PUNJAB GK

1.      Dr. gopi chand bhargava is 1^st CM of Punjab

2.      Justice gurnam singh first akali chief minister of Punjab

3.      Chairman of Punjab state human rights commission: justice R.S.Mongia

4.      President of Punjab Pradesh congress committee:  Amarinder Singh

5.      President of hockey Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal

6.      Director of National institute of agricultural Biotechnology, Mohali: Dr Rakesh Tuli

7.      President of Punjab Olympic association : Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

8.      Chief justice of Punjab & Haryana high court :- Mukul Mudgul

9.      President of SGPC: Avtar singh Makkar

10.  1^st governor of Punjab: chandulala madhavlal trivedi

11.  1^st speaker of Punjab legislative assembly: s. kapur singh

12.  Punjab

Latitude 29’30 N to32’32”

Longitude 73’55” E to 76’50”

13.  Area 50,362 sq km (1.54% of total geographical area of India)

14.  Forest area 6.12% of the total area of the state

15.  4 divisions of Punjab

Jalandhar, Patiala, Firozpur, Faridkot

16.  Balram jakhar was 1^st asian to be selected as chairman of commonwealth parliamentarian executive forum.

17.  Bhagat puran singh is know as Punjab’s “ Bearded mother Teresa “

18.  Surinder kaur is popularly known as “Nightingale of Punjab”

19.  Surjit singh barnala is the author of book “My other Two Daughters”

20.  Amrita pritam was the 1^st woman to win sahitya akademi awards

21.  Shiv kumar batalavi is the youngest recipient of sahitya akademi awards

22.  Baba ala singh was the founder of Patiala city in 1763 AD

23.  National institute of sports is located at Patiala

24.  giani gurmukh singh musafir was the first CM after the lingustic reorganization of Punjab

25.  Baba kharak singh was 1^st president of SGPC

26.  IN 1951 president’s rule was imposed for first time in Punjab

27.  Shivraj patil is current governer of Punjab

28.  Parkash dingh badal is present CM of Punjab(4^th time)

29.  Indian Olympic Association Vice President Sardar Tarlochan Singh has been conferred with ‘The Jewel of Punjab’ award – a life-time achievement .

30.  Punjab accord was signed b/w Harchand Singh Longowal and Rajiv Gandhi

31.   Duleep Singh was the last Sikh ruler of Punjab

32.  Kharak Singh was the immediate successor of Ranjit Singh

33.  Who constructed Takht Patna Sahib and Takht Hazur sahib

Maharaja Ranjit singh

34.  Who laid the foundation of Harimandir Sahib(Golden Temple) ?
Hazrat mian mir

35.  Miss Arshdeep kaur(from Canda)  become miss world Punjabi 2010.

36.  Punjab will have a second international cricket stadium at burlton park in jalandhar by 2011.

37.  Ropar has become the 1^st district of d country to launch d District Monitoring System Scheme

38.  Punjab is the only state that had set up separate police station for NRIs

39.  Chairman of punjab governce reorms commission in augrated punjabs first centre for E-Governce at Landran(MOHALI)

40.  Prof. Laxmi Kant chawla, health & family welfare minister(punjab) has got jhansi ki rani laxmi bai award(at Gwalior)

41.  Prakash singh Badal declared Sultanpur lodhi in kapurthala distric a holy town in veiw of its religious & historical Significance

42.  Punjabi university,patiala has attained d Distinction of being the 1^st univ. in the region to enroll student,gurvinder singh dhaliwal for PhD from canada through video-conferencing.

43.  AKHAR: A Roman-Punjabi word processing toolkit.

44.  The state of new mexico,5^th largest constituent of USA,has offered to enter into an agrrement with Punjab Granting the Status of ”SISITER STATE”

45.  Punjabi language has now become the second  lanuage in the state of Haryana.

46.  Punjab govnerment declared 2011 as “YEAR OF TRANSFORMATION”

47.  First evening court of punjab was inaugurated at Jalandhar follwed by Amritsar,Ludhiana and Patiala.

48.  Sukhbir singh Badal – Manoranjab Kalia committee on Resources Mobilization

49.  Director of PGI : KK Talwar

50.  Chairman of Punjab state Backward Classes commission : Kirpal Singh Badunger