Which of the following was added to Rajasthan under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956?
- A.Sironj tehsil
- B.Abu Road tehsil
- C.Jhalawar state
- D.Karauli state
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Abu Road tehsil. The seventh stage, on 1 November 1956, brought the Abu Road tehsil from Bombay state into Rajasthan, together with Ajmer-Merwara and the Sunel Tappa area, and this is how Mount Abu became a part of Rajasthan. The same Act abolished the post of Rajpramukh and gave the state a Governor appointed by the President.
Option A, Sironj tehsil, moved the other way: it was taken from Kota and given to Madhya Pradesh in the same reorganisation, which makes it the favourite trap in this question. Option C, Jhalawar, had already joined at the second stage in the Rajasthan Union of 25 March 1948. Option D, Karauli, was one of the four states of the Matsya Union of 18 March 1948 and reached Rajasthan with that union in May 1949, so neither belongs to 1956.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following states was NOT a part of the Matsya Union formed on 18 March 1948?
- A.Alwar
- B.Bharatpur
- C.Dholpur
- D.Kota
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The Matsya Union, the first stage of the integration of Rajasthan, was formed on 18 March 1948 out of only four princely states of the eastern edge of Rajputana: Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the Marwar Praja Mandal in 1934?
- A.Manikya Lal Verma
- B.Jai Narayan Vyas
- C.Hiralal Shastri
- D.Gokul Bhai Bhatt
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The Marwar Praja Mandal was founded at Jodhpur in 1934 by Jai Narayan Vyas, who had already worked through the Marwar Hitkarini Sabha of the 1920s. He led its campaign for civil liberties and against the state tenancy law, was jailed repeatedly, and later became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Which leader of the Praja Mandal movement is known as the Gandhi of Rajasthan?
- A.Bhogilal Pandya
- B.Gokul Bhai Bhatt
- C.Pandit Nayanuram Sharma
- D.Haribhau Upadhyaya
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Gokul Bhai Bhatt founded the Sirohi Praja Mandal in 1939, lived the plain Gandhian life of khadi and constructive work, and is therefore called the Gandhi of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Greater Rajasthan was inaugurated at Jaipur on 30 March 1949 by
- A.Jawaharlal Nehru
- B.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- C.Lord Mountbatten
- D.V. P. Menon
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Greater Rajasthan, the fourth stage of the integration, brought Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer into the earlier United State of Rajasthan, and Sardar Patel inaugurated it at Jaipur on 30 March 1949.
Read the full explanation →Who became the first head of government, then styled Prime Minister, of Greater Rajasthan in 1949?
- A.Manikya Lal Verma
- B.Gokul Lal Asawa
- C.Hiralal Shastri
- D.Mohan Lal Sukhadia
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Hiralal Shastri, a leader of the Jaipur Praja Mandal who had led its satyagraha in 1939, took charge as the first Prime Minister of Greater Rajasthan in 1949, the office that later came to be called Chief Minister.
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