160+ Haryana GK Questions And Answers In English (HPSC 2023)

Last Updated: 5 January 2023

Before we get into Haryana GK Questions And Answers, Do You Know Haryana is a Landlocked State?

Yes, You heard it right!

The interesting thing is that Haryana surrounds Delhi on all three sides i.e. North, South, and west. If You wish to visit Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, You have to go through Haryana.

Haryana and Punjab are the only State in India that share their Capital. Yes, Chandigarh is the capital of both Haryana and Punjab. The Interesting part is that Chandigarh is a Union Territory.

All being said, there are many facts and figures to learn about this Beautiful Rice Producing State. These General Knowledge Questions and Answers on Haryana can be helpful for HSSC and various other competitive exams of State and National Competitive Exams.

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Haryana GK Questions And Answers

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List Of Chief Ministers Of Haryana

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No.	Chief Minister	Term In	Term Out	Party
1	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (Jhajjar)	01 Nov 1966	23 Mar 1967	INC
2	Rao Birender Singh (Pataudi)	24 Mar 1967	20 Nov 1967	VHP
~	President’s Rule	20 Nov 1967	21 May 1968
3	Bansi Lal[1] (Tosham)	21 May 1968	30 Nov 1975	INC
4	Banarsi Das Gupta[1] (Bhiwani)	01 Dec 1975	30 Apr 1977	INC
~	President’s Rule	30 April 1977	21 June 1977
5	Chaudhary Devi Lal[1] (Bhattu Kalan)	21 June 1977	28 June 1979	JP
6	Bhajan Lal[1] (Adampur)	28 Jun 1979	04 Jun 1986	JP + INC
	Bansi Lal[2] (Tosham)	05 Jun 1986	20 Jun 1987	INC
	Chaudhary Devi Lal[2] (Meham)	20 Jun 1987	02 Dec 1989	JD
7	Om Prakash Chautala[1] (Uchana Kalan)	02 Dec 1989	22 May 1990	JD
	Banarsi Das Gupta[2] (Bhiwani)	22 May 1990	12 Jul 1990	JD
	Om Prakash Chautala[2] (Uchana Kalan)	12 Jul 1990	17 Jul 1990	JD
8	Hukam Singh (Dadri)	17 Jul 1990	22 Mar 1991	JD
	Om Prakash Chautala[3] (Uchana Kalan)	22 Mar 1991	5 Apr 1991	SJP
~	President’s Rule	06 Apr 1991	23 Jul 1991
	Bhajan Lal[2] (Adampur)	23 Jun 1991	10 May 1996	INC
	Bansi Lal[3] (Nuh)	11 May 1996	24 Jul 1999	HVP
	Om Prakash Chautala[4] (Uchana Kalan)	24 Jul 1999	05 Mar 2005	INLD
9	Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Garhi Sampla Kiloi)	05 Mar 2005	26 Oct 2014	INC
10	Manohar Lal Khattar (Karnal)	26 Oct 2014	Incumbent	BJP

Acronyms 1) INC: Indian National Congress 2) VHP: Vishal Haryana Party 3) JP: Janata Party 4) SJP: Samajwadi Janta Party (Rashtriya) 5) HVP: Haryana Vikas Party 6) INLD: Indian National Lok Dal 7) BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party

51. What is the Name of Deer Park in Haryana?
Answer: Deer Park, Hisar

52. Where do the Wildlife and Forest areas of Haryana lie?
Answer: Shivalik Hills Range in the North and Aravalli Hill Range in the South

53. Which are the Six Revenue Divisions of Haryana?
Answer:
1) Ambala
2) Faridabad
3) Gurgaon
4) Hisar
5) Karnal
6) Rohtak

54. How many Municipal Corporations are in Haryana?
Answer: Ten

55. Which are the 10 Municipal Corporations of Haryana?
Answer:
1) Ambala
2) Faridabad
3) Gurugram
4) Hisar
5) Karnal
6) Panchkula
7) Panipat
8) Rohtak
9) Sonepat
10) Yamunanagar

