General Questions

The correct answer is Ajmer.

• Naag Pahar- The Naga mountain in the Aravalli mountain range is located in Ajmer.

Additional Information

• Aravalli is a mountain range located in the western part of India, Rajasthan.
• Aravalli is the oldest mountain in the geographical structure of India.
• It is the oldest mountain range in the world, which divides Rajasthan from north to south in two parts.
• The highest mountain peak of Aravali is Gurushkhar (1722 m) in the Sirohi district, which is in Mount Abu (Sirohi).
• Naag pahar seprate pushkar from Ajmer city.

The correct answer is Mirabai Chanu.

Key Points

• Mirabai Chanu became the face of Adidas' 'Stay in Play' campaign.
• She clinched the silver medal for weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
• She will represent the brand's techfit period-proof tights designed for menstruating women in sports.
• Adidas found teenage girls dropping out of sport at an alarming rate, with one of the key reasons being fear of period leakage.
• She has already been associated with the brand for the last two years.

• The term Chaurapanchasika is generally used for a particular style of painting.
• It emerged in the 15th and 16th centuries.
• The dynamic brushwork and the vigorous symbolism of this idiom found widespread expression, with subtle regional variations in the 16th century.

Key Points

Mewar Style:

• Mewar school of Rajasthani paintings are concentrated on its conservative style, trying to avoid the dominance of the Mughal.
• The flatness, bright colours, and several common motifs showed marked resemblance with the Chaurapanchasika style.

Thus, Mewar style of painting resembles the Chaurapanchsika style.​

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Kishangarh Style:

• Kishangarh paintings is basically a fusion of Mughal and regional style.
• The theme of this style consisted of the depiction of the love between Krishna and Radha.
• Kishangarh Style of Painting is best known for its Bani Thani paintings.
• Bani Thani refers to the miniature painting which portrays a woman who is elegant and graceful.

Jodhpur Style:

• Jodhpur style inherited the art tradition of prior Marwar, which Pali, its sub-centre, revived in the early 17th century in its Ragamala paintings.
• It excelled in the depiction of Baramasa, Ramayana, votive images of gods and the scenes of harem life.  ​

Bikaner Painting:

• Influenced by the Mughal style.
• The theme of the court scene and religion.
• Mughal artists were given patronage by the Bikaner court.
• Some elements of Deccan style.
• Example - Painted scenes from the Ragmala, Bhagavata Purana, and Rasa Lila.

The correct answer is Kanta Khaturia.

• Rajasthan State Women Commission:
  • The Rajasthan State Women Commission was established on 15 May 1999.
  • Established through the Rajasthan State women commission Act, 1999, section - 3.
  • The head office of the commission is in Jaipur.
  • The main objectives of this commission are to solve the problems of women who are in distress, protect the interest of women in the state and provides suggestions to the Rajasthan government on the policy concerning women. 
  • The first chairperson of the Rajasthan State Women Commission was Kanta Khaturia.

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• Suman Sharma:
  • Fifth chairperson of Rajasthan State Women Commission.
• Sunder Lal:
  • He was the Rajasthan State Scheduled Caste Commission’s first chairman.
• Mohanlal Sukhadia:
  • He served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state for 17 years.
  • He was the longest-serving chief minister of Rajasthan.
  • He is also known as the “founder of modern Rajasthan”.

The correct answer is Udaipur.

• Rajasthan's fourth Astroturf Hockey Stadium will be built in Udaipur.

Key Points

• The fourth astroturf Stadium will be built in Udaipur at the Mohanlal Sukhadia University.
• The stadium will benefit tribal kids.
• The first astroturf stadium was built in Jaipur.
• Astroturf:
  • It is an artificial grass surface used for sports fields.

