RAS question
Gadisar Lake is located in which district of Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (D) Jaisalmer.
Gadisar Lake is located in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.
Explanation
Gadisar Lake belongs to Jaisalmer, not to the western Rajasthan districts that often appear as distractors in location-based questions. The official Rajasthan Tourism Jaisalmer page lists Gadisar Lake under Jaisalmer, shows it as part of the Jaisalmer destination page, and gives a Jaisalmer tourist office address near Gadisar Lake. Rajasthan Tourism describes it as a 14th-century lake built for water needs in an arid region, associated with Maharawal Gadsi Singh, with small temples and shrines around it. That combination of district location, desert-water context, and local historical association makes option D, Jaisalmer, the only correct choice.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Barmer is a western Rajasthan district, but Rajasthan Tourism places Gadisar Lake with Jaisalmer, not Barmer.
- (B) Bikaner does not fit because Rajasthan Tourism identifies Gadisar Lake with Jaisalmer.
- (C) Jodhpur is another Rajasthan district, but Gadisar Lake is listed and described in the Jaisalmer context, so Jodhpur does not fit.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan map-based geography, especially the district location of important lakes and tourist-cultural sites. Such questions recur in RAS because lakes link physical geography, arid-region water management, and local historical memory.