Haryana General Knowledge and Current Affairs
Formation and administration
- Haryana was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966; Haryana Day is 1 November.
- Capital: Chandigarh, a union territory also serving as the capital of Punjab.
- 22 districts and 6 divisions (Ambala, Hisar, Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak, Karnal).
- State symbols: animal blackbuck, bird black francolin, tree peepal, flower lotus.
- Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Governor Bandaru Dattatreya - confirm against the latest official notification before the exam.
History and places
- Kurukshetra: Mahabharata battlefield, Jyotisar, Brahma Sarovar.
- Three Battles of Panipat - 1526 (Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi), 1556 (Akbar's forces defeated Hemu), 1761 (Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas).
- Surajkund crafts mela (Faridabad), Pinjore gardens (Panchkula), Sultanpur bird sanctuary (Gurugram), Morni Hills.
Current affairs
Prepare the past twelve months: state schemes such as Parivar Pehchan Patra and Saksham Yuva, sports achievements, new appointments and state awards.
Worked example
Who won the Second Battle of Panipat (1556)? Reasoning: the first battle (1526) established Babur; the second saw Bairam Khan, guardian of Akbar, defeat Hemu; the third (1761) involved Abdali. Answer: Akbar's forces.
Traps that cost marks
- Chandigarh is a union territory, not a district of Haryana.
- Haryana Day is 1 November, not the date the Act was passed.
- District and division counts are revised - answer from the current notification.
- Do not mix the state animal with the state bird.