Additional Information

• Hockey:
  • The Hockey World cup is organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) once in four years.
  • The headquarters of FIH is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • ‘Blackheath Rugby and Hockey Club’ was the first hockey club in the world that was set up in the year 1861 in England.
  • The first Hockey World Cup was organized in Barcelona (Spain) in 1971 and the winner was Pakistan.
  • India took part in Olympics for the first time in the year 1928 (in Amsterdam Olympics).
  • In Olympics, India has won the hockey title a maximum of eight times.
  • Terminologies associated with Hockey are Bully Sudden death, Short corner, Hat trick, Goal, Penalty Corner, Penalty, stroke, pushing, Cut, Dribble, Scoop, Centre forward, Half back, Astroturf, Left in, Left out, Off-side, Tiebreaker, Carried, Stick, Striking circle, Undercutting, etc.

The correct answer is Gair.

Important Points

• Gair dance is a famous folk dance associated with Rajasthan.
  • It is mainly performed by the Bhil community.
  • It is performed by both men and women.
  • Gair dance is popular in the Mewar and Marwar regions of Rajasthan.
  • Performed during the festive month of Holi and Janmashtami.
• Some other important folk dances in Rajasthan are: 
  • Ghoomar.
  • Chari.
  • Ginad.
  • Jhulan Leela.
  • Kalbeliya.
  • Bhavai.
  • Kachchhi Ghodi.
• Veedhi dance is a famous folk dance associated with Andhra Pradesh.
• Rauf is a folk dance associated with Jammu and Kashmir.
• Jhora is a folk dance associated with Uttar Pradesh.

The correct answer is Basketball.

Key Points

• Rajasthan is a state in northern India.
• Its capital is Jaipur.
• The state covers an area of 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 per cent of the total geographical area of India.
• It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh-largest by population.
• Rajasthan comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the "Great Indian Desert").

• Basketball is the official Game of Rajasthan State.

Additional Information 

• Other state symbols of Rajasthan-
  • Rohida (Tecomella undulate) is the official state Flower of Rajasthan.
  • Godawan or Great Indian Bustard is the official state bird of Rajasthan.
  • Khejri (Prosopis Cineraria) is the official tree of Rajasthan State.
  • Ghoomar is the official dance of Rajasthan State.

The correct answer is 43rd.

Key Points

• The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking assesses the extent to which a country promotes the prosperity of its people by measuring economic well-being through hard data and survey responses from executives.
• India ranked 43rd in the annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development (IMD).
• The 64-nation list was led by Switzerland.
• Sweden has moved up to the second position.
• Denmark has lost one place to rank third.
• The Netherlands has retained its fourth place and Singapore has slipped to fifth place.
• At eighth, Taiwan reached the top-10 for the first time since the ranking began 33 years ago (moving up from 11th last year).
• The UAE and the USA remain in the same spots as last year (9th and 10th, respectively).
• The top-performing Asian economies are, in order, Singapore (fifth), Hong Kong (seventh), Taiwan (eighth) and China (16th). 

• The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, a bowl shape lake is in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• It is not part of the Ganga river basin area and is geographically a separate land-locked river basin.
• The lake is actually an extensive saline wetland, with water depths fluctuating from as few as 60 centimetres (24 in) during the dry season to about 3 meters (10 ft) after the monsoon season.
• The circumference of the lake is 96 km, surrounded on all sides by the Aravali hills.
• It is India's largest saline lake and is the source of most of Rajasthan's salt production.
• Sambhar has been designated as a Ramsar site (recognized wetland of international importance) because the wetland is a key wintering area for tens of thousands of flamingos and other birds that migrate from northern Asia.
• The specialized algae and bacteria growing in the lake provide striking watercolours and support the lake ecology that, in turn, sustains the migrating waterfowl.
• There is other wildlife in the nearby forests, where Nilgai moves freely along with deer and foxes.

Additional Information

• Rajasthan
  • Capital- Jaipur
  • CM- Ashok Gehlot (as of April 2021)
  • Governor- Kalraj Mishra (as of April 2021)

The correct answer is Ghoomar.

Key Points

• Ghoomar dance
  • ​Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan and is performed by women.
  • It is the official dance of Rajasthan State.
  • It is a traditional folk dance of the Bhil tribe.
  • It is performed to worship Goddess Sarasvati which was later embraced by other Rajasthani communities.
  • Ghoomar became popular in the Indian state of Rajasthan during the reigns of Rajput kings.

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