RAS question
Dhola Maru ki Katha is:
Correct answer: (C) A romantic folk tale of Rajasthan.
Dhola Maru ki Katha is a romantic folk tale of Rajasthan about Dhola of Narwar and Maru of Pugal.
Explanation
Dhola Maru ki Katha belongs to Rajasthan's folk-romance tradition, not to religious, military, or formal historical writing. It is one of Rajasthan's famous love stories, centred on Prince Dhola of Narwar and Princess Maru of Pugal in the Bikaner region. The National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy page for the artefact titled "Dhola Maru Riding on Camel" describes Dhola Maru as the romantic folk tale of Dhola and Maru in Rajasthan. That is why option C is the precise answer: the question is testing genre recognition within Rajasthan's cultural and literary heritage.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) It is not a religious scripture, because Dhola Maru ki Katha is a love-centred folk tale, not a sacred text.
- (B) It is not classified here as a historical text, because Dhola Maru is identified through folk romance and cultural storytelling rather than formal history.
- (D) It is not a war chronicle, because the story is grounded in the romance of Dhola and Maru, not in the recording of battles or campaigns.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's folk literature and oral-cultural traditions, especially the ability to identify well-known narratives by genre. Such questions recur in RAS because folk tales, songs, and literary forms are a core part of Rajasthan History, Art and Culture.