Punjab GK Questions

D [Neither 1 nor 2]

Notes:

First statement is incorrect.

Third Generation Biofuel is produced using specially engineered crops such as algae. Corn and Sugar beet are used for production of First Generation (1G) Biofuel. Second statement is incorrect. India’s first Second Generation (2G) Ethanol Bio-refinery has been inaugurated at Bathinda in Punjab. As of now, there is no 3G Ethanol Bio-refinery in India. In order to reduce the import of crude oil and to fulfil the target of becoming Green India by 2030, government has taken yet another step to promote biofuel usage in the country by inaugurating country’s first 2G ethanol bio-refinery at Bathinda in Punjab. First Generation biofuels compete with our food source which is a major drawback with them. On the other hand, second-generation biofuels are produced from non-food resource such as wood and organic waste.

B [2, 3 & 4 Only]

Notes:

Ravi & Beas Waters Tribunal was constituted in 1986 for verification of the quantum of usage of water claimed by Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. The States of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and Central Government made references to the tribunal seeking clarification/ guidance on certain points of the report under the provisions of the Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act, 1956. The matter is sub judice before Tribunal.

C [Both 1 & 2]

Notes:

Both of the statements are correct:

The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) project is funded by the World Bank: This statement is correct. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) is a railway project in India that aims to create a dedicated freight corridor between Ludhiana in Punjab and Dankuni in West Bengal. The project is funded by the World Bank, which provides financial assistance for its implementation.

The freight corridor extends from Dankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana in Punjab: This statement is also correct. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) spans from Dankuni, near Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, to Ludhiana in the state of Punjab. It is designed to improve freight transportation capacity and efficiency by providing a dedicated railway corridor exclusively for freight trains.

Thus, both statements accurately describe the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) project, its funding source by the World Bank, and its extension from Dankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana in Punjab.

D [Neither 1 nor 2]

Notes:

First statement is incorrect because biofuel obtained from algae is third generation biofuel. Second generation biofuels are fuels that can be manufactured from various types of biomass. These may include wood, organic waste, food crop waste and specific biomass crops. Second statement is incorrect because India’s first-second generation biofuel plant has been inaugurated at Kashipur in Uttarakhand and not in Haryana.

B [Gurdaspur ]

Notes:

To mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in November 2019, the Union Cabinet has recently approved the building and development of the Kartarpur Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab to the international border with Pakistan. The corridor will facilitate pilgrims from India who visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur, on the banks of the Ravi River in Pakistan every year, where Shri Guru Nanak Devji spent 18 years. The Kartarpur corridor will be implemented as an integrated development project with Government of India funding, to provide smooth and easy passage, with all the modern amenities. The corridor was proposed by the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999. If connected on the both sides, this could also provide a major tourism boost as more pilgrims would be able to visit the holy shrine throughout the year.

A [A-(iii) B-(i) C-(ii) D-(iv)]

Notes:

Sant Shiromani Namdev Maharaj was an Indian poet and saint from Maharashtra who is significant to the Varkari sect of Hinduism.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was a Bengali Hindu mystic, saint, and the chief proponent of the Achintya Bheda Abheda and Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. He also expounded the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga, based on Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita.

Sur Das was born into a Brahmin family in Sihi, Uttar Pradesh probably late 15th century.

Guru Nanak is the founder of Sikhism and the first of the Sikh Gurus. He was born in Punjab.

A [IV, III, II, I]

Notes:

Arrangement of descending order of the surface roads per 100 sq. km of their area: Tamil Nadu has 158.78 km, Punjab has 127.78 km, Maharashtra has 117.61 km, and Haryana has 63.70 km.

C [1, 2 and 3]

Notes:

• Separate High Courts have started functioning for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh from 1st January 2019. The High Court for Telangana is the 25th High Court in the country. Telangana was carved out of Andra Pradesh in 2014 and the two states continued to have a common high court in Hyderabad.

• High Court of Punjab and Haryana is the common High Court for Indian states of Haryana and Punjab and Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. As of 01 July 2019, there are 50 judges in the High Court, comprising 43 permanent and 7 additional judges.

• Delhi is the only Union Territory, which has its own high court. As far as the other Union Territories are concerned, they share their jurisdiction with some other States.

A [ Harappa ]

Notes:

Indus Valley site of Harappa is located in the Montgomery district of Punjab, Pakistan. The site was discovered in 1921 by Rai Bahadur Dayaram Sahni. It is located on the banks of the Ravi River, about 24 km west of Sahiwal.

B [Punjab]

Notes:

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (82), the former Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab, has recently passed away in Delhi on May 26, 2017. He was known for rooting out Sikh militancy from Punjab. During Indira Gandhi tenure, Gill mounted ‘Operation Black Thunder’, a critical success in the war against terrorism. In two tenures as DGP Punjab, he led one of the most successful counter-terrorist operations, bringing Punjab from the verge of disintegration to complete normalcy. He also worked for the Chhattisgarh government as a security adviser to help control Naxal activities in 2006. Gill was an author, editor, speaker, consultant on counter-terrorism, president of the Institute for Conflict Management and president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).