1(b) Punjab: Size and Location
Q 1.What is literary meaning of word Punjab?
Answer: The word Punjab is made up of two Persian words
-Panj+Aab which mean five rivers.
Q 2.Give full form of PEPSU.
Answer: PEPSU: Patiala
And East Punjab States Union.
Q 3.What
are the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of Punjab?
Answer: The Latitudinal
extent of Punjab is 29°30’ N to 32°32’N and its Longitudinal
extent is 73°55’E to 76°50’ E.
Q 4.What
are ancient names
of Ravi, Beas and Sutlej? Answer : Ravi
- Purushni
Beas - Vipasa Sutlej –Shutudri
Q 5.Which of the following districts do not touch
international boundary?
1) Pathankot 2) Faridkot
3) Fazilka 4)
Taran Taran
Answer: Faridkot.
Q 6.Which
pair among the following is not correct :
1)
Batala: Agricultural implements Industry
2)
Jalandhar : Sports Material Industry
3)
Abohar : Musical instruments Industry
4) Gobindgarh : Iron
Furnaces Industry Ans:
Abohar: Musical instruments Industry.
Part -C (Short Answer Questions) Give short
answer for the following questions:-
Q 1. Name any
6 non- private universities of Punjab and their place
of location. Answer: 1.Guru
Nanak Dev University - Amritsar
2.
I.K. Gujral Punjab
Technical University - Kapurthala
3.
Punjab University -Chandīgarh
4.
Punjab Agriculture University- Ludhiana
5. Central
University of Punjab-Bathinda 6.Punjabi University -Patiala.
Q 2.What is geographical location of Punjab and its
neighborhood?
Answer : Present
Punjab is extended
from 29°30’N latitude
to32°32’North latitude and 73°55’East Longitude to 76°50°East
Longitude. Total geographical area of Punjab is 50,362 Sq.km. which is 1.6% of
India’s total area. Punjab holds 20th position among
Indian states from geographical point of view .Present Punjab is
situated in the north- East of Punjab. Pakistan is in its north direction and
Himachal Pradesh is in North - East
direction. Haryana is situated in its South and Rajasthan is situated in its
southwest direction.
Q 3.How
many divisions districts tehsils and blocks are there in Punjab? Answer: There
are 5 divisions, 23 districts, 86 tehsils and 145 blocks
in Punjab
. Q 4. Write a note on PEPSU.
Answer: The complete
name of PEPSU is Patiala
and East Punjab
States Union. It was
constituted on 15th
July 1948 by combining the princely states of Patiala, Nabha,
Malerkotla, Jind, Kapurthala, Nalagarh and Kalsia
. In 1956, all the Indian States
were reorganised and PEPSU
was merged to form united
Punjab.
Q 5.If we
want to go to Fazilka from Pathankot without touching any border what way shall
you follow?district
Answer:
Pathankot<Hoshiarpur<Kapurthala< Moga<Faridkot<Shri Muktsar
Sahib
<Fazilka.
EXERCISES
Show in outline map of Punjab:
(i)
Six districts of Punjab adjoining international border.
(ii)
The capital and 22 district headquarters of Punjab.
Answer the following questions in a
single word to one sentence length:
1.
What is literary meaning of word ‘Punjab’?
2.
Give full form of PEPSU.
3.
What are latitudinal and longitudinal extents of Punjab?
4.
What are ancient names of Ravi, Beas and Satluj?
5.
Which of the following districts do not touch international border:
(i)
Pathankot (ii) Faridkot (iii) Fazilka (iv) Tarn Taran
6.
Which pair among the following is not correct:
(i)
Batala : Agricultural implements industry
(ii)
Jalandhar : Sports materials industry
(iii)
Abohar : Musical instruments industry
(iv)
Gobindgarh : Iron Furnaces industry
Give short answers for the following questions:
1.
Name any six non-private universities of Punjab and their place of location.
2.
What is geographical location of punjab and its neighbourhood.
3.
How many divisons, districts, tehsils and blocks are there in Punjab?
4.
Write a note on PEPSU.
5.
If you want to go to Fazilka from Pathankot, without touching any border
district, what way shall you follow?
Answer the following questions in detail:
1.
Introduce with geographical history of Punjab.
2.
Give summarised information about any five districts falling in Malwa region.
3.
Which centres have developed as cottage or small scale industries in Punjab, introduce
those?
