RAS question
RTDC stands for:
Correct answer: (C) Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation.
RTDC stands for Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Ltd., a Government of Rajasthan undertaking connected with tourism services in the state.
Explanation
RTDC expands to Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. The official RTDC About Us page identifies it as a Government of Rajasthan undertaking and says the company is fully owned by the Government of Rajasthan. This matches the MCQ explanation: RTDC is not a transport, trade, or technology body, but the state tourism corporation. Its role is practical and service-facing: it manages tourism-linked hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, motels, bars, boating and transport, and also organises package tours, fairs, festivals and related tourist services. For RAS Economy of Rajasthan, the key is to connect the acronym with the tourism sector and with Rajasthan's public-sector tourism infrastructure.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Rajasthan Transport Development Corporation is wrong because the official expansion is Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.; transport is only one tourism-related service RTDC manages, not the meaning of RTDC.
- (B) Rajasthan Trade Development Corporation is wrong because the cited RTDC page places the body under Rajasthan Tourism and describes tourism services, not trade development.
- (D) Rajasthan Technology Development Corporation is wrong because neither the official name nor the explanation links RTDC to technology; it is a tourism corporation.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy institutions, especially state agencies linked to tourism infrastructure and services. Such abbreviations recur in RAS because they connect factual recall with the economic role of government undertakings.