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Q.251
Harshavardhana is also known by which title?
- A Vikramaditya
- B Baladitya
- C Shiladitya
- D Mahendraditya
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Correct answer: (C) Shiladitya
Harsha bore the title Shiladitya, the name by which Chinese accounts refer to him. Vikramaditya is associated with Chandragupta II and Baladitya with the Gupta king Narasimhagupta.
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Q.252
Which physiographic region covers the largest part of Haryana's area?
- A The Shivalik hills
- B The Aravalli hills
- C The semi-desert sandy plain
- D The Ghaggar-Yamuna alluvial plain
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Correct answer: (D) The Ghaggar-Yamuna alluvial plain
The alluvial Ghaggar-Yamuna plain, lying between the Shivaliks in the north-east and the Aravalli outliers in the south, covers most of the state. The semi-desert sandy plain is confined to the south-west along the Rajasthan border.
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Q.253
The Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal has been the subject of a long-running water dispute between Haryana and which state?
- A Rajasthan
- B Punjab
- C Himachal Pradesh
- D Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: (B) Punjab
The SYL canal was planned to carry Haryana's share of Ravi-Beas water through Punjab. Haryana built its own stretch, while the dispute over the Punjab portion has repeatedly reached the Supreme Court.
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Q.254
How many seats are there in the Haryana Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha)?
- A 117
- B 68
- C 70
- D 90
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Correct answer: (D) 90
Haryana has a unicameral legislature of 90 seats. Punjab has 117, Himachal Pradesh 68 and Delhi 70.
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Q.255
Kauravi (Khari Boli), spoken in parts of Haryana close to the Yamuna, is chiefly the dialect of the neighbouring region of which state?
- A Uttar Pradesh
- B Rajasthan
- C Himachal Pradesh
- D Punjab
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Correct answer: (A) Uttar Pradesh
Kauravi is the Khari Boli of the Meerut-Muzaffarnagar belt of western Uttar Pradesh, which spills into Haryana across the Yamuna; modern standard Hindi grew out of Khari Boli.
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Q.256
Hisar is industrially best known as a centre of which industry?
- A Plywood
- B Steel, especially stainless steel and galvanised iron
- C Scientific instruments
- D Handloom blankets
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Correct answer: (B) Steel, especially stainless steel and galvanised iron
Hisar's industrial growth rests on steel, led by the Jindal group's stainless steel plant, along with galvanised iron and pipes. Plywood is associated with Yamunanagar and scientific instruments with Ambala.
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Q.257
Agroha in Hisar district is traditionally associated with which ruler, regarded as the ancestor of the Agrawal community?
- A Maharaja Agrasen
- B Raja Harsha
- C Prithviraj Chauhan
- D Raja Surajpal
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Correct answer: (A) Maharaja Agrasen
Agroha is revered as the capital of Maharaja Agrasen, and excavations at its mound have revealed an ancient town. Raja Surajpal is linked with Surajkund near Faridabad.
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Q.258
The mounds of the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi lie around which two villages?
- A Rakhi Khas and Rakhi Shahpur
- B Rakhi Kalan and Rakhi Khurd
- C Rakhi Majra and Rakhi Sarai
- D Rakhi Pur and Rakhi Mandi
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Correct answer: (A) Rakhi Khas and Rakhi Shahpur
Rakhigarhi's mounds are spread around the twin villages of Rakhi Khas and Rakhi Shahpur in Hansi district (part of Hisar district until Hansi was made a separate district in December 2025).
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Q.259
Surajkund near Faridabad, an ancient reservoir with stepped embankments shaped like an amphitheatre, is attributed to which Tomar king?
- A Anangpal
- B Vigraharaja
- C Mihira Bhoja
- D Surajpal
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Correct answer: (D) Surajpal
Surajkund is traditionally ascribed to the 10th-century Tomar king Surajpal, after whom it is named. Vigraharaja was a Chauhan and Mihira Bhoja a Pratihara.
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Q.260
In the Mahabharata, the Kurukshetra region is also called Samantapanchaka, after five lakes said to have been filled with the blood of Kshatriyas by whom?
- A Bhishma
- B Parashurama
- C Arjuna
- D Bhima
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Correct answer: (B) Parashurama
The epic says that Parashurama, after destroying the Kshatriyas, filled five lakes with their blood at Samantapanchaka, the area later known as Kurukshetra.