56. How many Municipal Councils are in Haryana?
Answer: Eighteen (18)

57. Yamuna Nagar District falls under which Division?
Answer: Ambala

58. How many Cities are in Haryana?
Answer: 154

59. Fatehabad falls under which Division?
Answer: Hisar

60. Which Force is the Law Enforcement Agency of Haryana?
Answer: Haryana Police

61. What are the Five Police Ranges of Haryana?
Answer:
1) Ambala
2) Hissar
3) Karnal
4) Rewari
5) Rohtak

62. Which are the Three Police Commissionerates of Haryana?
Answer:
1) Faridabad
2) Gurgaon
3) Panchkula

63. When was the Green Revolution started in Haryana?
Answer: 1965

64. Where is Shivalik Hills Range?
Answer: North Haryana

65. Where is Aravalli Hill Range?
Answer: South Haryana

Portfolio Of Cabinet Ministers Of Haryana

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No.	Minister	Portfolio	Party
1	Manohar Lal Khattar Chief Minister	1) Finance 2) Town, Country Planning & Urban Estates 3) Public Health Engineering 4) Irrigation& Water Resources 5) Information Technology 6) Electronics & Communication 7) Information 8) Public Relations & Languages 9) Planning 10) Administration of Justice 11) Environment & Climate Change 12) Architecture 13) General Administration 14) Criminal Investigation (CID) 15) Personnel & Training 16) Raj Bhawan Affairs 17) Other Departments not Allocated to any Minister	BJP
2	Dushyant Chautala Deputy Chief Minister	1) Revenue & Disaster Management 2) Excise & Taxation 3) Industries & Commerce 4) Public Works (B&R) 5) Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs 6) Labour & Employment 7) Civil Aviation 8) Rehabilitation 9) Consolidation	JJP
3	Anil Vij	1) Home 2) Urban Local Bodies 3) Health 4) Medical Education & Research 5) AYUSH 6) Technical Education 7) Science & Technology	BJP
4	Kanwar Pal Gujjar	1) Education 2) Forests 3) Tourism 4) Parliamentary Affairs 5) Hospitality 6) Art & Cultural Affairs	BJP
5	Mool Chand Sharma	1) Transport 2) Mines and Geology 3) Skill Development & Industrial Training	BJP
6	Ranjit Singh Chautala	1) Power 2) New & Renewable Energy 3) Jails	IND
7	Jai Parkash Dalal	1) Agriculture & Farmer Welfare 2) Animal Husbandry & Dairying 3) Fisheries 4) Law & Legislative	BJP
8	Banwari Lal	1) Co-operation 2) Welfare of SCs & BCs	BJP
9	Kamal Gupta	1) Urban Local Bodies 2) Housing	BJP
10	Devender Singh Babli	1) Development & Panchayats 2) Archaeology	JJP

Acronym 1) BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party 2) JJP: Jannayak Janta Party 3) IND: Independent

Minister Of State

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No.	Minister	Portfolio	Party
1	Om Prakash Yadav	1) Social Justice and Empowerment 2) Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare (IC)	BJP
2	Kamlesh Dhanda	1) Women & Child Development 2) Archives (IC)	BJP
3	Anoop Dhanak	1) Archaeology & Museums (IC) 2) Labour & Employment	JJP
4	Sandeep Singh	1) Sports & Youth Affairs 2) Printing & Stationery (IC)	BJP

IC: Independent Charge

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66. Which River is the Kaushalya Dam located in Haryana?
Answer: Kaushalya River

67. Which District is Anangpur Dam Located in?
Answer:  Faridabad District

68. What is the Total Road length of Haryana?
Answer: 26,062 Km

69. What is the name of the Metro of Haryana?
Answer: Gurugram Rapid Metro

70. What is the state flower of Haryana?
Answer: Lotus

71. Which is the largest district of Haryana?
Answer: Sirsa (4,277 km²)

72. Which is the smallest district of Haryana?
Answer: Faridabad (792 km²)

73. Faridabad is located in which direction of the state capital Chandigarh?
Answer: South

74. How many Districts were there when Haryana got its Statehood?
Answer: Seven

75. Which is the Largest city in Haryana?
Answer: Faridabad

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76. Which District of Haryana is known as Sripad Janapad?
Answer: Kurukshetra

