RAS question
Lokayukta in Rajasthan was established in:
Correct answer: (B) 1973.
The Lokayukta in Rajasthan was established in 1973 under the Rajasthan Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 1973.
Explanation
Rajasthan's Lokayukta traces its establishment to the Rajasthan Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 1973. The official Lokayukta, Rajasthan website describes it as a high-level statutory and independent institution set up under that 1973 Act to inquire into corruption, misuse of office and inaction involving ministers, secretaries, heads of government bodies, local self-government office-bearers and other officials or employees. The establishment year belongs to the legal creation of the institution, not to a later appointment, reform or administrative update. Since the Act is from 1973, 1973 is the only correct year.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 1970 is too early because the institution is tied to the Rajasthan Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 1973, not to any 1970 enactment.
- (C) 1985 is wrong because the Lokayukta, Rajasthan official website anchors the institution to the 1973 Act, so a later year cannot be the year of establishment.
- (D) 2000 is wrong because it would make the institution much later than the 1973 Act under which the Rajasthan Lokayukta was established.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan Polity theme of statutory accountability institutions. RAS repeats such dates because they link an institution directly to its enabling Act, which is a standard way to frame state-administration questions.