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.
Gagron fort, counted as a water fort or jal durg, is located in which district of Rajasthan?
Gagron fort stands in Jhalawar district in the Hadoti region, at a point where the Ahu river joins the Kali Sindh, so that water guards it on three sides and only one side faces open land.
Read the full explanation →Which fort of Rajasthan has a wall about 36 km long, often said to be second in length only to the Great Wall of China?
Kumbhalgarh, in Rajsamand district, was built in the fifteenth century by Rana Kumbha with the architect Mandan, and the rampart that winds along the Aravalli ridges around it runs for about 36 km, which is why it is so often compared with the Great Wall of China.
Read the full explanation →The Vijay Stambh at Chittorgarh was built by which ruler?
The Vijay Stambh, or Tower of Victory, is a tower of nine storeys inside Chittorgarh fort, raised by Rana Kumbha of Mewar in the fifteenth century to mark his victory over Mahmud Khilji of Malwa.
Read the full explanation →Which fort is the largest in India in terms of area?
Chittorgarh, spread over a long mesa in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan, is counted the largest fort in India by the area it encloses, and the figure is quoted in almost every list of the state's monuments.
Read the full explanation →Who became the first Governor of Rajasthan when the post of Rajpramukh was abolished in 1956?
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.
Read the full explanation →Manikya Lal Verma was the Prime Minister of which of these unions?
When Udaipur joined the Rajasthan Union on 18 April 1948 the enlarged body was named the United State of Rajasthan, with Udaipur as capital, the Maharana of Udaipur as Rajpramukh and Manikya Lal Verma, the founder of the Mewar Praja Mandal, as Prime Minister.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was added to Rajasthan under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956?
The seventh stage, on 1 November 1956, brought the Abu Road tehsil from Bombay state into Rajasthan, together with Ajmer-Merwara and the Sunel Tappa area, and this is how Mount Abu became a part of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Sirohi, excluding Abu and Delwara, was merged into Rajasthan on
The sixth stage of the integration fell on the day the Constitution came into force: Sirohi was merged and the unit was for the first time simply named Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The capital of the Rajasthan Union formed on 25 March 1948 was
The Rajasthan Union of 25 March 1948, the second stage, joined nine states of the south and east: Banswara, Bundi, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Kota, Pratapgarh, Shahpura and Tonk.
Read the full explanation →Who became the first head of government, then styled Prime Minister, of Greater Rajasthan in 1949?
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.
Read the full explanation →Greater Rajasthan was inaugurated at Jaipur on 30 March 1949 by
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 →Which leader of the Praja Mandal movement is known as the Gandhi of Rajasthan?
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 →Who founded the Marwar Praja Mandal in 1934?
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 of the following states was NOT a part of the Matsya Union formed on 18 March 1948?
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 →Which pair relating to the peasant movements of Rajasthan is correctly matched?
The Jat cultivators of the Shekhawati belt agitated against raised rents from 1922 to 1935, held the Jat Prajapati Mahayagya at Sikar in 1934, and were fired on at Kudan village in Sikar on 25 April 1935.
Read the full explanation →Amar Chand Bathiya of Bikaner, hanged in 1858 for funding the rebels while serving as a treasurer at Gwalior, is remembered by which title?
Amar Chand Bathiya belonged to Bikaner and was treasurer of the Scindia state at Gwalior; he put the treasury at the service of the rebel forces and was hanged for it in 1858.
Read the full explanation →The Eki movement among the Bhils and Garasias of Mewar and Sirohi, begun in 1921, was led by
Tejawat, from Koliyari in Udaipur, began the Eki movement in 1921, asking the Bhils and Garasias to stop paying illegal cesses and to refuse begar, and set out their demands in a charter known as the Mewar ki Pukar.
Read the full explanation →The Mangarh massacre of 17 November 1913, in which Bhil followers of Govind Guru were fired upon, took place on a hill in which district?
Mangarh hill stands in Banswara district on the border with Gujarat. Govind Guru had set up his dhuni there, and on 17 November 1913 state and British forces fired on the Bhils gathered around it, which is why Mangarh is called the Adivasi Jallianwala.
Read the full explanation →The firing of 14 May 1925 at Neemuchana, which Mahatma Gandhi described as double dyed dyerism, took place in which princely state?
Neemuchana was a village of Alwar state whose peasants resisted an increase in lagan; on 14 May 1925 the state forces fired on them, and Mahatma Gandhi, writing about the deaths, called the act double dyed dyerism, a comparison with General Dyer at Jallianwala Bagh.
Read the full explanation →The Begun peasant movement of 1921, whose settlement the Mewar government called the Bolshevik agreement, was led by
He organised the cultivators of the Begun thikana of Mewar, in present Chittorgarh district, from 1921; the terms he won were so unwelcome to the Mewar government that its officials described the settlement as a Bolshevik agreement, and the firing at Govindpura on 13 July 1923 killed the peasants Rupaji…
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