RPSC RAS Exam Pattern And Syllabus

1. Prelims (qualifying)
2. Mains
3. Interview

2. Historical Rajasthan: Important historical centres of Early Christian Era; Society, Religion, and Culture in Ancient Rajasthan.

3. Major Dynasties: Political and cultural achievements of prominent rulers of Guhila, Pratihar, Chauhan, Parmar, Rathore, Sisodiya, and Kachchawa; Administrative and Revenue System in Medieval Rajasthan.

4. Modern Rajasthan: Agents of Social Awakening during 19th-20th Centuries; Political Awakening (role of newspapers and political institutions); Tribal, Peasant, and Praja Mandal movements in the 20th century; Integration of Rajasthan.

5. Art & Architecture: Architectural traditions (temples, forts, palaces, man-made water bodies); Various schools of paintings and handicrafts.

6. Performing Arts: Classical Music and Dance; Folk Music, Instruments, Folk Dances, and Drama.

7. Language & Literature: Dialects of Rajasthani Language; Literature of Rajasthani language and Folk literature.

8. Religious & Social Life: Religious communities, Saints, Sects, and Folk Deities; Fairs and festivals; Social customs, traditions, attires, and ornaments.

9. Personalities: Leading personalities of Rajasthan.

1. Cultural Foundations of India: Indus and Vedic Age; Renunciatory traditions and new religious ideas of 6th Century BC (Ajivakas, Buddhism, and Jainism).

2. Achievements of major dynasties: Maurya, Kushan, Satavahan, Gupta, Chalukya, Pallava, and Chola.

3. Art, Architecture, Language, and Literature in Ancient India (Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil).

4. Sultanate Period: Achievements of prominent Sultanate Rulers; Cultural achievements of Vijaynagar.

5. Mughal Period: Political challenges and reconciliation (Afghan, Rajput, Deccan States & Maratha); Art, Architecture, Paintings, and Music; Bhakti & Sufi movements.

Modern Period (early 19th century to 1964):

1. Evolution of Modern India & Emergence of Nationalism: Intellectual awakening, Press, Western education; Socio-religious reforms in the 19th century.

2. Freedom Struggle & Indian National Movement: Various stages, streams, and contributors from different parts of the country.

3. Post-independence Nation Building: Linguistic reorganisation of states, Institutional building during the Nehruvian age, Development of science and technology.

1. Major Landforms (Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Deserts), Rivers & Lakes.

2. Types of Agriculture, Major Industrial Regions.

3. Environmental Issues: Desertification, Deforestation, Climate Change, Global Warming, Ozone Layer Depletion.

Geography of India:

1. Major Landforms (Mountains, Plateaus, Plains), Rivers, Lakes.

2. Mechanism of Monsoon & Rainfall distribution.

3. Major Crops: Wheat, Rice, Cotton, Sugarcane, Tea & Coffee.

4. Minerals & Power Resources: Iron ore, Manganese, Bauxite, Mica; Conventional & Non-Conventional power resources.

5. Major Industrial Regions, National Highways & Major Transport Corridors.

2. Natural Vegetation & Soil.

3. Major Crops: Wheat, Maize, Barley, Cotton, Sugarcane & Bajra.

4. Major Industries, Irrigation Projects & Water Conservation Techniques.

5. Minerals (Metallic & Non-Metallic) and Power Resources (Conventional & Non-Conventional).

6. Population: Growth, Density, Literacy, Sex-ratio & Major Tribes.

7. Biodiversity & its Conservation, Tourist Centres & Circuits.

1. Constituent Assembly, Salient features of the Indian Constitution, Constitutional Amendments.

2. Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Duties.

Indian Political System:

1. President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Parliament, Supreme Court & Judicial Review.

2. Commissions & Bodies: Election Commission, CAG, NITI Aayog, Central Vigilance Commission, Lokpal, Central Information Commission, NHRC.

