Which ruler is credited with founding Bikaner in 1488 as another centre of Rathore power?

Explanation

The answer is Rao Bika because the Rajasthan Tourism page traces Bikaner's origins to 1488, when a Rathore prince, Rao Bikaji, founded the kingdom. That directly matches the question's wording: the founder is not merely a later Bikaner ruler, but the Rathore prince associated with the kingdom's beginning. This was the creation of another Rathore centre, with Bikaji leaving Rao Jodhaji's durbar, travelling to Jangladesh, and setting up his own kingdom there. The other names belong to later or different episodes in the same Bikaner tradition, so they do not answer the foundation question.

Why the other options are wrong

• (B) Rao Lunkaran was Bika's son and a famed generous ruler, not the founder of Bikaner in 1488.
• (C) Rao Jaitsi is linked with the conflict against Kamran, not with Bikaner's foundation.
• (D) Maharaja Rai Singh was a later Bikaner ruler known through inscriptional and Mughal-service achievements, not the 1488 founder.

Concept

This tests the origin of Bikaner within Rajasthan's Rathore political history. Such founder-and-centre questions recur in RAS because they connect dynastic expansion, regional state formation, and major Rajasthan cities.

Source

• Rajasthan Tourism

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