This Rajasthan quiz on Amer, Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Other Princely States puts 11 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
11 questions with answers and explanations
Who founded the city of Bikaner, and in which year?
Rao Bika was a son of Rao Jodha of Marwar, and he moved north into the Jangladesh tract with his uncle Kandhal and carved out a new state there, naming his capital after himself in 1488.
Read the full explanation →Jaipur was founded in 1727 by which Kachhwaha ruler?
He decided that the cramped hill capital of Amer could not hold a growing state, and in 1727 he laid out Jaipur on level ground as a planned city of straight streets and rectangular blocks, with Vidyadhar Bhattacharya as its planner.
Read the full explanation →Which ruler of Amer was the first Rajput ruler of Rajasthan to accept an alliance with Akbar in 1562?
In 1562 Bharmal of Amer, pressed by rivals and by imperial officers in the region, offered his submission to Akbar and sealed it with a marriage alliance; his daughter, known as Mariam-uz-Zamani, became the mother of Jahangir.
Read the full explanation →The Junagarh fort of Bikaner was built in 1589 by which ruler?
Rai Singh of Bikaner was a leading general of Akbar, served in Gujarat and the Deccan, and used the wealth and prestige of that service to raise the Junagarh fort in 1589 on the plain beside his capital.
Read the full explanation →Jaisalmer was founded in 1156 by Rawal Jaisal, who belonged to which Rajput clan?
The Bhati Rajputs held the western desert, first at Lodurva, and Rawal Jaisal shifted to the Trikuta hill in 1156 to found Jaisalmer, where his successors built the yellow sandstone Sonar Quila that is still inhabited.
Read the full explanation →Which Mughal general, a ruler of Amer, concluded the Treaty of Purandar with Shivaji in 1665?
Aurangzeb sent him to the Deccan against Shivaji; he besieged Purandar, and the treaty signed there in 1665 made Shivaji give up a long list of forts and send his son Shambhuji into imperial service.
Read the full explanation →Kota became a princely state separate from Bundi in which year and in whose reign?
The Hada ruler Rao Ratan Singh of Bundi had served the Mughals well, and in 1631 Shah Jahan recognised his son Madho Singh as the ruler of a separate state at Kota, splitting Hadauti into two.
Read the full explanation →Which was the only Muslim princely state in Rajasthan?
Tonk was set up in 1817 for Amir Khan, a Pathan commander of the Pindari period, under a treaty with the East India Company, and it remained the one princely state of Rajputana with a Muslim ruling house.
Read the full explanation →The Hawa Mahal of Jaipur was built in 1799 by which ruler?
The Hawa Mahal, the screen of latticed windows on the eastern edge of the City Palace complex, was raised in 1799 by Sawai Pratap Singh so that the women of the household could watch processions in the street without being seen.
Read the full explanation →Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner is remembered for which of the following?
Ganga Singh ruled Bikaner from 1887 to 1943 and is called the maker of modern Bikaner.
Read the full explanation →Which four princely states were joined to form Greater Rajasthan on 30 March 1949?
On 30 March 1949 these four large states joined the existing union to create Greater Rajasthan, Jaipur was made the capital and Maharaja Man Singh II of Jaipur was appointed Rajpramukh.
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