The Lake Palace (Jag Niwas) of Udaipur was built by which ruler?

Explanation

Jag Niwas, now known as the Lake Palace, is associated with Maharana Jagat Singh II because the palace was constructed in about 1743-46 under him. The Rajasthan Tourism page confirms the core setting: the palace was originally called Jagniwas, stood on an island in Lake Pichola near Jagmandir, and later became a hotel. Wikipedia: Lake Palace gives the ruler attribution: Jag Niwas Palace was constructed in white marble by Maharana Jagat Singh II, the 62nd custodian of the House of Mewar. This separates it from Jag Mandir, another Lake Pichola island palace built earlier by different Mewar rulers.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) Rana Udai Singh II is linked with founding Udaipur, but the Lake Palace/Jag Niwas was built much later in 1743-46 under Maharana Jagat Singh II.
• (B) Maharana Pratap is not credited with building the Lake Palace in Udaipur.
• (C) Rana Kumbha belonged to an earlier phase of Mewar history, while Jag Niwas belongs to the 18th-century Lake Pichola palace-building context.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan art and culture through the ruler-monument association of Mewar. Such questions recur in RAS because Udaipur's lake palaces are high-yield heritage markers where similar names, especially Jag Niwas and Jag Mandir, are easy to confuse.

Source

• Wikipedia: Lake Palace
• https://www.tourism.rajasthan.gov.in/udaipur.html

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