A Quiz on Punjab
Q1. When was the region given the status of province?
Ans: On 1 July 1970
Q2. Which is the capital of Punjab?
Ans: Lahore
Q3. Which regions are bordered by Punjab?
Ans: Sindh to the south, the province of Balochistan to the southwest, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, and the Islamabad Capital Territory and Azad Kashmir in the north. Punjab borders Jammu and Kashmir in the north, and the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east.
Q4. What is the meaning of PUNJAB?
Ans: Punjab means "Five Waters" or "The Land of Five Rivers" (Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Bias, Sutlej)
Q5. Which is the provincial language of Punjab?
Ans: Punjabi
Q6. What is the number of Punjab among four provinces in terms of area?
Ans: 2nd (after Balochistan)
Area of Punjab = 205,344 Km sq or 79,284 sq mi, 25.8% of the total landmass of Pakistan
Q7. What is the number of Punjab among four provinces in terms of population?
Ans: 1st
Population of Punjab = Exceeding 11 core
Q8. How many administrative divisions Punjab has?
Ans: 10 Divisions
Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal, Sargodha and Sheikhupura
Q9. How many districts Punjab has?
Ans: 36 Districts
Q10. How many districts are in Gujranwala Division?
Ans: 6 Districts
Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin (M. Bahauddin), Narowal and Sialkot
Q11. How many districts are in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur
Q12. How many districts are in Faisalabad Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Faisalabad, Chiniot, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh (TT Singh)
Q13. How many districts are in Multan Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Multan, Khanewal, Lodhran and Vehari
Q14. How many districts are in Rawalpindi Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal and Jhelum
Q15. How many districts are in Sargodha Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Sargodha, Bhakkar, Khushab and Mianwali
Q16. How many districts are in Bahawalpur Division?
Ans: 3 Districts
Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan
Q17. How many districts are in Sahiwal Division?
Ans: 3 Districts
Sahiwal, Okara and Pakpattan
Q18. How many districts are in Lahore Division?
Ans: 2 Districts
Lahore and Kasur
Q19. How many districts are in Sheikhupura Division?
Ans: 2 Districts
Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib
Q20. How many Tehsils are in Punjab?
Ans: 146 Tehsils
Q21. How many Union Councils are in Punjab?
Ans: 7602 UCs
Q22. Which is the most populous city of Punjab?
Ans: Lahore
Q23. Which is the largest city of Punjab in terms of area?
Ans: Lahore
Q24. Who is the Governor of Punjab?
Ans: Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar (PTI)
Q25. Who is the Chief Minister of Punjab?
Ans: Sardar Usman Buzdar (PTI)
Q26. How many seats are in Punjab Assembly?
Ans: 371 seats
Q27. How many National Assembly seats are in Punjab?
Ans: 183 seats
Q28. Which is the only province of Pakistan that touches every other province?
Ans: Punjab
Q29. Which is the most industrialised province of Pakistan?
Ans: Punjab
Making up 24% of the province's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Q30. Which province is called the breadbasket of Pakistan?
Ans: Punjab
Q31. How many cities of Punjab are in the list of top ten largest cities of Pakistan?
Ans: 5 cities
Lahore (2nd), Faisalabad (3rd), Rawalpindi (4th), Multan (5th), Gujranwala (7th)
Q32. Which city is the birthplace of Guru Nanak?
Ans: Nankana Sahib
Q33. What is the old name of Faisalabad?
Ans: Lyallpur
Q34. What is the old name of Bahawalnagar?
Ans: Ronjhan Waali
Q35. What is the old name of Pakpattan?
Ans: Ajodhan
Q36. What is the old name of Sahiwal?
Ans: Montgomery
Q37. What is the old name of Sialkot?
Ans: Salwan Kot
Q38. What is the old name of Attock?
Ans: Campbell Pur
Q39. What is the old name of Lahore?
Ans: Mahmood Pur
Q40. What is the old name of Gujranwala?
Ans: Khan Pur
Q41. What is the name of border between Lahore and Amritsar?
Ans: Wagah Border
Q42. Which city of Punjab is called City of Soldiers?
Ans: Jhelum
Q43. Which city of Punjab is called City of Hawks?
Ans: Sargodha
Q44. Which city of Punjab is famous for sports goods?
Ans: Sialkot
Q45. Which city of Punjab is called Manchester of Pakistan
Ans: Faisalabad
Q46. Which city of Punjab is called The City of Colleges?
Ans: Lahore
Q47. Which are the top 58 most populous cities of Punjab?
