Rajasthan Mixed Quiz: Set 28

The districts of Rajasthan are grouped into seven divisions, with headquarters at Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Kota, Bikaner, Bharatpur and Udaipur, and each is headed by a Divisional Commissioner.

Mustard is the leading rabi oilseed of the state, grown with light irrigation in Bharatpur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh, and Rajasthan has long been the largest producer in the country; the oilseed trade of Bharatpur and the many oil mills of the eastern districts rest on it.

Pathik, whose original name was Bhoop Singh, took charge of the agitation of the peasants of Bijolia in the Mewar state against heavy levies and forced labour, and turned a local grievance into the longest-running peasant movement of Rajasthan.

The serial property inscribed in 2013 covers exactly six forts: Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh in Rajsamand, Ranthambore in Sawai Madhopur, Amber near Jaipur, Jaisalmer, and Gagron in Jhalawar.

Jodhpur division holds eight districts, namely Jodhpur, Barmer, Balotra, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Pali, Phalodi and Sirohi, which is more than any other division of the state.

Article 159 requires the Governor, before entering upon his office, to make and subscribe an oath in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court of that state, or in his absence the senior-most judge of that court available.

Jambheshwar, known as Jambhoji and born at Pipasar in 1451, founded the Bishnoi sect in 1485 and laid down the twenty-nine rules from which the sect takes its name, several of them forbidding the felling of green trees and the killing of animals.

The Eleventh Schedule, added by the 73rd Amendment, lists twenty nine subjects that a state may entrust to its panchayats, from agriculture, minor irrigation and rural housing to drinking water, primary education, health and the public distribution system; devolution of these subjects, along with funds and functionaries, is what decides…

Bharatpur was made the seventh division of Rajasthan on 4 June 2005, joining the six that already existed.

The correct answer is B, Prithviraj Rathore, a prince of the Bikaner house known in tradition as Peethal, who told the story of Krishna and Rukmini in Dingal verse; the poem is counted among the finest works in the language and is the one most often cited as a Dingal…

He took office on 7 April 1949, when the united state of Rajasthan was formed out of the princely states of Rajputana, and so heads the list of the state's Chief Ministers.

Nathdwara, which means the gate of the Lord, lies in Rajsamand district on the Banas river, and the image of Krishna as Shrinathji, brought from Vrindavan, was installed there in 1672 in the reign of Maharana Raj Singh I; the town is also the home of the Pichhwai paintings made…

Pratapgarh was formed on 26 January 2008 out of parts of Chittorgarh, Udaipur and Banswara, and was the thirty-third district of the state; it remained the newest district until the reorganisation of 2023.

The Chitrashala is a gallery within the Garh Palace of Bundi, built in the time of Rao Raja Ummed Singh, and its walls and ceilings carry some of the finest murals in Rajasthan, painted in the blue and green that the Bundi style loves.

Barhath composed the thirteen sorthas known as Chetawani ra Chungatya to persuade Maharana Fateh Singh of Mewar to stay away from the Delhi Durbar of 1903, and the verses are treated as a landmark of patriotic Rajasthani writing.

The Terah Taali is performed by women of the Kamad community, devotees of the folk deity Ramdevji of Ramdevra, who tie thirteen manjiras to their wrists, elbows, waist and ankles and strike them in rhythm while seated, often balancing pots or holding a sword in the mouth; the men accompany…

Only four districts of Rajasthan stand on the international boundary with Pakistan, and Jodhpur is not among them; it lies inland, east of the border districts, although it is a western district of the state.

Shekhawat, who had served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan, was elected Vice-President of India and held the office from 2002 to 2007, which makes him the best-known holder of a national constitutional post from the state.

Hanumangarh was separated from Sri Ganganagar on 12 July 1994 and became the thirty-first district of Rajasthan; both districts now sit in Bikaner division and both touch Punjab.

Kumbha of Mewar built the hill fort of Kumbhalgarh and raised the Vijay Stambh, the tower of victory, at Chittorgarh after his victory over Mahmud Khilji; he was also a scholar and wrote the Sangeet Raj.