3. Federalism, Democratic Politics, Coalition Governments, National Integration.

2. Administrative System: District Administration, Local Self Government, Panchayati Raj Institutions.

3. Institutions: RPSC, State Human Rights Commission, Lokayukt, State Election Commission, State Information Commission.

4. Public Policy & Rights: Public Policy, Legal Rights, and Citizen’s Charter.

1. Budgeting, Banking, Public Finance, GST, National Income, Growth and Development.

2. Accounting: Concept, Tools, and Uses in Administration.

3. Stock Exchange and Share Market, Fiscal and Monetary Policies.

4. Subsidies, PDS, e-Commerce, Inflation (Concept, Impact, and Control Mechanism).

Economic Development & Planning:

1. Current Status, Issues & Initiatives of Agriculture, Industry, Service, and Trade sectors.

2. Major Economic Problems, Government Initiatives, Economic Reforms, and Liberalization.

Human Resource & Social Justice:

1. Human Development Index, Happiness Index.

2. Poverty and Unemployment: Concept, Types, Causes, Remedies, and Current Flagship Schemes.

3. Social Justice and Empowerment: Provisions for Weaker Sections.

2. Major Agricultural, Industrial, and Service Sector Issues.

3. Growth, Development, and Planning; Infrastructure & Resources.

4. Major Development Projects.

5. Welfare Schemes of State Government for SC/ST/Backward Classes/Minorities/Disabled/Destitute/Women/Children/Old Age/Farmers & Labourers.

2. Defence Technology, Space Technology, and Satellites.

3. Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and Genetic Engineering.

4. Food and Nutrition, Blood Groups, and Rh Factor.

5. Health care; Infectious, Non-Infectious, and Zoonotic diseases.

6. Environmental and Ecological Changes and their Impact; Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources, and Sustainable Development.

7. Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, and Animal Husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan.

8. Development of Science and Technology with special reference to Rajasthan.

1. Statement and Assumptions

2. Statement and Argument

3. Statements and Conclusion

4. Statement and Courses of Action

5. Analytical Reasoning.

Mental Ability:

1. Number/Letter sequences

2. Coding/Decoding

3. Relations

4. Direction sense test

5. Logical Venn diagrams

6. Mirror/Water images

7. Shapes and their sub-sections.

Basic Numeracy:

1. Ratio, Proportion, and Partnership; Percentage; Simple and Compound Interest; Perimeter and Area of Plane figures.

2. Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart).

3. Mean (Arithmetic, Geometric, and Harmonic), Median, and Mode.

4. Permutation and Combination; Probability (Simple Problems).

2. Persons, Places, and Institutions in News.

3. Games and Sports-related activities.

2. Salient events of 19th & 20th centuries: Peasant & Tribal Movements, Political Awakening, Freedom Movement, and Integration.

3. Heritage of Rajasthan: Performing & fine Art, Handicraft, and Architecture; Fairs, Festivals, Folk Music, and Folk Dance.

4. Important works of Rajasthani Literature and Dialects.

5. Saints, Lok Devtas, and eminent personalities of Rajasthan.

2. Religious Movements and religious philosophy in Ancient and Medieval India.

3. History of Modern India from beginning of 19th Century to 1965 AD: Significant events, personalities, and issues.

4. Indian National Movement: Its various stages & streams, important contributors, and contribution from different parts of the country.

5. Socio-religious Reform Movements in 19th and 20th Century.

6. Post-Independence consolidation and reorganisation: Accession of princely states & Linguistic reorganisation of the states.

2. Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.

3. Imperialism and colonialism in Asia and Africa.

4. Impact of World Wars (up to 1950 AD).

2. Banking: Money supply & High Powered Money, functions of Central Bank & Commercial Banks, NPA issues, Financial Inclusion, Monetary Policy instruments.

