| (11) Question:- |
In which sport, the following Sikh personalities have won laurels.
a. Ashpal Kaur
b. Harleen Kaur
c. Manjeet Kaur
d. Randeep Kaur
e. Bhishan Singh Bedi
f. Inder Singh
g. Madhusudan Singh Panesar
h. Mahender Pal Singh
i. Pargat Singh
j. Haripal Singh Ahluwalia |
| Answer:- |
a. A Hockey Player of UK
b. Harleen Kaur is a Martial Arts Champion of UK
c. An Indian Sprint Athlete
d. An Indian Kabbadi Player
e. He was the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team
f. An Indian Footballer
g. A Cricketer of England
h. A Cricketer of Pakistan
i. A Hockey Player turned Politician
j. He was the Member of the first Indian Team which climbed the Mount Everest
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| (12) Question:- |
In which sports, the following Sikh Organizations have won name and fame.
a. Garewal Sports Associations
b. Savat Surat Gursikh Tournament
c. Guru Teg Bahadur Sports Foundation Pune
d. Surjeet Hockey Society
e. International Sikh Martial Academy
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| Answer:- |
a. This association was the founder of Quila Raipur Games which are popularly known as Rural Olympics
b. This is a Cricket Tournament held every year by this organization at Yamuna Nagar in Haryana
c. This organization has been organizing Football Tournament every year on the occasion of the Martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji
d. This society conducts Surjeet Hockey Tournament every year with a view to perpetuate the memory of the famous hockey player of this name.
e. This academy based at Patiala conducts Gatka training, research and tournaments |
| (13) Question:- |
Name some of the universities which are run under Sikh ownership / management. |
| Answer:- |
The famous two universities, namely Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar & Punjabi University, Patiala are Government Universities, but their management or control is mainly with the Sikhs. Similarly the two universities given by the Baru Sahib Group of Organizations, namely Eternal University at Baru Sahib & Akal University at Talwandi Sabo, Bhatinda are under Sikh management. GNA University at Sri Hargobind Garh and Sant Baba Bhag Singh University at Padhiana are also under Sikh Management. There is one University working under the management of JIS Group at Agarpara in West Bengal and other University at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh are also working under the Sikh management. |
| (14) Question:- |
Give the names of 5 Sikhs who are members of Parliament in Foreign countries. |
| Answer:- |
S. Harjeet Singh Sajjan & S. Navdeep Singh Bains are members of Parliament in Canadian Parliament. S. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi & Sdn. Preet Kaur Gill are members of Parliament in UK. S. Narinderpal Singh is the nominated Sikh MP in Afganistan. |
| (15) Question:- |
Name the Sikh who is the head of an opposition party in a foreign country. |
| Answer:- |
S. Jagmeet Singh is heading an opposition party, N.D.P. in Canada. |
| (16) Question:- |
Which country of the world has maximum Sikh MP's. |
| Answer:- |
Canada. It has 17 Sikh MP's belonging to 3 different parties, 12 of Liberal Party, 4 of Conservative Party & 1 of N.D.P. |
| (17) Question:- |
Name the Sikh business tycoons with following descriptions.
a) The British businessman who has setup a trust in the name of 'Roko Cancer'.
b) The business tycoon of Haryana in the field of automobile spring industry.
c) Business tycoon of America having more than one thousand gas stations.
d) Business tycoon of Singapore who has his business in textiles, electronics, realstates and hotels extended over not only the easternasian countries, but also in Chaina, Australia and USA.
e) The business tycoon of Canada who is known as superfan for his love of the game of Basketball.
f) The business tycoon of USA having a chain of hotels.
g) The business tycoon of USA who has a number of aircrafts and gives those aircrafts on hire to the Government and UN agencies. |
| Answer:- |
a) S. Ajinder Singh Chawla.
b) S. Bhupinder Singh Johar.
c) S. Darshan Singh Dhaliwal.
d) S. Nav Bhatia.
e) S. Kartar Singh Thakral.
f) S. Sant Singh Chatwal.
g) S. Surjit Singh Babra.
