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Q.151
The early Harappan 'Sothi-Siswal' pottery tradition is named after Sothi in Rajasthan and Siswal in which district of Haryana?
- A Hisar
- B Kurukshetra
- C Panchkula
- D Rewari
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Correct answer: (A) Hisar
Siswal, a pre-Harappan site in Hisar district, gives its name (with Sothi in Rajasthan) to the Sothi-Siswal ceramic tradition of the Ghaggar plain.
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Q.152
The Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary (now the Saraswati Conservation Reserve), also known as the Seonsar forest, is spread over Kurukshetra district and which neighbouring district?
- A Karnal
- B Jind
- C Kaithal
- D Yamunanagar
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Correct answer: (C) Kaithal
The Saraswati sanctuary, around the Seonsar forest near Pehowa, covers about 11,000 acres of reserved forest in Kurukshetra and Kaithal districts and takes its name from the river Saraswati. Notified as a wildlife sanctuary in 1988, it was re-designated a conservation reserve in October 2007. It protects one of the few patches of natural woodland left in Haryana's central plain.
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Q.153
In 1920, during the Khilafat and Non-cooperation agitation, Mahatma Gandhi and the Ali brothers addressed a conference at which town of present-day Haryana, then in Hisar district?
- A Jind
- B Sirsa
- C Kaithal
- D Bhiwani
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Correct answer: (D) Bhiwani
Gandhi and the Ali brothers spoke at Bhiwani in 1920 at a conference linked with the Ambala Divisional Khilafat Conference. Jind, by contrast, was then a princely state, not part of Hisar district.
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Q.154
Faridabad was founded in 1607 by Shaikh Farid, who served as treasurer of which Mughal emperor?
- A Akbar
- B Shah Jahan
- C Jahangir
- D Aurangzeb
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Correct answer: (C) Jahangir
Shaikh Farid, Jahangir's treasurer, founded the town to guard the highway between Delhi and Agra. Modern Faridabad grew into an industrial city after Partition.
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Q.155
Which noble of Akbar's reign, who held Narnaul, is buried in an octagonal tomb there and is credited with building the town's Jal Mahal?
- A Shah Quli Khan
- B Bairam Khan
- C Raja Todar Mal
- D Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
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Correct answer: (A) Shah Quli Khan
Shah Quli Khan, Akbar's governor at Narnaul, built the Jal Mahal in the middle of a tank there, and his octagonal tomb also stands in the town.
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Q.156
Gharaunda in Karnal district, on the old Delhi–Lahore highway, preserves the gateways of which type of Mughal-era building?
- A A mint
- B An observatory
- C A sarai (rest-house for travellers)
- D A tomb garden
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Correct answer: (C) A sarai (rest-house for travellers)
The surviving gateways at Gharaunda belonged to a Mughal sarai, one of the rest-houses built at stages along the Delhi–Lahore road.
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Q.157
The Kaushalya dam, built on a tributary of the Ghaggar, is located near which town of Panchkula district?
- A Barwala
- B Raipur Rani
- C Pinjore
- D Morni
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Correct answer: (C) Pinjore
The Kaushalya dam stands on the Kaushalya river, a tributary of the Ghaggar, near Pinjore in the Shivalik foothills. It stores monsoon run-off for the Panchkula area.
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Q.158
The Devikoop Bhadrakali temple at Kurukshetra is revered as:
- A One of the twelve Jyotirlingas
- B One of the Shakti Peethas
- C One of the four Dhams
- D One of the seven Moksha-puris
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Correct answer: (B) One of the Shakti Peethas
Tradition holds that a part of Sati's body fell at this spot, making it one of the Shakti Peethas. The twelve Jyotirlingas and the four Dhams all lie outside Haryana.
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Q.159
Along with the Haryana region, which city was transferred from the North-Western Provinces to Punjab in 1858 and remained part of Punjab until it was separated as the new capital of British India in 1911–12?
- A Saharanpur
- B Agra
- C Meerut
- D Delhi
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Correct answer: (D) Delhi
After the revolt the Delhi Division was moved to Punjab and reorganised into the Delhi and Hisar divisions. Delhi was separated from Punjab after the 1911 decision to make it the capital.
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Q.160
Consider the following statements about the Third Battle of Panipat: 1. Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh fought on the side of Ahmad Shah Abdali. 2. Ibrahim Khan Gardi commanded Ahmad Shah Abdali's artillery. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (A) 1 only
Only statement 1 is correct. Ibrahim Khan Gardi commanded the Maratha artillery, whose Gardi troops were trained in the European style.
