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Key Facts: PSEB SS Punjabi Compulsory Exam

80+20

Theory + INA marks for PSEB General Punjabi code 002

PSEB Scheme of Studies Senior Secondary

33%

Minimum separately in Theory/applicable components/INA and in aggregate

PSEB Scheme of Studies Senior Secondary

Code 002

General Punjabi (Lazmi) subject code; 003 is Punjab History and Culture substitute route

PSEB Scheme of Studies

28+11+21+20

Culture + writing + grammar + literature theory mark split (2025–26 syllabus PDF)

PSEB Class 12 Punjabi Compulsory Syllabus 2025–26

English MCQ adaptation

This free local bank is not the official Senior Secondary Gurmukhi paper format

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PSEB Senior Secondary General Punjabi (code 002) is a Class 12 compulsory public-exam subject: Theory 80 + INA 20 = 100, with 33% required under Scheme of Studies rules. Syllabus covers culture (~28), writing (~11), grammar (~21), and literature (~20) — not a pure MCQ board paper. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for Lazmi Punjabi concepts, with Gurmukhi terms kept where the skill requires them.

Sample PSEB SS Punjabi Compulsory Practice Questions

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1In PSEB Class 12 ਲਾਜ਼ਮੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (General Punjabi), what does ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ (sabhyachar / culture) primarily mean?
A.The shared way of life of a community — values, customs, arts, language, and social practices
B.Only the political map of a state capital
C.Only a single annual exam timetable
D.Only industrial production statistics
Explanation: ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ (culture) is the lived system of a people: language, customs, festivals, arts, beliefs, and social habits. The Lazmi Punjabi culture unit introduces Punjabi life as a whole, not one administrative fact.
2Why is language treated as a core part of Punjabi culture in the Class 12 culture unit?
A.Because language carries folklore, values, identity, and everyday communication of a people
B.Because language is only a computer programming skill
C.Because culture never includes speech or writing
D.Because exams ban all use of mother tongue forever
Explanation: Language stores proverbs, songs, stories, and social norms. Punjabi (Gurmukhi script in school books) is central to how culture is taught and expressed in Lazmi Punjabi.
3Which festival is strongly associated with the Sikh New Year / harvest season and the formation of the Khalsa (1699) in Punjabi cultural memory?
A.ਬੈਸਾਖੀ (Baisakhi / Vaisakhi)
B.Lohri — the mid-winter bonfire festival alone
C.Diwali — the autumn festival of lights alone
D.Gurpurab — a Sikh guru's birth anniversary only
Explanation: ਬੈਸਾਖੀ marks the spring harvest and is linked with Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s founding of the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib in 1699. It is a major entry in Punjab’s fairs-and-festivals lessons.
4Lohri (ਲੋਹੜੀ) is best described as:
A.A mid-winter Punjabi festival associated with bonfires, folk songs, and harvest/community celebration
B.Teej — the monsoon/swing festival marking the rainy season
C.Basant Panchami — the spring kite-flying festival
D.Diwali — the autumn festival of lights
Explanation: ਲੋਹੜੀ is celebrated in mid-winter with fire, sweets, peanuts, and folk songs, marking community joy around the agricultural calendar — a standard fairs/festivals topic.
5Maghi (ਮਾਘੀ) at Muktsar is especially remembered in Sikh cultural history for:
A.Commemorating the forty liberated ones (ਚਾਲੀ ਮੁਕਤੇ) associated with Guru Gobind Singh Ji
B.Baisakhi — the spring harvest/Khalsa festival, not the Muktsar remembrance
C.Hola Mohalla — the Anandpur Sahib martial mela
D.Lohri — the mid-winter bonfire festival
Explanation: ਮਾਘੀ at Sri Muktsar Sahib is linked with the memory of the forty liberated Sikhs (ਚਾਲੀ ਮੁਕਤੇ). Culture lessons list major religious-cultural melas with their historical associations.
6Hola Mohalla (ਹੋਲਾ ਮਹੱਲਾ) is traditionally associated with which centre?
A.Anandpur Sahib — martial displays, processions, and Sikh cultural gathering after Holi
B.Amritsar — the Golden Temple complex only
C.Muktsar — the Maghi fair site only
D.Nankana Sahib — Guru Nanak Dev Ji's birthplace only
Explanation: ਹੋਲਾ ਮਹੱਲਾ is famously linked with Anandpur Sahib: mock battles, gatka, and processions instituted in the Khalsa martial tradition. It appears in Punjab fairs-and-festivals content.
7Which pair correctly matches a Punjabi folk dance with its typical traditional association?
A.ਭੰਗੜਾ (Bhangra) — energetic harvest/celebration dance often linked with men’s groups; ਗਿੱਧਾ (Giddha) — women’s circle folk dance with boliyan
B.Bhangra — women’s circle dance with boliyan; Giddha — men’s vigorous harvest dance
C.Bhangra — a solo devotional kirtan form; Giddha — a martial gatka display
D.Bhangra — a classical Kathak item; Giddha — a Bharatanatyam piece
Explanation: ਭੰਗੜਾ and ਗਿੱਧਾ are flagship Punjabi folk dances taught in the lok-nach unit: Bhangra for vigorous celebration (classically men’s troupes), Giddha for women’s circular performance with boliyan.
8What is ਝੂਮਰ (Jhumar) in Punjabi folk performance?
A.A traditional folk dance form of the Punjab/Malwa cultural zone with distinctive rhythmic steps and songs
B.A type of Punjabi folk love-lyric (ਟੱਪੇ) form only
C.A stringed folk musical instrument of the Punjab region
D.A rural folk game played at village fairs
Explanation: ਝੂਮਰ is a classic Punjabi folk dance (strong Malwa associations) with its own rhythm and songs — part of the lok-nach syllabus cluster with Bhangra, Giddha, Sammi, Luddi, etc.
9ਸੰਮੀ (Sammi) is best described as:
A.A traditional women’s folk dance of the Punjab region, often linked with Malwa and narrative songs
B.A pure trigonometry identity
C.A type of floating exchange rate only
D.A compulsory Russian alphabet chart
Explanation: ਸੰਮੀ is a women’s folk dance form associated especially with Malwa/Punjab folk tradition and story-songs — listed among Punjabi lok-nach forms.
10Which is a traditional Punjabi folk game commonly mentioned in culture/lok-khedan lessons?
A.ਕਬੱਡੀ (Kabaddi)
B.Only Nasdaq stock options trading
C.Only Antarctic ice-hockey as a village childhood game of old Punjab textbooks exclusively
D.Only writing Python unit tests
Explanation: ਕਬੱਡੀ is the iconic rural contact team game of Punjab and India, standard in ਲੋਕ-ਖੇਡਾਂ (folk games) discussions alongside other traditional village games.

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