Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer Banswara District 

Key Points

District-wise distribution of the tribal population

• District-wise distribution of the tribal population shows that they have their highest concentration in Banswara district (72.3 percent), followed by 65.1 percent and 47.9 percent in Dungarpur and Udaipur districts respectively.
• Nagaur ( 0.2 percent) preceded by Bikaner (0.4 percent) has the lowest share of tribal population in the total population.

​Rajasthan as per the 2011 census

• The second major tribe, Bhil has a share of 99 percent of all ST population in Barmer district followed by Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Rajsamand (95 percent) districts.
• The Scheduled Tribes of the State have registered considerably lower sex ratio both in total as well as in the 0-6 yrs
  • As per the 2001 census, the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population of Rajasthan State is 7,097,706 constituting 8.4 percent of the total ST population of India.
• The Scheduled Tribes of the State constitute 12.6 percent of the total population (56,507,188) of the State.
• It holds 12th position among all States and UTs in respect of the percentage share of ST population to the total population.
• The ST population has registered a growth rate of 29.6 percent during 1991-2001 which is 1.2 percent higher than the growth of the total population.
• The Scheduled Tribes are overwhelmingly rural as 94.6 percent of them inhabit rural areas whereas 76.6 percent of the total population of the state live in villages.

Important Points

• Out of twelve (12) tribes scheduled for the State, Mina is the most populous tribe, having a population of 3,799,971 constituting 53.5 percent of the total ST population followed by Bhil (2,805,948).
• Mina and Bhil together constitute 93 percent whereas Garasia, Damor, Dhanka & Saharia combine to form 6.6 percent of the total ST population.
• Six tribes, Bhil Mina, Naikda, Kathodi, Patelia, Kokna, and Koli Dhor along with the generic tribes constitute the residual 0.3 percent of the total tribal population.
• Among the twelve STs, Koli Dhor is the smallest tribe with a population below 100 preceded by Kokna (405), Patelia (1,045), Kathodi (2,922) etc.  

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 Bikaner- Ganganagar district - Tungsten.

• Bikaner- Ganganagar District:
  • Fields are located in the northern part of Rajasthan.
  • Gypsum is produced here in great quantity.
  • Jamsar is the major centre of production.
  • Most of the gypsum of Jamsar is now sent to the chemical fertilizer factory of Sindri in Bihar.

Additional Information

•  Nimla-Raisalo area - Iron ore:
  • Deposits of iron ore are around Nimla village.
  • Other places of iron deposits around this region are Bhangarh, Ratnapura, Rajgarh and Tohla.
• Chauth-ka-Barwara - zinc, and lead:
  • Northern-Eastern Rajasthan has zinc and lead deposit.
  • In this region, there are two major areas, known as Chauth-ka-Barwara in Sawai Madhopur and Gurha Kishori Das in Alwar district.
• Khetri-Singhana Belt - Copper:
  • It is a copper extraction belt of Rajasthan.
  • These are located in Maonda railway station.
  • Copper ore is extracted from these mines in this region, i.e., Madan Kudan mines, Kolihan mines,  Banawas mines, Barkhera mines, and others. 

The correct answer is Jeelwara Ki Nal.

Key Points

• Nal:
  • In the southern Aravali, region passes are known as Nal.
  • There are some Nal in southern Aravali.
• Jeelwara Ki Nal:  
  • It is situated in the southern part of Mewar.
  • It connects Mewar to Gujrat.
  • It is also known as Paglya Ki Nal.
• Hathigudha Ki Nal:
  • It is situated in Rajsamand on NH-76.
  • It connects to Kumbhalgarh.
• Desuri Ki Nal:
  • It is situated in Pali
  • It connects Desuri to Charbhuja.
• Kewra Ki Nal:
  • It is situated in Udaipur.
• Ramgarh pass, Lakheri pass, Khatkhar pass, and Jetwas pass are situated in Bundi.

The correct answer is option 3 i.e Pali.

• Pali district is located between 24°45′ to 26°29′ North Latitudes and 72° 47′ to 74° 18′ East Longitudes 
• It shares its boundaries with 8 districts of the state namely, Ajmer, Barmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Rajsamand, Sirohi and Udaipur.

Important Points

• Jawai Dam is one of the biggest dams of western Rajasthan and situated in Sumerpur tehsil of Pali district.
• Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary is spread over Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand districts of Rajasthan.

Additional Information

• Nagaur touches 7 districts namely, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Churu, Sikar, Jaipur, Ajmer, Pali.
• Jodhpur touches 5 districts namely, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Nagaur, Pali, Barmer.
• Rajsamand touches 5 districts namely, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Pali.