RAS question
Guru Shikhar, the highest peak of the Aravalli Range, is located in which district?
Correct answer: (C) Sirohi.
Guru Shikhar, the highest peak of the Aravalli Range, is located near Mount Abu in Sirohi district.
Explanation
Guru Shikhar is a location-marker question: the key is not just that it belongs to the Aravalli Range, but that it falls in the Mount Abu area of Sirohi district. Guru Shikhar is the Aravalli Range's highest peak at 1,722 m and has the Dattatreya temple at its summit. The official Government College, Sirohi history page supports the district link by stating that Guru Shikhar, the highest peak of the Aravalli mountain, is situated at Mt. Abu in Sirohi district. Therefore, among the listed districts, Sirohi is the precise administrative answer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Udaipur contains Aravalli terrain, but Guru Shikhar is located at Mt. Abu in Sirohi district.
- (B) Rajsamand is associated here with Kumbhalgarh, while Guru Shikhar is placed near Mount Abu in Sirohi.
- (D) Pali is adjacent in the regional geography, but Guru Shikhar falls in Sirohi district, not Pali.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan physical geography, especially the Aravalli Range and district-level location of major peaks. It recurs in RAS because such peak-district pairings are standard map-based facts.