UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — RAJASTHAN
Rajasthan — Environment + Sites 🦌
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: State Maps — Rajasthan.
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Key locations covered (82)
- Ranthambhore National Park — Rajasthan
- Keoladeo Ghana National Park — Rajasthan
- Sariska National Park — Rajasthan
- Desert National Park — Rajasthan
- Mukundara Hills National Park — Rajasthan
- Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve — Rajasthan
- Sariska Tiger Reserve — Rajasthan
- Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve — Rajasthan
- Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve — Rajasthan
- Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve — Rajasthan
- Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary — Rajasthan
- Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary — Rajasthan
- National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary (RJ) — Rajasthan
- Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary — Rajasthan
- Phulwari Ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary — Rajasthan
- Sambhar Lake (Ramsar) — Rajasthan
- Rajasthan — State Animal: Chinkara — Rajasthan
- Guru Shikhar (1,722 m - highest Aravalli) — Rajasthan
- Luni River — Rajasthan
- Banas River — Rajasthan
- Sambhar Salt Lake (Ramsar) — Rajasthan
- Marwar Plateau — Rajasthan
- Rajasthan — Foundation, Area, Profile, Hill Forts
- Osian (Osiyan) — Temple Town — Rajasthan
- Ajmer (Pushkar & Dargah Sharif) — Rajasthan
- Bundi (Taragarh & Raniji ki Baori) — Rajasthan
- Jaipur — Capital (Pink City)
- Jodhpur — Blue City / Sun City
- Udaipur — Lake City
- Jaisalmer — Golden City
- Bikaner (Camel country)
- Kota — Education hub
- Chittorgarh Fort (UNESCO)
- Kumbhalgarh Fort (UNESCO)
- Ranthambhore Fort (UNESCO)
- Amer Fort (UNESCO)
- Gagron Fort (UNESCO)
- Jaisalmer Fort (UNESCO Hill Fort)
- Sawai Madhopur (Ranthambhore HQ)
- Alwar (Bala Quila)
- Bharatpur (Lohagarh)
- Dholpur
- Karauli
- Mount Abu (Hill Station)
- Dilwara Jain Temples
- Ranakpur Jain Temple
- Nathdwara (Shrinathji)
- Haldighati (battle pass)
- Kalibangan (Harappan)
- Pushkar Lake
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan (UNESCO 2013)
- Thar Desert (Marusthali)
- Aravalli Range (Rajasthan)
- Ghaggar (Saraswati paleo-channel)
- Rajasthan — Extended Profile
- Hawa Mahal (Jaipur) — Rajasthan
- Amber Fort (Jaipur) — Rajasthan
- Jaigarh Fort (Jaipur) — Rajasthan
- Nahargarh Fort — Rajasthan
- Jantar Mantar (Jaipur) — Rajasthan
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Sample questions (12 of 331)
Ranthambhore NP is in which district?
Sawai Madhopur district
Ranthambhore is famous for which historical fort within it?
Ranthambhore Fort — UNESCO World Heritage Site (Hill Forts of Rajasthan, 2013)
Ranthambhore TR was declared in which year?
1973-74 — one of India's first 9 Tiger Reserves
Ranthambhore lies at the junction of which two mountain ranges?
Aravalli + Vindhya — Rajasthan's only meeting point of these two ancient ranges
Ranthambhore NP area (km²) and year?
≈392 km² (NP); 1,334 km² (TR); declared NP 1980; Project Tiger 1973 (one of original 9)
Ranthambhore Fort within NP — UNESCO Hill Fort year?
Inscribed 2013 (one of 6 Hill Forts of Rajasthan)
Famous tigress of Ranthambhore — 'Lady of the Lakes'?
Machhli (T-16) — most photographed tigress; died 2016
Ranthambhore — tiger count 2022?
~80 tigers (2022 census); highest density tiger reserve in RJ
Rajasthan: Largest state by area. Bordered by which Pakistani provinces?
Sindh and Punjab (Pakistani Punjab).
Keoladeo Ghana NP is in which Rajasthan district?
Bharatpur — also called Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
Keoladeo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site declared in which year?
1985
Keoladeo was famous as the wintering ground of which Critically Endangered crane (now possibly locally extinct)?
Siberian Crane — last confirmed sightings in 2002
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter State Maps — Rajasthan. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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