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1. Q.351

   The Mughal garden at Pinjore was renamed Yadavindra Gardens in honour of:

   1. A Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore
   2. B Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala
   3. C Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala
   4. D Raja Nahar Singh of Ballabhgarh
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   Correct answer: (B) Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala

   The garden passed to the rulers of Patiala and was named after Maharaja Yadavindra Singh, the last ruling Maharaja of Patiala, who restored it. Bhupinder Singh was his father.

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2. Q.352

   Badkhal lake, once a popular picnic spot formed by damming run-off from the Aravalli hills, is in which district?

   1. A Gurugram
   2. B Palwal
   3. C Faridabad
   4. D Nuh
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   Correct answer: (C) Faridabad

   Badkhal lake in Faridabad district was created by a bund holding back run-off from the Aravalli hills, and it has largely dried up in recent decades. Surajkund, the district's other famous reservoir, lies close by.

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3. Q.353

   The Phag dance of Haryana, performed by farming men and women in a festive mood around Holi, takes its name from which month?

   1. A Shravan
   2. B Kartik
   3. C Phalgun
   4. D Chaitra
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   Correct answer: (C) Phalgun

   Phag is danced in Phalgun (February-March), when the rabi crop is ripening, often to the beat of the daf and dhol. Teej songs belong to Shravan.

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4. Q.354

   Saraswati Sugar Mills, a large private sugar mill founded before Independence, is located at which industrial town of Haryana?

   1. A Yamunanagar
   2. B Rohtak
   3. C Bhiwani
   4. D Panipat
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   Correct answer: (A) Yamunanagar

   Saraswati Sugar Mills at Yamunanagar crushes cane from the sugarcane belt of northern Haryana, where canal water and good rainfall support the crop. Yamunanagar is also known for plywood and paper.

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5. Q.355

   Adi Badri in Yamunanagar district is revered as the place of origin of which river?

   1. A Yamuna
   2. B Saraswati
   3. C Tangri
   4. D Markanda
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   Correct answer: (B) Saraswati

   Adi Badri, in the Shivalik foothills, is traditionally regarded as the source of the Vedic Saraswati, which many scholars link with the Ghaggar system. The Yamuna rises at Yamunotri in Uttarakhand.

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6. Q.356

   In Faridabad, the large area known as 'NIT' takes its name from:

   1. A National Institute of Technology
   2. B New Industrial Township
   3. C Northern Industrial Terminal
   4. D National Industrial Trust
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   Correct answer: (B) New Industrial Township

   NIT stands for New Industrial Township, the planned settlement laid out after Partition that grew into the core of modern Faridabad. Haryana's National Institute of Technology is at Kurukshetra, not Faridabad.

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7. Q.357

   The Hathnikund barrage on the Yamuna was built to replace which older headworks a short distance downstream?

   1. A Okhla headworks
   2. B Tajewala headworks
   3. C Ropar headworks
   4. D Harike headworks
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   Correct answer: (B) Tajewala headworks

   Hathnikund barrage was built a few kilometres upstream of the British-era Tajewala headworks, which had fed the Western Yamuna Canal for over a century. Ropar and Harike are headworks on the Sutlej in Punjab.

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8. Q.358

   Which engineering company, known for its tractors and for the Rajdoot motorcycle, grew into one of the leading industrial units of Faridabad?

   1. A Mahindra & Mahindra
   2. B TAFE
   3. C Escorts
   4. D Sonalika
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   Correct answer: (C) Escorts

   Escorts built its tractor and motorcycle factories at Faridabad, and its Rajdoot motorcycle became a household name. Sonalika tractors are made in Punjab, and TAFE is based in Chennai.

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9. Q.359

   In 1843 the British set up a new cantonment after abandoning their malaria-stricken cantonment at Karnal. Where was it established?

   1. A Hisar
   2. B Ambala
   3. C Rohtak
   4. D Panipat
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   Correct answer: (B) Ambala

   After the malaria epidemic of 1841–42 the Karnal cantonment was given up and Ambala Cantonment was founded in 1843. It became the main British military station of the region.

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10. Q.360

    In April 1919, during the Rowlatt Satyagraha, Mahatma Gandhi was taken off the train and detained at which railway station of present-day Haryana while on his way to Punjab?

    1. A Rewari
    2. B Ambala
    3. C Panipat
    4. D Palwal
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    Correct answer: (D) Palwal

    Gandhi was served an order barring his entry into Punjab and taken into custody at Palwal on 9–10 April 1919, then sent back to Bombay. The news of his arrest added to the unrest in Punjab that month.

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11. Q.361

    The Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium, built in memory of the astronaut, is located at:

    1. A Kurukshetra
    2. B Hisar
    3. C Karnal
    4. D Panchkula
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    Correct answer: (A) Kurukshetra

    The planetarium stands at Jyotisar in Kurukshetra. Karnal, Kalpana Chawla's birthplace, is the usual wrong guess.

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