RAS question
Which description of Dholamaru is supported by the cited Rajasthan cultural-history pages?
Correct answer: (A) A work linked with folk-narrative poetry and also with Mewar-style painting around Chavand..
Dholamaru is linked both with folk-narrative poetry and with the Mewar painting tradition, including a dated 1592 Dhola-Maru painting in the National Museum context.
Explanation
Dholamaru belongs to both literary and visual-cultural traditions. Dhola Marvan ri Chaupai belongs to Rajasthani folk-narrative poetry, and Dholamaru has dramatic qualities. The New Delhi Museum-Paintings gallery independently fits the painting side: it titles the image "The ballad of Dhola-Maru", describes Dhola conversing with nobles, and records the work as from Mewar, Rajasthan, dated 1592 A.D., with National Museum, New Delhi gallery context. Dholamaru therefore combines the folk-poetry setting with the Mewar painting tradition. Ragamala, Bisaldev Ras, and Gora Badal ri Chaupai are separate works or manuscripts rather than Dholamaru.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) The 1605 manuscript painted by Nisaradin in Amar Singh's period is Ragamala, a separate work from Dholamaru.
- (C) Bisaldev Ras is a 13th-century love narrative by Narapati Nalh, not Dholamaru.
- (D) Gora Badal ri Chaupai is attributed to Hemral Suri and centred on heroic sentiment, which makes it a different literary work from Dholamaru.
Concept
RAS art-and-culture preparation often requires linking one named work across literature, folk tradition and painting. Rajasthan cultural history often mixes manuscripts, regional painting schools and medieval literary texts in closely related comparisons.