RAS question
Which area of Rajasthan is called the 'Golden Triangle' for tourism?
Correct answer: (D) Jaipur-Agra-Delhi.
The Golden Triangle tourism circuit is Jaipur-Agra-Delhi, with Jaipur as the Rajasthan vertex of the route.
Explanation
Jaipur-Agra-Delhi is called the Golden Triangle in tourism, and Jaipur is the Rajasthan point in that circuit. The Rajasthan Tourism page on Jaipur supports this directly: while describing Jaipur as Rajasthan's capital and a major sightseeing destination, it identifies the city as one of the three corners of the Golden Triangle and names the three cities as Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. That is why the answer is not a Rajasthan-only route. The phrase tests recognition of a standard tourism circuit in which Jaipur links Rajasthan with two major north Indian destinations outside the state.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Udaipur-Mount Abu-Jodhpur is a southern Rajasthan circuit, so it does not match the Delhi-Agra-Jaipur Golden Triangle named for tourism.
- (B) Jaipur-Jodhpur-Udaipur is a Rajasthan circuit, but the Golden Triangle is not confined to Rajasthan and includes Delhi and Agra with Jaipur.
- (C) Jaipur-Pushkar-Ajmer is better understood as a pilgrimage-oriented circuit, not the standard Golden Triangle tourism route.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan tourism geography, especially the ability to identify named circuits rather than just clusters of famous places. It recurs in RAS because Jaipur's role connects Rajasthan's tourism map with the wider north Indian tourist circuit.