RAS question
Pachamta, a site of the Ahar-Banas culture, is located in which district?
Correct answer: (D) Rajsamand.
Pachamta, an Ahar-Banas culture site in Rajasthan, is located in Rajsamand district.
Explanation
Pachamta is not an Udaipur-district site; the cited archaeological article identifies it in its title as a site of Ahar culture at Pachamta, District Rajsamand, Rajasthan. The article's location section is equally direct: the village of Pachamta is located in Rajsamand district, and its ancient mounds have Ahar culture deposits. That matches the question's framing of Pachamta as an Ahar-Banas culture site. The same study also notes the excavated parallel-walled structure at Pachamta, which is why the site is often remembered in Ahar-culture archaeology. Therefore, when the exam asks only for the district, the supported answer is Rajsamand.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Dungarpur is wrong because the cited study places Pachamta in Rajsamand district, not in Dungarpur.
- (B) Udaipur is wrong because the source names Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur only as an author affiliation, while the site itself is in Rajsamand district.
- (C) Bhilwara is wrong because neither the question's explanation nor the cited article locates Pachamta in Bhilwara; both support Rajsamand.
Concept
This tests site-location mapping within Rajasthan's Ahar-Banas or Chalcolithic culture topic. RAS repeats such questions because archaeology sites are often asked through one precise identifier: district, river region, or distinctive excavated feature.