General knowledge carries a large share of both Haryana exams. The HSSC CET gives 75% weightage to General Awareness, Reasoning, Quantitative Ability, English and Hindi, and 25% to Haryana's history, current affairs, literature, geography, environment and culture. Its General Awareness part covers India and neighbouring countries, especially History, Indian Polity and Constitution, Art and Culture, Geography and, for Group C, Economics, General Policy, Environment and General Science. The HCS Preliminary General Studies paper covers General Science, the History of India and the Indian National Movement, Indian and World Geography, Indian Culture, Polity and Economy, and the economy, people, institutions and language of Haryana. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes, written as short facts and tables for quick revision, in English and Hindi. They cover national GK: Polity, History, Geography, Economy and Science. As guidance, that is the base for the General Awareness part of the CET and much of HCS General Studies. GK24 has no separate Haryana GK section, so prepare the Haryana part from official state sources alongside these notes. Read a topic, then solve its quiz and previous-year questions here.
The Satnami revolt of 1672 against Aurangzeb broke out near which town of Haryana?
The Satnamis were a sect of peasants and artisans of the Narnaul and Mewat country who rose in 1672 after a quarrel with a Mughal foot soldier grew into a general rising.
Read the full explanation →The tomb of Sheikh Chilli, the teacher of Dara Shikoh, stands at which place in Haryana?
The tomb of Abd-ur-Rahim, known as Sheikh Chilli, stands on a high plinth at Thanesar in Kurukshetra district, with a marble dome and a madrasa court beside it, and belongs to the reign of Shah Jahan.
Read the full explanation →The Irish adventurer George Thomas, who cast his own guns and coins in the 1790s, made which town of Haryana his capital?
George Thomas, a sailor from Ireland who rose in the service of Indian rulers, carved out a principality for himself in the Haryana plain towards the end of the eighteenth century and chose Hansi, with its old fort, as his capital.
Read the full explanation →Ballabhgarh became an important trading centre under the leadership of the Jat ruler ________.
Suraj Mal, the ablest ruler of the Bharatpur Jat house, pushed Jat power north into the Haryana plain in the middle of the eighteenth century, holding Ballabhgarh, Farrukhnagar and much of the country around Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Lohgarh, the hill capital from which Banda Singh Bahadur struck his own coins, lies in which present district of Haryana?
After Guru Gobind Singh's death Banda Singh Bahadur led the Sikh rising of 1709 and 1710, took Samana and Sadhaura and fortified Lohgarh in the Sivalik hills of what is now Yamunanagar district, making it his capital and striking coins and a seal in the name of the Gurus.
Read the full explanation →Faridabad was founded in 1607 by Shaikh Farid, who served as treasurer to which Mughal emperor?
Shaikh Farid was the treasurer of Jahangir, and he founded Faridabad in 1607 to protect the imperial road from Delhi to Agra, building a fort, a tank and a mosque at the spot.
Read the full explanation →In which year was India invaded by Taimur?
Timur, the Turkish ruler of Samarkand, invaded India in 1398 during the reign of Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq, came down the Yamuna route and sacked the Haryana towns of Tohana, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Kaithal and Hisar before taking and plundering Delhi.
Read the full explanation →The city of Hisar, founded as Hisar-e-Firoza in 1354, was established by which ruler?
He founded Hisar-e-Firoza in 1354, built its fort and palace complex with the Gujari Mahal inside, and brought canals from the Yamuna to water the town, a line the British later rebuilt as the Western Yamuna Canal.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Muslim to invade India?
The Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim invaded Sindh in 712 AD on behalf of the Umayyad governor of Iraq, defeated and killed Raja Dahir at Raor and annexed Sindh and Multan.
Read the full explanation →The Kala Amb memorial in Panipat district marks the battlefield of which battle?
Kala Amb, on the edge of Panipat town, is the site where the Marathas and the Afghans fought on 14 January 1761.
Read the full explanation →The Kabuli Bagh mosque at Panipat was built to mark the victory of which ruler?
Babur had the Kabuli Bagh mosque and garden laid out at Panipat after the first battle of Panipat in 1526, and the building is named after his wife Kabuli Begum.
Read the full explanation →The third battle of Panipat in 1761 was won by which ruler?
Abdali, also known as Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Afghan kingdom at Kandahar, defeated the Marathas at Panipat on 14 January 1761 with the help of the Rohilla chief Najib-ud-Daula and Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh.
Read the full explanation →Who led the Maratha army at the third battle of Panipat in 1761?
The Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao sent his cousin Sadashivrao Bhau north in command, with the Peshwa's son Vishwasrao as the nominal head of the expedition.
Read the full explanation →Which title did Hemu assume after capturing Delhi, shortly before the second battle of Panipat?
Hemu, also called Hem Chandra, rose from a trader and officer of the Sur house to be its chief general, defeated the Mughal governor at Delhi in 1556 and had himself crowned there with the old Indian imperial title Vikramaditya.
Read the full explanation →Who commanded the Mughal army at the second battle of Panipat in 1556 on behalf of the young Akbar?
Akbar was only about thirteen when Humayun died, and the campaign against Hemu was conducted by his guardian and regent Bairam Khan, who insisted on marching to Panipat rather than retreating to Kabul.
Read the full explanation →The first battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between Babur and which ruler?
On 21 April 1526 Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last sultan of the Lodi dynasty, using field guns handled by Ustad Ali Quli and Mustafa Rumi behind a line of carts and the tulughma method of flanking attack.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the second battle of Tarain fought, in which Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan?
Ghori returned to Tarain a year after his defeat with a larger force of mounted archers, drew the heavy Rajput cavalry out of formation with a feigned retreat and destroyed it.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following Rajput rulers defeated Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 AD?
Prithviraj Chauhan III, the Chahamana ruler of Ajmer and Delhi, met Muhammad Ghori at Tarain, the modern Taraori in Karnal district of Haryana, in 1191.
Read the full explanation →Which two technologies did the CAQM review highlight for monitoring stubble burning?
The review covered their deployment for technology based monitoring and for analysing trends in farm fires, in addition to field level surveillance by officials and a close watch over the hotspot areas.
Read the full explanation →CRM machinery, discussed during the review, stands for which of the following?
These are the machines that handle paddy straw left in the field after the harvest, and the Commission reviewed both their availability and their actual deployment in the two districts.
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