3. Public Finance: Tax reforms (Direct & Indirect), subsidies, Cash Transfer, recent Fiscal Policy.

4. Recent Trends: Foreign Capital, MNCs, PDS, FDI, Exim Policy, 12th Finance Commission, Poverty alleviation schemes.

2. Concept of Developing, Emerging, and Developed countries.

3. India in the global scenario.

2. Industrial Sector: Growth and recent trends.

3. Growth, Development & Planning with special reference to Rajasthan.

4. Recent development and issues in the service sector of Rajasthan.

5. Major Development Projects: Objectives and impact.

6. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Model for Economic Transformation.

7. Demographic Scenario of the State and its economic impact.

2. Social Values; Caste, Class & Occupation; Sanskritization.

3. Varna, Ashram, Purusharth, and Sanskar Vyavastha; Secularism.

4. Issues and Problems of Society.

5. Tribal communities of Rajasthan: Bhil, Mina (Meena), and Garasia.

2. Modern concept of Marketing, Marketing Mix (Product, Price, Place, Promotion).

3. Wealth maximization, Sources of Finance (Short and Long term), Capital Structure, Cost of Capital.

4. Leadership and Motivation theories, Communication.

5. HR Basics: Recruitment, selection, induction, training, development, and appraisal system.

2. Meaning & Objectives of Auditing, Internal Control, Social, Performance, and Efficiency Audit.

3. Basics of different types of Budgeting, Budgetary control.

2. Ethical concepts: Rit and Rin, concept of Duties, Good and Virtues.

3. Ethics in private and public relationships; Behaviour, Moral, and Political attitudes of administrators; Philosophical basis of Integrity.

4. Ethics of Bhagavad Geeta and its role in Administration; Gandhian Ethics.

5. Contribution of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India & World.

6. Psycho-Stress Management; Case Studies; Emotional Intelligence concepts and utility.

2. Nuclear technology: Radioactivity, nuclear reactors, civilian/military uses, institutional structure in India.

3. Telecommunication: Basic concepts, applications for socio-economic development, National Telecom Policy, TRAI.

4. Electromagnetic waves, communication systems, computer basics, IT applications, e-governance, and e-commerce.

5. Defence: India Missile Programme, chemical and biological weapons, role of DRDO.

6. States of Matter, Allotropes of carbon, pH Scale importance, Corrosion, Catalysts, Soaps & Detergents, Polymers.

7. Human Systems: Digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, coordination, and reproductive systems.

8. Biotechnology applications, Ethical and Intellectual Property Right (IPR) issues.

9. Food and Human Health: Balanced food, Malnutrition, Intoxicants, Blood groups, Immunity, Vaccination.

10. Human diseases: Communicable/Non-communicable, Acute/Chronic, Genetic, and Lifestyle diseases.

11. Water quality, purification, and Public Health Initiatives in Rajasthan.

12. Ecosystem structure, nutrient cycling (Nitrogen, Carbon, Water), Climate Change, Renewable/Non-renewable energy.

13. Environmental Pollution, Waste Management, Biodiversity conservation, and Traditional Water Conservation in Rajasthan.

14. Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Dairy, and Animal Husbandry with reference to Rajasthan.

1. Broad Physical Features: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Lakes, and Glaciers.

2. Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Types, distribution, and impact.

3. Earth and its Geological time scale; Current Geopolitical Problems.

Part B: India

1. Major Physiographic divisions of India: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Lakes, and Glaciers.

2. Climate: Origin of Monsoon, seasonal conditions, rainfall distribution, climatic regions.

3. Natural Resources: Water, Forest, Soil, Rocks & Minerals.

4. Population: Growth, distribution, density, sex-ratio, literacy, urban/rural distribution.

Part C: Rajasthan

1. Broad Physical Features: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Rivers, and Lakes; Major Physiographic Regions.

2. Natural Vegetation, Climate, Livestock, Wildlife, and Conservation.

3. Agriculture: Major Crops; Mineral Resources (Metallic and Non-Metallic types, distribution, uses).

4. Energy Resources: Conventional and Non-conventional; Population and Tribes.

2. Ideological Contents: Preamble, Fundamental Rights, DPSP, Fundamental Duties.

3. Institutional framework: Parliamentary System, President, PM, Council of Ministers, Parliament, Federalism, Centre-State relations, Supreme Court, High Courts, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism.

