Rajasthan GK Questions In English: 100+ Important MCQs

42. How many seats does Rajasthan have in the Rajya Sabha?

a) 15 Seats

b) 10 Seats

c) 07 Seats

d) 03 Seats

Answer: b) 10 Seats

43. How many seats does Rajasthan have in the Lok Sabha?

a) 25 Seats

b) 20 Seats

c) 15 Seats

d) 17 Seats

Answer: a) 25 Seats

44. Which Chief Minister was elected on 17 December 2018 (third tenure)?

a) Hari Dev Joshi

b) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

c) Vasundhara Raje

d) Ashok Gehlot

Answer: d) Ashok Gehlot

45. Who is the present Governor of Rajasthan as of 2021?

a) Ram Naik

b) Kalraj Mishra

c) Prabha Rau

d) Kalyan Singh

Answer: b) Kalraj Mishra (Since 9th September 2019)

46. Who was the first Governor of Rajasthan?

a) Maharaj Man Singh II

b) Sardar Hukam Singh

c) Gurumukh Nihal Singh

d) Sardar Jogendra Singh

Answer: a) Maharaj Man Singh II (30 March 1949)

List of Governors of Rajasthan

S.NoGovernor’s NameTook officeLeft office
1Maharaj Man Singh II (Rajpramukh)30-Mar-4931-Oct-56
2Gurumukh Nihal Singh01-Nov-5616-Apr-62
3Sampurnanand16-Apr-6216-Apr-67
4Sardar Hukam Singh16-Apr-6701-Jul-72
5Sardar Jogendra Singh01-Jul-7215-Feb-77
6Vedpal Tyagi (acting)15-Feb-7711-May-77
7Raghukul Tilak17-May-7708-Aug-81
8K. D. Sharma (acting)08-Aug-8106-Mar-82
9Om Prakash Mehra06-Mar-8204-Jan-85
10Vasantrao Patil20-Nov-8515-Oct-87
11Sukhdev Prasad20-Feb-8803-Feb-90
12Milap Chand Jain (acting)03-Feb-9014-Feb-90
13Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya14-Feb-9026-Aug-91
14Swarup Singh (acting)26-Aug-9105-Feb-92
15Marri Chenna Reddy5 February, 199231-May-93
16Dhanik Lal Mandal (additional charge)31-May-9330-Jun-93
17Bali Ram Bhagat30-Jun-9301-May-98
18Darbara Singh01-May-9824-May-98
19Navrang Lal Tibrewal (acting)25-May-9816-Jan-99
20Anshuman Singh16-Jan-9914-May-03
21Nirmal Chandra Jain14-May-0322-Sep-03
22Kailashpati Mishra (additional charge)22-Sep-0314-Jan-04
23Madan Lal Khurana14-Jan-0401-Nov-04
24T. V. Rajeswar (additional charge)01-Nov-0408-Nov-04
25Pratibha Patil08-Nov-0421-Jun-07
26Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (additional charge)21-Jun-0706-Sep-07
27S. K. Singh06-Sep-0701-Dec-09
28Prabha Rau (additional charge)[5]02-Dec-0924-Jan-10
29Prabha Rau25-Jan-1026-Apr-10
30Shivraj Patil (additional charge)26-Apr-1012-May-12
31Margaret Alva12-May-1207-Aug-14
32Ram Naik (additional charge)07-Aug-1404-Sep-14
33Kalyan Singh04-Sep-148 September 2019
34Kalraj Mishra09-Sep-19Incumbent

Who is the present Governor of Rajasthan?

Shri Kalraj Mishra, he was appointed to the office of Governor of Rajasthan on 09 September 2019

After Independence, Who was the first Governor of Rajasthan?

Raj Pramukh Sawai Sh. Mansingh

Who was the first woman governor of Rajasthan?

Smt. Pratibha Patil

47. Who is the Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (2021)?

a) Sumitra Singh

b) C. P. Joshi

c) Deependra Singh Shekhawat

d) Kailash Chandra Meghwal

Answer: b) C. P. Joshi

48. Who was the first speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly?

a) Niranjan Nath Acharya

b) Ram Niwas Mirdha

c) Narottam Lal Joshi

d) Ram Kishore Vyas

Answer: c) Narottam Lal Joshi (23 Feb 1952 – 23 Feb 1957)

