GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAS HERITAGE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which Hindu rajput ruler was responsible for the construction of Jantar Mantar at Jaipur during 18th century?

A	Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II
B	Maharaja Maan Singh
C	Maharaja Ratan Singh
D	Maharaja Sujan Singh III

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Jai Singh had a great interest in mathematics, architecture and astronomy. He commissioned the Jantar Mantar observatories at multiple places in India, including his capital Jaipur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jai Singh, then 15, replied that since the emperor had extended his hand, it implied that he would protect Jai Singh and his kingdom. Impressed by his reply, Aurangazab conferred the title of Sawai, meaning one and a quarter, a title, that all of Jai Singh’s descendants kept.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sawai Jai Singh II, Maharaja of Amber and Jaipur, constructed five observatories in the second quarter of the eighteenth century in the north Indian cities of Shahjahanabad (Delhi), Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura, and Varanasi.

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