Static GK decides most of the score in RAS and CET. The RAS Prelims syllabus lists Indian History from ancient times to 2000, Geography of the World and India, the Indian Constitution, Political System and Governance, Economic Concepts and the Indian Economy, and Science and Technology. Beside each sits a Rajasthan head: the history, art, culture, literature, tradition and heritage of Rajasthan, the geography of Rajasthan, the political and administrative system of Rajasthan, and the economy of Rajasthan. The CET syllabus follows the same plan at a simpler level, with Public Health, Computer Knowledge, General Hindi and General English added. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for the national part, written as short facts and tables in English and Hindi: Polity articles and constitutional bodies, the freedom struggle, rivers, soils, climate and minerals of India, budget and banking terms, and school-level science. GK24 does not have a separate Rajasthan GK section. Prepare Rajasthan's dynasties, Praja Mandal movements, forts, paintings, folk deities, fairs, districts, rivers, minerals and schemes from state sources, and use RPSC and RSSB question papers to see how they are asked. Read a note, then test yourself with the quiz and previous-year questions on this site.
Which school of Rajasthani painting is most famous for its hunting or shikar scenes?
Kota separated from Bundi in the seventeenth century and, while it inherited Bundi's feeling for dense forest and water, it turned that setting to a subject of its own, the royal hunt.
Read the full explanation →Who painted the Bani Thani portrait?
Nihal Chand developed the elongated, idealised face that defines the Kishangarh style and used it for Radha and Krishna as well as for the single portrait now called Bani Thani, often set against the water of the Gundalao lake.
Read the full explanation →The famous painting Bani Thani belongs to which school of Rajasthani painting?
Bani Thani is the best known single work of the Kishangarh sub-style of the Marwar school, painted in the middle of the eighteenth century, and the art historian Eric Dickinson called it the Indian Mona Lisa.
Read the full explanation →Which group of temples in Jodhpur district, dating from the eighth to the twelfth century and including the Sachiya Mata and Mahavira temples, is called the Khajuraho of Rajasthan?
Osian, about sixty kilometres north of Jodhpur, has a group of more than a dozen Brahmanical and Jain temples built in sandstone between the eighth and the twelfth century, among them the Sachiya Mata temple and the Mahavira temple, and the richness of its sculpture has earned it the name…
Read the full explanation →The Hawa Mahal at Jaipur was built in 1799 by which ruler?
The Hawa Mahal, the five-storeyed screen of pink sandstone on the edge of the City Palace, was built in 1799 for Sawai Pratap Singh to a design by Lal Chand Ustad, and its many latticed windows let the women of the household watch the processions in the street without being…
Read the full explanation →Patwon ki Haveli, the largest and most ornate of the merchant mansions of Rajasthan, begun in 1805, is in which city?
The Patwon ki Haveli is a cluster of five mansions in the yellow sandstone of Jaisalmer, begun in 1805 by the Jain banker Guman Chand Patwa for his sons, and famous for its carved balconies and jali screens; the Salim Singh ki Haveli and the Nathmal ji ki Haveli stand…
Read the full explanation →Jaswant Thada, the white marble cenotaph built in 1899 in memory of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II, stands in which city?
Jaswant Thada stands just below the Mehrangarh fort at Jodhpur and was raised in 1899 in memory of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II; it is built of thin sheets of white marble that glow when the sun falls on them, and it serves as the cremation ground of the later Rathore…
Read the full explanation →The Shrinathji temple, the principal shrine of the Pushtimarg sect, is located at Nathdwara in which district?
Nathdwara, which means the gate of the Lord, lies in Rajsamand district on the Banas river, and the image of Krishna as Shrinathji, brought from Vrindavan, was installed there in 1672 in the reign of Maharana Raj Singh I; the town is also the home of the Pichhwai paintings made…
Read the full explanation →Eklingji, the four-faced Shiva at Kailashpuri near Udaipur, is the tutelary deity of the rulers of:
The temple of Eklingji at Kailashpuri, a short way north of Udaipur, holds a four-faced image of Shiva in black marble, and the Guhil and Sisodia rulers of Mewar treated him as the real sovereign of the state and themselves as his deputies, a claim repeated in their inscriptions.
Read the full explanation →Raniji ki Baori, built in 1699 by Rani Nathavati, is situated in which city, known as the city of stepwells?
Bundi, the Hara Chauhan capital in the Hadoti region, has so many stepwells that it is called the city of stepwells, and the finest of them is Raniji ki Baori, built in 1699 by Rani Nathavati with a high gateway and carved brackets.
Read the full explanation →The Chand Baori, the deep stepwell with about 3,500 steps at Abhaneri, is located in which district of Rajasthan?
Chand Baori stands at Abhaneri village in Dausa district and is attributed to King Chanda of the Nikumbh line in about the ninth century; it descends thirteen storeys and has some three thousand five hundred narrow steps laid in a double criss cross pattern, with the Harshat Mata temple beside…
Read the full explanation →The Chaumukha Jain temple at Ranakpur, famous for its 1,444 carved pillars, was built in the reign of which ruler of Mewar?
The temple of Adinath at Ranakpur in Pali district was built in the fifteenth century by the merchant Dharna Shah with the permission and patronage of Maharana Kumbha, who also gave the land and the name Ranakpur; the temple is called Chaumukha because the image faces four directions, and the…
Read the full explanation →The Vimal Vasahi temple at Dilwara, dedicated to Adinath and built in 1031, was commissioned by:
The Vimal Vasahi, the oldest and largest of the Dilwara temples, was built in 1031 by Vimal Shah, a minister of the Solanki ruler of Gujarat, and is dedicated to Adinath, the first Jain Tirthankara.
Read the full explanation →The Dilwara group of Jain temples stands at Mount Abu, in which district of Rajasthan?
Mount Abu, the only hill station of Rajasthan and the highest point of the Aravalli range, lies in Sirohi district, and the five marble temples of Dilwara stand on its slope.
Read the full explanation →Maharana Pratap was born in which fort of Rajasthan?
Maharana Pratap was born in 1540 at Kumbhalgarh in the present Rajsamand district, the hill fort that Rana Kumbha had built in the previous century, and which served Mewar as a refuge whenever Chittor itself was under threat.
Read the full explanation →The Hawa Mahal of Jaipur was built in 1799 by which ruler?
The Hawa Mahal was built in 1799 by Sawai Pratap Singh of Jaipur to a design by the architect Lal Chand Ustad.
Read the full explanation →The Jaivana, among the largest wheeled cannons ever cast, is kept at which fort?
Jaigarh fort stands on the ridge above Amer near Jaipur and held the foundry of the Jaipur state, where the Jaivana cannon was cast in the eighteenth century.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following forts is not part of the UNESCO Hill Forts of Rajasthan?
The six forts in the inscription are Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambore, Amer, Jaisalmer and Gagron.
Read the full explanation →How many forts were included when UNESCO inscribed the Hill Forts of Rajasthan on the World Heritage List in 2013?
The inscription of 2013 is a serial property, which means several separate sites listed together under one name, and the Hill Forts of Rajasthan is made up of six forts: Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambore, Amer, Jaisalmer and Gagron.
Read the full explanation →Jaisalmer fort, known as the Golden Fort, was built in 1156 by which ruler?
The Bhati ruler Rawal Jaisal founded the fort on the Trikuta hill in 1156, and the town that grew below it carries his name.
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