Sikh Empire MCQs with Answers

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In 1848, the British annexed Punjab after defeating the Sikhs in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

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The First Anglo-Sikh War began in 1845 and ended with the Treaty of Lahore in 1846.

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Haripur (in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) was named after Hari Singh Nalwa, the celebrated Sikh general who founded the city in 1822.

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Chand Kaur ruled the Sikh Empire as regent between 1840 and 1841 after the death of her son Nau Nihal Singh.

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Maharaja Duleep Singh spent most of his final years in the UK, where he lived in exile after the British annexation of Punjab.

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Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469 at Talwandi (now Nankana Sahib, Pakistan).

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Guru Nanak was the founder of Sikhism.

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India celebrated the 300th anniversary of Sikhism in 1999, marking the tercentenary of the Khalsa Panth founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699.

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh lost vision in his left eye due to smallpox he contracted in childhood.

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Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, is buried in Kartarpur (now in Pakistan's Narowal district).