Folk-stream
Answer: b
40. Is the Punjabi dress the turban indicates
a. Islamic impact
b. Sikkhism
c. Hinduism
d. Kashmiri
Answer: b
Punjab GK pdf | Punjab GK Questions41. Which community is the Baisakhi festival is?
a. Farmer
b. Labour
c. Leader
d. None of these
Answer: a
42. “Starving person hardly cares of other issues” is a
a. story
b. drama
c. idioms
d. proverb
Answer: d
43. What are the Punjabis extremely fond of?
a. Make up
b. Dress
c. Eating
d. None of these
Answer: c
44. How many hours do the Punjabis have to dine?
a. Two
b. Five
c. One
d. Four
Answer: d
45. What is known as the ‘Chhah vela’?
a. Evening
b. Morning
c. Afternoon
d. None of these
Answer: a
46. In which period was the dress made out of banana, Furwanh, Kusha or grass in vogue
a. Rigveda
b. Vedic
c. Prehistoric
d. None of these
Answer: b
47. Which hour of the day is called as ‘Laudah vela’
a. Morning
b. Afternoon
c. Night
d. Evening
Answer: b
48. Which religion does have the Purdah system?
a. the Sikhs
b. the Britishers
c. the Hindus
d. the Muslims
Answer: d
49. Who among the following put on blue shawl, blue toga or overcoat and traditional underwear?
a. Nihangs
b. Christians
c. Musalmans
d. Sikhs
Answer: a
50. At the time of birth of a child in gaiety, which ritual is performed to express the importance of the turban?
a. Dastarbandi
b. Winding of Dastar
c. Winding of turban
d. None of these
Answer: a
51. Which of the following is not the sign of identifying the Punjabi culture?
a. Valour
b. To eat fish-rice
c. To lead a majestic life
d. Keeping faith in self confidence
Answer: b
52. Which of the followings have the Punjabies not borrowed from any other culture?
a. Male overcoat
b. Laddoo-Jalebi
c. Not to scare Death
d. Impact of TV
Answer: c
53. Which period did the proverb ‘Khada peeta laahe da, Rehanda Ahmed Shahe Da’ become the part of the Punjabi Culture?
a. in Ranjit Singh’s period
b. in Banda Bahadur period
c. in Pre-Guru Nanak period
d. During the invasions of Ahmed Shah Abdali
Answer: d
54. Which fair is that where the donkeys are worshipped?
a. The fair of Chhapar
b. The fair of Jarag
c. Mahlpoorey and kheer
d. Rote
Answer: b
55. Whose worship is done in the fair of ‘Jarag’?
a. of goddess Durga
b. of goddess Shakti
c. of Chandi
d. of goddess Sheetla
Answer: d
56. In which month is Basant Panhami festival celebrated?
a. Chaitra
b. Magh
c. Phagun
d. Paosh
Answer: c
57. Which month is ‘Jarag’ fair organized?
a. Jyaishta
b. Phagun
c. Chaitra
d. Asharah
Answer: c
58. What is the other name of the ‘Jarag’ fair?
a. Naag Panchami fair
b. Basant Panchami fair
c. fair of Gugga Shah
d. Behariey Fair
Answer: d
59. Where is the fair of ‘Hola Mohalla’ celebrated?
a. Fatehgarh Sahib
b. Anandpur Sahib
c. Damdama Sahib
d. Muktsar
Answer: b
60. What is meant by ‘Subbar’?
a. Shroud to cover the dead body
b. A form of Phulkari
c. A cloth worm by the newly born child
d. None of these
Answer: b
61. When is, the festival of ‘Gugga Nauvin’ celebrated?
a. Chaitra
b. Aasharah
c. Phagun
d. Bhadrapad
Answer: c
62. In which district is the fair of Chhspaar held?
a. Patiala
b. Fatehgarh Sahib
c. Ludhiana
d. Kapurthala
Answer: c
