Surajkund, the stepped reservoir where a crafts fair is held every February, is in which district?
- A.Gurugram
- B.Faridabad
- C.Panchkula
- D.Rewari
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The correct answer is B, Faridabad. Surajkund is a semicircular embankment of stone steps around a reservoir in the Aravalli foothills of Faridabad district, attributed to the Tomar king Surajpal of about the tenth century, from whom it takes its name. The Surajkund crafts mela is held on the ground beside it every February and brings together craftspeople from across the country and from partner nations.
Option A is wrong because Gurugram district's heritage sites are Farrukhnagar with its Sheesh Mahal and baoli, and the Sultanpur wetland. Option C is wrong because Panchkula holds the Pinjore garden and the Nada Sahib gurudwara. Option D is wrong because Rewari is known for its brassware and for the Rao Tula Ram connection with 1857, and has no monument of this kind. A useful anchor is that Surajkund, the Badkhal lake and the Nahar Singh Mahal at Ballabgarh all belong to Faridabad district.
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Practice Questions
View allRakhigarhi, the largest Harappan site in India, is located in which district of Haryana?
- A.Fatehabad
- B.Hisar
- C.Bhiwani
- D.Kurukshetra
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Rakhigarhi lies in Hisar district, where its mounds spread across more than one village and cover a larger area than any other Harappan site in India.
Read the full explanation →The city of Hisar was founded in 1354 as Hisar-e-Firoza by which ruler?
- A.Alauddin Khalji
- B.Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- C.Sher Shah Suri
- D.Balban
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He founded the town in 1354 and called it Hisar-e-Firoza, the fort of Firoz, and built a palace complex there that still holds the Gujari Mahal and the Lat ki Masjid, a mosque that reuses an older pillar shaft.
Read the full explanation →The tomb of Sheikh Chilli, often called the Taj Mahal of Haryana, stands at which place?
- A.Narnaul
- B.Thanesar in Kurukshetra
- C.Farrukhnagar
- D.Hansi
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The tomb stands on a mound at Thanesar, built in marble and sandstone with a tall Persian dome in a walled garden, and the resemblance to a small Mughal mausoleum has earned it the name Taj Mahal of Haryana.
Read the full explanation →The Kabuli Bagh mosque at Panipat was built by which ruler?
- A.Babur
- B.Akbar
- C.Ibrahim Lodi
- D.Ahmad Shah Abdali
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Babur had the Kabuli Bagh mosque raised at Panipat to mark his victory over Ibrahim Lodi in the first battle of Panipat in 1526, and tradition says it was named after his queen Mussammat Kabuli Begum.
Read the full explanation →The terraced Mughal garden at Pinjore, also called the Yadavindra garden, was laid out by whom?
- A.Aurangzeb himself
- B.Nawab Fidai Khan
- C.Raja Nahar Singh
- D.Shah Quli Khan
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Fidai Khan, a foster brother of Aurangzeb who served as a governor and builder in his reign, laid out the garden at Pinjore in Panchkula district in the charbagh tradition, using the natural slope of the Shivalik foothills to carry water down a series of terraces with pavilions on them.
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