General Awareness and Current Affairs (Haryana Focus)
General Awareness and Current Affairs (Haryana Focus)
This domain tests Haryana's history, geography, polity, state symbols and welfare schemes, plus current affairs. Stable facts score more reliably than fast-changing names.
Core rules
- Haryana was formed on 1 November 1966 by the Punjab Reorganisation Act. Chandigarh is the shared capital with Punjab. The state has 22 districts.
- State symbols: animal blackbuck (krishna mrig), bird black francolin (kala teetar), tree peepal, flower lotus.
- Historical spots: Kurukshetra for the Mahabharata; Panipat for the battles of 1526, 1556 and 1761; Hisar, Rohtak and Sirsa for freedom movement sites.
- Health schemes: Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, CHIRAYU, National Health Mission and maternal death review.
- As of 2025, the Chief Minister is Nayab Singh Saini and the Governor is Bandaru Dattatreya; verify current holders before the exam.
- Geography: fertile plains, the Ghaggar river and the Aravalli range in the south.
Worked example
A question asks which scheme is Haryana's own health cover. CHIRAYU is the state-branded scheme aligned with Ayushman Bharat; it is not a central scheme name. Matching the state to the scheme is the reasoning step.
Traps
- Chandigarh is the capital but is not a district of Haryana.
- Haryana Day is 1 November, not the date of a battle.
- Do not confuse the blackbuck with the nilgai.