Haryana GK Questions 2026

Sumit Antil of Khewra village in Sonipat district competes in the javelin throw in the F64 class, won the gold at the Tokyo Paralympics and defended it at Paris, breaking the world record in the class along the way.

She comes from Goria village in Jhajjar district and won two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, one in the individual ten metre air pistol and one in the ten metre air pistol mixed team event, which made her the first Indian athlete since independence to win two medals at…

Known as the Haryana Hurricane, he played his domestic cricket for Haryana, led India to the World Cup in 1983 and captained the state side to its Ranji Trophy title in the season of 1990 and 1991, which remains the great achievement of Haryana cricket.

Shahabad Markanda, a small town in Kurukshetra district, is called the nursery of Indian women hockey; Rani Rampal, who captained the national team and has received both the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and the Padma Shri, learnt the game on its astroturf, and the former men team captain and…

He comes from Nahri village in Sonipat district and won the silver medal in the 57 kg freestyle class at the Tokyo Olympics, losing only the final; his silver was the better of the two wrestling medals India won at those Games.

Sakshi Malik, from Mokhra village in Rohtak district, won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle event at the Rio Olympics and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal; hers was also the first medal India won at those Games.

The town is called the little Cuba or mini Cuba of India because of the Bhiwani Boxing Club, where a stream of boxers trained under the coach Jagdish Singh and from which several reached the Beijing Olympics of 2008, including the bronze medallist Vijender Singh.

He won a bronze medal in the 75 kg middleweight class at the Beijing Olympics of 2008, the first Olympic medal won by an Indian boxer, and he came from the Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani district.

Neeraj Chopra comes from Khandra village in Panipat district and won the gold medal in the javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic gold for India in a track and field event; he later added an Olympic silver at Paris and a world championship title in the same…

Pandit Lakhmi Chand of Jatti Kalan in Sonipat district wrote and performed the saang, the folk theatre of the region, in verse, and his plays are still staged by troupes across the state; the title Surya Kavi, the sun among poets, was given to him for that body of work.

Born on 14 February 1952 at Ambala Cantonment, she began in Haryana politics, became the youngest cabinet minister of that state, served as Chief Minister of Delhi in 1998 and later held the external affairs portfolio at the Centre.

The institution that Bhagat Phool Singh founded for the education of girls grew at Khanpur Kalan and was given the status of a university named after him, and it remains the state's university for women.

Manu Bhaker comes from Goria village in Jhajjar district. At the Paris Olympics of 2024 she won a bronze in the women's 10 metre air pistol and a second bronze in the 10 metre air pistol mixed team event, becoming the first Indian to win two medals at a single…

The wrestler from Mokhra in Rohtak district won the bronze medal in the 58 kilogram freestyle class at the Rio Olympics of 2016 and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal.

The boxer from Kaluwas in Bhiwani district won a bronze medal in the middleweight class at the Beijing Olympics of 2008, the first Olympic medal in boxing for India.

Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December 1997 at Khandra village in Panipat district.

Chaudhary Devi Lal, born on 25 September 1914 at Teja Khera in Sirsa district and known across the state as Tau, served as Chief Minister of Haryana and became Deputy Prime Minister of India in the government formed in 1989, holding that office into 1991.

When Haryana was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966, he became the first Chief Minister of the new state.

The ruler of Rewari raised troops, took over the administration of his territory during the Revolt and met the British in battle at Nasibpur near Narnaul on 16 November 1857.

Sir Chhotu Ram was born at Garhi Sampla in Rohtak district on 24 November 1881.