RPSC RAS Exam 2024 Syllabus

Topics

History, Art, Culture, Literature, Tradition & Heritage 

This section will cover every historical information about Rajasthan, its culture, heritage, music, tourist place, events, and much more. Check the topics to be covered from here.

• Rajasthani Culture, Traditions, and Heritage
• Major Landmarks in the History of Rajasthan
• Freedom Movement, Political Awakening, and Integration
• Local Dialects Fairs, Festivals, Folk Music, and Folk Dances
• Salient features of Architecture – Forts and Monuments Arts, Paintings, and Handicrafts
• Important Works of Rajasthani Literature
• Religious Movements, Saints & Lok Devtas of Rajasthan
• Important Tourist Places. Leading Personalities of Rajasthan

Geography of India 

Indian Geography

• Agriculture and Agro-based Activities
• Minerals – Iron, Manganese, Coal, Oil & Gas, Atomic minerals
• Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions
• Major Industries and Industrial development
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Problems and Ecological Issues
• Transportation– major transport corridors

Geography of Rajasthan

• Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions
• Natural Resource of Rajasthan- Climate, Natural Vegetation, Forests, Wildlife, and Biodiversity Major irrigation projects
• Mines and Minerals
• Population
• Major Industries and Potential for Industrial

World Geography

• Broad Physical features
• Environmental and Ecological Issues
• Wildlife and Biodiversity
• International Waterways
• Major Industrial Regions

Indian History 

There will be questions asked from History of India to examine the candidate's knowledge about the history of ancient/medival and modern period. 

The Ancient and Medieval Phases

• Important Features and The key Locations in the ancient and Mediaeval Indian Artist
• the field of architecture, The study of literature, and Cultural
• A major Dynasty Their Administration Structure. The previously economic and social environment
• Important Movements

The term contemporary Era

• The key individuals, incidents, and issues in modern Indian history (going from approximately the middle part of the 18th century through the current)
• The Indian National Movement and the Independence Fight: their own various stages, important subjects, as well as accomplishments made across the nation
• The reform movement all through both the 19th and 20th generations, including religious and social.
• combination along with improvements of a nation upon freedom

Indian Constitution, Political System, and Governance

The topics that follow regarding the system of politics, the rule of law, and governance have to be studied. The applicants must have knowledge of many things regarding the appropriate period in history.

The Indian Constitution's development is to be assigned to all of the following: the Constituent Assembly's creation, the governments of India,  the book of Acts of the year 1919 and 1935, which is the Introduction, the Fundamental Freedoms, the Principles of Direction of State, commonly referred the fundamental responsibilities, the Government of India Organization, the Constituent modifications, the Special Provisions, the Public Interest Litigation (P.I.L.) as well as the review of the judiciary.

The previously Political Environment and the Governance of the nation of India:

• The features related to the Indian State The system of democracy in India Organizations for politics have been set out, states formed, coalition government structures established, and the national of india
• The Union and the State Legislature and the courts; the Union and State Executive
• The president, National Development the Council, The core Supervisory Commission (CVC), National Knowledge Commissioners, Lokpal as a, the Supreme Court, the Election the Commission, the Comptroller and Audit General from there, Organizing Commissioners, National Rights of Humans the Commission (NHRC).
• The local Authority and the Panchayati Raj

Government Policies and Powers: The Citizen Constitution, Quite distinct Constitutional Human Rights, and National The public Policies as a System of Welfare.

Indian Economy & its Aspects 

There will be questions asked from the current economical status of India, its outcomes, and what could be done to enhance the economy of India. 

• Basic Concepts of Economics
• Basic Knowledge of Budgeting, Banking, Public Finance, National Income, Growth and Development- Accounting- Concept, Tools, and Uses in Administration, Stock Exchange and Share Market, Fiscal and Monetary Policies, Subsidies, Public Distribution System, e-Commerce
• Inflation- Concept, Impact and Control
• Economic Development & Plannin- 5 Year Plans - Objectives, Strategies, and Achievements
• Important The economy Fields: Manufacturing, Trade, Services, and as well as Agriculture to measure food loss Present Situation was that Issues, and Proposals
• Initiatives by governments and important economic issues. The liberalization and reforming the economy
• Human Resource and Economic Development:- Human Development Index Poverty and Unemployment:- Concept, Types, Causes, Remedies, and Current Flagship Schemes
• Social Justice and Empowerment: Provisions for Weaker Sections

To appear in RPSC RAS Exam, the candidate must be well-aware of the economy of Rajasthan and every detail regarding it.

