RAS question
The Banswara Praja Mandal was active in which region of Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (A) Southern tribal belt (Vagad region).
The Banswara Praja Mandal was active in Rajasthan's southern tribal belt, the Vagad region.
Explanation
The Banswara Praja Mandal belonged to the southern tribal belt of Rajasthan, commonly identified with the Vagad region. It was linked to the rights of the tribal population against the autocratic ruler of Banswara. Rajasthan Tourism supports that regional setting by describing Banswara as dominated by Bhil tribals and by noting that the district was formerly a princely state ruled by Maharavals. That combination is the key to the answer: the movement is not being located by a modern tourist label or a broad Rajasthan zone, but by the tribal-princely context of Banswara in the south. Hence the correct region is the southern tribal belt, not the desert, Shekhawati, or eastern plains.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) The western desert region, or Thar, does not match the Banswara setting, which places Banswara in a tribal-princely context rather than a desert one.
- (C) Eastern plains or Mewar is not the region identified for this Praja Mandal; Banswara Praja Mandal is located in the southern tribal belt, the Vagad region.
- (D) Northern Shekhawati is a different Rajasthan region and has no link to the Banswara Praja Mandal's tribal rights movement.
Concept
This tests the mapping of Rajasthan's Praja Mandal movements to their regional and social base. RAS repeats this because princely-state politics, tribal mobilisation, and regional identities often appear together in Rajasthan history questions.