77. Who is the Second Chief Minister of Haryana?
Answer: Rao Birender Singh

78. Who is the Third Chief Minister of Haryana?
Answer: Bansi Lal

79. Which Chief Minister of Haryana is known as the Architect of modern Haryana?
Answer: Bansi Lal Legha (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006)

80. What is the State Tree of Haryana?
Answer: Peepal

81. Which District of Haryana is also known as Srikantha?
Answer: Kurukshetra

82. Who is known as Haryana’s Iron man?
Answer: Bansi Lal Legha

83. Where is the Tomb of Chalis Hafiz located?
Answer: Hisar

84. When were all the Villages of Haryana Electrified?
Answer: 29 November 1970

85. Where is the Atlas Industry in Haryana located?
Answer: Sonipat

86. Where is Rajdoot Motor Cycle manufactured in Haryana?
Answer: Faridabad

87. Which Region is named after King Kuru?
Answer: Kurukshetra

88. Where was the Famous Battle of Panipat fought?
Answer: Panipat

89. When was the Famous Battle of Panipat fought?
Answer: 1565

90. Which States share their border with Haryana?
Answer:
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Punjab
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttarakhand
5) Uttar Pradesh

List Of Districts Of Haryana

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No.	Districts	Area (km2)	Established	Division
1	Ambala	1,574	01 Nov 1966	Ambala
2	Kurukshetra	1,530	23 Jan 1973	Ambala
3	Panchkula	898	15 Aug 1995	Ambala
4	Yamuna Nagar	1,768	01 Nov 1989	Ambala
5	Faridabad	792	15 Aug 1979	Faridabad
6	Nuh	1,874	04 Apr 2005	Faridabad
7	Palwal	1,359	15 Aug 2008	Faridabad
8	Gurugram	1,253	01 Nov 1966	Gurugram
9	Mahendragarh	1,859	01 Nov 1966	Gurugram
10	Rewari	1,582	01 Nov 1989	Gurugram
11	Fatehabad	2,538	15 July 1997	Hisar
12	Hisar	3,983	01 Nov 1966	Hisar
13	Jind	2,702	01 Nov 1966	Hisar
14	Sirsa	4,277	26 Aug 1975	Hisar
15	Kaithal	2,317	01 Nov 1989	Karnal
16	Karnal	2,520	01 No 1966	Karnal
17	Panipat	1,268	01 Nov 1989	Karnal
18	Bhiwani	3,432	22 Dec 1972	Rohtak
19	Charkhi Dadri	1,370	01 Dec 2016	Rohtak
20	Jhajjar	1,834	15 July 1997	Rohtak
21	Rohtak	1,745	01 Nov 1966	Rohtak
22	Sonipat	2,122	22 Dec 1972	Rohtak

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91. What is the State Bird of Haryana?
Answer: Black Francolin

92. From which District of Haryana was Gandhi Arrested on 30th July 1919?
Answer: Hisar

93. Which Union Territories touch the Boundary of Haryana?
Answer: Delhi

94. Where is the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) located in Haryana?
Answer: Karnal

95. Where was Kapil Dev born?
Answer: Chandigarh

96. In which District of Haryana is Badkhal Lake Located?
Answer: Faridabad

97. Which Field is Pandit Jasraj famous for?
Answer: Indian Classical Music

98. Which District of Haryana is also known as the Bowl of Rice?
Answer: Karnal

99. Which town in Haryana does not have a Railway Station?
Answer: Nuh

100. Where is the Headquarters of Mahendragarh District?
Answer: Narnaul City

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101. Which District of Haryana has the lowest Population Growth Rate?
Answer: Jhajjar

102. Which Districts of Haryana are Abundant in Mineral Resources?
Answer: Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rewari, Ambala, etc

103. In which District of Haryana was Ashoka’s Topra Stambha founded?
Answer: Ambala

104. Which District of Haryana is abundant in China Clay?
Answer: Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Rewari

105. Which mineral is Largely found in Ambala, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, and Panchkula Districts?
Answer: Limestone

106. Where are Quartz and Silica Sand found in Haryana?
Answer: Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Mahendragarh Districts

