Rajasthan GK Questions and Answers

Q1:  Who founded the city of Jaipur?
Answer: Sawai Jai Singh II

Q2:  In which year was the Battle of Haldighati fought between Maharana Pratap and the Mughal army?
Answer: 1576

Q3:  Rajasthan Day (Rajasthan Diwas), marking the formation of Greater Rajasthan, is celebrated on which date?
Answer: 30 March

Q4:  Babur defeated which Rajput ruler in the Battle of Khanwa in 1527?
Answer: Rana Sanga

Q5:  Udaipur, which became the capital of Mewar after the fall of Chittorgarh, was founded by which ruler?
Answer: Udai Singh II

Q6:  Who founded the city of Jodhpur in 1459 AD?
Answer: Rao Jodha

Q7:  Who founded the city of Bikaner in 1488 AD?
Answer: Rao Bika

Q8:  The Vijay Stambh (Tower of Victory) at Chittorgarh was built by Rana Kumbha to commemorate his victory over which ruler?
Answer: Mahmud Khalji of Malwa

Q9:  Prithviraj Chauhan III was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the Second Battle of Tarain in which year?
Answer: 1192

Q10:  In the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 AD, Prithviraj Chauhan defeated which invader?
Answer: Muhammad Ghori

Q11:  What was the name of Maharana Pratap's famous horse who carried him during the Battle of Haldighati?
Answer: Chetak

Q12:  Kumbhalgarh Fort, known for having one of the longest continuous walls in the world, was built by which ruler?
Answer: Rana Kumbha

Q13:  Ranthambore Fort was historically the stronghold of which Rajput dynasty?
Answer: Chauhan

Q14:  Raja Man Singh I, a trusted general in Akbar's court, belonged to which princely state?
Answer: Amber

Q15:  Who led the Bijolia Peasant Movement, one of the earliest peasant uprisings in Rajasthan?
Answer: Vijay Singh Pathik

Q16:  Govind Guru, who led the Bhil tribal movement culminating in the Mangarh Massacre of 1913, primarily worked in which region of Rajasthan?
Answer: Banswara

Q17:  Rajasthan attained its present-day boundaries with the merger of Ajmer state on which date?
Answer: 1 November 1956

Q18:  Sawai Jai Singh II, founder of Jaipur, is also well known for constructing which astronomical structures?
Answer: Jantar Mantar observatories

Q19:  Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner is notably associated with the construction of which irrigation canal?
Answer: Gang Canal

Q20:  Before it was renamed Rajasthan, the region comprising the princely states was known by which name under British administration?
Answer: Rajputana

Q21:  In which year did Alauddin Khilji conquer the fort of Chittorgarh?
Answer: 1303

Q22:  Rani Padmini is traditionally associated with which event during Alauddin Khilji's siege of Chittorgarh?
Answer: Jauhar (self-immolation)

Q23:  Bappa Rawal is traditionally regarded as the founder of which ruling dynasty of Mewar?
Answer: Guhila (Sisodia) dynasty

Q24:  Jaisalmer city was founded in 1156 AD by which ruler?
Answer: Rawal Jaisal

Q25:  Bundi state was founded by which Hada Chauhan ruler?
Answer: Rao Deva Hada

Q26:  Alwar state was founded in 1776 by which Naruka Rajput ruler?
Answer: Rao Pratap Singh

Q27:  Rao Maldeo, known for greatly expanding the kingdom of Marwar, was a contemporary ruler during the reign of which Delhi ruler?
Answer: Sher Shah Suri

Q28:  The Battle of Giri Sumel (1544) was fought between Rao Maldeo of Marwar and which invading ruler?
Answer: Sher Shah Suri

Q29:  The Dilwara Jain temples at Mount Abu were built with the patronage of Vimal Shah, a minister of which dynasty?
Answer: Solanki (Chalukya) dynasty

Q30:  During the Revolt of 1857, the first outbreak in Rajasthan occurred among the sepoys stationed at which cantonment town?
Answer: Nasirabad

Q31:  Maharana Fateh Singh of Mewar is notably remembered for boycotting which major British imperial event held in Delhi in 1911?
Answer: Delhi Durbar

Q32:  The Jaipur Praja Mandal, formed to demand political reforms in the princely state, was established in 1931 with the support of which social reformer and freedom fighter?
Answer: Jamnalal Bajaj

Q33:  Rana Sanga, the ruler of Mewar who fought Babur at the Battle of Khanwa, died in which year?
Answer: 1528

Q34:  The Guhila dynasty is regarded as the earliest known ruling dynasty of which Rajasthani kingdom?
Answer: Mewar

Q35:  Hammir Dev Chauhan is remembered in Rajasthan's history for recapturing which fort from the Delhi Sultanate?
Answer: Ranthambore Fort

Q36:  In which year did Alauddin Khilji besiege and capture Ranthambore Fort from Hammir Dev Chauhan?
Answer: 1301

Q37:  Who was the author of the epic poem 'Prithviraj Raso', composed in praise of Prithviraj Chauhan III?
Answer: Chand Bardai

Q38:  Sirohi state, located in southwestern Rajasthan, was ruled by which Rajput clan?
Answer: Deora Chauhan

Q39:  Dungarpur, one of the oldest princely states of the Bhil-dominated southern region of Rajasthan, was ruled by a branch of which dynasty?
Answer: Sisodia dynasty

Q40:  Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II was the last ruling Maharaja of which princely state before its accession to India?
Answer: Jaipur

Q41:  The Chauhan dynasty ruled from which city before Prithviraj Chauhan III shifted focus toward Delhi?
Answer: Ajmer

Q42:  Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur is associated with the construction of which famous palace, one of the largest private residences in the world?
Answer: Umaid Bhawan Palace

Q43:  Rao Chandrasen of Marwar is remembered in history for his prolonged resistance against which Mughal emperor?
Answer: Akbar

Q44:  When Humayun sought refuge in Marwar during his exile in 1543-44, which ruler turned against him instead of helping him?
Answer: Rao Maldeo

Q45:  Jhalawar princely state was carved out of which larger kingdom in 1838?
Answer: Kota

Q46:  Rao Madho Singh founded the princely state of Kota in the early 17th century after separating it from which larger kingdom?
Answer: Bundi

Q47:  The Battle of Merta (1562) resulted in Akbar gaining control over which strategically important Marwar territory?
Answer: Merta

Q48:  Maharana Amar Singh I of Mewar eventually signed a treaty of submission with which Mughal emperor in 1615?
Answer: Jahangir

Q49:  Pratapgarh princely state in southern Rajasthan was ruled by a branch of which dynasty?
Answer: Sisodia dynasty

Q50:  The princely state of Banswara in southern Rajasthan was established as a separate state by a prince from which larger kingdom?
Answer: Dungarpur