RAS question
Nakki Lake is located at:
Correct answer: (A) Mount Abu.
Nakki Lake is located at Mount Abu in Rajasthan's Sirohi district.
Explanation
Nakki Lake is associated with Mount Abu, Rajasthan's only hill station, in Sirohi district. The official Rajasthan Tourism Mount Abu page lists Nakki Lake among the attractions to visit in Mount Abu and describes it as a preferred place to see there. This supports Mount Abu as the location, not another Rajasthan lake town. The exam-relevant identifiers are: Nakki Lake is the hill-station lake of Rajasthan, lies at about 1,200 metres, and is traditionally believed to have been dug by gods using their nails, or nakh. For RAS, the key is to connect the named lake with its precise Rajasthan location: Nakki Lake belongs to Mount Abu.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Pushkar is associated with Pushkar Lake, whereas Nakki Lake is listed as a Mount Abu attraction.
- (C) Ajmer is associated with Ana Sagar Lake, not Nakki Lake, which belongs to Mount Abu.
- (D) Udaipur is linked with lakes such as Pichola, Fateh Sagar and Jaisamand, while Nakki Lake is at Mount Abu.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan geography theme of matching major lakes with their correct locations. Such pairs recur in RAS because they are compact, high-yield facts from the state's physical and tourism geography.