Question Discussion & Solution

All except Flower are type of Plants

The correct answer is Amlanand Ghosh.

Key Points

• Prof Amlanand Ghosh excavated the Kalibangan site in 1952.
• The Kalibangan civilization is supposed to older than 4000 BC.
• This Rajasthan civilization was the first metropolis state in India.
• Kalibangan lies along with the left Bank of the dried-up bed of river Ghaggar.
• The site contains both pre-Harappan and Harappan remains, and therein can be seen the transition between the two cultures.
• Although the pre-Harappan culture worked copper and produced pottery, it had no writing system, and its ruins lack the orderly layout and use of baked brick that is found in the later Harappan sites.
• The Harappan remains include a cemetery and a fortified citadel. 

Additional Information

• Ratna Chandra Agrawal: 
  • Bhinmal Civilization was first founded by Ratna Chandra Agrawal in 1953-54 AD.
  • Bhinmal civilization is founded in the Jalore District of Rajasthan.
• Ratan Lal Mishra: 
  • Ganeshwar civilization was first founded in 1977 by historian Ratan Lal Mishra.
  • This Ganeshwar civilization is more than 4000 years old and the estimated time period was 2500 – 2000 BC.

The correct answer is Baran.

Key Points

• Shergarh Sanctuary:
  • It is located in Baran district, near Shergarh town. 
  • It was declared as a protected area in 1983.
  • This sanctuary is home to tiger, leopard, wild boar, sloth bear, chital, python, and other animals.

Additional Information

• Other Wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan:

According to given information,

Whatever be the distance covered by the person, when the man stops he is facing south.

Hence, the answer is ‘South’.

The correct answer is Pali.

• Jawai River:
  • Origin of Jawai River - Jawai river originates from the hills of Goria village of Bali tehsil of Pali district.
  • The main cause of water pollution in the Jawai river is the dyeing and printing industry.
  • Tributaries of Jawai River - Bandi River, Sukri River, and Khari River are its tributaries.

Key Points

• Luni Tributaries:
  • The main tributaries of Luni joining from the left are the Lilri, the Guhiya, the Sukri, the Jawai, the Bandi (Hemawas), the Khari Bandi, the Sukri Bandi and the Sagi.
  • Jojri is the only major tributary that joins the Luni river from the right.

Additional Information 

Other Important rivers of Rajasthan: