The Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place on which date?
- A.13 April 1919
- B.13 March 1919
- C.9 April 1922
- D.13 April 1930
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, 13 April 1919. It was Baisakhi day, and a crowd had gathered in the walled Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of local leaders. Troops under General Reginald Dyer blocked the narrow entrance and fired without warning until their ammunition ran out. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest, and the Hunter Committee was appointed to inquire into the firing. Option B is wrong because it moves the date a month back; the Rowlatt satyagraha began in the spring but the Bagh firing was in April. Option C is wrong because 1922 is the year of the Chauri Chaura incident, which led Gandhi to suspend the Non Cooperation Movement. Option D is wrong because 1930 is the year of the Dandi March and the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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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 →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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Chandigarh was planned in the 1950s as the new capital of Punjab after Lahore went to Pakistan.
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.
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