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.
What was the sex ratio of Haryana in the Census of 2011?
Haryana recorded 879 females for every 1,000 males in 2011. The number follows directly from the population table: 1,18,56,728 females against 1,34,94,734 males in a total of 2,53,51,462 people.
Read the full explanation →According to the Census of India 2011, what is the percentage of India's population that lives in urban areas?
The Census of 2011 found that 31.16 per cent of Indians lived in urban areas and the remaining 68.84 per cent in villages.
Read the full explanation →Which union territory has the highest sex ratio as per the 2011 Census?
Among the union territories Puducherry recorded 1,037 females for every 1,000 males in 2011, the only union territory with more women than men and the highest figure in that group.
Read the full explanation →As per the 2011 census of India, which Indian state has the lowest sex ratio?
The Census of 2011 recorded 879 females for every 1,000 males in Haryana, the lowest figure of any state in the country, against a national average of 943.
Read the full explanation →Over which protocol must the PTZ cameras transmit video to the regulators under the CAQM order?
The correct answer is the Real Time Streaming Protocol, commonly written as RTSP, which the order names for continuous live transmission of the camera feeds to the designated servers and portals of the pollution control authorities.
Read the full explanation →Which body has issued the order extending PTZ camera-based remote monitoring in the National Capital Region?
The correct answer is the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas, usually shortened to CAQM, which issued the order under its own statutory direction and widened the scope of camera-based surveillance.
Read the full explanation →By which date must NCR industries covered by the new CAQM order install and operationalise PTZ cameras?
The order requires every covered industrial unit to have the cameras installed and working, with arrangements for real time transmission of the video feeds already in place, by that date.
Read the full explanation →Which agency develops the industrial estates and model townships of Haryana?
It acquires and develops land for industrial estates and industrial model townships, allots plots to entrepreneurs, provides water, power and internal roads and runs common facilities, and it is the body named in questions on industrial infrastructure of the state.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following minerals is not found in Haryana?
Haryana has no coal and no petroleum of its own; its thermal power stations run on coal railed in from the eastern coalfields and its refinery on crude piped from the Gujarat coast.
Read the full explanation →The industrial model township of Manesar, with vehicle and electronics plants, lies in which district?
Manesar is in Gurugram district on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, and the industrial model township developed there holds car, motorcycle, component and electronics plants as well as logistics parks.
Read the full explanation →Which city is known as the steel town of Haryana?
Hisar has a large stainless steel and steel pipe industry and is counted as the steel town of the state, which is notable because Haryana has no iron ore worth mining and the raw material has to be brought in.
Read the full explanation →Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district, called the gateway of Haryana, is known for which industries?
Bahadurgarh stands on the Delhi border on the Rohtak road and holds a large number of footwear units along with ceramic, tile and sanitaryware factories, besides engineering and packaging works.
Read the full explanation →The manufacture of scientific, laboratory and surgical instruments in Haryana is concentrated at
Ambala, and Ambala Cantt in particular, has a cluster of workshops making laboratory glassware and apparatus, surgical and dental instruments, weighing and measuring devices and household mixers, and it supplies schools, colleges and hospitals across the country.
Read the full explanation →Jagadhri in Haryana is famous for the manufacture of
Jagadhri, now part of the Yamunanagar urban area, has an old industry of brass, bronze and other metal utensils, with rolling, beating and polishing done in workshops across the town, and its market supplies vessels to north India.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Haryana is known as the plywood capital of India?
Hundreds of plywood and veneer units work in and around Yamunanagar and Jagadhri, giving the district the largest cluster of this industry in the country.
Read the full explanation →Panipat is called the city of weavers because of its
Panipat weaves durries, carpets, blankets and furnishing fabrics for the home and export markets, and it is also the largest centre in India for pulling old woollen clothing into fibre and spinning it again into yarn, a trade for which the city is known across the world.
Read the full explanation →The oil refinery of Haryana is located at Baholi in which district?
The Indian Oil refinery at Baholi in Panipat district was commissioned in the late nineteen nineties and was later expanded with a petrochemical complex; it is supplied with crude through a pipeline from the Gujarat coast and sends its products to north India.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest industrial city of Haryana?
Faridabad has the largest concentration of factories in the state, making tractors, refrigerators, tyres, switchgear, garments and a very wide range of auto components, and it is also the most populous city of Haryana.
Read the full explanation →The Mera Pani Meri Virasat scheme of Haryana encourages farmers to
Under the scheme the state pays an incentive per acre to farmers in blocks where groundwater has fallen deepest if they sow maize, pulses, cotton, bajra or other dry crops in place of paddy, and it links the help to registration of the crop on the state portal.
Read the full explanation →The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, which works on reclaiming saline and waterlogged land, is located at
The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research is at Karnal.
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