RAS question
Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha's first session was held in:
Correct answer: (D) 1952.
Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha's first session was held in 1952, after the first general elections and the formation of the elected Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
Explanation
The year to remember is 1952, not the earlier integration dates of Rajasthan. The official Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat RTI manual says the process of setting up the legislature continued until the beginning of 1952; after the general elections, the first Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan was formed on 23 February 1952 and its first sitting took place on 29 March 1952. The first session of the unified Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha was on 31 March 1952, and Narottam Lal Joshi was the first Speaker. So the exam logic is clear: Greater Rajasthan had been inaugurated earlier, but the elected Assembly became operational only in 1952.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 1956 relates to later territorial reorganisation and changes in Assembly strength, not the first elected Vidhan Sabha session.
- (B) 1947 marks the accession context after Independence, but Rajasthan's legislature was not yet functioning as an elected Assembly then.
- (C) 1949 is tied to the inauguration of Greater Rajasthan, while the elected Legislative Assembly came after the 1952 general elections.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's political integration and the institutional start of the state legislature. RAS repeats this area because candidates often confuse state formation milestones with the first functioning elected Assembly.