Which was the only Muslim princely state in Rajasthan?
- A.Tonk
- B.Karauli
- C.Sirohi
- D.Banswara
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Tonk. 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. Tonk is also known for its Arabic and Persian Research Institute, which holds a large collection of manuscripts.
Option B is wrong because Karauli was ruled by Yadu or Jadaun Rajputs and is remembered as the first Rajasthani state to sign a subsidiary treaty with the British in 1817. Option C is wrong because Sirohi was held by the Deora Chauhans and contains Mount Abu with the Dilwara Jain temples. Option D is wrong because Banswara, like Dungarpur, was ruled by a branch of the Mewar Sisodias in the Vagad region.
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Practice Questions
View allWho founded the city of Bikaner, and in which year?
- A.Rao Jodha, in 1459
- B.Rao Bika, in 1488
- C.Rao Maldeo, in 1532
- D.Rao Chandrasen, in 1562
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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?
- A.Raja Bharmal
- B.Man Singh I
- C.Sawai Jai Singh II
- D.Sawai Pratap Singh
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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?
- A.Raja Bharmal
- B.Rawal Jaisal
- C.Rao Ratan Singh
- D.Mirza Raja Jai Singh I
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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?
- A.Rao Bika
- B.Raja Rai Singh
- C.Maharaja Ganga Singh
- D.Rao Jodha
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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?
- A.Bhati
- B.Hada
- C.Naruka
- D.Deora
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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.
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