RAS question
The famous Pushkar Fair is held annually on the banks of which lake?
Correct answer: (B) Pushkar Lake.
The famous Pushkar Fair is held annually on the banks of Pushkar Lake in Ajmer district.
Explanation
Pushkar Lake is the lake linked with the annual Pushkar Fair. The fair is held on the banks of Pushkar Lake in Ajmer district during Kartik Purnima, in October-November. Rajasthan Tourism's Pushkar page identifies Pushkar Lake as a major attraction of Pushkar and separately describes the Pushkar Fair, or Pushkar Mela, as an annual five-day camel and livestock fair held in the town of Pushkar. That makes Pushkar Lake the precise answer: the fair is not being asked as a generic camel fair, but as a Rajasthan culture location question where the lake, town, and annual fair are tied together.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Pichola Lake is in Udaipur, so it does not match the Pushkar location of the fair.
- (C) Sambhar Lake is a salt lake near Jaipur and is not the lake associated with the Pushkar Fair.
- (D) Fateh Sagar Lake is in Udaipur, whereas the fair in question is held at Pushkar.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's fair-and-festival geography, especially the link between a cultural event and its exact location. RAS repeatedly asks such pairings because they connect art and culture, tourism, and district-level factual geography.