RAS question
The Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer is celebrated for how many days?
Correct answer: (B) 6 days.
The Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer is observed for six days, from 1 to 6 Rajab in the Islamic calendar.
Explanation
The six-day duration is the key fact: the Urs runs from the 1st to the 6th of Rajab. On the official Ajmer Dargah page, the shrine routine falls within the six days of Urs, and the Qul ceremony is the final day, which is also the sixth day of Rajab. The exam-relevant ritual frame is also important: devotees offer a chadar at the shrine, qawwali is performed, and langar is served. For RAS, the point is not just the festival name but its fixed cultural calendar marker: Ajmer's most prominent Sufi observance is tied to the Rajab dates and is counted as a six-day Urs.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Fifteen days is too long because the Urs period is six days, ending with the Qul ceremony on 6 Rajab.
- (C) Three days is too short because the observance continues until the sixth day of Rajab, when the Qul ceremony is held.
- (D) Ten days is not the duration of the Urs; the core observance is anchored to a six-day period.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's religious fairs and Sufi cultural traditions, especially Ajmer's role as a major Chishti centre. Such questions recur in RAS because dates, rituals, and locations of prominent Rajasthan fairs are standard culture markers.