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Q.161
Consider the following statements about the relief of Haryana: 1. The Shivalik hills lie in the north-eastern part of the state, in districts such as Panchkula and Yamunanagar. 2. Offshoots of the Aravalli range extend into southern Haryana, in districts such as Gurugram, Mahendragarh and Rewari. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Both statements are correct. Between the two hill zones lies the Ghaggar-Yamuna alluvial plain, which covers most of the state and gives way to a sandy semi-arid tract in the south-west.
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Q.162
The Tosham hills of Haryana are of interest to geologists for deposits of which minerals?
- A Bauxite and manganese
- B Chromite and nickel
- C Coal and lignite
- D Tin and tungsten
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Correct answer: (D) Tin and tungsten
The Geological Survey of India has investigated tin-tungsten mineralisation, with associated copper, in the Tosham area. Haryana has no coal or lignite deposits.
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Q.163
Besides Ashoka's edicts, the Delhi-Topra pillar carries a 12th-century inscription of which Chauhan (Chahamana) ruler, also known as Visaladeva?
- A Prithviraj III
- B Someshvara
- C Vigraharaja IV
- D Arnoraja
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Correct answer: (C) Vigraharaja IV
Inscriptions of Vigraharaja IV (Visaladeva) of the Shakambhari Chauhans, who extended Chauhan power over the Delhi region, were added to the pillar while it still stood at Topra.
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Q.164
In the Shivalik foothills of north-eastern Haryana, the short, swift seasonal torrents that cut deep gullies during the monsoon are locally known as:
- A Choes
- B Tibbas
- C Johads
- D Kuhls
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Correct answer: (A) Choes
Choes are seasonal hill torrents of the Shivalik foothill belt of Haryana and Punjab; they carry heavy loads of sand and gravel and cause severe gully erosion. Johads are village ponds, and kuhls are hill irrigation channels of Himachal Pradesh.
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Q.165
The light winter rain that Haryana receives in December-February, valuable for the rabi wheat crop, is brought mainly by:
- A The south-west monsoon
- B Western disturbances
- C The north-east monsoon
- D Cyclones from the Bay of Bengal
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Correct answer: (B) Western disturbances
Western disturbances are low-pressure systems from the Mediterranean region that bring winter rain to north-west India, including Haryana. The south-west monsoon brings the main rainfall in July-September.
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Q.166
Which son of Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao (Nanasaheb) was killed at the Third Battle of Panipat?
- A Vishwasrao
- B Madhavrao I
- C Narayanrao
- D Raghunathrao
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Correct answer: (A) Vishwasrao
Vishwasrao, the Peshwa's eldest son and heir, fell at Panipat along with Sadashivrao Bhau. His younger brother Madhavrao I became the next Peshwa.
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Q.167
Consider the following statements: 1. Harsha's elder brother Rajyavardhana was killed by the Chalukya king Pulakeshin II. 2. Harsha's father was Prabhakaravardhana, king of Thanesar. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (B) 2 only
Only statement 2 is correct. Rajyavardhana was treacherously killed by Shashanka, the king of Gauda (Bengal).
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Q.168
The traditional sacred circuit of Kurukshetra, which takes in many tirthas around the town, extends over how many kos?
- A 48
- B 84
- C 24
- D 108
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Correct answer: (A) 48
Kurukshetra's sacred land is traditionally described as '48 Kos Kurukshetra'. The 84-kos parikrama belongs to Braj.
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Q.169
Which of the following pairs consists of two Haryanvi folk dances performed mainly by men?
- A Loor and Ghoomar
- B Dhamal and Gugga
- C Jhumar and Loor
- D Chhathi and Khoria
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Correct answer: (B) Dhamal and Gugga
Dhamal and the Gugga dance, performed in processions in honour of Gugga Pir, are men's dances. Loor, Ghoomar, Jhumar, Chhathi and Khoria are danced by girls and women.
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Q.170
The tomb of Ibrahim Khan Sur at Narnaul was built by his grandson. Who was he?
- A Islam Shah Suri
- B Sher Shah Suri
- C Adil Shah Suri
- D Sikandar Shah Suri
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Correct answer: (B) Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri built the tomb at Narnaul for his grandfather Ibrahim Khan Sur; it is an example of Sur-period architecture.
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Q.171
Under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, the hill areas of Punjab such as Kangra, Kullu and Shimla were merged with which unit?
