The tourist complex of Haryana Tourism named Blue Jay is situated at which place?
- A.Samalkha
- B.Hodal
- C.Dharuhera
- D.Ambala
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Samalkha, in Panipat district on the Delhi to Ambala highway. Haryana Tourism names its roadside complexes after birds, and Blue Jay is the one at Samalkha. The practice gives examiners a ready supply of matching questions, so the complexes must be learnt with their places rather than by the look of the name.
Option B, Hodal, in Palwal district on the road to Mathura, has the complex named Dabchick. Option C, Dharuhera, in Rewari district on the road to Jaipur, has the one named Jungle Babbler. Option D, Ambala, has the complex named Kingfisher. Other pairs worth remembering are Skylark at Panipat and Magpie at Faridabad. The best way to revise them is along the highway, taking the complexes in the order in which a traveller would meet them.
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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 →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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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.
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.
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