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Q.261
Gugga Pir (Jahar Veer Goga), honoured in Haryana on Gugga Navami, is popularly worshipped as a protector against:
- A Locust attacks
- B Drought
- C Smallpox
- D Snakebite
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Correct answer: (D) Snakebite
Gugga is revered by both Hindus and Muslims as a folk deity who protects devotees from snakes; on Gugga Navami men carry his decorated standard in procession. Protection from smallpox is traditionally sought from Sheetla Mata.
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Q.262
The Masani barrage in Rewari district is built across which river?
- A Ghaggar
- B Yamuna
- C Sahibi
- D Markanda
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Correct answer: (C) Sahibi
The Masani barrage holds back the monsoon flow of the Sahibi, which enters Haryana from the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan. The Ottu barrage, by contrast, is on the Ghaggar in Sirsa district.
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Q.263
Most of Haryana's natural forest cover is found in which tracts?
- A The Shivalik hills in the north-east and the Aravalli hills in the south
- B The Ghaggar floodplain in Sirsa and Fatehabad
- C The GT Road belt of Karnal and Panipat
- D The Yamuna khadar of Sonipat and Palwal
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Correct answer: (A) The Shivalik hills in the north-east and the Aravalli hills in the south
Haryana is mostly cultivated plain, so its natural forests survive mainly on the hills: sal and mixed forest in the Shivaliks (as at Kalesar and Morni) and dry scrub forest in the Aravallis. The plains carry mostly strip plantations along roads and canals.
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Q.264
In Haryana, the bundle of clothes and sweets sent from her parents' home to a married daughter for the festival of Teej is called:
- A Bhaat
- B Tilak
- C Chhoochhak
- D Kothli
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Correct answer: (D) Kothli
The Kothli, with clothes and sweets such as ghevar, is usually taken by the brother to his married sister at Teej. Bhaat is brought by the maternal uncle at a wedding, and Chhoochhak is given at the birth of a child.
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Q.265
Brahma Sarovar at Kurukshetra attracts lakhs of pilgrims for a holy dip on which occasion?
- A The Kumbh Mela
- B Makar Sankranti
- C A solar eclipse
- D Chhath Puja
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Correct answer: (C) A solar eclipse
A dip in Brahma Sarovar during a solar eclipse is believed to be especially meritorious. The tank is also the main venue of the Gita Jayanti celebrations (International Gita Mahotsav).
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Q.266
Sir Chhotu Ram founded the Unionist Party of Punjab, which represented rural landholders across religions, together with which leader?
- A Master Tara Singh
- B Muhammad Iqbal
- C Mian Iftikharuddin
- D Sir Fazl-i-Husain
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Correct answer: (D) Sir Fazl-i-Husain
Fazl-i-Husain and Chhotu Ram organised the Unionist (National Unionist) Party in the early 1920s; it governed Punjab from 1937 under Sikandar Hayat Khan. Master Tara Singh led the Akali movement.
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Q.267
In the plains of Haryana, the low-lying floodplain of new alluvium along the Yamuna is known as:
- A Khadar
- B Bangar
- C Bhabar
- D Terai
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Correct answer: (A) Khadar
Khadar is newer alluvium renewed by floods; Bangar is the older, higher alluvial upland of central Haryana, which also gives the Bangru dialect its name. Bhabar and Terai belong to the Himalayan foothill zone.
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Q.268
The Kurukshetra Development Board, set up by the Haryana government in 1968 to develop the pilgrim sites of Kurukshetra, had which former Union Home Minister as its founder chairman?
- A Y.B. Chavan
- B Lal Bahadur Shastri
- C Morarji Desai
- D Gulzarilal Nanda
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Correct answer: (D) Gulzarilal Nanda
Gulzarilal Nanda, twice interim Prime Minister, was the founder chairman of the Board, constituted on 1 August 1968. It looks after sites such as Brahma Sarovar and Jyotisar.
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Q.269
The university of veterinary and animal sciences at Hisar, set up in 2010, is named after whom?
- A Sir Chhotu Ram
- B Chaudhary Charan Singh
- C Maharaja Agrasen
- D Lala Lajpat Rai
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Correct answer: (D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) at Hisar was carved out of the agricultural university in 2010. Chaudhary Charan Singh's name is borne by the agricultural university itself.
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Q.270
'Dharohar', a museum devoted to the folk culture and rural heritage of Haryana, is located on the campus of:
- A Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
- B Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak
- C CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
- D Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar
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Correct answer: (A) Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
Dharohar Haryana Museum at Kurukshetra University displays village life, crafts, costumes, utensils and folk musical instruments of Haryana.
