SSC GD Constable GK Questions 2026

Pabuji was a Rathore hero of Kolu in the Jodhpur country who, in the folk account, died while defending the cows of Deval, a Charan woman, and he is worshipped above all by camel herders, who bring sick animals to his shrine.

The Desert Festival is held at Jaisalmer in the month of Magh, in the cool season, with camel races, turban tying competitions, folk music and dance in the sands near the Sam dunes, and it is among the best known tourism events of the state.

The Mallinath cattle fair is held at Tilwara in Barmer district in the month of Chaitra, on the bank of the Luni, and it is the great horse fair of Rajasthan, where animals of the Malani breed are bought and sold; it is named after the folk hero Rao Mallinath.

The dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the founder of the Chishti order in India, is at Ajmer, and the Urs held there in the Islamic month of Rajab is the largest Muslim gathering in Rajasthan, attended by pilgrims of many faiths.

The Elephant Festival is held at Jaipur around Holi, with decorated elephants in procession, and it is one of the tourism festivals promoted by the state.

Gangaur is the worship of Gauri, that is Parvati, with Ishar, that is Shiva, and the name itself joins Gan for Shiva with Gaur for Gauri.

The temple of Karni Mata at Deshnok, about thirty kilometres from Bikaner city, is famous for the rats that live in it and are regarded as sacred, and fairs are held there during the Navratras of Chaitra and of Ashwin.

Gogaji, worshipped across Rajasthan as the deity who protects against snakes, has his principal shrine at Gogamedi in Hanumangarh district, and the fair there is held in the month of Bhadrapad on Gogaji Navami.

The shrine of Baba Ramdev is at Ramdevra, also called Runicha, in the Pokhran tehsil of Jaisalmer district, and the fair there is held in the month of Bhadrapad, drawing pilgrims of every community, since Ramdev is honoured as the saint of the oppressed.

The Baneshwar fair is held in Magh at the Baneshwar temple in Dungarpur district, where the Som meets the Mahi, and because the Bhils of the region gather there in very large numbers it is called the Kumbh of the tribals; it combines the worship of Shiva with the Vaishnav…

The Pushkar fair is held at Pushkar in Ajmer district on the full moon of the month of Kartik, beside the Pushkar lake and the Brahma temple, and it is both a bathing fair and the state's most famous camel and cattle market.

Vegetables and fruits supply most of the vitamins and minerals in a vegetarian diet, which is why they are called protective foods.

Kishore Kumar was born there on 4 August 1929, sang for Hindi films across four decades and remains the name the state's general knowledge papers pair with the town.

Born at Babai in the Narmadapuram district, Makhanlal Chaturvedi received the award in 1955 for his collection Him Taringini, the first time the Akademi honoured a work in Hindi.

He was born at Bhopal on 19 August 1918, headed the government of the former Bhopal state, later held Union office and the governorship of three states, served as Vice-President of India and was the ninth President of India from 1992 to 1997.

When the state of Madhya Pradesh was formed on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act, he took office as its first Chief Minister, having earlier headed the government of the Central Provinces and Berar.

She administered the Holkar territory from Maheshwar in the second half of the eighteenth century, was known for a careful and just administration, and built ghats, wells and temples from the Narmada to the Ganga, including the rebuilding of the Kashi Vishwanath temple at Varanasi in 1780.

Tansen was born at Behat near Gwalior, learnt music in that tradition, served at the court of Raja Ramchandra of Rewa before joining Akbar, and his tomb stands at Gwalior.

The queen of Garha-Katanga, the Gond kingdom around present-day Jabalpur, she ruled as regent for her young son, defended her territory against Asaf Khan in 1564 and chose death over surrender when the battle turned.

Azad was born at Bhabhra on 23 July 1906 in what was then the Jhabua area; after the district was reorganised the village falls in Alirajpur district.