Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by:
- A.Rana Kumbha
- B.Sawai Jai Singh II
- C.Maharaja Man Singh
- D.Maharana Pratap
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Sawai Jai Singh II. Sawai Jai Singh II of the Kachhwaha house moved his seat from the hill fort of Amber to the plain and founded Jaipur in 1727. The city was laid out on a grid of nine blocks by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, and Jai Singh, an astronomer as well as a ruler, built the Jantar Mantar observatories at Jaipur, Delhi, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura. The walled city and the Jantar Mantar are both UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Option A, Rana Kumbha, was a fifteenth century ruler of Mewar who built Kumbhalgarh. Option C, Maharaja Man Singh of Amber, was Akbar's general who led the Mughal force at Haldighati, more than a century before Jaipur was built. Option D, Maharana Pratap, ruled Mewar and is connected with Haldighati and Chittorgarh, not with Jaipur. The pink wash that gave Jaipur its nickname came much later, in 1876.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich is the largest state of India by area?
- A.Madhya Pradesh
- B.Rajasthan
- C.Maharashtra
- D.Uttar Pradesh
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Rajasthan covers about 342,239 square kilometres, roughly a tenth of the area of India, and has been the largest state since Madhya Pradesh was divided in 2000.
Read the full explanation →Guru Shikhar, the highest peak of the Aravalli range, is located in which district of Rajasthan?
- A.Sirohi
- B.Udaipur
- C.Ajmer
- D.Rajsamand
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Guru Shikhar, about 1,722 metres high, stands on Mount Abu in Sirohi district and is the highest point both of the Aravallis and of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only perennial river of Rajasthan?
- A.Luni
- B.Banas
- C.Chambal
- D.Ghaggar
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The Chambal enters Rajasthan from Madhya Pradesh and flows north and then east through deep ravines, carrying water through the year, which makes it the only perennial river of the state and also its longest.
Read the full explanation →The Luni river of Rajasthan finally drains into:
- A.The Arabian Sea
- B.The Rann of Kutch
- C.The Chambal
- D.The Bay of Bengal
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The Luni rises in the Aravallis near Ajmer, flows south west across the desert districts of Marwar, grows saline as it picks up salts from the soil, and ends in the marshes of the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat without reaching open sea.
Read the full explanation →Sambhar Lake, the largest inland saline lake in India, is located in:
- A.Rajasthan
- B.Gujarat
- C.Odisha
- D.Andhra Pradesh
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Sambhar Lake lies west of Jaipur, spread over parts of Jaipur, Nagaur and Ajmer districts. It is the largest inland saline lake in the country, a major source of common salt, a Ramsar site, and a winter feeding ground for flamingos and other migratory birds.
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