Rajasthan GK Questions 2026

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.

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.

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.

The office of Divisional Commissioner was abolished in Rajasthan in 1962 on the view that it was a needless layer between the state government and the district, and it was restored in 1987, when the state was arranged in six divisions.

Salumbar, one of the eight new districts retained after the review of December 2024, belongs to Udaipur division along with Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh and Rajsamand.

The Tropic of Cancer clips only the extreme southern tip of Rajasthan, crossing the districts of Banswara and Dungarpur, which is why almost the whole state lies in the sub-tropical zone.

Kota recorded a literacy rate of 76.56 per cent at the Census of 2011, the highest of any district in Rajasthan, well above the state figure of about 66 per cent.

At the Census of 2011 Jaisalmer recorded a density of about 17 persons per square kilometre, the lowest of any district in the state, because it is the largest district by area at 38,401 square kilometres and the thinnest in population at roughly 6.7 lakh.

The northernmost point of Rajasthan lies in Sri Ganganagar district, in the far north-west of the state where it meets Punjab and Pakistan.

Hanumangarh was separated from Sri Ganganagar on 12 July 1994 and became the thirty-first district of Rajasthan; both districts now sit in Bikaner division and both touch Punjab.

Only four districts of Rajasthan stand on the international boundary with Pakistan, and Jodhpur is not among them; it lies inland, east of the border districts, although it is a western district of the state.

Pratapgarh was formed on 26 January 2008 out of parts of Chittorgarh, Udaipur and Banswara, and was the thirty-third district of the state; it remained the newest district until the reorganisation of 2023.

Bharatpur was made the seventh division of Rajasthan on 4 June 2005, joining the six that already existed.

Jodhpur division holds eight districts, namely Jodhpur, Barmer, Balotra, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Pali, Phalodi and Sirohi, which is more than any other division of the state.

The districts of Rajasthan are grouped into seven divisions, with headquarters at Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Kota, Bikaner, Bharatpur and Udaipur, and each is headed by a Divisional Commissioner.

The Banas is not a tributary of the Luni; it flows east and joins the Chambal, which belongs to the Ganga basin.

Sambhar, the large saline lake west of Jaipur and the biggest inland salt lake of the country, was added to the list of Ramsar wetlands in 1990; the other Ramsar wetland of the state is Keoladeo Ghana at Bharatpur, recognised in 1981.

The Palace on Wheels was introduced in 1982, using coaches in the style of the old princely saloons, and runs a weekly circuit through the cities and wildlife parks of Rajasthan; it is operated for the state by the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation, which itself was set up in 1979.

The Pushkar fair is held at Pushkar in Ajmer district around Kartik Purnima, the full moon of Kartik, and combines a bathing pilgrimage to the lake and the temple of Brahma with one of the largest cattle and camel markets of the country.

Guru Shikhar stands on the Abu hills in Sirohi district and is the highest point of the whole Aravalli range; Mount Abu, the only hill station of Rajasthan, lies below it along with the Dilwara temples and the Nakki lake.