4. Commissions: Election Commission, CAG, UPSC, NITI Aayog, CVC, CIC, NHRC.

5. Political Dynamics: Role of Caste, Religion, Class, Ethnicity, Language, and Gender; Political Parties, Electoral Behaviour, Civil Society, and National Security issues.

2. Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Self-Government Institutions.

2. Foreign Policy of India: Evolution, determinants, relations with USA, China, Russia, and EU; Role in UN, NAM, BRICS, G-20, G-77, and SAARC.

3. Geo-political and Strategic developments in South Asia, South East Asia, and West Asia.

2. Recent activities related to games and sports.

2. Concepts: Power, authority, legitimacy, responsibility, delegation; Organization principles (Hierarchy, Span of control, Unity of command).

3. Management functions, Corporate governance, Social responsibility, Management of change.

4. Civil Services: Foundational values (integrity, impartiality, non-partisanship, dedication), Generalists vs. Specialists.

5. Control over administration: Legislative and Judicial methods/techniques.

2. District administration: Organization, role of District Collector and SP, Sub-divisional and Tehsil administration.

3. Development Administration: Meaning, Scope, and Characteristics.

4. State Institutions: SHRC, State Election Commission, Lokayukt, RPSC, Public Service Guarantee Act 2011.

2. Yoga as a Positive way of Life; Eminent Players of India; First Aid in Sports.

3. Participation of Indian Athletes in Olympics and Para-Olympic Games.

2. Personality: Psychoanalytical, Trait, and Type theories; Determinants and Assessment of personality.

3. Learning and Motivation: Styles of learning, Models of memory, causes of forgetting; Classification of motives, Work motivation theories.

4. Meeting Life Challenges: Stress nature, types, sources, symptoms, effects, and Stress Management.

2. Contemporary Legal issues: RTI, IT Law and Cyber laws, Intellectual Property Rights.

3. Crimes against Women and Children: Domestic Violence, Sexual Harassment at workplace, POCSO Act 2012, Child labour laws.

4. Important Land Laws in Rajasthan: Rajasthan Land Revenue Act 1956; Rajasthan Tenancy Act 1955.

2. Upasarg: Structural formation of words using prefixes, and separating prefixes from words.

3. Pratyay: Forming words using suffixes, and separating suffixes from words.

4. Paryayvachi Shabd: Synonyms.

5. Vilom Shabd: Antonyms.

6. Samshrut Bhinnarthak Shabd: Identifying differences in meaning for similar-sounding word pairs.

7. Vakyansh ke liye Sarthak Shabd: One-word substitution for phrases.

8. Shabda Shuddhi: Correction of misspelled words.

9. Vakya Shuddhi: Sentence correction.

10. Muhavare: Idioms and their precise usage in sentences.

11. Kahavat / Lokokti: Proverbs and folk sayings (meaning only).

12. Paribhashik Shabdavali: Administrative terminology (English administrative terms and their Hindi equivalents).

2. Pallavan: Elaborating or expanding the underlying meaning of a proverb, poetic line, or famous quote (Word limit: approx. 100 words).

3. Patra-Lekhan: Official letter writing including General Official Letters, Office Orders, Demi-Official Letters, and Reminders.

4. Praroop-Lekhan: Drafting formats including Notifications, Tenders, Circulars, and Communiqués/Press Notes.

5. Anuvad: Translating a given English passage into Hindi (Word limit: approx. 75 words).

2. Synonyms & Antonyms

3. Phrasal Verbs & Idioms

4. One Word Substitute

5. Words often Confused or Misused

2. Translation: Translating five sentences from Hindi to English.

3. Precis Writing: Shortening a passage of approximately 150–200 words.

2. Elaboration of a given theme: Expanding 1 out of 3 given themes (approx. 150 words).

3. Letter Writing or Report Writing: Writing an official/formal letter or drafting a report (approx. 150 words).