• A macro overview of the Economy
• Major Agricultural, Industrial, and Service Sector Issues. Growth, Development, and Planning
• Infrastructure & Resources
• Major Development Projects
• Programs and Schemes- Government Welfare Schemes for SC/ST/Backward Class/Minorities/Disabled Persons, Destitute, Women, Children, Old Age People, Farmers & Labourers

Political and Administrative System

As the post will be under Rajasthan Administrative Services, therefore, the candidate must have a basic and detailed knowledge for the political and administrative services of the state. 

• Governor
• Chief Minister
• State Assembly
• High Court
• Rajasthan Public Service Commission
• District Administration
• State Human Rights Commission
• Lokayukta
• State Election Commission
• State Information Commission
• Public Policy, Legal Rights, and Citizen Charter

Science & Technology

• Electronics, Computers, Information, and Communication Technology
• The use of satellites is a particular instance of space-related technology. The use of nanotechnology and technologies for defense
• The body of people, health benefits, meals, and medical services
• Improvements in the Natural World and Biological systems and the Impacts
• The genetic Engineering and Technology, Biotechnology, which is and The diversity of life
• The forestry and agricultural Plant cultivation, and The animal Family Life, with a particular focus on the state of Rajasthan
• one of Rajasthan's development in technological and scientific fields

Reasoning & Mental Ability

The following section's topics are going to be utilized to evaluate the applicant's abilities for thinking critically as well as solving problems. Make use of the concepts from this section to improve on your precision and swiftness.

• Logical Reasoning (Deductive, Inductive, Abductive): Statement and Assumptions, Statement and Argument, Statements and Conclusion, Courses of Action
• Analytical Reasoning
• Mental Ability: Number series, Letter series, Odd man out, Coding-Decoding, Problems relating to Relations, Shapes, and their sub-sections
• Basic Numeracy: Elementary knowledge of Mathematical and Statistical Analysis
• Number System
• Order of Magnitude
• Ratio, and Proportion
• Percentage
• Simple and Compound Interest
• Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart)

Current Affairs 

The candidate should be up-to-date with what happening around in terms of the state, national, and international level. Current Affairs section is very crucial and requires proper preparation from the beginning.

• Major Current Events and Issues of State (Rajasthan), National and International Importance
• Persons and Places in recent news
• Games and Sports related Activities

Paper-I General Knowledge and General Studies

Unit-I History Syllabus

Part A: History, Art, Culture, Literature, Tradition, and Heritage of Rajasthan

• The key families, their respective positions organizational and economic framework, and important occasions in the Rajasthan's histories through before recorded history to the close of the mid-18th century.
• The two major the nineteenth- and twentieth-century disruptions included the revolutions of the peasants and the tribal conflicts. The historic political a revolution, the declaration of independence movements, and the integration procedure
• The Rajasthan's history of culture involves exquisite artwork and achievement, arts and crafts, construction, which festivals, celebrations, and traditional dance and music.
• The word important items of Rajasthani poetry as well as speech
• Apostles, Lok was Devtas, and famous Rajasthani people

Part B: The Indian Heritage's cultural and historical past

• The study of literature, Arts and Crafts, Performing Art for the purpose including Architectural design throughout the Civilization of the Indus to the British Period
• Religious Movements and religious philosophy in Ancient and Medieval India
• History of Modern India from the beginning of 19th Century to 1965 AD: Significant events, personalities, and issues
• The Indian National Movement: It's multiple stages including currents that are chosen important individuals and achievements made throughout the country
• The movements for Socio-Religious Change throughout the nineteenth and twenty-first Several centuries
• The consolidation as well as reorganisation complying with the declaration of independence: acceptance of princely regions and language reorganization of each state