- A Jammu and Kashmir
- B Haryana
- C Himachal Pradesh, then a Union Territory
- D The new Union Territory of Chandigarh
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Correct answer: (C) Himachal Pradesh, then a Union Territory
The Act split Punjab three ways: Haryana became a state, Chandigarh a Union Territory, and the hill areas went to Himachal Pradesh, which became a full state only in 1971.
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Q.172
Harsha's sister Rajyashri was married to Grahavarman, the ruler of Kannauj. To which dynasty did Grahavarman belong?
- A Later Gupta
- B Chalukya
- C Maitraka
- D Maukhari
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Correct answer: (D) Maukhari
Grahavarman belonged to the Maukhari dynasty of Kannauj; after he was killed by Devagupta of Malwa, Kannauj eventually passed to Harsha.
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Q.173
Which of the following pairs of a river and a town on or near its bank is correctly matched?
- A Sahibi – Kalka
- B Markanda – Narnaul
- C Saraswati – Pehowa
- D Krishnavati – Ambala
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Correct answer: (C) Saraswati – Pehowa
Pehowa (ancient Prithudaka) in Kurukshetra district stands on the Saraswati and is a major pilgrimage centre. The Sahibi and Krishnavati are southern streams far from Kalka and Ambala, and the Markanda flows in the north past Shahabad, not Narnaul.
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Q.174
The political expression 'Aaya Ram Gaya Ram' originated in 1967 from the repeated party switches of Gaya Lal, an MLA from which state?
- A Bihar
- B Haryana
- C Uttar Pradesh
- D Rajasthan
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Correct answer: (B) Haryana
Gaya Lal, MLA from Hodal in Haryana, changed sides several times within a short span in 1967. Such defections eventually led to the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule) added by the 52nd Amendment in 1985.
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Q.175
In parts of Haryana, patches of land have been made barren by a white crust of salts on the surface. Such saline-alkaline soils are locally called:
- A Regur
- B Laterite
- C Reh or kallar
- D Bhur
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Correct answer: (C) Reh or kallar
Reh or kallar soils form where poor drainage and rising groundwater bring salts to the surface; the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute at Karnal works on reclaiming them. Regur is the black cotton soil of the Deccan.
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Q.176
The weekly 'Jat Gazette', started by Sir Chhotu Ram in 1916, was published from which town?
- A Rohtak
- B Hisar
- C Jhajjar
- D Ambala
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Correct answer: (A) Rohtak
Chhotu Ram launched the Jat Gazette from Rohtak in 1916 to voice the concerns of the peasantry, and it is still published from there. Hisar is linked with Lala Lajpat Rai's early public life.
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Q.177
According to local tradition, the 'Lal Sadak' (Red Road) at Hansi got its name from which event?
- A George Thomas's troops marched on it in red uniforms
- B Firoz Shah Tughlaq paved it with red sandstone
- C British forces crushed captured rebels of 1857 under road rollers there
- D It was the route of Prithviraj Chauhan's army to Tarain
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Correct answer: (C) British forces crushed captured rebels of 1857 under road rollers there
After the 1857 revolt the British are said to have run road rollers over rebels from villages around Hansi, and the road came to be called Lal Sadak for the blood shed on it. A memorial to these martyrs stands there today.
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Q.178
Panipat is a major centre of 'shoddy' yarn. How is shoddy made?
- A By reeling raw silk from cocoons
- B By retting and twisting jute fibre
- C By recycling used woollen garments and rags
- D By spinning raw cotton straight from the gin
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Correct answer: (C) By recycling used woollen garments and rags
Shoddy is made by shredding discarded woollen clothes and rags back into fibre and re-spinning it, and Panipat's mills turn it into blankets and rugs. This recycling trade is a large part of the town's textile economy.
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Q.179
Banabhatta, the court poet of Harsha, wrote the Harshacharita and which other celebrated prose work?
- A Dashakumaracharita
- B Mrichchhakatika
- C Kadambari
- D Kiratarjuniya
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Correct answer: (C) Kadambari
Bana's two famous prose works are the Harshacharita and the Kadambari. Dashakumaracharita is by Dandin and Kiratarjuniya by Bharavi.
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Q.180
Which of the following Harappan-period sites is NOT located in Haryana?
- A Farmana
- B Alamgirpur
- C Kunal
- D Siswal
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Correct answer: (B) Alamgirpur
Alamgirpur is in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. The other three are Harappan-tradition sites in Haryana.
