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Panjabi/Gurmukhi
100 Years History
Panjab Geography
100
Who was the first leader of Waris Panjab de and who is the current?
Sandeep "Deep" Singh Sidhu
Bhai Amritpal Singh
100
What does SSA stand for?
Sikh Students’ Association
100
How many letters are in the Gurmukhi alphabet?
35 (Painti)
100
Where was the first Sikh Students Association/Federation made and who was the President during the Morcha?
It was made in Panjab and was formed in 1943. Shaheed Bhai Amrik Singh Jee was the President of the All India Sikh Students Federation (1978-1984)
100
What does Panjab mean?
Panj means five + Aab means water
The land of five rivers
200
What popular Sikh singer was assassinated last year? For what reason?
Shubhdeep Singh 'Sidhu Moosewala'
For talking about Khalistan and Panjab and our right to autonomy
200
What relationship is a Sandu?
Wife's Sister's Husband
200
How many angs does Guru Granth Sahib Jee have?
1430 angs
200
What was the name of the infamous Morcha launched in Panjab, who launched it, and in what year? Synomous with 'The Kharku Lehar'
Sant Jarnail Singh Jee Bhindrawale launched the Dharam Yudh Morcha in 1982
200
What is the capital of Panjab?
Chandigarh
300
Who are the 3 Sikh leaders assassinated over the course of 45 days starting in May by the Indian government?
Shaheed Bhai Parmjit Singh Panjwar
Shaheed Bhai Avtar Singh Khanda
Shaheed Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar
300
What is a Jatt's favourite Gurbani Pangti?
ਕਬਹੂ ਨ ਛਾਡੈ ਖੇਤੁ
300
What is a famous type of joke-telling in Punjabi?
Chutkle
300
What year did the Partition of India happen?
1947
300
What are the regions that Panjab is divided into?
Majha, Doaba, Malwa, and Puaadh
400
What ideology does India’s current ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) subscribe to?
The BJP subscribes to a Hindu supremacist or Hindutva ideology, which is a right-wing Hindu Nationalist ideology promoting an exclusionary vision of India as a Hindu Rashtra (homeland).
400
What is Eggplant in Punjabi
Bathaoo
400
What does the word ਰਾਇਸਾ mean? What language does it belong to?
Story; 'Dingal' - Old western Rajasthani
400
Who carried out India’s biggest daylight bank robbery?
The Punjab National Bank, Miller Gunj branch, Ludhiana was robbed more than Rs 5.70 crore (58 million rupees-$4.5 million) by Shaheed Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda, Bhai Sukhdev Singh Sukha, General Labh Singh and other members of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF).
Their idea was to use these public funds stored in Indian banks, against Indian Security forces. They highlighted the helplessness of the Government's forces to do anything about their efforts to gain a Sikh Homeland and to avenge the attack on Sikhi's most venerated site, Darbar Sahib. As well, to avenge the deaths of not only those Gursikhs who gave Shaheedi that day, but also for the unknown numbers of innocent pilgrims and visitors to Harmandir Sahib who were murdered during and after the attack.
400
What are the Panj Daryaa (five rivers) of Panjab?
The five rivers of Panjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum.
However, of these five rivers only three currently flow through Panjab today, Sutlej, Ravi, and Beas. The other two rivers are now in the state of Panjab that is located in Pakistan.
500
What is the famous saying for the Khalsa referencing Mir Mannu that shows that the Khalsa will always flourish no matter what tyrannical powers try to eradicate us?
ਮੰਨੂ ਸਾਡੀ ਦਾਤਰੀ, ਅਸੀਂ ਮੰਨੂ ਦੇ ਸੋਏ।
ਜਿਓਂ ਜਿਓਂ ਮੰਨੂ ਵਢਦਾ, ਅਸੀਂ ਦੂਣ ਸਵਾਏ ਹੋਇ।
Mannu is our sickle, we are the fodder(crop) for him to mow. The more he cuts, the more we grow.
500
Who were Guru Nanak Dev Jee’s 'drivers'?
ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਦੁਇ ਕਾਰ ਚਲਾਵਹਿ
500
Solve the riddle:
ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਕੇ ਆਦ ਮਹਿ, ਅਰ ਬਾਵਨ ਕੇ ਅੰਤ.
ਸਕਲ ਮੱਧ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ, ਵਹੀ ਹਮਾਰੇ ਸੰਤ.
ਨਾ
ਨ
ਕ
ਨਾਨਕ
500
What were at least 3 aims of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution?
- Reminded of the Federal structure for Punjab,that Punjab should have autonomy to make its own decisions,as promised before the Independence.
- The return of Chandigarh as a part of Punjab, as it was inside Punjab, and was still made a shared capital between Punjab and Haryana.
- To remove casteism from Panjab.
- To help the farmers by restricting the tax strategy
- Punjabi 1st language in Punjab ,and should be given importance in the neighbouring states.
- To recognize Sikhi as a separate faith in the Indian Constitution.
- To help Kashmiri migrants
- To protect the interests of minorities from other states.
- To abolish excise duty from tractors so that the small scale farmers could easily buy and live their earning.
- To setup a system of reasonable minimum wages to the labourers. Those times the rights of Labour class were exploited. So to ensure their living minimum wages which would invoke respectable income for the labourers.
- To establish an audio broadcast system for Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib to the world for which the *Khalsa* would pay.
- Amendments in Hindu succession act which stated a girl after the death of her husband, could not claim the property of in-laws. This point was included to protect the rights of women.
- To exempt the agricultural land totally from tax,as small scale farmers did not have adequate machinery for farming,leading to minimial savings.
- There should be *no reservation* in government jobs and other areas on basis of the caste in any state.
- Water dispute - 75% of the Punjab's water is already given to the other states without any permission of state and the SYL(Satluj Yamuna Link) would divide the rest of water, leading to scarcity of water in Punjab even after having 3 rivers.
- To establish 6 sugar mills and 4 textile mills in Panjab so that the farmer doesn't have to go to other states to sell his products.
500
What was the size of Panjab under the Sikh Empire at its height? (in km2)
520,000 km2