49. Out of 200 Seats, How many seats are occupied by the Indian National Congress in the 15th Assembly?

a) 104 Seats

b) 105 Seats

c) 107 Seats

d) 102 Seats

Answer: a) 104 Seats

50. How many constituencies are in Rajasthan?

a) 196 Constituencies

b) 156 Constituencies

c) 104 Constituencies

d) 200 Constituencies

Answer: d) 200 Constituencies

51. What is the Regional Language of Rajasthan?

a) Hindi

b) Rajasthani

c) Marathi

d) Konkani

Answer: b) Rajasthani

52. What is the Vehicle Registration code for Rajasthan?

a) RT

b) RJ

c) RN

d) RA

Answer: b) RJ

53. When is the oldest reference to “Rajasthan” found in a stone inscription?

a) 675 CE

b) 655 CE

c) 645 CE

d) 625 CE

Answer: d) 625 CE

54. Where were the Stone Age tools dating from 5,000 to 200,000 Years found in Rajasthan?

a) Alwar District & Churu District

b) Dungarpur District & Jalore District

c) Jhalawar District & Banswara District

d) Bundi District & Bhilwara District

Answer: d) Bundi District & Bhilwara District

55. Who was the Vanguard of the fifteenth-century Rajput resurgence?

a) Rana Amar Singh

b) Rana Kumbha

c) Emperor Hemu

d) Rana Raj Singh

Answer: b) Rana Kumbha (Kumbhakarna)

Kumbhakarna (r. 1433–1468 CE), popularly known as Rana Kumbha, was the ruler of Mewar kingdom in India. He belonged to the Sisodia clan of Rajputs. Rana Kumbha is known for his illustrious military career against various sultanates and patronization of art and architecture.

Kumbha is credited with having worked assiduously to build up the state again. Of 84 fortresses that form the defense of Mewar, 32 were erected by Kumbha.[2] The chief citadel of Mewar, is the fort of Kumbalgarh, built by Kumbha. It is the highest fort in Rajasthan (MRL 1075m).

56. Who founded Udaipur, which became the new Capital of the Mewar Kingdom?

a) Man Singh Tomar

b) Hasan Khan Mewati

c) Udai Singh II

d) Maldev Rathore

Answer: c) Udai Singh II

Udaipur was founded in 1559, by Maharana Udai Singh II in the fertile circular Girwa Valley to the southwest of Nagda, on the Banas River. The city was established as the new capital of the Mewar kingdom.

57. What was the capital of Rajasthan before Jaipur?

a) Chittorgarh

b) Jhalawar

c) Amber

d) Jaisalmer

Answer: c) Amber

58. Which District falls into the Thar Desert?

a) Jaisalmer

b) Alwar

c) Dhaulpur

d) Kota

Answer: a) Jaisalmer

The Thar Desert embraces the districts of Jaisalmer, Barmer, Bikaner and Jodhpur. Actually, Rajasthan desert is a greater part of the Thar Desert that is spread across the western part of India and the southeastern Pakistan.

59. What Percentage of the Thar Desert is located in India?

a) 50%

b) 75%

c) 85%

d) 95%

Answer: c) 85% (15% in Pakistan)

60. Which is the only River in the Thar Desert?

a) Kalisindh River

b) Banas River

c) Luni River

d) Mahi River

Answer: c) Luni River

61. How many districts of Rajasthan share a border with Pakistan?

a) 4 Districts

b) 6 Districts

c) 3 Districts

d) 7 Districts

Answer: a) 4 Districts

Name of the Districts:

1) Barmer

2) Jaisalmer

3) Bikaner

4) Ganganagar

62. How many states do the Thar Desert covers in India?

a) 1 State

b) 2 States

c) 3 States

d) 4 States

Answer: d) 4 States

Name of the States:

1) Gujarat

2) Rajasthan

3) Haryana

4) Punjab

63. Which is the longest Canal in Rajasthan and in the Whole of India?

a) Ummed Sagar Bandh

b) Indira Gandhi Canal

c) Ganga Canal

d) Anupgarh canal

Answer: b) Indira Gandhi Canal (650 km)

The Indira Gandhi Canal is the longest canal of India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Harike, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in the Indian state of Punjab and terminates in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the north west of Rajasthan state.

64. Who is known as the “Plato of the Jat People”?

a) Maharaja Ajit Singh

b) Veer Kunwar Singh,

c) Maharaja Suraj Mal

d) Maharaj Maldev Rathore

Answer: c) Maharaja Suraj Mal (Feb 1707 – 25 Dec 1763)

Maharaja Suraj Mal (February 1707 – 25 December 1763) or Sujan Singh was the ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India. He is known as “the Plato of the Jat people”.

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