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Rajasthan Culture and Environment

Rajasthan General Studies

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Overview

Rajasthan’s culture includes folk dances, fairs and crafts; its environmental traditions include the Bishnoi community’s conservation ethic.

Key points

Folk dances: Ghoomar and Kalbelia (Kalbelia is on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list, 2010).
The Pushkar fair is famous for camel trading.
The Bishnoi community protects trees and wildlife; the Khejarli sacrifice (1730) was led by Amrita Devi.
State tree: Khejri; state bird: Great Indian Bustard (Godawan).
Crafts include blue pottery (Jaipur) and block printing (Sanganer, Bagru).
Desertification and water scarcity shape environmental policy.

Explanation

The Great Indian Bustard is critically endangered.
Johads and taankas harvest rainwater.
Teej and Gangaur are popular festivals.
Phad paintings narrate folk epics.
Community conservation has inspired national movements.

Step by step

Identify the concept, law or fact asked.
Recall the definition, formula, example or year.
Apply it and eliminate mismatched options.

Examples

The Khejarli sacrifice for trees → Amrita Devi Bishnoi, 1730.
Rajasthan’s state bird → Great Indian Bustard.
Folk dance on UNESCO’s list → Kalbelia.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Wrong Khejarli year.
Trap: Mixing Ghoomar and Kalbelia.
Trap: Wrong state symbols.

Quick revision

Bishnoi; Khejarli 1730.
Khejri, Godawan.
Kalbelia UNESCO 2010.

Practice MCQs

Which Rajasthani folk dance is on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list?
1. Bhavai
2. Chari
3. Ghoomar
4. Kalbelia
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Answer: (d) Kalbelia. Kalbelia, 2010.
The Pushkar fair is famous for —
1. boat races
2. snow festival
3. tea auctions
4. camel trading
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Answer: (d) camel trading. Camel fair.
The Khejarli sacrifice (1730) was led by —
1. Rani Padmini
2. Mirabai
3. Amrita Devi
4. Panna Dhai
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Answer: (c) Amrita Devi. Bishnoi tree protection.
The Bishnoi community is known for —
1. shipbuilding
2. tea farming
3. mining
4. protecting trees and wildlife
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Answer: (d) protecting trees and wildlife. Conservation tradition.
State tree of Rajasthan is —
1. Neem
2. Khejri
3. Banyan
4. Peepal
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Answer: (b) Khejri. Khejri.
State bird of Rajasthan is —
1. Great Indian Bustard
2. Sparrow
3. Crane
4. Peacock
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Answer: (a) Great Indian Bustard. Godawan.
Blue pottery is associated with —
1. Kota
2. Jaipur
3. Udaipur
4. Bikaner
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Answer: (b) Jaipur. Jaipur.
Block printing is famous at —
1. Pushkar
2. Mount Abu
3. Barmer only
4. Sanganer and Bagru
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Answer: (d) Sanganer and Bagru. Sanganer and Bagru.
The Great Indian Bustard is —
1. introduced
2. critically endangered
3. common
4. extinct
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Answer: (b) critically endangered. Critically endangered.
Traditional rainwater structures in Rajasthan include —
1. johads and taankas
2. stepped rice fields
3. canals only
4. glaciers
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Answer: (a) johads and taankas. Water harvesting.