Famous Places in India Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The fort built by Raja Man Singh I in 1592 is Amer Fort.

Man Singh I of Amber, a leading general of Akbar, began building the present Amer Fort near Jaipur in 1592. Its palaces, such as the Sheesh Mahal and Diwan-i-Aam, were added by later Kachhwaha rulers, notably Mirza Raja Jai Singh.

Mehrangarh at Jodhpur was founded by Rao Jodha in 1459, Kumbhalgarh was built by Rana Kumbha in the 15th century, and Chittorgarh is far older, traditionally ascribed to the Mori ruler Chitrangada in the 7th century.

Answer: A

Siliserh lake was built by Maharaja Vinay Singh.

Maharaja Vinay Singh of Alwar built the Siliserh lake by damming a stream in 1845, and a palace (now a hotel) on its bank, which tradition says was for his queen Shila.

Bakhtawar Singh was an earlier ruler of Alwar, while Jai Singh and Rai Singh are names of rulers of Jaipur, Alwar and Bikaner in other periods; none of them built Siliserh.

Answer: A

Kesarbagh wildlife sanctuary is in Dholpur.

Kesarbagh is one of the two wildlife sanctuaries of Dholpur district, along with Van Vihar, in the dry deciduous forest of eastern Rajasthan.

Alwar is known for the Sariska tiger reserve, and Baran for the Shergarh sanctuary. Kesarbagh is not in Alwar, Phalodi or Baran.

Answer: B

The fort on the Mesa plateau is Chittorgarh.

Chittorgarh fort stands on a long, flat-topped hill rising steeply from the plain near the Gambhiri and Berach rivers. A flat-topped hill with steep sides is a mesa, which is why the plateau is described this way. It is one of the Hill Forts of Rajasthan on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Kumbhalgarh lies on an Aravalli ridge, Ranthambhore in the hills of the Ranthambhore park, and Nahargarh on the ridge above Jaipur.

Answer: B

Nakki Lake is at Mount Abu.

Nakki Lake lies in the centre of the hill station of Mount Abu, in Sirohi district, at about 1200 m. Legend says it was dug by the gods with their nails (nakh), which gives it its name, and it is one of the highest lakes in Rajasthan.

Udaipur is known for Pichola and Fateh Sagar, Jaipur for Man Sagar, and Bikaner has no lake of this name.

Answer: D

The Tanot Mata temple was built by the Bhati King Tanu Rao.

Tradition credits the Bhati Rajput ruler Tanu Rao with founding Tanot and its temple in the eighth century. The temple, near the India-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer district, became famous during the 1965 and 1971 wars, when, by the well-known account, shells that fell around it failed to explode; it is now looked after by the Border Security Force.

Baba Ramdev is a folk deity with his own shrine at Ramdevra, and Ishwari Singh and Jai Singh II were rulers of Jaipur, unconnected with Tanot.

Answer: D

Bhandarej Baodi is in Dausa.

Bhandarej is a village in Dausa district, on the Jaipur-Agra road, known for its ancient stepwell (baodi) and archaeological remains.

Abhaneri is the trap: it is also in Dausa district, but its famous stepwell is the Chand Baori, not Bhandarej. Jodhpur and Kota are in other regions of the state.

Answer: D

The 'city of hundred islands' is Banswara.

Banswara in southern Rajasthan lies on the Mahi river, which, with its backwaters and the Mahi Bajaj Sagar reservoir, is dotted with numerous small islands. These give the town its popular title of the city of a hundred islands.

Jaisalmer is the 'Golden City', Jaipur the 'Pink City', and Tonk is known as the city of nawabs, so none of them carries this title.

Answer: D

It is the Jaisalmer Fort.

Built by Rawal Jaisal in 1156 on Trikuta hill, the Jaisalmer fort is made of yellow sandstone that glows gold in the sun, which is why it is called Sonar Qila or Sonar ka fort, the golden fort. It is one of the forts of Rajasthan on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Gagron in Jhalawar is a water fort surrounded by rivers, and Bhainsror stands at a river confluence in Chittorgarh district. The Jalore fort stands on the Suvarnagiri ('golden hill'), which is the trap, but it is not the fort known as Sonar ka fort.

Answer: C

It is the Shergarh Fort.

Shergarh Fort stands on a hill beside the Parvan (Parban) river in Baran district. Originally known as Koshvardhan, it was renamed after Sher Shah Suri took it in the sixteenth century.

Taragarh is the hill fort of Ajmer (and also of Bundi), Lohagarh is the mud-walled fort of Bharatpur, and the Chitra Mahal is the painted gallery in Bundi's palace complex, not a fort near Baran.