Question

Match the names of the following historic palaces in Group-I with their corresponding locations in Group-II.

Group-I		Group-II
P	Ujjyanta	1	Orchha
Q	Umaid Bhawan	2	Jammu
R	Jehangir Mahal	3	Jaipur
S	Hari Niwas	4	Agartala
		5	Jodhpur

• A. P - 2, Q - 3, R - 1, S - 4
• B. P - 3, Q - 5, R - 4, S - 2
• C. P - 4, Q - 3, R - 2, S - 1
• D. P - 4, Q - 5, R - 1, S - 2

Hint:

Match each palace to its royal dynasty's home city: Ujjyanta = Tripura (Agartala), Umaid Bhawan = Jodhpur, Jehangir Mahal = Orchha, Hari Niwas = Jammu.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Here we need to place four named palaces on the map of India. Rather than recalling all four locations from scratch, we can use one option at a time and knock out the wrong ones.

1. Option (A): P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4: this places Ujjyanta Palace in Jammu (P-2), but Ujjyanta Palace is in Agartala, Tripura, not Jammu. Eliminated.
2. Option (B): P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-2: this places Ujjyanta Palace in Jaipur (P-3), again wrong, since Ujjyanta belongs to Agartala. Eliminated.
3. Option (C): P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1: Ujjyanta in Agartala (P-4) is right, but Umaid Bhawan in Jaipur (Q-3) is wrong, since Umaid Bhawan is in Jodhpur. Eliminated.
4. Option (D): P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-2: Ujjyanta in Agartala (correct), Umaid Bhawan in Jodhpur (correct), Jehangir Mahal in Orchha (correct, it sits inside Orchha Fort), and Hari Niwas in Jammu (correct, the Dogra palace in Jammu city). Every pair holds up.

Option (D) is the only one where all four palace-location pairs are geographically correct, so the answer is P - 4, Q - 5, R - 1, S - 2.

Let's summarize:

• Ujjyanta Palace goes with Agartala, Tripura's royal residence
• Umaid Bhawan Palace goes with Jodhpur, Rajasthan's 20th century royal palace
• Jehangir Mahal goes with Orchha, inside the Bundela fort complex
• Hari Niwas goes with Jammu, a Dogra dynasty palace

So the correct match is P - 4, Q - 5, R - 1, S - 2, option (D).