General Knowledge Based on Haryana for Examinations

1. When was Haryana formed?
a) 31 March 1957
b) 22 June 1972
c) 4 July 1976
d) 1 November 1966

Ans: d) 1 November 1966

2. Which state is to the east of Haryana?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Punjab
d) Chhattisgarh

Ans: a) Uttar Pradesh

3. Which state is to the south of Haryana?

a) Bihar
b) Rajasthan
c) Jharkhand
d) West Bengal

Ans: b) Rajasthan

4. Which is the capital of Haryana?

a) Kurukshetra
b) Yamunanagar
c) Bhiwani
d) Chandigarh

Ans: d) Chandigarh

5. Which is the official language of Haryana?

a) Hindi
b) Urdu
c) Gujarati
d) Haryanvi

Ans: a) Hindi

6. Which place in Haryana was the scene of battles in 1526, 1556 and 1761?

a) Ambala
b) Panipat
c) Rohtak
d) Faridabad

Ans: b) Panipat

7. Which chief minister of Haryana became deputy prime minister?

a) Bansi Lal
b) Bhajan Lal
c) Devi Lal
d) Hukam Singh

Ans: c) Devi Lal

8. When was the Battle of Karnal?

a) 5 November 1882
b) 31 May 1857
c) 12 September 1903
d) 24 February 1739

Ans: d) 24 February 1739

9. What is the area of Haryana?

a) 17,070 sq. mi.
b) 22,310 sq. mi.
c) 36,452 sq. mi.
d) 48,117 sq. mi.

Ans: a) 17,070 sq. mi.

10. Which of the following rivers flows through Haryana?

a) Indus
b) Yamuna
c) Brahmaputra
d) Ganges

Ans: b) Yamuna

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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.”