RAS question
Jaipur is part of India's famous 'Golden Triangle' tourist circuit along with which two cities?
Correct answer: (B) Delhi and Agra.
Jaipur is part of India’s Golden Triangle tourist circuit along with Delhi and Agra.
Explanation
The Golden Triangle links Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, making option B the only pairing that completes the circuit. For RAS, this matters because Jaipur sits inside a high-value tourism route rather than being only an isolated city attraction. Each of the three cities is roughly 250 km from the others, which is why the circuit works as a compact itinerary for visitors. Rajasthan Tourism’s Jaipur page supports Jaipur’s status as a major sightseeing destination in Rajasthan and lists Delhi and Agra among the cities connected with Jaipur by rail, fitting Jaipur’s role in tourist movement.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Kolkata and Hyderabad lie in eastern and southern India respectively, so they do not form the Delhi-Agra-Jaipur Golden Triangle around Jaipur.
- (C) Mumbai and Chennai are far from Jaipur and are not the two cities that complete the Golden Triangle circuit with Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
- (D) Varanasi and Lucknow belong to a different Uttar Pradesh tourism context, not to the Golden Triangle route centred on Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan tourism geography under the Economy of Rajasthan syllabus. It recurs in RAS because tourist circuits explain how Jaipur draws visitor flows and supports the state’s service economy.