Unit-II Economics Syllabus

Part A: Indian Economy

• The principal Economy Industries: The agricultural sector, Manufacturing, as well as Services: Current Situation was that Challenges, and Opportunities
• Banking: High-powered money as well as the cash flow idea. The Reserve Bank's and Commercial Bankers' duties and responsibilities, a non-performing issues, and finances
• Included in it. The Fiscal Policy Summary, Objectives that are as well as Instruments
• The public Financial Management: Payment in cash transfers, funding, both direct and indirect reforms to taxes in the nation of India, among other related subjects. the Indian Most Current Fiscal Policies
• The current Issues regarding the Indian Economic Situation: The Effects of Foreign Capital, as it is multinational corporations, PDS, which is foreign direct investment (FD Exim Policies, finances The Commission of its 12th Year's Revenue, as well as Reduced Poverty Policies

Part B: The global economy World economic developments and problems

• Role of World Bank, IMF & WTO
• Concept of Developing, Emerging, and Developed countries
• India in global Scenario

Part C: Economy of Rajasthan

• Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Dairy, and Animal husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan
• Industrial Sector- Growth and recent trends. Growth, Development & Planning with special reference to Rajasthan
• Recent development and issues in the service sector of Rajasthan
• Major Development Projects of Rajasthan- their objectives and impact
• Public-Private Partnership Model for Economic Transformation in Rajasthan
• Demographic Scenario of the State and its impact on Rajasthan Economy

Unit-III Sociology, Management, Accounting & Auditing

Part A: Sociology

• Development of Sociological Thought in India
• Social Values
• Caste Class & Occupation
• Sanskritization
• Varna, Ashram, Purusharth and Sanskar Vyavastha
• Secularism Issues and Problems of Society
• Tribal community of Rajasthan: Bhil, Mina (Meena), and Garasia

Part B: Management

• Management – Scope, concept, functions of Management – Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Direction, Coordination and Control
• Decision-Making: concept, process, and techniques
• The modern concept of Marketing, Marketing Mix – Product, Price, Place, and Promotion
• Objective, the concept of maximization of wealth, Sources of Finance – Short and Long term, Capital Structure, Cost of Capital
• Concept and Main theories of Leadership and Motivation, Communication, Basics of recruitment, selection, induction, training & development and appraisal system

Part C: Business Administration

• Techniques of analysis of Financial statements, Basics of Working Capital Management, Responsibility and Social Accounting
• Meaning & Objectives of Auditing, Internal Control, Social, Performance, and Efficiency Audit
• Basics of different types of Budgeting, Budgetary control

Paper-II General Knowledge and General Studies

Unit-I The mental Ability, the basics Mathematics, as well as the Ability to Reason Logically

• Deductively derived Inductive in nature, and Abductive Mental Thinking: The assumptions and Declarations, The arguments and Comments, Resolutions as well as Plans of Conduct
• Critical Thinking:
• Mental Ability: Number series, Letter series, Odd man out, Coding-Decoding, Problems relating to Relations, Shapes, and their sub-sections
• Basic Numeracy: Elementary knowledge of Mathematical and Statistical Analysis
• Number System, Order of Magnitude, Ratio, and Proportion, Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart)

Unit-II General Science & Technology 

• Motion, laws of motion, work energy and power, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, gravitation, waves
• Properties of matter, electrostatics, current electricity, moving charge and magnetism
• Ray optics, Nuclear physics, semiconductor devices
• The electromagnetic spectrum, networks of communication, computers basic concepts, management, electronic government, and online purchases uses for technology for information, including the contribution of Indian researchers towards the development of knowledge
• The atomic website order, bonds of chemicals and structure of molecules, stages of are important, including  the equilibriums
• The study of chemical solid- state responses, the electrochemistry, kinematic theories regarding oxygen and nitrogen and the laws of thermodynamic
• Characteristic feature of life
• Nutrition in organisms
• Principal of inheritance and variation
• Human health and diseases
• Biotechnology and its applications
• Biodiversity and conservation
• Ecosystems as well: Forestry, Agriculture, The animal Farming, as well as Horticulture and including a The emphasis on the state of Rajasthan

Unit-III Earth Science

• Ethics and Human Values: Lesson from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers, and administrators
• Role of family, society, and educational institutions in inculcating values
• Ethical concept-Rit and Rin, the concept of Duties, the concept of Good and Virtues
• Ethics in private and public relationships- Behaviour, Moral and Political attitudes of administrators - Philosophical basis of Integrity
• Ethics of Bhagavad Geeta and its role in Administration
• Gandhian Ethics
• Contribution of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India & World
• Psycho-Stress Management
• Case Studies
• Emotional Intelligence - Concepts and their Utilities

