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[#766] Which wetland is situated in Gurdaspur district of Punjab?
Correct Answer

(C) Ranjit Sagar Wetland

Explanation

Solution: Ranjit Sagar wetland is located on Ravi river in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. It is a man-made wetland with fresh water ecology. It was declared as wetland of national importance in 2006.

[#767] What was the demand regarding Chandigarh according to Rajiv-Longowal Accord?
Correct Answer

(C) Chandigarh will be given to Punjab, overruling the Shah Commission's suggestion that it should be given to Haryana.

Explanation

Solution: The demand regarding Chandigarh according to Rajiv-Longowal Accord was that Chandigarh will be given to Punjab, overruling the Shah Commission's suggestion that it should be given to Haryana.

[#768] The report on Punjabi Suba Movement submitted by the Shiromani Akali Dal is known as
Correct Answer

(B) Anandpur Sahib Resolution 1973

Explanation

Solution: There were some basic issues that remained unresolved by the Central Government regarding the demand of Punjabi Suba Movement. Thus, Shiromani Akali Dal appointed a 12 member committee which submitted their report on 16 th - 17 th October, 1973. This was known as Anandpur Sahib Resolution, 1973.

[#769] State the demand(s) of Anandpur Sahib Resolution, 1973 regarding industries of Punjab.
Correct Answer

(D) All of the above

Explanation

Solution: The demands made under the Anandpur Sahib Resolution were as follows : 1. Protection of Sikh minorities residing outside the Punjab. 2. The enactment of an All-India Gurdwara Act to bring all historical gurdwaras in
India under the control of SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee). 3. Free access to the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and other gurdwaras in Pakistan. 4. Reservation of Sikhs for recruitment in Defence Services. 5. Raise the ceiling on the land holdings from seventeen to thirty standard acres per
family. 6. Abolition of intermediaries. 7. Fix the prices for agriculture produce on the basis of cost of production of the average farmer and such prices should be fixed by State Government. 8. All basic industries should be brought under the public sector. 9. All consumer industries dealing with essential commodities should be nationalised. 10. There should be a need-based minimum wages for industrial labour. 11. The minimum wages should be reviewed for agricultural labour. 12. The completion of the Thein Dam and setting up of more power plants including
one based on atomic energy. 13. Transfer of the federally administered city of Chandigarh to Punjab. 14. Second Language status for Punjabi in the neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. 15. The transfer of Punjab speaking and contiguous areas to Punjab. 16. Decentralisation of states under the existing Constitution, restricting the Central Government's power to defence, foreign affairs, posts and telegraph, currency and railways.

[#770] Rajiv Longowal Accord was signed by PM Rajiv Gandhi and Akali Dal President Harcharan Singh Longowal on
Correct Answer

(C) 24 th July, 1985

Explanation

Solution: The unresolved demands highlighted by Anandpur Sahib Resolution, 1973 were accepted by the government after the agitation of Akali Dal. As a result, on 24 July 1985, Rajiv Longowal Accord was signed by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Akali Dal President Sant Harcharan Singh Longowal. This accord was also known as Memorandum of Settlement on Punjab or Punjab Accord.