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Haryana GK Questions 2026

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.

Haryana GK Questions with Answers

Q61.HaryanaMedium

The Panipat refinery located in Haryana belongs to which public sector company?

  1. A.Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
  2. B.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
  3. C.Indian Oil Corporation Limited
  4. D.Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
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Correct answer: C. Indian Oil Corporation Limited

The Panipat refinery, commissioned in 1998, is an Indian Oil refinery and is the only refinery in Haryana; a naphtha cracker and petrochemical complex were later built alongside it, which makes Panipat an energy and petrochemical centre as well as a textile town.

Q62.HaryanaEasy

Panipat in Haryana is best known for which traditional industry?

  1. A.Plywood and paper
  2. B.Handloom and textile furnishings
  3. C.Brassware
  4. D.Footwear and ceramics
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Correct answer: B. Handloom and textile furnishings

Panipat is called the city of weavers and is a national centre for handloom products such as blankets, carpets, durries and furnishings, much of it made from recycled yarn, and the trade grew after refugee weavers settled there following Partition.

Q63.HaryanaEasy

Which city is Haryana's main information technology and corporate hub and its largest contributor of state revenue?

  1. A.Gurugram
  2. B.Ambala
  3. C.Karnal
  4. D.Hisar
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Correct answer: A. Gurugram

Lying in the National Capital Region next to Delhi, Gurugram holds the state's largest concentration of information technology and business process management firms, corporate head offices, malls and high-value real estate, and it also has car manufacturing, so it yields the biggest share of the state's goods and services tax…

Q64.HaryanaEasy

Which sector contributes the largest share to the gross state value added of Haryana?

  1. A.Agriculture
  2. B.Mining and quarrying
  3. C.Industry
  4. D.Services
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Correct answer: D. Services

As in India as a whole, the services sector, which covers trade, transport, real estate, finance, information technology and public administration, contributes the largest share of Haryana's gross state value added, and the corporate and information technology economy of Gurugram is a large part of it.

Q65.HaryanaMedium

Which of the following was NOT a condition introduced for panchayat candidates by the Haryana amendment of 2015?

  1. A.A functional toilet at home
  2. B.No arrears of electricity dues or cooperative loans
  3. C.A minimum educational qualification
  4. D.Ownership of agricultural land in the village
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Correct answer: D. Ownership of agricultural land in the village

The amendment never made landholding a condition for contesting; such a requirement would have excluded landless villagers altogether and was not part of the law that the Supreme Court examined.

Q66.HaryanaHard

A State Finance Commission to review the finances of panchayats is required by which Article, and how often?

  1. A.Article 243-I, every five years
  2. B.Article 243-E, every year
  3. C.Article 280, every ten years
  4. D.Article 243-K, every three years
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Correct answer: A. Article 243-I, every five years

Article 243-I requires the Governor to constitute a Finance Commission for the state at the end of every fifth year to review the financial position of the panchayats and to recommend how the taxes, duties, tolls and fees of the state should be divided with them, what should be assigned…

Q69.HaryanaEasy

Elections to the panchayats and municipalities of Haryana are conducted by:

  1. A.The Election Commission of India
  2. B.The Haryana State Election Commission
  3. C.The Deputy Commissioner of each district
  4. D.The Department of Development and Panchayats
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Correct answer: B. The Haryana State Election Commission

Article 243-K for panchayats and Article 243-ZA for municipalities vest the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of these elections in a State Election Commission, whose Commissioner is appointed by the Governor and may be removed only in the manner and on the…

Q70.HaryanaHard

Under which Article are the three kinds of municipality, the Nagar Panchayat, the Municipal Council and the Municipal Corporation, provided?

  1. A.Article 243-B
  2. B.Article 243-Q
  3. C.Article 243-W
  4. D.Article 243-ZD
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Correct answer: B. Article 243-Q

Article 243-Q requires every state to constitute a Nagar Panchayat for a transitional area that is changing from rural to urban, a Municipal Council for a smaller urban area and a Municipal Corporation for a larger urban area, the category being decided by the Governor on the basis of population…

Q73.HaryanaMedium

Under the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, the minimum educational qualification fixed for a general category male candidate was:

  1. A.Class 5 pass
  2. B.Class 8 pass
  3. C.Matriculation
  4. D.Graduation
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Correct answer: C. Matriculation

The amendment required a general category candidate to have passed matriculation, that is Class 10, while a relaxation was given to women and to Scheduled Caste candidates, who needed Class 8, and to Scheduled Caste women contesting a panch seat, for whom Class 5 was enough.

Q74.HaryanaMedium

The Supreme Court case Rajbala versus State of Haryana (2015) dealt with which subject?

  1. A.Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes in municipalities
  2. B.Minimum qualifications prescribed for contesting panchayat elections
  3. C.Delay in holding panchayat elections
  4. D.Powers of the State Finance Commission
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Correct answer: B. Minimum qualifications prescribed for contesting panchayat elections

Haryana amended its Panchayati Raj Act in 2015 to add conditions for candidates, including a minimum educational qualification, no outstanding arrears of electricity dues or cooperative loans, and a functional toilet at home.

Q76.HaryanaEasy

Panchayati raj in Haryana is governed today by which state law?

  1. A.The Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952
  2. B.The Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
  3. C.The Haryana Municipal Act, 1973
  4. D.The Haryana Panchayat Samiti Act, 1966
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Correct answer: B. The Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994

After the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 every state had to bring its own law in line with Part IX of the Constitution, and Haryana did so with the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, which still governs the gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads of the state.

Q77.HaryanaHard

Which Article gives a High Court the power of superintendence over all courts and tribunals within its territorial jurisdiction?

  1. A.Article 226
  2. B.Article 227
  3. C.Article 228
  4. D.Article 235
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Correct answer: B. Article 227

Article 227 gives every High Court superintendence over all courts and tribunals throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction; it may call for returns, make rules for their practice and prescribe the forms of their records, though the power does not extend to courts and tribunals under…

Q78.HaryanaEasy

Recruitment to Group C and Group D posts under the Government of Haryana is made by which body?

  1. A.The Haryana Public Service Commission
  2. B.The Haryana Staff Selection Commission
  3. C.The Union Public Service Commission
  4. D.The Staff Selection Commission of the Government of India
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Correct answer: B. The Haryana Staff Selection Commission

HSSC, with its office at Panchkula, recruits to the Group C and Group D posts of the state government and its boards and corporations, and candidates first qualify a Common Eligibility Test before appearing for the examination of a particular group of posts.

Q79.HaryanaMedium

What is the term of office of a member of a State Public Service Commission such as HPSC?

  1. A.Six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier
  2. B.Six years or until the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier
  3. C.Five years or until the age of 60 years, whichever is earlier
  4. D.Five years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier
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Correct answer: A. Six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier

Article 316 fixes this term for the chairman and members of a State Public Service Commission and of a Joint Public Service Commission, and the appointment is made by the Governor of the state.

Q80.HaryanaMedium

A member of the Haryana Public Service Commission can be removed from office by:

  1. A.The Governor of Haryana
  2. B.The President of India
  3. C.The Chief Minister of Haryana
  4. D.The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
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Correct answer: B. The President of India

Article 317 provides that the chairman or a member of a State Public Service Commission may be removed from office only by order of the President, on the ground of misbehaviour, after the Supreme Court has held an inquiry and reported that he ought to be removed; the President may…