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Haryana GK for HCS Examinations
11. Haryana
was known with which among the following terms during the Mahabharat a age?
a) Harit
desha
b) Harit
pradesha
c) Bahudhhanyaka
d) Harit
dhanyaka
Ans: c) Bahudhhanyaka
“Haryana was known as Bahudhannyaka or the land of "plentiful grains'
during the Mahabharata age.”
12. The
1200 MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project is located in which among t he following
district s of Haryana?
a) Hissar
b) Fat
ehabad
c) Sirsa
d) Faridabad
Ans: a) Khedar,
Hissar “The two unit s of 1200 MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project at Khedar,
Hisar were commissioned in April, 2010 and October, 2010 in a record period of
38 months and 44 months respectively.”
13. The
Renuka, Kishau and Lakhwar Vyasi dams have been constructed on which among the
following rivers of Haryana?
a) Gagghar
b) Yamuna
c) Tangri
d) None of
t hem
Ans: b) Yamuna
14. The Haryana
Government has launched the ‘Banjh Mukt Pashudhan’ scheme under which among the
following programmes / bodies ?
a) Gau
Seva Aayog
b) Rast
riya Krishi Vikas Yojana
c) Nat
ional Animal Husbandry Project
d) None of
t hem
Ans: b) Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana “A
unique programme of ‘Banjh Mukt Pashudhan’ recently launched will also be a
continued feature in the year 2011-12 under RKVY, in which rural youth after t
raining, will provide A.I. services t o the livestock at the farmers’ door steps.”
15. The
Kalesar National Park of Haryana is famous f or which among the following
Fauna?
a) Tigers
b) Birds
c) Monkeys
d) Rust y
Spot ted Cat
Ans: b) Birds
“Kalesar National Park is a protected area located in eastern Haryana, India,
150 km from Chandigarh. It is a popular destination for bird-watching. It is
home to the red jungle fowl among other birds. It is a salforest in Shivalik
Hills, a name given to the foot -hills of t he Himalayas is spread across
11,000 acres (45 km2)”.
16. Who
among the following are eligible f or the land plots in Haryana under Mahatma
Gandhi Gramin Basti Yojna?
a) SCs
b) BCs
c) BPL families
d) All of
above
Ans: d) All
of above “Mahatma Gandhi Gramin Basti Yojna is the flagship programme of the
State Government under which free residential plots of 100 sq. yards each are
allotted to eligible SCs, BCs(A) and BPL families.”
17. How
much amount is given by the Government of Haryana for marriage of eligible
girls of BPL and SC families under the “Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah
Shagun Yojana”?
a) Rs.
15000
b) Rs.
21000
c) Rs.
31000
d) Rs. 51000
Ans: c) Rs.
31000 “To honour the girl child and ensure that she is not a burden to the
parents it is befitting that the girls from relatively poor (BPL, Scheduled
Castes families and daughters of widows) are married gracefully. For t his
mission, under the “Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah Shagun Yojana” a grant of
Rs. 15000/- was being given by the Haryana Govt . to BPL persons belonging to
scheduled Castes/Denotified t ribes/ TapriwasJat is (and also widows of all t
he
sections
of societ y) and Rs. 5100/- was being given t o t he persons of other sections
of the society. T his grant has been enhanced t o Rs. 31000/- and Rs. 11000/-
respectively from 26th January, 2010. During the year 2010-11, from 16th
December, 2010 a grant of Rs. 31000/- will also be given t o all the destitute
girls living in Govt . / Aided NGOs/ institutions on the occasion of their marriage.
18. Which among the following two
cities of Haryana were established by Firoz Shah Tughlaq?
a) Hissar
and Ballabhgarh
b) Hissar
and Faridabad
c) Hissar
and Fatehabad
d) Kait
hal and Hissar
Ans: c) Hissar
and Fatehabad “ Firoz Shah was also a remarkable builder. He had a passion of founding
and naming the towns. When his son Fatah Khan was born on his march to Delhi,
he founded a town at the site of the happy event as Fatahabad (now in Haryana).
During his Bengal campaign he renamed two towns and founded Jaunapur, in honor
of his lat e cousin. He established second Firozabad on the banks of
Yamuna River near Delhi. Here he established one of the Asokan Pillars which he
had removed from its original places. He also founded a city of Hissar-i-Firoza
in the modern Haryana which is now the town of Hisar.”
19. Mithatal
which is also known as “Eastern Domain” of the Indus, or Harappan,
Civilization, is located in which among the following districts of Haryana?
a) Kaithal
b) Bhiwani
c) Haryana
d) Panipat
Ans:b) Bhiwani
20. A
nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village is coming up in Haryana in which among
the following districts?
a) Sirsa
b) Fatehabad
c) Faridabad
d) Ambala
Ans: b) Fatehabad
“The nuclear power plant would be of 2,800 MW capacity, and four units of 700
MW each would be established in this plant. The land for the plant is being
acquired from three villages: Gorakhpur, Baropal and Kajalheri. Haryana would
get 65 per cent of the electricity generated by the plant.”
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