The Pinjore Garden, also called the Yadavindra Garden, is located in which district of Haryana?
- A.Ambala
- B.Panchkula
- C.Yamunanagar
- D.Kurukshetra
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Panchkula. Pinjore lies on the Shivalik slope in Panchkula district, and the garden there is a Mughal charbagh laid out in descending terraces by Nawab Fidai Khan, the foster brother of Aurangzeb. It later passed to the rulers of Patiala and was renamed after Yadavindra Singh. The Bhima Devi temple complex beside it, with its carved stone panels, is called the Khajuraho of north India.
Option A, Ambala, is the neighbouring district and holds Panjokhra Sahib, but not Pinjore. Option C, Yamunanagar, has Adi Badri, Kapal Mochan and the Kalesar National Park. Option D, Kurukshetra, is the district of the Gita sites. Panchkula is also the district of Morni Hills, the Mata Mansa Devi temple and Nada Sahib, so it is worth learning as a single group.
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Practice Questions
View allJyotisar, believed to be the place where the Bhagavad Gita was delivered, is in which district?
- A.Panipat
- B.Kurukshetra
- C.Karnal
- D.Jind
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Jyotisar lies a few kilometres from Kurukshetra town, and tradition identifies it as the spot on the battlefield where Krishna gave the Gita sermon to Arjuna.
Read the full explanation →The Kabuli Bagh mosque at Panipat was built by which ruler?
- A.Babur
- B.Humayun
- C.Akbar
- D.Sher Shah Suri
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He raised the Kabuli Bagh mosque and the garden around it at Panipat to mark his victory in the first battle of Panipat in 1526, in which Ibrahim Lodi, the last Lodi sultan, was killed.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only hill station of Haryana?
- A.Morni Hills
- B.Dhosi Hill
- C.Tosham Hill
- D.Kalesar
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It is the one place in Haryana developed as a hill station, and the twin Tikkar Taal lakes lie below it.
Read the full explanation →Adi Badri, traditionally regarded as the place where the Saraswati rises, is in which district?
- A.Kurukshetra
- B.Yamunanagar
- C.Panchkula
- D.Kaithal
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Adi Badri lies in the Shivalik foothills of Yamunanagar district, and tradition treats it as the point where the Saraswati emerges, which is why the state has taken up work on the river and on a reservoir there.
Read the full explanation →The tomb of Sheikh Chilli, a monument of the Mughal period, stands at which place?
- A.Thanesar in Kurukshetra
- B.Narnaul in Mahendragarh
- C.Hansi in Hisar
- D.Farrukhnagar in Gurugram
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The tomb of Sheikh Chilli, the Sufi teacher associated with the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh, stands on a high terrace at Thanesar, with a dome of white marble and a madrasa court beside it.
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