Ans: Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, Rahim Yar Khan, Jhang, DG Khan, Gujrat, Sahiwal, Wah Cantt, Kasur, Okara, Chiniot, Kamoke, Hafizabad, Sadiqabad, Burewala, Khanewal, Muzaffargarh, Mandi Bahauddin, Jhelum, Khanpur, Pakpattan, Daska, Gojra, Muridke, Bahawalnagar, Samundri, Jaranwala, Chishtian, Attock, Vehari, Kot Abdul Malik, Ferozwala, Chakwal, Gujranwala Cantt, Kamalia, Ahmedpur East, Kot Addu, Wazirabad, Layyah, Taxila, Khushab, Mianwali, Lodhran, Hasilpur, Bhakkar, Arifwala, Sambrial, Jatoi, Haroonabad, Narowal and Bhalwal
Q48. Which are the archeological sites in Punjab?
Ans: Taxila in Rawalpindi District
Harappa in Sahiwal District
Q49. Which are the deserts in Punjab?
Ans: Thal and Cholistan
Q50. Which are the some famous tourist sites in Punjab?
Ans: Shalamar Gardens, Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque Anarkali Market, Jahangir's Tomb, Lahore Museum and Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore District
Rohtas Fort and Khewra Salt Mine in Jhelum District
Ruins of Harrapa in Sahiwal District
Ruins of Taxila, Murree Hill Station, Bhurban Hill Station, Patriata Hill Station in Rawalpindi District
Fort Munro Hill Station in DG Khan District
Katasraj Mandir in Chakwal District
and many more
Q51. Which the famous forts in Punjab?
Ans: Attock Fort in Attock District
Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur District
Multan Fort in Multan District
Pharwala Fort and Rawat Fort in Rawalpindi District
Lahore Fort in Lahore District
Rohtas Fort in Jhelum District
Sheikhupura Fort in Sheikhupura District
Sialkot Fort in Sialkot District
Fort Abbas in Bahawalnagar District
Q52. Which are the famous Urs/Mela celebrated in Punjab?
Ans: Data Ganj Buksh at Lahore
Sultan Bahu at Jhang
Shah Jewna at Jhang
Mian Mir at Lahore
Baba Farid Ganj Shakar at Pakpattan
Bahauddin Zakaria at Multan
Sakhi Sarwar Sultan at Dera Ghazi Khan
Shah Hussain at Lahore
Bulleh Shah at Kasur
Imam Bari at Rawalpindi-Islamabad
Shah Inayat Qadri (the murrshad of Bulleh Shah) in Lahore
Waris Shah at Jandiala Sher Khan in district Sheikhupura
Ans: On 1 July 1970
Q2. Which is the capital of Punjab?
Ans: Lahore
Q3. Which regions are bordered by Punjab?
Ans: Sindh to the south, the province of Balochistan to the southwest, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, and the Islamabad Capital Territory and Azad Kashmir in the north. Punjab borders Jammu and Kashmir in the north, and the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east.
Q4. What is the meaning of PUNJAB?
Ans: Punjab means "Five Waters" or "The Land of Five Rivers" (Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Bias, Sutlej)
Q5. Which is the provincial language of Punjab?
Ans: Punjabi
Q6. What is the number of Punjab among four provinces in terms of area?
Ans: 2nd (after Balochistan)
Area of Punjab = 205,344 Km sq or 79,284 sq mi, 25.8% of the total landmass of Pakistan
Q7. What is the number of Punjab among four provinces in terms of population?
Ans: 1st
Population of Punjab = Exceeding 11 core
Q8. How many administrative divisions Punjab has?
Ans: 10 Divisions
Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal, Sargodha and Sheikhupura
Q9. How many districts Punjab has?
Ans: 36 Districts
Q10. How many districts are in Gujranwala Division?
Ans: 6 Districts
Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin (M. Bahauddin), Narowal and Sialkot
Q11. How many districts are in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur
Q12. How many districts are in Faisalabad Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Faisalabad, Chiniot, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh (TT Singh)
Q13. How many districts are in Multan Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Multan, Khanewal, Lodhran and Vehari
Q14. How many districts are in Rawalpindi Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal and Jhelum
Q15. How many districts are in Sargodha Division?
Ans: 4 Districts
Sargodha, Bhakkar, Khushab and Mianwali
Q16. How many districts are in Bahawalpur Division?
Ans: 3 Districts
Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan
Q17. How many districts are in Sahiwal Division?
Ans: 3 Districts
Sahiwal, Okara and Pakpattan
Q18. How many districts are in Lahore Division?
Ans: 2 Districts
Lahore and Kasur
Q19. How many districts are in Sheikhupura Division?
Ans: 2 Districts
Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib
Q20. How many Tehsils are in Punjab?
Ans: 146 Tehsils
Q21. How many Union Councils are in Punjab?
Ans: 7602 UCs
Q22. Which is the most populous city of Punjab?
Ans: Lahore
Q23. Which is the largest city of Punjab in terms of area?
