Who became the first Governor of Rajasthan when the post of Rajpramukh was abolished in 1956?
- A.Sawai Man Singh II
- B.Gurmukh Nihal Singh
- C.Maharana Bhupal Singh
- D.Jai Narayan Vyas
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Gurmukh Nihal Singh. The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ended the hereditary office of Rajpramukh, which had been filled by a former ruler, and replaced it with a Governor appointed by the President in the ordinary way under the Constitution. Gurmukh Nihal Singh took office as the first Governor of Rajasthan on 1 November 1956.
Option A, Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, was the last Rajpramukh of Rajasthan and not its Governor, and he later served as an ambassador; he is the commonest wrong answer because he held the office this one replaced. Option C, Maharana Bhupal Singh of Udaipur, had been Rajpramukh of the United State of Rajasthan and then Maharajpramukh of Greater Rajasthan. Option D, Jai Narayan Vyas, was a Praja Mandal leader and Chief Minister of the state, a political office quite separate from that of Governor.
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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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