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Q1. The Akal Takht bestowed which title on Badal in December 2011?
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Answer: B
The Tribune reported that the Akal Takht bestowed the title despite dissent from some Sikh organisations.
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Q2. Who succeeded Badal as president of the Shiromani Akali Dal in 2008?
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Answer: C
He led the party from 1995 to 2008, when his son Sukhbir Singh Badal replaced him.
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Q3. What made Parkash Singh Badal’s career pattern especially unusual among Indian Chief Ministers?
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Answer: D
He became Punjab’s youngest-ever CM in 1970, aged about 42, and its oldest sitting CM in 2012 — a pattern he is often described as the only person to have achieved in the same state.
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Q4. How should the claim that Badal had ties to the Khalistan separatist movement around 1992 be understood?
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Answer: B
Critics alleged sympathy toward Khalistan positions around 1992, including attending funeral rites for militants and boycotting that year’s election — allegations he denied. This is a contested claim, not a settled fact.
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Q5. Parkash Singh Badal’s fifth and final term as Chief Minister, beginning 14 March 2012, ran until when?
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Answer: C
His fifth term ran from 14 March 2012 to 16 March 2017, making him both the first Punjab CM to win consecutive terms and, by 2012, the state’s oldest sitting Chief Minister.
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Q6. In 2016, which direction did the disputed Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal compensation cheque actually move?
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Answer: A
Haryana returned the disputed compensation cheque to Punjab in 2016, over the long-running SYL canal dispute — not the other way around.
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Q7. Parkash Singh Badal served five terms as Chief Minister of Punjab. Between his first term (1970-71) and his 1997-2002 term, which term is often overlooked?
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Answer: B
His second term ran from June 1977 to 17 February 1980, formed after the post-Emergency Janata wave and ended when Indira Gandhi’s return to power at the Centre brought President’s Rule to Punjab.
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Q8. On 3 December 2020, Parkash Singh Badal returned his Padma Vibhushan award. Why?
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Answer: C
He returned the award, which he had received in 2015, to support farmers protesting the new farm laws.
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Q9. Parkash Singh Badal was jailed for sedition in June 1984, in connection with which event?
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Answer: D
He was jailed for sedition after Operation Blue Star, one of over 50 detentions across his political career.
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Q10. Parkash Singh Badal is the only person to hold which unusual distinction, in the same Indian state?
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Answer: B
He was Punjab’s youngest CM in 1970, and its oldest sitting CM during his fifth term from 2012.
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