Ans: Lahore
Q24. Who is the Governor of Punjab?
Ans: Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar (PTI)
Q25. Who is the Chief Minister of Punjab?
Ans: Sardar Usman Buzdar (PTI)
Q26. How many seats are in Punjab Assembly?
Ans: 371 seats
Q27. How many National Assembly seats are in Punjab?
Ans: 183 seats
Q28. Which is the only province of Pakistan that touches every other province?
Ans: Punjab
Q29. Which is the most industrialised province of Pakistan?
Ans: Punjab
Making up 24% of the province's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Q30. Which province is called the breadbasket of Pakistan?
Ans: Punjab
Q31. How many cities of Punjab are in the list of top ten largest cities of Pakistan?
Ans: 5 cities
Lahore (2nd), Faisalabad (3rd), Rawalpindi (4th), Multan (5th), Gujranwala (7th)
Q32. Which city is the birthplace of Guru Nanak?
Ans: Nankana Sahib
Q33. What is the old name of Faisalabad?
Ans: Lyallpur
Q34. What is the old name of Bahawalnagar?
Ans: Ronjhan Waali
Q35. What is the old name of Pakpattan?
Ans: Ajodhan
Q36. What is the old name of Sahiwal?
Ans: Montgomery
Q37. What is the old name of Sialkot?
Ans: Salwan Kot
Q38. What is the old name of Attock?
Ans: Campbell Pur
Q39. What is the old name of Lahore?
Ans: Mahmood Pur
Q40. What is the old name of Gujranwala?
Ans: Khan Pur
Q41. What is the name of border between Lahore and Amritsar?
Ans: Wagah Border
Q42. Which city of Punjab is called City of Soldiers?
Ans: Jhelum
Q43. Which city of Punjab is called City of Hawks?
Ans: Sargodha
Q44. Which city of Punjab is famous for sports goods?
Ans: Sialkot
Q45. Which city of Punjab is called Manchester of Pakistan
Ans: Faisalabad
Q46. Which city of Punjab is called The City of Colleges?
Ans: Lahore
Q47. Which are the top 58 most populous cities of Punjab?
Ans: Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, Rahim Yar Khan, Jhang, DG Khan, Gujrat, Sahiwal, Wah Cantt, Kasur, Okara, Chiniot, Kamoke, Hafizabad, Sadiqabad, Burewala, Khanewal, Muzaffargarh, Mandi Bahauddin, Jhelum, Khanpur, Pakpattan, Daska, Gojra, Muridke, Bahawalnagar, Samundri, Jaranwala, Chishtian, Attock, Vehari, Kot Abdul Malik, Ferozwala, Chakwal, Gujranwala Cantt, Kamalia, Ahmedpur East, Kot Addu, Wazirabad, Layyah, Taxila, Khushab, Mianwali, Lodhran, Hasilpur, Bhakkar, Arifwala, Sambrial, Jatoi, Haroonabad, Narowal and Bhalwal
Q48. Which are the archeological sites in Punjab?
Ans: Taxila in Rawalpindi District
Harappa in Sahiwal District
Q49. Which are the deserts in Punjab?
Ans: Thal and Cholistan
Q50. Which are the some famous tourist sites in Punjab?
Ans: Shalamar Gardens, Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque Anarkali Market, Jahangir's Tomb, Lahore Museum and Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore District
Rohtas Fort and Khewra Salt Mine in Jhelum District
Ruins of Harrapa in Sahiwal District
Ruins of Taxila, Murree Hill Station, Bhurban Hill Station, Patriata Hill Station in Rawalpindi District
Fort Munro Hill Station in DG Khan District
Katasraj Mandir in Chakwal District
and many more
Q51. Which the famous forts in Punjab?
Ans: Attock Fort in Attock District
Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur District
Multan Fort in Multan District
Pharwala Fort and Rawat Fort in Rawalpindi District
Lahore Fort in Lahore District
Rohtas Fort in Jhelum District
Sheikhupura Fort in Sheikhupura District
Sialkot Fort in Sialkot District
Fort Abbas in Bahawalnagar District
Q52. Which are the famous Urs/Mela celebrated in Punjab?
Ans: Data Ganj Buksh at Lahore
Sultan Bahu at Jhang
Shah Jewna at Jhang
Mian Mir at Lahore
Baba Farid Ganj Shakar at Pakpattan
Bahauddin Zakaria at Multan
Sakhi Sarwar Sultan at Dera Ghazi Khan
Shah Hussain at Lahore
Bulleh Shah at Kasur
Imam Bari at Rawalpindi-Islamabad
Shah Inayat Qadri (the murrshad of Bulleh Shah) in Lahore
Waris Shah at Jandiala Sher Khan in district Sheikhupura
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