Punjab - Study Mode

[#926] What is the latitude of Punjab?
Correct Answer

(A) 29°30' North to 32°32' North

[#927] Under whose Presidency 'Operation Blue Star' was happened?
Correct Answer

(A) Giani Zail Singh

Explanation

Solution: Giani Zail Singh was a politician with the Indian National Congress Party and had held several ministerial posts in the Union Cabinet, including Home Minister. His Presidency was marked by 'Operation Blue Star'. Zail Singh was elected as a Congress Chief Minister of Punjab in 1972.

[#928] Consider the following statements and identify the personality 1. He served as High Commissioner of India to Canada. 2. He served as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. 3. He served two terms as Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer

(B) Gurdial Singh Dhillon

Explanation

Solution: Gurdial Singh Dhillon was President of the Inter - Parliamentary Union (1973-76) and Indian High Commissioner to Canada (1980-82). In 1967, he was first elected to the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Indian Parliament representing Tarn Taran Sahib Parliamentary Constituency. He was elected from Firozpur in 1985. Dhillon served two terms as Speaker of Lok Sabha and was Minister of Agriculture in the Indian Government.

[#929] Which of the following was the longest serving Cabinet Minister of India?
Correct Answer

(C) Swaran Singh

Explanation

Solution: Sardar Swaran Singh was born on 19 August, 1907. He was India's longest serving Union Cabinet Minister. He entered the Cabinet of India's first Prime inister, Jawaharlal Nehru in 1952 and was the government's last surviving member.

[#930] Which of the following political personalities of India is an economist and recipent of Bharat Ratna, became the Prime Minister of India twice for a period of thirteen days.
Correct Answer

(C) Gulzarilal Nanda

Explanation

Solution: Gulzarilal Nanda was born on 4 July, 1898 in Sialkot in the undivided Punjab (now in Pakistan). He was an Indian politician and an economist with specialisation in labour problems. The Government of India honoured Nanda with the Bharat Ratna award in 1997.