Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is ​I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b.

Additional Information

•  Haduti

  • The southern-eastern part of Rajasthan is known as the plateau of Hadoti.
  • It is an extensio
  • n of the plateau of Malwa and its expansion is in Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar, and Baran districts.

  • Here Chambal river and its major tributaries Kalisindh, Parvan, and Parvati rivers flow.

• Bhomat

  • ​The tribal area of Udaipur, the hilly area of Dungarpur, and the Eastern Sirohi area are called Bhomat.
  • Bhomat is a hilly region of Rajasthan.
  • This region is a Bhil multiplicity zone.
  • The Bhomat region was the refuge of the Mewar rulers during the Mughal period. 

  • The primary rivers are Som, Vakal, and Sabarmati.

• Vagad

  • The area of ​​Banswara, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur is called Vagad in the local language.
  • This is the flow area of ​​the Mahi River.

  • This area is uneven and there are small hills everywhere.

• Abrud

  •  It is the southern part of Aravalli.
  • It is located in the Mount Abu region in the Sirohi district.
  • Guru Shikhar Peak is the highest mountain peak in Rajasthan. 

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh

• Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the subcontinent.
• Rajasthan covers 10.4% of India, an area of 342,239 square kilometers.
• It is bordered-
  • On its west and northwest by Pakistan (1070 kilometers​).
  • On its north and northeast by the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
  • On its east and southeast by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, and
  • On its southwest by the state of Gujarat.
  • It shares the longest border with Madhya Pradesh.

​Additional Information

• ​Bikaner district has the shortest international boundary.

The correct answer is Maharashtra.

Key Points

• Rajasthan is a state in the northwestern part of India bordering Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
  • The state also shares a border with the neighboring country of Pakistan.
  • Among the given options, Maharashtra is the state of India with which Rajasthan does not share its border.​ 

Additional Information 

• The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight states in India:
  • Mizoram (Champhai)
  • Tripura (Udaipur)
  • West Bengal (Krishnanagar)
  • Jharkhand (Lohardaga)
  • Chhattisgarh (Sonhat)
  • Madhya Pradesh (Shajapur)
  • Rajasthan (Kalinjarh)
  • Gujarat (Jasdan)
• The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through Orissa.
• Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle part of India. 
• From the extends south to north, the mainland of India extends between 8°4’N and 37°6’N latitudes.
• From the other extends west to east, India extends between 68°7’E and 97°25’E longitudes.
• Due to the great longitudinal extent and difference of about 29°, ta wide differences in local time of places located at two extreme points of the country.
• The difference between these two points would be approximately two hours.

The correct answer is In the districts of Ganganagar & Hanumangarh.

Key Points

• 'Ghagghar ka Maidan' is situated in the districts of Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.
• The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season.
  • The river is known as Ghaggar in India, before the Ottu barrage, and as the Hakra in Pakistan, downstream of the barrage, ending in the Thar desert.
• In pre-Harappan times the Hakra was a tributary of the Sutlej.
  • It is still connected to this paleochannel of the Sutlej, and possibly the Yamuna, which ended in the Nara River, presently a delta channel of the Indus River joining the sea via Sir Creek.

Additional Information

• The Ghaggar is an intermittent river in India, flowing during the monsoon rains.
  • It originates in the village of Dagshai in the Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh at an elevation of 1,927 meters (6,322 ft) above mean sea level and flows through Punjab and Haryana states into Rajasthan just southwest of Sirsa, Haryana, and by the side of Talwara Lake in Rajasthan.
  • Dammed at Ottu barrage near Sirsa, Ghaggar feeds two irrigation canals that extend into Rajasthan.
• The main tributaries of the Ghaggar are the Kaushalya river, Markanda, Sarsuti, Tangri and Chautang.
• The Kaushalya river is a tributary of Ghaggar river on the left side of Ghaggar-Hakra,
• It flows in the Panchkula district of Haryana state of India and confluences with Ghaggar river near Pinjore just downstream of Kaushalya Dam.

The correct answer is Western part.

Key Points

• The western part of Rajasthan has antisol group of soils.

Additional Information 

• Antisol 
  • Antisols lack well-developed horizons and have minimum profile development.
  • Districts: Entisols are the dominant soil of the state.
  • All districts in the western half are covered in some or major part by these soils.
  • In Rajasthan, important suborders are Psamments, Orthents and Fluvent.