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Q.271
Balmukund Gupt, the Hindi journalist and essayist from Haryana who edited 'Bharat Mitra', is best known for which satirical work?
- A Bharat Durdasha
- B Andher Nagari
- C Shivshambhu ke Chitthe
- D Godan
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Correct answer: (C) Shivshambhu ke Chitthe
In 'Shivshambhu ke Chitthe' Gupt mocked Viceroy Curzon's policies through open letters. 'Andher Nagari' and 'Bharat Durdasha' are plays by Bharatendu Harishchandra.
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Q.272
During the Green Revolution of the late 1960s, the yield of which crop rose most dramatically in Haryana and Punjab with high-yielding dwarf varieties?
- A Bajra
- B Gram
- C Wheat
- D Cotton
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Correct answer: (C) Wheat
Mexican dwarf wheat varieties, with assured canal and tubewell irrigation and fertilisers, transformed wheat output; rice followed later. Bajra and gram remained largely rainfed crops of the drier south and west.
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Q.273
Haryana is often credited with which achievement in 1970?
- A Becoming the first state to achieve total literacy
- B Becoming the first state to provide electricity to all its villages
- C Opening India's first metro rail line
- D Setting up India's first nuclear power station
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Correct answer: (B) Becoming the first state to provide electricity to all its villages
Under Chief Minister Bansi Lal, Haryana completed the electrification of all its villages in 1970, a first in India. India's first nuclear power station was at Tarapur (1969).
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Q.274
Sir Chhotu Ram is best remembered in Punjab's legislative history for which kind of laws passed in the 1930s, such as the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act, 1934?
- A Laws abolishing the zamindari system
- B Laws granting women equal shares in ancestral property
- C Laws making primary education compulsory
- D Laws freeing indebted peasants from the grip of moneylenders
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Correct answer: (D) Laws freeing indebted peasants from the grip of moneylenders
As a Unionist leader and minister, Chhotu Ram drove debt-relief and land-protection laws that capped interest and shielded peasants' land and crops from moneylenders. Zamindari abolition came only after Independence.
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Q.275
The Murrah buffalo of Haryana is easily recognised by which physical feature?
- A Long, sword-shaped horns sweeping backwards
- B Short, tightly curled horns
- C Large, heavy horns drooping down beside the neck
- D A prominent hump on the shoulders
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Correct answer: (B) Short, tightly curled horns
The jet-black Murrah has short horns that curl tightly in a spiral, a breed mark along with its well-developed udder. Large drooping horns are typical of the Jaffarabadi buffalo of Gujarat, and a hump is a feature of zebu cattle, not buffaloes.
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Q.276
Razia Sultan, the only woman to rule the Delhi Sultanate, was killed in 1240 near which town of present-day Haryana?
- A Hansi
- B Rewari
- C Sirsa
- D Kaithal
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Correct answer: (D) Kaithal
After losing the throne, Razia and her husband Altunia were defeated while marching on Delhi, and she was killed near Kaithal in 1240.
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Q.277
Match the industrial towns of Haryana with the products they are best known for: A. Panipat B. Ambala Cantt C. Yamunanagar D. Gurugram; 1. Plywood 2. Automobiles 3. Scientific instruments 4. Handloom textiles and blankets
- A A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
- B A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
- C A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
- D A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
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Correct answer: (B) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
Panipat is the 'City of Weavers' (handloom, blankets, recycled woollen yarn), Ambala Cantt makes scientific instruments, Yamunanagar is the plywood centre and Gurugram the automobile hub.
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Q.278
The Loharu, Jui and Siwani lift irrigation canals mainly serve the dry tracts of which district?
- A Sirsa
- B Karnal
- C Panchkula
- D Bhiwani
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Correct answer: (D) Bhiwani
Loharu, Jui and Siwani are all in Bhiwani district, where the land is too high for ordinary gravity canals, so water is pumped up in stages. Karnal and Panchkula lie in the well-watered north.
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Q.279
In which year was Kurukshetra University established?
- A 1970
- B 1966
- C 1956
- D 1976
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Correct answer: (C) 1956
Kurukshetra University was set up in 1956 as a unitary residential university, a decade before Haryana became a state. MDU Rohtak followed in 1976.
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Q.280
Which two of Haryana's Lok Sabha constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes?
- A Hisar and Bhiwani-Mahendragarh
- B Karnal and Kurukshetra
- C Ambala and Sirsa
- D Rohtak and Sonipat
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Correct answer: (C) Ambala and Sirsa
Ambala and Sirsa are the two SC-reserved seats among Haryana's 10 Lok Sabha constituencies. Rohtak, Sonipat, Karnal and the others are general seats.
