SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 22 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 9 of 98

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Approximately how many water bodies originally existed in Chittorgarh Fort?

(a)22
(b)50
(c)84
(d)100

Answer

Why

Correct — C. Chittorgarh Fort once had 84 water bodies, in the form of ponds, wells and stepwells fed by rainfall and natural catchment. Only 22 survive today.

The question asks how many existed originally, so the figure is 84 → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
22 — 22 is how many water bodies survive today, not how many there were. The word 'originally' in the stem rules it out.
(b)
50 — 50 is not a figure recorded for the fort. The record is 84 water bodies originally, of which 22 survive.
(d)
100 — 100 overshoots. The recorded original count is 84, and only 22 of those survive.

Concept

Chittorgarh Fort in Rajasthan stands on a hill about 180 m high and spreads over some 280 hectares above the valley of the Berach River. It was Mewar's capital until the capital shifted to Udaipur.

Its water came from ponds, wells and stepwells filled by rainfall and natural catchment. In 2013 UNESCO inscribed it as one of the six Hill Forts of Rajasthan.

Key facts

Chittorgarh Fort once had 84 water bodies, of which 22 survive.
The fort's water bodies are ponds, wells and stepwells fed by rainfall and natural catchment.
Chittor Fort was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2013 as one of the six Hill Forts of Rajasthan.
The fort stands on a hill about 180 m high above the Berach River valley.

Study next

The six Hill Forts of Rajasthan on the UNESCO listStepwells and traditional water harvesting in RajasthanRana Kumbha and the Vijay Stambha at Chittor

Common traps

Picking 22, the surviving count, when the stem asks what existed originally.

Here a single figure about a monument is asked. The same fort is asked at 21 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.8, through statements on its towers, temples and main entrance.

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