RAS question
The Desert Festival of Rajasthan is celebrated in:
Correct answer: (B) Jaisalmer.
Rajasthan's Desert Festival is celebrated in Jaisalmer, where the sands around the city host a three-day showcase of Rajasthani folk culture.
Explanation
The Desert Festival is associated with Jaisalmer, not with any other listed city. The Rajasthan Tourism page describes it as a Department of Tourism festival held around January-February, when the sands around Jaisalmer come alive for three days. That setting is the key clue: the event is built around the Thar Desert's cultural landscape, with folk music, ballads, dances, traditional processions, puppeteers, acrobats, camel tattoo shows, camel races, camel polo and camel-mounted bands. Jaisalmer is the annual venue, and the festival is linked to folk music, dance, camel races and cultural performances of the Thar Desert. So the location asked in the MCQ is Jaisalmer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Barmer is not the venue identified for the Desert Festival; the annual event is held in Jaisalmer.
- (C) Bikaner is linked with the Camel Festival, while the Desert Festival entry on the Rajasthan Tourism page is tied to Jaisalmer.
- (D) Jodhpur is associated with the Marwar Festival, whereas the Desert Festival is described for the sands around Jaisalmer.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan cultural geography: matching major fairs and festivals with their correct places. RAS repeats such items because festivals anchor region, economy and culture in easily testable location-based facts.