Punjabi | MCQs

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• Punjabi has ranked second after Mandarin among the non-official languages, spoken predominately at home, by the largest number of people in Canada, new census data released by Statistics Canada on 
• The 2021 census, released on August 18 2022, found that 4.6 million Canadians speak predominantly a language other than official English or French languages at home, among them Urdu has become the fifth top language in the ranking of 12 spoken languages in Canada.

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Baba Farid was born in 1188 (573 AH) in Kothewal

•  Baba Fareed was a Sunni Muslim and was one of the founding fathers of the Chishti Sufi order.
• The Shrine of Baba Farid is a 13th-century Sufi shrine located in Pakpattan, Pakistan
• Baba Fareed Shaker Ganj' was the first poet of: Punjabi

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Know about Allama Iqbal

Born: November 9, 1877 (Sialkot)

Father: Sheikh Noor Muhammad

Mother: Imam Bibi

Received PhD: Germany

Title: Poet of the East

Famous books: Bang-e-Dara, Zarb-i-Kalim, Armughan-e-Hijaz

Famous Punjabi Books/Poem: Piyaara Jedi, Baba Bakri Wala

Died: 21 April 1938

Burial: Badshahi Mosque in Lahore

Explanation

The popular story was written by Pilu.

Sohni Mahiwal and Sassi Punnuh are commonly known as 'Seven Queens' of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. They are culturally included in both Punjabi and Sindhi traditions.

Explanation

King of Sufi poet

Buried in Qasur

Actual name Abdullah shah

Explanation

Waris Shah called the Shakespeare of Punjabi literature.

Agha Hashar Kashmiri is the Shakespeare of Urdu literature.