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| (18) Question:- |
Name the Sikhs who have been the Chiefs of Indian Army and Indian Air Force. |
| Answer:- |
There have been two Sikhs who remained Chief of the Indian Army. The first was General J.J. Singh, who was the 22nd Chief of the Army, who was appointed on 27th November 2004 an retired on 31st January 2005. The 2nd General was General Vikram Singh, the 25th Chief of Army, who took over on 31st May 2012 and retired on 31st July 2014. He was also the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces. So far Indian Air Force is concerned; Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh was the First Air Chief Marshal of the India Force. He had won fame in 1965 War and was honoured with Padam Vibhushan. |
| (19) Question:- |
What is meant by a Gurdwara? Mention some of the important Books or source material which may provide useful information regarding the Sikh Shrines. |
| Answer:- |
A Gurdwara literally means the house of a Guru. It is already explained in an earlier answer that in Sikh Religion, Dharmsalas were serving not only as places where the travellers were served with food and shelter but also where Sikh devotees used to assemble for singing hymns and remembrance of God. When, at the time of Guru Hargobind, the practice of installing Guru Granth Sahib Ji in these Dharmsalas was started, the Dharmsalas came to be known as Gurdwaras. Thus at present a Gurdwara is a place where Guru Granth Shib is installed. Apart from this fact, its distinguishing mark is the Nishan Sahib or the Sikh Flag, saffron or Blue in colour, that flies day and night atop the building or very close to it.
One of the earliest significant works dealing with the exclusive subject of Gurdwaras was Sri Guru Teerath Sangrah by Pandit Tara Singh Narottam. The contribution of this scholar of Nirmala Sect has already been mentioned in a separate answer. Another scholar, who produced a work regarding Gurdwaras was Giani Thakur Singh. This book was known as Gurdwara Darshan. There is another rare book on Gurdwaras by Gani Gian Singh. This book entitled as Gurdham Sangrain has been recently published by SGPC. The SGPC has also published a book on Sikh Gurdwaras in Pakistan. A very important book on Sikh Gurdwaras has been written by S. Patwant Singh and published by Himalya Books, Delhi. This voluminous book contains information about almost all the Gurdwaras of the world both in English & Punjabi. It also contains photographs of all historical Gurdwaras. Mention may be made of another book entitled Historical Sikh Shrines written by Major Gurmukh Singh and published by Singh Bros., Amritsar. Some books on Gurdwaras have also been published in Pakistan and are of great value. For example, the Sacred Shrines of Sikhs in Pakistan by Iqbal Kesar, published recently, is likely to prove a document of great significance. Apart from mentioning a brief history of the Sikh Gurus and their basic tenets, it contains a valuable information on the history of Sikh Gurdwaras. Last, but not the least is the important publication of Kes Sambhal Parchar Sanstha, entitled as 'Some Prominent Gurdwaras & Sikh Organizations of the World'. Here we can find details of all the historical Gurdwaras as well as a number of non historical Gurdwaras in the world. In addition, there is useful information regarding the management of these Gurdwaras and the contact no. of concerned persons. |
| (20) Question:- |
Where are the maximum Gurdwaras in the world? Give brief information regarding them. |
| Answer:- |
The maximum Gurdwaras in the world are situated in Punjab, India. There are hundreds of histrocial and non historical Gurdwaras. As Haryana and Himachal were earlier a part of Punjab, the number of Gurdwaras there is also quite big. The Sikh population is also the thickest in these areas along with Jammu and Kashmir and union territories of Chandigarh & Delhi the Gurdwaras at these places are also there in big number. Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar and the five Takhts are the most important historical Gurdwaras. For detailed discussions regarding these Gurdwaras you may refer to Sanstha's publication 'Some Prominent Gurdwaras & Sikh Organizations of the World' or visit their site www.sikhpride.org. |