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Q.281
What turned the Second Battle of Panipat against Hemu when his army appeared to be gaining the upper hand?
- A Heavy rain put his artillery out of action
- B His Rajput allies changed sides during the battle
- C Akbar killed him in single combat
- D He was struck in the eye by an arrow and lost consciousness
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Correct answer: (D) He was struck in the eye by an arrow and lost consciousness
A chance arrow struck Hemu in the eye; when he fell unconscious in his howdah, his army lost heart and fled.
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Q.282
Mangar Bani, a sacred grove of the Aravallis protected for generations by local villagers, is located in which district?
- A Mahendragarh
- B Panchkula
- C Faridabad
- D Yamunanagar
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Correct answer: (C) Faridabad
Mangar Bani lies near Mangar village in the Aravalli hills of Faridabad district, on the Delhi-Haryana border, next to the boundary with Gurugram district. Local belief that its trees must not be cut has preserved a rare patch of native dhau forest.
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Q.283
The Jawaharlal Nehru lift irrigation canal was built mainly to irrigate which part of Haryana?
- A North-western districts such as Sirsa and Fatehabad
- B Southern districts such as Rewari, Mahendragarh and Jhajjar
- C Shivalik districts such as Panchkula and Yamunanagar
- D GT Road districts such as Karnal and Kurukshetra
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Correct answer: (B) Southern districts such as Rewari, Mahendragarh and Jhajjar
The JLN lift canal pumps water of the Western Yamuna Canal system up to the dry, higher-lying south, mainly Rewari, Mahendragarh and Jhajjar, along with parts of Bhiwani. The northern GT Road districts get ample water from gravity canals and tube wells.
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Q.284
In 2016 the Haryana government renamed Gurgaon as Gurugram. The city's name is traditionally linked with which figure of the Mahabharata?
- A Bhishma
- B Karna
- C Guru Dronacharya
- D Maharishi Ved Vyas
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Correct answer: (C) Guru Dronacharya
Tradition holds that the village was given to Guru Dronacharya, teacher of the Kauravas and Pandavas. In the same year Mewat district was renamed Nuh; Karna is linked in legend with Karnal.
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Q.285
Unlike the usual grid (chessboard) layout of Harappan towns, the streets of Banawali in Fatehabad district are noted for being laid out in which pattern?
- A Concentric rings around a central tank
- B A single long street along the river
- C A spiral pattern
- D A radial pattern
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Correct answer: (D) A radial pattern
Banawali's streets ran in a radial pattern rather than meeting at right angles, a feature often noted as unusual among Harappan towns.
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Q.286
Parliament created the state of Haryana through the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, using its power under which Article of the Constitution to form new states?
- A Article 1
- B Article 3
- C Article 356
- D Article 368
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Correct answer: (B) Article 3
Article 3 lets Parliament form a new state by separating territory from an existing state through an ordinary law. Article 368 deals with amendments to the Constitution.
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Q.287
Master Chandgi Ram of Hisar district, who won a gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games, is associated with which sport?
- A Kabaddi
- B Boxing
- C Wrestling
- D Weightlifting
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Correct answer: (C) Wrestling
Chandgi Ram won the 100 kg freestyle wrestling gold at Bangkok in 1970 and received the Arjuna Award and Padma Shri. He later championed women's wrestling in India.
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Q.288
The oil refinery at Panipat is operated by which company?
- A Bharat Petroleum Corporation
- B Indian Oil Corporation
- C Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
- D Reliance Industries
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Correct answer: (B) Indian Oil Corporation
Panipat Refinery belongs to Indian Oil Corporation and receives crude oil by pipeline, since Haryana itself produces no petroleum. Panipat also has a thermal power station and a fertiliser plant.
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Q.289
Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali, the Urdu poet who wrote the 'Musaddas-e-Hali' and the Ghalib biography 'Yadgar-e-Ghalib', was born in which town of Haryana?
- A Karnal
- B Sonipat
- C Panipat
- D Kaithal
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Correct answer: (C) Panipat
Hali (1837–1914) was born in Panipat and is often called 'Hali Panipati'. He was closely associated with Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's Aligarh movement.
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Q.290
On what occasion is the Chhathi dance traditionally performed by women in Haryana?
