RAS question
Rupayan Sansthan in Jodhpur is dedicated to:
Correct answer: (B) Preservation of folk traditions and music.
Rupayan Sansthan in Jodhpur is dedicated to preserving Rajasthan's folk traditions, music, oral traditions and related cultural heritage.
Explanation
Rupayan Sansthan is linked with the preservation of Rajasthan's folk culture, not with a modern professional or technical field. It was founded by Komal Kothari to preserve Rajasthani folk music, instruments, textiles and oral traditions. Arna Jharna describes Rupayan Sansthan near Jodhpur as a centre created to document and celebrate Rajasthan's living traditions, including folk culture and oral traditions. The institution also works in collecting folk tales, songs, epics, genealogies and performance traditions. That makes option B the best fit: the institution's purpose is cultural preservation centred on folk traditions and music.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Modern art is too narrow and misdirected, because the institution is described as preserving folk culture, oral traditions, music, instruments, textiles and performance traditions rather than contemporary art practice.
- (C) Banking has no link with the stated work of Rupayan Sansthan, which concerns documentation and preservation of Rajasthan's folk cultural heritage.
- (D) IT education is unrelated to the institution's role as a Jodhpur-based centre for folk culture, oral traditions, archives and research materials.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan art and culture through institutions that preserve folk heritage. Such questions recur in RAS because they connect cultural personalities, centres and living traditions with Rajasthan's regional identity.