63. Having inhabited the earth for millions of years by man, which development did take place in him?
a. Dress
b. Script
c. Language
d. None of these
Answer: c
64. Which invasions did become the cause of affecting the culture?
a. the British
b. the Iranian
c. the Mughals
d. the Foreigners
Answer: d
65. Where is the Sikh Heritage Complex developed?
a. Mansa
b. Amritsar
c. Ropar
d. Anandpur Sahib
Answer: d
66. Who is the first Punjabi novelist to get Jananpith Award?
a. Sr. Nanak Singh
b. Sr. Gurdial Singh
c. Sr. Gurdial Duggal
d. Sr. Nanak Duggal
Answer: a
67. When was the use of Punjabi made Compulsory in the year?
a. 1990
b. 1991
c. 1992
d. 1994
Answer: b
68. Who is the Punjabi to get Jananpith Award?
a. Ms. Amrita Shergil
b. Ms. Amrit Pritam
c. Dilip Kaur Tiwana
d. Ms. Sharmila Panday
Answer: a
69. Which is the Pioneer of Punjabi Novel?
a. Sr. Gurdial Singh
b. Sr. Nanak Singh
c. Sr. Nanak Duggal
d. Sr. Gurdial Khanna
Answer: b
70. Where was the headquarters of Punjab School Education Board?
a. Morinda
b. Chandigarh
c. Mohali
d. Ropar
Answer: c
71. Where are mini Olympics are held:
a. Mandi Gobindgarh
b. Ropar
c. Mansa
d. Ludhiana
Answer: d
72. How many Universities in Punjab?
a. 8
b. 10
c. 6
d. 9
Answer: 6
73. Which is the centre of newspapers of Punjab?
a. Jalandhar
b. Ludhiana
c. Moga
d. Khanna
Answer: a
74. Who is the first IPS lady of Punjab?
a. Ms. Surinder Kaur
b. Bibi Jagir Kaur
c. Ms. Rajinder Kaur
d. Ms. Kiran Bedi
Answer: d
75. Where is the Science city of Punjab?
a. Jalandhar
b. Moga
c. Khanna
d. Ludhiana
Answer: a
76. Where is the Manchester of Punjab?
a. Jalandhar
b. Ludhiana
c. Chandigarh
d. Moga
Answer: b
77. How many Airports in Punjab?
a. 5
b. 3
c. 2
d. 4
Answer: d
78. Which is the most Polluted city of Punjab?
a. Jalandhar
b. Ludhiana
c. Moga
d. Bhatinda
Answer: b
79. When was the present Punjab came into Existence?
a. 1866
b. 1966
c. 1766
d. 1867
Answer: b
80. When was the Punjabi declared as a official language in Punjab?
a. 1766
b. 1867
c. 1966
d. 1967
Answer: c
81. When was SGPC established in Punjab?
a. 1970
b. 1925
c. 1922
d. 1924
Answer: b
82. Which is the most famous temple of Punjab?
a. Golden Temple
b. Temple of Sikh Guru
c. Nanak Temple
d. Heritage Temple
Answer: a
83. Which district of Punjab has lowest literacy?
a. Patiala
b. Mansa
c. Moga
d. Khanna
Answer: b
84. Which is the major occupation of Punjabi’s?
a. House hold
b. Sports things
c. Farming
d. Diary
Answer: c
85. Which district of Punjab has the highest literacy rate?
a. Ludhiana
b. Hoshiarpur
c. Jalandhar
d. Patiala
Answer: b
86. which is the most popular game of Punjab?
a. Hockey
b. Kabaddi
c. Kho-Kho
d. Badminton
Answer: b
87. Sheesh Mahal is developed by
a. Maharaja Ranjit Singh
b. Narinder Singh
c. Maninder Singh
d. Raghubir Singh
Answer: b
88. The State Bird of Punjab is
a. Baz
b. Peacock
c. Sparrow
d. Parrot
Answer: a
89. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
a. Shiv Kumar Batalvi – Poet
b. I.C. Nanda – Critic
c. Sujan Singh – Short Story Writer
d. Jawant Singh Kanwal – Novelist
Answer: b
90. Which of the following is NOT a travelogue?
a. Yatroo Di Diary
b. Mera Roosi Safarnama
c. Koora Kabara
d. Sacho Sach
Answer: c