RAS question
Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS) is located in which city?
Correct answer: (C) Bikaner.
Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, commonly known as RAJUVAS, is located in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Explanation
RAJUVAS is a Bikaner-based institution: its official homepage identifies it as “Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner” and says the university came into existence on 13 May 2010 under the Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Act. This matches the exam explanation that RAJUVAS was established in 2010 in Bikaner as Rajasthan’s first dedicated veterinary university. Its academic focus is veterinary sciences, animal husbandry and dairy technology, while the official source frames its purpose as training human resources, generating suitable technologies and transferring technical knowledge to stakeholders connected with animal husbandry. Therefore, among Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Ajmer, the city asked for in the question is Bikaner.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Jaipur is Rajasthan’s capital and has several universities, but the official RAJUVAS source places this university in Bikaner, not Jaipur.
- (B) Jodhpur is an important western Rajasthan city and is associated with the Central Wool Development Board, but RAJUVAS is not located there.
- (D) Ajmer is linked with central Rajasthan geography and the Pushkar fair, but the RAJUVAS location stated by the official source is Bikaner.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan’s institutional geography, especially the city-wise location of specialised universities. Such facts recur in RAS because they connect administrative geography with agriculture, animal husbandry and state-level higher education institutions.