107. Which District of Haryana is abundant in Quartzite?
Answer: Faridabad District and Gurgaon District

108. How much Area will be covered under the New Industrial Township at Gurgaon?
Answer: 1,500 Acres

109. Which Riverbank is the Narkatari Pilgrimage mentioned in Mahabharata located?
Answer: Saraswati

110. How many percent of the total Tin in India is found in Haryana?
Answer: 64%

111. Name the First Novel that was written in Haryanvi?
Answer: Jhadufiri

112. Which Barrage was completed in 1999 to replace the aged Tajewala Barrage?
Answer: Hathnikund Barrage

113. Which District was carved out from the former Karnal District on 1st November 1989?
Answer: Panipat District

114. Which city of Haryana was discussed in the book written by Chinese Traveler Hiuen-Tsang?
Answer: Thaneshwar

115. Where is Asia’s largest livestock breeding located?
Answer: Hisar

116. Which city of Haryana is also known as the City of Weavers?
Answer: Panipat

117. Who is the founder of the Haryana Vikas Party?
Answer: Bansi Lal

118. Which Chief Minister of Haryana launched a scheme for Girl Child “Aapki Beti Humari Beti”?
Answer: Manohar Lal Khattar

119. Anil Vij belongs to which Constituency?
Answer: Ambala Cantonment

120. When was Gurgaon Officially renamed as Gurugram?
Answer: 27 September 2016

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121. Who is the Planning Agency of Gurugram?
Answer: Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority

122. What is the Nickname of Panipat?
Answer: City of Weavers

123. Which district of Haryana is mainly irrigated by Jui Canal?
Answer: Bhiwani

124. Which River is the Lakhwar-Vyasi Dam constructed?
Answer: Yamuna River

125. Which is the Smallest District of Haryana by Area?
Answer: Faridabad (792 km²)

126. Which Districts of Haryana surround Delhi?
Answer: Fatehabad, Gurugram, Jhajjar, and Sonipat

127. How many Districts are in Ambala Division?
Answer: Four

128. Who is the Founder of Hisar District?
Answer: Firozshah Tughlaq

129. Where is the Haryana High Court?
Answer: Chandigarh 

130. Where is the Motilal Nehru School of Sports?
Answer: Sonipat

131. Who is the First Woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice?
Answer: Santosh Yadav (From Haryana)

132. Tehsils namely Jagadhri, Radaur, Bilaspur, and Chhachhrauli fall under which District?
Answer: Yamuna Nagar

133. How many Tehsils was Jind Tehsil bifurcated in 1967?
Answer: Two Tehsils (Jind and Safidon)

134. Which District of Haryana is a Major Hub for Information Technology?
Answer: Gurgaon District

135. What name was Haryana known as during the Mahabharata age?
Answer: Bahudhannyaka

136. Where is Rajiv Gandhi’s Thermal Power Station?
Answer: Khedar

137. Which District is Meham Fort Located in?
Answer: Rohtak District

138. What was the first work started by Swami Dayanand Saraswati when he reached Haryana?
Answer: Gaushala

139. Which city is also known as the City of Mahabharata?
Answer: Kurukshetra

140. What is the Nickname of Gurugram?
Answer: Millennium City of India

List of Minerals Found in Haryana

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No.	District	Minerals
1	Ambala	1) Dolomite 2) Limestone
2	Bhiwani	1) Copper 2) Granite 3) Limestone 4) Quartz 5) Tin 6) Tungsten
3	Faridabad	1) China Clay 2) Quartz 3) Quartzite
4	Gurgaon	1) China Clay 2) Quartz 3) Quartzite 4) Slate
5	Mahendragarh	1) Barytes 2) Calcite 3) Copper 4) Dolomite 5) Felspar 6) Limestone 7) Marble 8) Quartz 9) Slate
6	Panchkula	Limestone
7	Rewari	China Clay

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141. Where is Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes?
Answer: Hisar

