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Key Facts: PSEB SS Punjabi Elective Exam

80 + 20

PSEB Senior Secondary Punjabi Elective Theory + Project work/INA mark split

PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies 2026–27

3 hours

Typical PSEB Senior Secondary Punjabi Elective theory exam duration

Common Class 12 theory logistics / confirm on pseb.ac.in

33%

Separate pass floor in Theory, INA, and aggregate

PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies 2026–27

Code 004

Punjabi (Elective) subject code on PSEB Senior Secondary materials

PSEB Scheme of Studies / syllabus

28+28+11+13

Theory unit marks: poetry history, Aap-Beetiyan, forms, chhand/alankar/ras

PSEB Class 12 Punjabi Elective syllabus 2025–26 PDF

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PSEB Senior Secondary Punjabi Elective is a Class 12 public-exam subject with Theory 80 + Project/INA 20 (about 3 hours theory; code 004) and 33% pass separately in theory, INA, and aggregate — not a pure MCQ board paper. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for PSEB-aligned medieval poetry, life/travel writing, forms, and poetics.

Sample PSEB SS Punjabi Elective Practice Questions

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1In traditional histories of Punjabi literature, what does the label ਮੁੱਢ-ਕਾਲੀਨ (mudh-kalin / early–medieval) primarily name?
A.Only 20th-century modernist free verse
B.The early and medieval phases of Punjabi poetry before modern prose-dominant literature
C.Only English translations of Punjabi novels
D.Only board exam logistics codes
Explanation: ਮੁੱਢ-ਕਾਲੀਨ marks the early/medieval span of Punjabi poetry—Sufi, Gurmat, kissa, and related verse traditions—before modern prose genres dominate school literature study. PSEB Punjabi Elective’s first block is precisely ਮੁੱਢ-ਕਾਲੀਨ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ-ਕਾਵਿ (ਝਲਕਾਂ ਤੇ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ).
2Who is widely regarded as the earliest major poet of Punjabi Sufi verse, with shlokas also preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib?
A.Waris Shah
B.Baba Sheikh Farid
C.Qadir Yar
D.Damodar Das
Explanation: Baba Sheikh Farid (Fariduddin Ganjshakar) is treated as the foundational figure of Punjabi Sufi poetry; his shlokas appear in the Guru Granth Sahib. Later kissa poets such as Waris Shah or Qadir Yar belong to later narrative traditions.
3Guru Nanak’s sacred poetry is traditionally classified under which broad school of Punjabi religious verse?
A.Only secular market satire
B.ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਾਵਿ (Gurmat poetry)
C.Only English blank-verse drama
D.Only modern free-verse progressive poetry
Explanation: Guru Nanak’s banis and those of later Gurus form ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਾਵਿ—Sikh scriptural and doctrinal poetry—central to medieval Punjabi literary history alongside Sufi and kissa streams.
4The script traditionally associated with Sikh scripture and standard school Punjabi orthography is called:
A.Gurmukhi
B.Only Latin script with no matras
C.Only Devanagari used for all world languages
D.Only Shahmukhi (Perso-Arabic) script
Explanation: Gurmukhi is the script of the Guru Granth Sahib and of standard modern Punjabi orthography in Punjab schools. Historical tradition links its popularization with Guru Angad’s teaching work.
5In medieval Punjabi narrative poetry, a ਿੱਸਾ / ਕਿੱਸਾ (kissa) typically means:
A.A long romantic or legendary verse narrative (e.g., Heer, Sassi)
B.Only a government fee receipt
C.Only a modern newspaper editorial
D.Only a laboratory practical file
Explanation: A kissa is a verse romance or legendary narrative poem—Heer Ranjha, Sassi Punnun, Mirza Sahiban, Puran Bhagat, and similar cycles. It is a core genre in mudh-kalin Punjabi poetry study.
6Waris Shah is most closely associated with which famous Punjabi kissa?
A.Heer (Heer Ranjha)
B.Only Hamlet in English
C.Only the Mahabharata in Sanskrit prose
D.Only a modern computer manual
Explanation: Waris Shah’s Heer (Heer Ranjha) is the most celebrated classical Punjabi kissa, a landmark of medieval narrative poetry still central to literary history syllabi.
7Shah Hussain is best known in Punjabi literary history for which lyric form?
A.ਕਾਫ਼ੀਆਂ (kafiyan) in the Sufi tradition
B.Only vaar martial ballads
C.Only the Heer kissa narrative
D.Only modern free-verse nazms
Explanation: Shah Hussain (often remembered with Madho Lal Hussain) is a major Lahore Sufi poet whose ਕਾਫ਼ੀਆਂ express mystical love and human–divine longing—core mudh-kalin lyric material.
8Bulleh Shah’s poetry is primarily identified with which spiritual–literary stream?
A.Sufi mystical verse (often kafiyan) challenging empty ritualism
B.Only Gurmat scriptural bani
C.Only the Sassi kissa narrative
D.Only modern progressive free verse
Explanation: Bulleh Shah is a central Punjabi Sufi poet; his kafiyan stress love, self-knowledge, and critique of hollow orthodoxy—standard content in medieval Punjabi poetry overviews.
9In Punjabi poetic tradition, a ਵਾਰ (vaar) is best described as:
A.A martial or narrative ballad form (often heroic/war themes)
B.A short devotional kafi (lyric)
C.A verse kissa like Heer
D.A siharfi (mystical aphoristic couplets)
Explanation: Vaar is a traditional ballad-like form frequently treating heroic, martial, or didactic narrative material (e.g., martial vaars in Sikh tradition). It is distinct from lyric kafi or long romantic kissa.
10Guru Arjan’s major contribution to Sikh–Punjabi literary culture includes:
A.Compilation of the Adi Granth (later Guru Granth Sahib)
B.Composition of the Dasam Granth
C.Gilding of the Golden Temple’s exterior
D.Compilation of the Janamsakhis of Guru Nanak
Explanation: Guru Arjan compiled the Adi Granth (1604), gathering Gurmat banis and selected other spiritual poetry (including Farid) into a canonical scripture—foundational for Gurmat literary history.

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