Chandigarh is the shared capital of which two states?
- A.Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
- B.Punjab and Haryana
- C.Haryana and Rajasthan
- D.Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh was planned in the 1950s as the new capital of Punjab after Lahore went to Pakistan. When the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 split the state, the city was not divided: it was made a Union Territory administered by the Centre and left to serve as the capital of both the successor states. The two states also share a single High Court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which sits at Chandigarh. Option A is wrong because the capital of Himachal Pradesh is Shimla, although Punjab's hill districts went to that state in 1966. Option C is wrong because Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. Option D is wrong because Srinagar and Jammu are the seats of the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
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Practice Questions
View allThe present state of Punjab was reorganised, and Haryana carved out of it, on which date?
- A.1 November 1956
- B.1 November 1966
- C.1 May 1960
- D.1 November 2000
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On that day the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 came into force: Haryana was created as a separate state, the hill districts such as Kangra, Kullu and Shimla were transferred to Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh was made a Union Territory to serve as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
Read the full explanation →Of the five rivers that give the Punjab its name, which one does not flow through Indian Punjab?
- A.Sutlej
- B.Beas
- C.Ravi
- D.Chenab
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The name Punjab joins the Persian words panj, five, and ab, water, for the land watered by the Sutlej, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum.
Read the full explanation →The Bhakra Dam, whose reservoir is the Gobind Sagar, is built on which river?
- A.Beas
- B.Ravi
- C.Sutlej
- D.Ghaggar
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Bhakra is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej in the Shivalik gorge at Bhakra, and the lake behind it is the Gobind Sagar.
Read the full explanation →The Harike wetland, a Ramsar site and the head works of the Indira Gandhi Canal, lies at the confluence of which two rivers?
- A.Ravi and Beas
- B.Beas and Sutlej
- C.Sutlej and Ghaggar
- D.Ravi and Chenab
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Harike, also called Hari ke Pattan, was formed by a barrage built where the Beas joins the Sutlej, and it is the largest wetland of northern India.
Read the full explanation →The city of Amritsar was founded by which Sikh Guru?
- A.Guru Angad Dev
- B.Guru Ram Das
- C.Guru Arjan Dev
- D.Guru Hargobind
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The correct answer is B, Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru, who founded the settlement around the sacred tank that gave the city its name.
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