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RBSE Secondary Social Science: Rajasthan Studies: Folk Culture, Art and State Identity

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Rajasthan Studies: Folk Culture, Art and State Identity

This domain is entirely Rajasthan-specific - folk deities, fairs, dance, painting, crafts and the state's political identity. The questions are memory-based but very precise about names and places, so exactness scores.

Folk deities and fairs

  • Pabuji of Kolu (Phalodi), protector of camels; his Phad is recited by Nayak bhopas with the Ravanhattha.
  • Gogaji of Gogamedi (Hanumangarh), the snake deity, called Jahar Peer; fair in Bhadrapada.
  • Tejaji of Parbatsar (Nagaur), who died of a snakebite and is invoked for protection against snakebite.
  • Ramdevji of Ramdevra (Jaisalmer), revered as Ramsa Peer; his Kamad devotees perform Terah Taal. Also Karni Mata of Deshnok (Bikaner).
  • Major fairs: Pushkar (Kartik Purnima, camel fair), Teej and Gangaur (Jaipur), Kaila Devi (Karauli), Urs at Ajmer.

Dance and painting

  • Ghoomar (Marwar women), Kalbelia (Sapera community; UNESCO Intangible Heritage, 2010), Chari (Gujjar women, Ajmer–Kishangarh), Gair (Mewar men, Holi), Terah Taal (Kamad, with manjeeras).
  • Painting schools: Kishangarh (Bani-Thani, Nihal Chand), Bundi (water and elephants), Kota (hunting scenes), Mewar, Nathdwara pichhwai, Bikaner, Jaipur, Alwar.
  • Crafts: Jaipur blue pottery, bandhej and leheriya, thewa of Pratapgarh, kundan-meena, Jodhpur mojari.

State identity

  • The Vidhan Sabha has 200 seats; the state is grouped into seven divisions - Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Kota, Udaipur, Bikaner, Bharatpur - and the Governor is its constitutional head.

Worked example

A question pairs fairs with districts. Reason from the name: Pushkar lies in Ajmer district, Ramdevra in Jaisalmer, Gogamedi in Hanumangarh, Parbatsar in Nagaur, Kaila Devi in Karauli. The deity's shrine town, not the nearest big city, fixes the district.

Traps

Kalbelia is a dance, not a folk deity. Pushkar is in Ajmer district, not Jaipur. Krishna's Bani-Thani belongs to Kishangarh, not Bundi. District and division numbers were revised after 2023, so verify the current official count instead of an older memorised figure.