Category - General Knowledge
Part - Chandigarh
Question No. - 25
Time - 25 Minuts
1. When Chandigarh became a Union Territory?
a) 01/11/1965
b) 01/11/1966
c) 01/11/1967
d) 01/11/1968
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b) 01/11/1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.
2. What is the name of first Chief Commissioner /Administrator of Chandigarh?
a) Mohan Prakash Mathur
b) Damodar Das
c) B. P. Bagchi
d) Mohinder Singh Randhawa
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d) Mohinder Singh Randhawa, 1 November 1966 - 31 October 1968.
3. What is the name of longest-serving Chief Commissioner /Administrator of Chandigarh?
a) Om Prakash Verma
b) Shivraj Patil
c) J. F. R. Jacob
d) General Sunith Francis Rodrigues
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d) General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, 16 November 2004 - 22 January 2010.
4. What is the population of Chandigarh?
a) 10,55,450
b) 11,55,450
c) 12,55,450
d) 13,55,450
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a) 10,55,450 (Census 2011).
5. What is the density of population/sq. km. of Chandigarh?
a) 7,258
b) 8,258
c) 9,258
d) 10,258
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c) 9,258.
6. What is the birth rate (per 1000) of Chandigarh?
a) 11.95
b) 12.95
c) 13.95
d) 14.95
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a) 11.95 (2016).
7. What is the death rate (per 1000) of Chandigarh?
a) 1.65
b) 1.95
c) 2.25
d) 2.65
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d) 2.65 (2016).
8. What is the area of Chandigarh?
a) 112 km²
b) 114 km²
c) 116 km²
d) 118 km²
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b) 114 km².
9. What is the literacy rate of Chandigarh?
a) 83.0%
b) 84.0%
c) 85.0%
d) 86.0%
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d) 86.0%.
10. What is the sex ratio (females per 1000 males) of Chandigarh?
a) 818
b) 828
c) 838
d) 848
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a) 818.
11. What is the annual rainfall (2016) of Chandigarh?
a) 900 mm
b) 905 mm
c) 910 mm
d) 920 mm
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c) 910 mm.
12. What is the name of architect who designed Chandigarh?
a) Jack Primo
b) Frank Savier
c) Le Corbusier
d) Le Mack
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c) Le Corbusier in the 1950s.
13. What is the name of first IGP / DGP of Chandigarh?
a) N.K. Singhal
b) B.N. Mehra
c) V.N, Singh
d) G.S. Sandhu
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b) B.N. Mehra, (28 May 1979 - 31 March 1983).
14. What is the name of state animal of Chandigarh?
a) Gaur
b) Sambar deer
c) Indian grey mongoose
d) Asian elephant
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c) Indian grey mongoose.
15. What is the name of state bird of Chandigarh?
a) Indian grey hornbill
b) Greater flamingo
c) White-winged wood duck
d) Green chromide
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a) Indian grey hornbill.
16. What is the name of state tree of Chandigarh?
a) Mango Tree
b) Dipterocarpus macrocarpus
c) Deodar
d) Uningthou
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a) Mango Tree.
17. What is the name of state flower of Chandigarh?
a) Jasmine
b) Dhak flower
c) Lotus
d) Tulip
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b) Dhak flower.
18. How many lok sabha seats are in Chandigarh?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
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a) 1.
19. Who founded the Rock Garden of Chandigarh in 1957?
a) Nek Chand Saini
b) Shiva Agrawal
c) Gowardhan Bhai Patel
d) Ajay Arora
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a) Nek Chand Saini he was the a government road inspector.
20. Chandigarh derives its name from the Chandi Mandir, what is the location of this temple?
a) Yamuna Nagar
b) Panipat
c) Rohtak
d) Panchkula
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d) Panchkula.
21. How many sub-divisions are in Chandigarh?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
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c) 3.
22. Who was the designer of the Panjab University campus in Chandigarh?
a) James Thompson
b) Ajay Roy
c) Pierre Jeanneret
d) Harpreet Randhawa
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c) Pierre Jeanneret
23. Which act made Chandigarh the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana?
a) Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1965
b) Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966
c) Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1967
d) Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1968
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b) Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966.
24. Which is the first official language of Chandigarh?
a) Hindi
b) English
c) Urdu
d) Punjabi
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d) Punjabi.
25. How many States/Union Territories/Country share border with Chandigarh?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
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c) 2, Punjab & Haryana.
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