- A On the night the wedding party returns with the bride
- B On the day of Gugga Navami
- C On the sixth night after the birth of a son
- D When the rabi crop is harvested
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Correct answer: (C) On the sixth night after the birth of a son
'Chhathi' means 'the sixth': women perform this dance on the sixth night after the birth of a male child. The women's dance on the night the baraat leaves is Khoria.
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Q.291
In the Second Battle of Panipat (5 November 1556), Akbar's forces led by Bairam Khan defeated whom?
- A Sikandar Shah Suri
- B Ibrahim Lodi
- C Rana Pratap
- D Hemu (Hemchandra Vikramaditya)
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Correct answer: (D) Hemu (Hemchandra Vikramaditya)
Hemu, the general of the Sur ruler Adil Shah, had captured Delhi and taken the title Vikramaditya; he was struck in the eye by an arrow and the Mughals won. Rana Pratap fought Akbar's army at Haldighati in 1576.
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Q.292
Abdur Rahman Khan, who was tried and hanged in Delhi for his part in the 1857 revolt, was the Nawab of which estate?
- A Pataudi
- B Farrukhnagar
- C Loharu
- D Jhajjar
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Correct answer: (D) Jhajjar
Nawab Abdur Rahman Khan of Jhajjar was hanged in Delhi and his estate was confiscated and broken up. The Nawab of Farrukhnagar, also hanged, was Ahmad Ali Khan.
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Q.293
Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?
- A Rao Birender Singh
- B Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
- C Chaudhary Bansi Lal
- D Chaudhary Devi Lal
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Correct answer: (B) Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma took office on 1 November 1966. Rao Birender Singh succeeded him in March 1967; Bansi Lal and Devi Lal became Chief Ministers later.
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Q.294
Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go into space, was born in which town of Haryana?
- A Panipat
- B Kurukshetra
- C Ambala
- D Karnal
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Correct answer: (D) Karnal
Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, first flew on the space shuttle Columbia in 1997 and died when Columbia broke up on re-entry in 2003. The government medical college at Karnal bears her name.
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Q.295
Consider the following statements about the Yaudheyas: 1. The Junagadh rock inscription of the Shaka ruler Rudradaman I claims a victory over them. 2. Samudragupta's Prayag (Allahabad) pillar inscription names them among the frontier republics that submitted to him. 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 are correct: Rudradaman's Junagadh inscription boasts of uprooting the proud Yaudheyas, and Samudragupta's Prayag prashasti lists them among the gana-states that paid him tribute.
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Q.296
Havildar (later Honorary Captain) Umrao Singh of Jhajjar district was awarded which gallantry honour for his action in the Kaladan valley of Burma in December 1944?
- A Victoria Cross
- B Param Vir Chakra
- C George Cross
- D Military Cross
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Correct answer: (A) Victoria Cross
Umrao Singh of the Royal Indian Artillery won the Victoria Cross for defending his gun against repeated Japanese attacks. The Param Vir Chakra was instituted only in 1950.
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Q.297
Maruti Udyog Limited rolled out its first car, the Maruti 800, in December 1983 from its plant in which Haryana city?
- A Faridabad
- B Panipat
- C Sonipat
- D Gurgaon (now Gurugram)
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Correct answer: (D) Gurgaon (now Gurugram)
The Gurugram plant made the city a major automobile hub, later joined by Manesar. Gurugram has since also grown into a leading IT and services centre.
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Q.298
Who is traditionally regarded as the originator of Saang (Swang), the folk theatre of Haryana?
- A Kishan Lal Bhaat
- B Pandit Lakhmi Chand
- C Pandit Mange Ram
- D Pandit Deep Chand
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Correct answer: (A) Kishan Lal Bhaat
Kishan Lal Bhaat is regarded as the earliest known exponent who gave Saang its form in Haryana; later masters such as Deep Chand, Lakhmi Chand and Mange Ram carried it to its peak.
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Q.299
Fatehabad, founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in the 14th century, is named after whom?
- A His wazir Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul
- B His cousin Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- C His son Fateh Khan
- D His father Rajab
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Correct answer: (C) His son Fateh Khan
Firoz Shah Tughlaq named the town after his son Fateh Khan, just as he named Hisar 'Hisar-e-Firoza' after himself.
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Q.300
The Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts, set up by the Haryana government, is located in which city?
- A Kurukshetra
- B Sonipat
- C Rohtak
- D Hisar
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Correct answer: (C) Rohtak
The state university for film and television, fine arts, design and other performing and visual arts is at Rohtak and is named after Pandit Lakhmi Chand.
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