Punjab GK Part 2

Which town of Punjab is known as 'Guru Ki Kashi'?
(A)   Amritsar
(B)   Talwandi Sabo
(C)   Kiratpur Sahib
(D)   Dera Baba Nanak

  Ans. (B)

Shiv Kumar Batalvi got Sahitya Academi Award for which book?
(A)   Loona
(B)   Birha Tu Sultan
(C)   Piran Da Paraga
(D)   Alvida

  Ans. (A)

He received this award in 1967 and became the became the youngest recipient of this award

The famous Punjabi novel "Pavitar Paapi" was written by which of the following novelist?
(A)   Jaswant Singh Kanwal
(B)   Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari
(C)   Gulzar Singh Sandhu
(D)   Nanak Singh

 Ans. (D)

Nanak singh received sahitya Akademi award for his novel “Ik Miyan Do Talwaran” in 1961.

Who was the first woman Punjabi writer to get Sahitya Akademi Award?
(A)   Prabhjot Kaur
(B)   Amrita Pritam
(C)   Dalip Kaur Tiwana
(D)   Ajit Cour

  Ans. (B)

Amrita Pritam received this award for "Sunehure " in 1956.

She received Bharatiya jnanpith award for “Kagaz Te Canvas” in 1982.

Who was the first ever Punjabi author to get Sahitya Akademi Award?
(A)   Nanak Singh
(B)   Amrita Pritam
(C)   Bhai Vir Singh
(D)   Ajit Cour

  Ans. (C)

Got Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 for “Mere Sainya Jio”

Who started the Classical Punjabi literature?
(A)   Bhai Gurdas
(B)   Guru Nanak Dev ji
(C)   Shaikh Farid
(D)   Bulleh Shah

  Ans. (C)

He is known to be the first recorded poet in Punjabi language.

Who is known as the “Shakespeare of Punjab”?
(A)   Shah Hussain
(B)   Waris Shah
(C)   Shaikh Farid
(D)   Prof. Puran Singh

  Ans. (B)

Who is acknowledge as the Father of modern Punjabi literature.
(A)   Bhai kahn Singh
(B)   Kirpa Sagar
(C)   Prof. puran Singh
(D)   Bhai Vir Singh

  Ans. (D)

Who started journal ‘preetlari’?
(A)   Nanak Singh
(B)   Gurbaksh Singh
(C)   Gurdial Singh
(D)   Balraj Sahni

  Ans. (B)
 He started this Journal in 1933.
 He received Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1971.

Who is Known as Father of Punjabi Drama?
(A)   Nanak Singh
(B)   Warish shah
(C)   Ishwar Chandra Nanda
(D)   Kartar Singh Duggal

  Ans. (C)

In whose honour a cultural Mela(sabhyacharak Mela) organized every year?
(A)   Nanak singh
(B)   Prof Mohan Singh
(C)   Kartar Singh Duggal
(D)   Jaswant Singh Kanwal

  Ans. (B)

He received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1959 for “wada Vela”.

Jnanpith award winner Punjabi writer died in 2016.
(A) Gurdial Singh
(B) Jaswant Singh Kanwal
(C) Surjit Patar
(D) Dalip Kaur Tiwana
  Ans. (A)

He Received jnanpith award in 1999.

He received sahitya akademi award for ‘Adh Chanani Raat’ in 1975.

He is best known for his novals “Anhe Ghore Da Daan” and "Marhi Da Deeva"

Sujit patar received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 for
(A)   Lafzan di Dargah
(B)   Hanere vich Sulagdi varnmala
(C)   Patjhar di pazeb
(D)   Hawa vich likhe Harf

  Ans. (B)

He received Sarasvati Samman for “Lafzan Di Dargah”.

Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi award winner, dalip Kaur Tiwana, was awarded this honour for which of her writings?
(A)   Eho hamara Jeewan
(B)   Ik Chhit Chanan Di
(C)   Ik Mian Do Talwaran
(D)   Adh Chanani Raat

  Ans. (A)

She received Saraswati Samman for her novel ‘ Katha Kaho Urvashi’ in 2001.

Which of the writers and his work have been paired wrongly?
(A)   Pilo – Mirza Sahiban
(B)   Waris shah – Heer Ranjah
(C)   Hasham Shah – Sassi Punnu
(D)   Kadar Yaar – Sohni Mahiwal

  Ans. (D)

Sohni Mahiwal written by Fazal Shah Sayyad.

Which of the following is not a traditional Punjabi dance?
(A)   Bhangra
(B)   Gidha
(C)   Vain
(D)   Sammi

  Ans. (C)

How long is the Indo-Pak border running through Punjab?
(A)   554 KM
(B)   372 KM
(C)   553 KM
(D)   482 KM

  Ans. (C)

Which place is the confluence point of Sutlej and Beas Rivers?
(A)   Kanjli wetland
(B)   Harike wetland
(C)   Ropar wetland
(D)   Sukhna lake

  Ans. (B)