Unit-IV Earth Science

Part A: World

• Broad Physical Features: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Lakes and Glaciers
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Types, distribution, and their impact Earth and its Geological time scale
• Current Geopolitical Problems

Part B: India

• Broad Physical Features: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Lakes, and Glaciers
• Major Physiographic divisions of India
• Climate- Origin of Monsoon, Seasonal Climatic conditions, Distribution of rainfall and climatic regions
• Natural Resources: Water, Forest, Soil
• Rocks & Mineral: Types and their uses
• Population: Growth, Distribution and Density, Sex-ratio, Literacy, urban and Rural Population

Part C: Rajasthan

• Broad Physical Features: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Rivers, and Lakes
• Major Physiographic Regions
• Natural Vegetation and Climate
• Livestock, Wildlife, and its Conversation
• Agriculture- Major Crops
• Mineral Resources
• Metallic Minerals- Types, distribution, and Industrial uses and conservation
• Non-Metallic Minerals- Types, distribution, and Industrial uses and their conservation.
• Energy Resources: Conventional and Non-conventional Population and Tribes

Paper-III General Knowledge and General Studies

Unit-I Indian Political System, World Politics and Current Affairs

• Indian Constitution
• Ideological Contents: Institutional framework- I, Institutional Framework- II, Institutional Framework- III
• Political Dynamics
• State Politics of Rajasthan
• Emerging World Order in the post-Cold War era, USA’s hegemony and its resistance, UN and Regional Organizations, International Terrorism, and Environmental issues
• Foreign Policy of India
• Geo-political and Strategic development in South Asia, South East Asia, and West Asia and their impact on India
• Current Affairs

Unit-II Concepts, Issues and Dynamics of Public Administration and Management

• Administration and management: Meaning, nature, and significance. Its role in developed & developing societies. Evolution of Public Administration as a discipline, new public administration, Theories of public administration
• Concepts of power, authority, legitimacy, responsibility, and delegation
• Principles of organization: Hierarchy, Span of control and unity of command
• Functions of management, Corporate governance, and social responsibility
• New dimensions of public management, management of change
• Attitude and foundational values of civil services: integrity, impartiality, and non-partisanship, dedication to public service, the relationship between generalists and specialists
• Legislative & Judicial control over administration: various methods and techniques of legislative & judicial control
• Administrative setup, administrative culture in Rajasthan: Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Secretariat, and Chief Secretary
• District administration: organization, the role of District Collector and Superintendent of Police, Sub-divisional, and Tehsil administration
• Development Administration: Meaning, Scope, and Characteristics
• State Human Rights Commission, State Election Commission, Lokayukta, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Public Service Guarantee Act, 2011

Unit-III Administrative Ethics, Behaviour, and Law

Part A: Administrative Ethics

• Dimensions of Ethics
• Administrative Ethics
• Ethics in Private and Public Relationships

Part B: Behaviour

• Intelligence
• Personality
• Learning and Motivation
• Meeting Life Changes: Stress

Part C: Law

• Concepts of Law
• Contemporary Legal Issues
• Important Land Laws in Rajasthan
• Crimes against Women and Children

Paper-IV General Hindi and General English

Part A: Grammar and Usage

• Correction of Sentences: 10 sentences for correction with errors related to Articles & Determiners
• Prepositions
• Tenses & Sequence of Tenses
• Modals
• Voice- Active & Passive
• Narration- Direct & Indirect
• The antonyms & Adverbs
• The verbs phrase and idiomatic
• One Word Substitute
• Words often Confused or Misused

The section B: Knowledge of, The process of interpretation, and Informative Communication

• A knowledge a 250-speech unseen passage and completing five tasks related to it; Topic 5 is supposed to concentrate on language
• A total of five sections converted form the language of Hindi to English to be performed
• Precis Writing (a short passage of approximately 150-200 words)

Part C: Composition & Letter Writing

• Paragraph Writing- Any 01 paragraph out of 03 given topics (approximately 200 words)
• Elaboration of a given theme (Any 1 out of 3, approximately 150 words)
• Letter Writing or Report Writing (approximately 150 words)