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Q.181
Santosh Yadav of Rewari district is remembered in mountaineering history as:
- A The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice
- B The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest
- C The first woman to climb K2
- D The first Indian to reach the South Pole
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Correct answer: (A) The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice
Santosh Yadav reached the summit of Everest in 1992 and again in 1993, becoming the first woman to do so twice. Bachendri Pal was the first Indian woman on Everest (1984).
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Q.182
What is the total geographical area of Haryana?
- A 50,362 sq km
- B 55,673 sq km
- C 38,863 sq km
- D 44,212 sq km
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Correct answer: (D) 44,212 sq km
Haryana covers 44,212 sq km, about 1.3 per cent of India's area. 50,362 sq km is the area of Punjab and 55,673 sq km that of Himachal Pradesh.
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Q.183
The math at Asthal Bohar near Rohtak, a major centre of the Nath yogis in Haryana, is associated with which saint?
- A Sant Garib Das
- B Baba Farid
- C Baba Mastnath
- D Charandas
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Correct answer: (C) Baba Mastnath
Asthal Bohar is the seat of the 18th-century Nath yogi Baba Mastnath, and the math remains an important Nath centre.
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Q.184
Which of the following Sanskrit plays is NOT attributed to Harshavardhana?
- A Ratnavali
- B Priyadarshika
- C Nagananda
- D Mudrarakshasa
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Correct answer: (D) Mudrarakshasa
Harsha is credited with Ratnavali, Priyadarshika and Nagananda. Mudrarakshasa was written by Vishakhadatta.
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Q.185
Beyond the Indian border, in Pakistan's Cholistan region, the dry channel of the Ghaggar continues under which name?
- A Soan
- B Swat
- C Hakra
- D Kunhar
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Correct answer: (C) Hakra
The Ghaggar's channel continues into Pakistan as the Hakra, which is why the system is called the Ghaggar-Hakra. Many scholars identify this river system with the Vedic Saraswati.
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Q.186
The First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526), which laid the foundation of Mughal rule in India, was fought between whom?
- A Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
- B Babur and Rana Sanga
- C Humayun and Sher Shah
- D Akbar and Hemu
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Correct answer: (A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
Babur defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodi with field artillery and the tulughma flanking tactic; Ibrahim Lodi's tomb stands at Panipat. Babur fought Rana Sanga at Khanwa in 1527.
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Q.187
The 'Char Qutub' dargah, associated with Shaikh Jamaluddin Hansvi, a disciple of Baba Farid, and his successors, is in which town?
- A Hansi
- B Kaithal
- C Narnaul
- D Sirsa
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Correct answer: (A) Hansi
Hansi's Dargah Char Qutub holds the graves of Shaikh Jamaluddin Hansvi, a Chishti disciple of Baba Farid Ganj-i-Shakar, and three of his successors.
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Q.188
Lala Lajpat Rai practised law and began his public life in the 1880s in which town of present-day Haryana?
- A Ambala
- B Karnal
- C Rewari
- D Hisar
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Correct answer: (D) Hisar
Lajpat Rai moved to Hisar in 1886, where he worked as a lawyer and took part in Arya Samaj and Congress activities. The veterinary university at Hisar (LUVAS) is named after him.
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Q.189
The Chautang, a seasonal stream of Haryana in the Ghaggar system, is commonly identified with which river named in the Rigveda?
- A Parushni
- B Vipasha
- C Drishadvati
- D Shutudri
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Correct answer: (C) Drishadvati
The Chautang is generally identified with the Vedic Drishadvati. Parushni, Vipasha and Shutudri are the Vedic names of the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej.
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Q.190
Arrange the following events connected with Haryana in chronological order: (A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq founds Hisar (B) Harshavardhana comes to the throne at Thanesar (C) Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat (D) The First Battle of Tarain
- A D, B, A, C
- B B, A, D, C
- C B, D, C, A
- D B, D, A, C
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Correct answer: (D) B, D, A, C
Harsha's accession (606 CE) came first, then the First Battle of Tarain (1191), the founding of Hisar (1354) and Babur's victory at Panipat (1526).
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Q.191
According to Census 2011, what was the overall sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) of Haryana, the lowest among Indian states?
- A 895
- B 918
- C 879
- D 943
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Correct answer: (C) 879
Haryana recorded 879 females per 1,000 males in 2011, and its child sex ratio (834) was also the lowest among states. The national average was 943 and Punjab's figure 895.