142. Which is the 22nd District of Haryana?
Answer: Charkhi Dadri

143. Where is the National Dairy Research Institute located?
Answer: Karnal

144. When did Haryana State Labour Policy come into existence?
Answer: 2006

145. When was Ambala Cantonment established?
Answer: 1843

146. Who was the first Governor of Haryana?
Answer: Dharma Vira

147. Which Nuclear Power Station is in Haryana?
Answer: Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant

148. What is the name of the Expressway between Delhi and Gurugram?
Answer: Delhi Gurgaon Expressway

149. From which District does the Ghaggar River enter Haryana?
Answer: Panchkula District

150. Who is known as Haryana Kesari?
Answer: Nekiram Sharma

List Of Governors Of Haryana

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No.	Governor	Term In	Term Out
1	Dharma Vira	01 Nov 1966	14 Sep 1967
2	Birendra Narayan Chakraborty	15 Sep 1967	26 Mar 1976
3	Ranjit Singh Narula	27 Mar 1976	13 Aug 1976
4	Jaisukh Lal Hathi	14 Aug 1976	23 Sep 1977
5	Sardar Harcharan Singh Brar	24 Sep 1977	09 Dec 1979
6	Surjit Singh Sandhawalia	10 Dec 1979	27 Feb 1980
7	Ganpatrao Devji Tapase	28 Feb 1980	13 Jun 1984
8	Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney	14 Jun 1984	21 Feb 1988
9	Hari Anand Barari	22 Feb 1988	06 Feb 1990
10	Dhanik Lal Mandal	07 Feb 1990	13 Jun 1995
11	Mahabir Prasad	14 Jun 1995	18 Jun 2000
12	Babu Parmanand	19 Jun 2000	01 Jul 2004
13	Om Prakash Verma	02 Jul 2004	07 Jul 2004
14	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai	07 Jul 2004	27 Jul 2009
15	Jagannath Prasad	27 Jul 2009	26 Jul 2014
16	Kaptan Singh Solanki	27 Jul 2014	25 Aug 2018
17	Satyadev Narayan Arya	25 Aug 2018	06 Jul 2021
18	Bandaru Dattatreya	07 Jul 2021	Incumbent

151. Which breed of Buffaloes are famous in Haryana?
Answer: Murrah Buffalo

152. How many seats does the Haryana Legislative Assembly have?
Answer: 90 seats

153. Who has served the most number of discontinuous stints as Chief Minister being a member of three different parties?
Answer: Om Prakash Chautala
Parties: Janata Dal, Samajwadi Janata Party, and Indian National Lok Dal

154. Which Chief Minister has served the longest continuous term from 2005 to 2014?
Answer: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

155. Which Rice is largely Exported by Haryana?
Answer: Basmati Rice

156. Who is the present Governor of Haryana (2023)?
Answer: Bandaru Dattatreya ( Since 7 July 2021)

157. Who is the present Lokayukta of Haryana?
Answer: Justice Hari Pal Verma

List Of Lokayukta Of Haryana

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No.	Lokayukta	Term In	Term Out
1	Pritam Pal	18 Jan 2011	18 Jan 2016
2	Justice Nawal Kishore Agarwal	19 July 2016	18 July 2021
3	Justice Hari Pal Verma	11 Sep 2021	Incumbent

158. How many recipients from Haryana received the Padma Shri Award 2022?
Answer: 5 (Five)

159. Who are the 5 recipients from Haryana who received the Padma Shri Award 2022?
Answer:
1) Sumit Antil (Sports)
2) Neeraj Chopra (Sports)
3) Om Prakash Gandhi (Social Work)
4) Moti Lal Madan (Science and Engineering)
5) Raghuvendra Tanwar (Literature and Education)

160. Who is the first recipient of the Padma Vibhushan Award from Haryana?
Answer: Narinder Nath Vohra (Civil Service) in 2007

161. Who is the first recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award from Haryana?
Answer: Lala Hansraj Gupta (Public Affairs) in 1970

162. Who is the first recipient of the Padma Shri Award from Haryana?
Answer: K. C. Johorey (Civil Service) in 1963

163. How many women received National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 from Haryana?
Answer: One Woman

164. Who received the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 from Haryana?
Answer: Savita Rani (Nurse)

165. How many women received National Florence Nightingale Award 2021 from Haryana?
Answer: One Woman

166. Who received the National Florence Nightingale Award 2021 from Haryana?
Answer: Indira Jadhav Daniel (Nurse Educator/Researcher)

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