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Punjab Police Constable Paper-1 Exam - English
Duration: 120 · Questions: 100 · Max Marks: 100 · Language: 3
General Awareness
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From which language, the word 'Punjab' is taken ?
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What is the meaning of the word 'Punjab' ?
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What is the total area of Punjab under forests ?
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How many rivers were there in Sapta Sindhu ?
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What is the meaning of 'Pentapotamia' ?
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In which direction of Punjab are the Himalayan Mountains situated ?
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Geographically, the land of Punjab is divided into how many parts ?
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From which language, the word 'Doab' is taken ?
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What do you mean by Doab ?
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What is meant by 'ab' ?
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Who became the longest-serving continuous Finance Minister of India and presented her ninth straight Union Budget on February 1, 2026?
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How many Ramsar sites does India now have after adding two new ones (in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat) in early February 2026?
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In which rank did India stand in the Global Soft Power Index 2026, as reported around February 2026?
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What did the Supreme Court of India declare as a fundamental right in schools around February 2026?
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Which organization plans to launch India's first-ever National Household Income Survey (NHIS) and Annual Survey of Incorporated Service Sector Enterprises (ASISSE) starting April 2026?
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Where was India's first-ever LNG-diesel dual-fuel DEMU train launched in early 2026?
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Which country's first indigenous submarine was highlighted in news around February 2026?
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What rare natural phenomenon was observed in Ladakh around early February 2026?
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Who became Maharashtra's first woman Deputy Chief Minister around February 2026?
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Which city hosted the 6th National Crop Nutrition Summit on February 5-6, 2026?
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What does the term 'Punjab' literally mean in Persian?
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Which rivers form the five rivers of Punjab?
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How is Punjab mentioned in the Rigveda?
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The term 'Punj-aab' (Punjab) is derived from which language?
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The Persian Emperor who first annexed parts of Punjab was?
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The Indo-Greek king Menander is also known as?
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Which tribe of ancient Punjab is NOT correctly associated as a native Vedic tribe?
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Which physical feature of Punjab acts as the 'Gateway of India' for invaders?
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The Majha region lies between which two rivers?
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Malwa region of Punjab lies between?
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Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’?
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When was the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
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The Preamble of the Indian Constitution declares India as?
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In which year were the words ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ added to the Preamble?
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The original Constitution of India was handwritten by?
Quantitative Aptitude & Numerical Skills
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The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is:__________ ?
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Which of the following numbers is irrational ?
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356 x 936 – 356 x 836 = ?
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Arrange in descending order: 5/8, 7/10, 3/4
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What is (3^{4} times 9^{2}) ?
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If 34X-2 = 729, then find the value of X.
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Convert 0.6 into fraction ?
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The no. plate of a bus had peculiarity. The bus number was a perfect square. It was also a perfect square when the plate numbers were reversed. The bus company had only five hundred buses numbered from 1 to 500. What was the number ?
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If a and b are positive integers, such that ab = 125, then (a-b)a+b-4 = ?
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If x*y = x2 + y2 – xy, then value of 9*11 is
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Which is greater ?
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If sum of two numbers is 42 and their product is 437, then find their difference.
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Write the 44000 in Roman numerals
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Convert 0.0909… into fraction ?
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What is (98 times 102) ?
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Which is smaller ?
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Convert 0.5777… into fraction ?
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Convert 0.81 into fraction ?
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(63)2 – (12)2 =?
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Which is greater ?
Mental and Logical Ability
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Which letter in this alphabet is the eighth letter to the right of the letter and which is tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet ?
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If the third alphabet of each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical series, which of the following will form a meaningful English word?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be second from the right ?
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If second alphabet in each of the words is changed to next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having two vowels (same or different vowels) will be formed ?
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How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the second letter of the word which is second from the right and the second letter of the word which is second from the left of the given words?
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If in each of the given words, each of the consonant is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will no vowels appear?
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If the third alphabet in each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having two vowels (same or different vowels) will be formed?
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If the position of the first and the second alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following will form a meaningful English word?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be exactly in the middle of the five words?
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If in each of the given words, each of the consonants is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will the same alphabet appear twice?
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3, 5, 5, 19, 7, 41, 9, ?
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If the positions of the first and the third alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following would form meaningful words with the new arrangement?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be fourth from the left?
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If in each of given words, each of the consonants is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will at least one vowel appear?
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How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the third letter of the word which is third from the right and the first letter of the word which is first from the left of the given word?
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If second alphabet in each of the words is changed to next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having no vowels will be formed?
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If all the letters in each of the words are arranged alphabetically (within the word), how many words will remain unchanged?
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According to the English alphabetical series how many letters are there between the first letter of the third word and the first letter of the fifth word?
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If the first letter of all the words is changed to the previous letter of the English alphabetical series, how many words will have more than one vowel?
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If all the vowels (in all the words) are changed to the next letter of the English alphabetical series, how many words will form meaningful English words?
English Language
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The Finance Department has ……………a centralized online databank system for all statutory government bodies to …………an eye on their assets and liabilities.
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Assets
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Affidavit
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Hollow
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Cosset
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Ogle
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Intrinsic
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Coalesce
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Loiter
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The protests were......... at ......... awareness among the elite and the educated.
Punjabi Language
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ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਗਲਤ ਹੈ? (Which word is incorrect?)
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ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਚ "ਮਾਤਰ" ਦਾ ਸਮਾਨ ਹੈ? (Which word is equivalent to "mother" in Punjabi?)
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ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਵਿਚਾਰਕ ਨੰਬਰ ਹੈ? (Which word is a numeral?)
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ਕਿਹੜੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦੇ ਮੁਲਾਂਕਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਸੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਸਿਖਲੇ ਵਾਲੇ ਵਾਲੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਨੰਬਰ ਨਾਲ ਸੋਂਪਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ? (Which word can be associated with a philosophical or intellectual concept?)
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ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਿਸਮਾਂ ਦਾ ਹੈ? (Which word belongs to the category of animals?)
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ਕਿਹੜੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਨੂੰ ਇਸਤੇਮਾਲ ਕਰਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਸਮਲੈੱਂਗਕ ਵਾਕ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਯਾਸ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ? (Which word should not be used to form a gender-neutral sentence?)
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ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਵਿਚਾਰਕ ਨੰਬਰ ਹੈ? (Which word is an adjective?)
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ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਨੂੰ ਇਸਤੇਮਾਲ ਕਰਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਗਾਣਾ ਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਵਾਲੀ ਬਿਲਡਿੰਗ ਬਾਰੇ ਗੀਤ ਬਣਾ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ? (Which word can be used to create a song about a government building?)
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ਕਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਪ੍ਰਿਆ ਕਾਰਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਸਮ ਦਾ ਹੈ? (Which word belongs to the category of emotions?)
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ਕਿਹੜੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦੇ ਮੁਲਾਂਕਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਸੇ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਫੁਲ ਨੂੰ ਦਰਸਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ? (Which word can be used to describe a beautiful flower?)
Digital Literacy & Computer Awareness
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Which Windows interface element typically appears to display information, a warning, an error message, or a request for confirmation?
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What is active desktop ?
3
What is the full form of SIM in mobile phones?
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Which type of mobile phone has only basic calling and messaging features without internet apps?
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What is the main brain (processor) of a mobile phone called?