RAS question
The Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi is headquartered at which city?
Correct answer: (A) Jodhpur.
The Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi is headquartered in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Explanation
Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi is the state's Music and Drama Academy, and its headquarters is in Jodhpur. The cited official website itself identifies the institution as "Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi, Jodhpur" and places it under the Art and Culture Department of the Government of Rajasthan. That matches the MCQ explanation: the Akademi works for Rajasthan's performing arts traditions, so questions about its location belong to the state's art-and-culture institutional map. For RAS purposes, the key point is not just the city name but the association: Sangeet Natak Akademi means music and drama, and Rajasthan's academy for that field is based at Jodhpur.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Ajmer is not supported by the official Akademi page, which identifies the institution with Jodhpur.
- (C) Udaipur is a distractor here because the cited official page names the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi as being at Jodhpur, not Udaipur.
- (D) Jaipur may host many state institutions, but this particular performing-arts academy is identified by its official site as Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi, Jodhpur.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan art-and-culture institutions, especially the headquarters of bodies linked to music, drama and performing arts. Such facts recur in RAS because institution-location pairs are compact, official and easy to test in culture sections.