Aspirant Academy
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RAS question

The integration of Rajasthan was completed in how many stages?

Correct answer: (C) Seven stages.

Rajasthan's integration was completed in seven stages between 1948 and 1956.

  1. (A)

    Three stages

  2. (B)

    Five stages

  3. (C)

    Seven stages

  4. (D)

    Nine stages

Explanation

The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly page identifies the formation of Rajasthan as a seven-stage process during 1948-1956. The sequence is important because Rajasthan did not emerge through a single merger: it moved through Matsya Union, Rajasthan Union, United Rajasthan, Greater Rajasthan, United Greater Rajasthan, Rajasthan, and finally Reorganised Rajasthan. Counting these named phases gives seven stages, so the answer is not a broad estimate but a fixed chronology. For RAS preparation, the trap is usually in confusing the long time span with fewer broad phases or adding extra imagined phases; the official framing keeps it to seven.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Three stages leaves out four named phases in the chronology, so it cannot represent the full integration process from 1948 to 1956.
  • (B) Five stages undercounts the sequence because Rajasthan's integration had seven distinct formations, ending with Reorganised Rajasthan.
  • (D) Nine stages overstates the process; the official Assembly framing places Rajasthan's formation at seven stages.

Concept

This tests the Rajasthan history theme of state formation and integration. It recurs in RAS because the stage count and sequence are compact, factual anchors for post-1948 Rajasthan chronology.

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