Who was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan?
- A.Mohanlal Sukhadia
- B.Jai Narayan Vyas
- C.Heera Lal Shastri
- D.Tika Ram Paliwal
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Heera Lal Shastri. He took office on 7 April 1949, when the united state of Rajasthan was formed out of the princely states of Rajputana, and so heads the list of the state's Chief Ministers. Option A is wrong because Mohanlal Sukhadia came considerably later and is remembered instead as the longest-serving Chief Minister of the state and as the maker of modern Rajasthan. Option B is wrong because Jai Narayan Vyas, who led the movement in Marwar, held the office after Shastri and not before him. Option D is wrong because Tika Ram Paliwal also belongs to the early years of the state but followed Shastri rather than preceding him. Vasundhara Raje, who took office in 2003, was the first woman to hold the post.
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View allWho led the Bijolia peasant movement in Rajasthan?
- A.Motilal Tejawat
- B.Vijay Singh Pathik
- C.Arjun Lal Sethi
- D.Govind Guru
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Pathik, whose original name was Bhoop Singh, took charge of the agitation of the peasants of Bijolia in the Mewar state against heavy levies and forced labour, and turned a local grievance into the longest-running peasant movement of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the Bishnoi sect?
- A.Dadu Dayal
- B.Sant Pipa
- C.Guru Jambheshwar
- D.Sant Ramcharan
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Jambheshwar, known as Jambhoji and born at Pipasar in 1451, founded the Bishnoi sect in 1485 and laid down the twenty-nine rules from which the sect takes its name, several of them forbidding the felling of green trees and the killing of animals.
Read the full explanation →Chetawani ra Chungatya, the thirteen sorthas urging Maharana Fateh Singh not to attend the Delhi Durbar of 1903, were written by whom?
- A.Suryamal Mishran
- B.Kesari Singh Barhath
- C.Kanhaiya Lal Sethia
- D.Chand Bardai
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Barhath composed the thirteen sorthas known as Chetawani ra Chungatya to persuade Maharana Fateh Singh of Mewar to stay away from the Delhi Durbar of 1903, and the verses are treated as a landmark of patriotic Rajasthani writing.
Read the full explanation →Which personality from Rajasthan served as the Vice-President of India from 2002 to 2007?
- A.Mohanlal Sukhadia
- B.Jai Narayan Vyas
- C.Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
- D.Gokul Bhai Bhatt
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Shekhawat, who had served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan, was elected Vice-President of India and held the office from 2002 to 2007, which makes him the best-known holder of a national constitutional post from the state.
Read the full explanation →Who built the fort of Kumbhalgarh and raised the Vijay Stambh at Chittorgarh?
- A.Rana Sanga
- B.Rana Kumbha
- C.Maharana Pratap
- D.Rao Jodha
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Kumbha of Mewar built the hill fort of Kumbhalgarh and raised the Vijay Stambh, the tower of victory, at Chittorgarh after his victory over Mahmud Khilji; he was also a scholar and wrote the Sangeet Raj.
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