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Q.192
Assertion (A): Chandigarh is not a part of Haryana even though it is the seat of Haryana's government and legislature. Reason (R): Under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, Chandigarh was made a Union Territory serving as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
- A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- B Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- C A is true but R is false
- D A is false but R is true
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Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Chandigarh, planned by Le Corbusier, became a Union Territory in 1966 and serves as the joint capital; that is exactly why it houses Haryana's offices without belonging to the state.
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Q.193
From 1937 Sir Chhotu Ram served as Revenue Minister of Punjab in the Unionist ministry headed by which Premier?
- A Sir Shahab-ud-Din
- B Sir Fazl-i-Husain
- C Khizar Hayat Tiwana
- D Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
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Correct answer: (D) Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
After the 1937 elections the Unionist Party formed the government under Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, with Chhotu Ram as Revenue Minister. Fazl-i-Husain had died in 1936, and Khizar Hayat Tiwana became Premier only in 1942.
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Q.194
Under which 1809 treaty between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the British did the Sikh chiefships between the Sutlej and the Yamuna, such as Jind and Kaithal, come under British protection?
- A Treaty of Amritsar
- B Treaty of Lahore
- C Treaty of Bhyrowal
- D Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon
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Correct answer: (A) Treaty of Amritsar
The Treaty of Amritsar (1809), negotiated by Charles Metcalfe, made the Sutlej the limit of Ranjit Singh's power and placed the Cis-Sutlej states under British protection. The Treaties of Lahore and Bhyrowal (1846) followed the First Anglo-Sikh War.
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Q.195
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology (DCRUST) is located at Murthal in which district?
- A Panipat
- B Rohtak
- C Sonipat
- D Jhajjar
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Correct answer: (C) Sonipat
DCRUST at Murthal, Sonipat grew out of the Chhotu Ram State College of Engineering and bears Sir Chhotu Ram's name. Rohtak is his home district.
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Q.196
Hariana, a native livestock breed of the state valued for both milk and draught power, is a breed of which animal?
- A Buffalo
- B Cattle
- C Sheep
- D Camel
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Correct answer: (B) Cattle
Hariana is a white-to-grey, dual-purpose zebu cattle breed of the Rohtak-Hisar-Jind belt, prized for its bullocks and milk. The state's famous buffalo breed is the Murrah.
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Q.197
Consider the following statements about the Western Yamuna Canal: 1. It traces its origin to a canal dug from the Yamuna in the 14th century by Firoz Shah Tughlaq. 2. It was first excavated by the British East India Company in the 19th century. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (A) 1 only
The canal goes back to Firoz Shah Tughlaq's 14th-century cut from the Yamuna, which was renovated in Shah Jahan's reign by Ali Mardan Khan to carry water to Delhi. The British only restored and remodelled this old channel in the 19th century, so statement 2 is wrong.
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Q.198
Damdama lake, set among the Aravalli hills and popular for boating and adventure sports, is in which district?
- A Rewari
- B Faridabad
- C Gurugram
- D Jhajjar
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Correct answer: (C) Gurugram
Damdama lake lies in the Aravalli foothills near Sohna in Gurugram district. Its water level rises sharply after the monsoon and falls in the dry months.
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Q.199
The archaeological museum at Gurukul Jhajjar (Haryana Prantiya Puratattva Sangrahalaya), known for its collection of ancient coins, seals and sculptures, was built up by:
- A Swami Dayanand Saraswati
- B Swami Omanand Saraswati
- C Swami Shraddhanand
- D Sir Chhotu Ram
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Correct answer: (B) Swami Omanand Saraswati
Swami Omanand Saraswati (earlier Acharya Bhagwan Dev) of Gurukul Jhajjar collected coins, seals, inscriptions and sculptures from across Haryana for this museum. Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj.
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Q.200
The village of Amin near Kurukshetra, officially renamed after a Mahabharata hero in 2020, is traditionally associated with which episode?
- A Bhishma's bed of arrows
- B The death of Karna
- C The Gita sermon to Arjuna
- D The Chakravyuha in which Abhimanyu was killed
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Correct answer: (D) The Chakravyuha in which Abhimanyu was killed
Amin, held to be the old Abhimanyupur, was officially renamed Abhimanyupur in 2020; tradition places here the Chakravyuha in which Abhimanyu was trapped and killed. Bhishma's bed of arrows is placed at Narkatari.
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