RAS question
Who was the first Governor of Rajasthan after the Rajpramukh period ended in 1956?
Correct answer: (D) Sardar Gurmukh Nihal Singh.
Sardar Gurumukh Nihal Singh was the first Governor of Rajasthan after the Rajpramukh period ended in 1956.
Explanation
Rajasthan's Raj Bhawan list shows the transition clearly: Raj Pramukh Sawai Sh. Mansingh served from 30 March 1949 to 31 October 1956, and the next entry is Sardar Sh. Gurumukh Nihal Singh, whose tenure ran from 1 November 1956 to 15 April 1962. Since the question asks for the first Governor after the Rajpramukh period ended in 1956, the relevant marker is the office-holder immediately after 31 October 1956. That makes Sardar Gurumukh Nihal Singh the answer. Hira Lal Shastri belongs to a different constitutional post: he was the first Chief Minister, not the Governor.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Maharaja Man Singh II is not the post-1956 Governor in the given sequence; the Raj Bhawan list identifies Sawai Sh. Mansingh as Raj Pramukh up to 31 October 1956.
- (B) Sawai Man Singh was the Raj Pramukh whose tenure ended on 31 October 1956, while Sardar Gurumukh Nihal Singh appears next as the office-holder from 1 November 1956.
- (C) Hira Lal Shastri was the first Chief Minister, so he does not answer a question about the first Governor after the Rajpramukh period.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's post-integration constitutional offices, especially the shift from Rajpramukh to Governor. RAS repeats such office-holder questions because they anchor state polity chronology after 1956.