PM Mementos e-Auction 2026 Puts Rajasthan Heritage on Show

The correct answer is Rajasthan. The Ministry of Culture drew attention to a group of mementos in this year's auction that stand for the state's folk deities, devotional painting, textile craft, architectural heritage and sporting achievement, from the Ambabari elephant with its howdah to the silver figures of Veer Tejaji Maharaj. Gujarat is wrong because none of the pieces in this set is drawn from it. Madhya Pradesh is wrong as well: the temples and shrines named in the catalogue, such as the Brahma Temple at Pushkar and the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, all lie in Rajasthan. Odisha is a tempting choice because one artwork is done in the Pattachitra style, which is associated with that state, but the subject is Krishna Raas Leela within a Rajasthan collection, so the style alone does not change the answer.

The correct answer is 37 artefacts. That is the size of the Rajasthan set described by the Ministry of Culture, and the pieces are spread across woodwork, silver mementos of folk deities, devotional painting, textiles, framed views of heritage shrines and memorabilia of recent events and sporting achievement. The other three counts do not match the catalogue at all. Aspirants should hold the number together with the rest of the detail that goes with it: this is the eighth edition of the PM Mementos e-Auction, it stays open until the second day of October this year, and the full list of items along with the rules for taking part is placed on the official portal, pmmementos.gov.in, which the ministry named in its announcement.

The correct answer is Nathdwara, the town linked with Pichwai painting, a form in which cloth hangings are made for the shrine of Shrinathji. The catalogue places these works beside a Phad painting of Lakshmi and Narayan and a Pattachitra-style picture of Krishna Raas Leela, all three being ways of telling a devotional story through art. Pushkar is wrong because it comes into the collection through the Brahma Temple, shown as part of the state's architectural heritage. Karauli is wrong because it appears with Kaila Mata, one of the revered deities represented in the set. Banswara is wrong because it is named for the painting of Mangarh Dham. Matching each art form or shrine to its town is the safest way to answer such questions.

The correct answer is the 8th edition, open until 2 October. The Ministry of Culture said this year's auction is the eighth in the series and that bidding stays live until the second day of October, with the dates, the way to take part and the whole catalogue placed on the portal pmmementos.gov.in. The other options change either the edition number or the closing date, and each is wrong for that reason alone. A safe way to remember the facts is to tie the edition to the state chosen for this catalogue, Rajasthan, and to the size of that set, which runs to a few dozen artefacts covering folk deities, painting, textiles, shrines and sporting memorabilia. Questions on this scheme usually ask for the edition, the ministry or the portal.