RAS Syllabus for Prelims and Mains: RPSC Pattern and Topics

RAS exam pattern at each stage

Your prelims score never enters the final total. Mains (800) and interview (100) together decide your rank and the service you get. Each incorrect prelims response loses a third of the marks it carries, and the commission's OMR rules require you to mark an option for every question, including the fifth option for leaving it unattempted. Recent instructions warn that a sheet where over one tenth of the items stay completely blank may be rejected.

RAS pre syllabus

The official ras prelims syllabus lists its headings separately; here they are grouped into eight blocks:

• History, art, culture, literature, tradition and heritage of Rajasthan: major dynasties, freedom movement and integration of Rajasthan, forts and temples, folk arts, music, dance, painting schools, fairs and festivals, saints and folk deities, dialects and literature.
• Indian history: ancient and medieval highlights, modern period, national movement and post independence consolidation.
• World and Indian geography: physical features, climate, drainage, natural resources, agriculture, environment.
• Geography of Rajasthan: physiographic regions, rivers and lakes, climate, soils, forests, minerals, energy, population, desertification.
• Indian Constitution, political system and governance: how the Constitution was framed, rights, duties and directive principles, Parliament, judiciary, federalism, constitutional bodies.
• Political and administrative system of Rajasthan: Governor, Chief Minister, state legislature, High Court, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, district administration, local self government.
• Economic concepts, Indian economy and economy of Rajasthan: budgeting, banking, inflation, growth, agriculture, industry, state schemes.
• Science and technology, reasoning and mental ability, and current affairs of the state, the country and the world.

RAS mains syllabus

Paper I: General Studies I

• History: Rajasthan's history, art, culture, literature and heritage; Indian history and culture; history of the modern world up to 1950
• Economics: Indian economy, world economy, economy of Rajasthan
• Sociology, management, accounting and auditing

Paper II: General Studies II

• Administrative ethics
• General science and technology
• Earth science: geography and geology of the world, India and Rajasthan

Paper III: General Studies III

• Indian political system, world politics and current affairs, including the political system of Rajasthan
• Public administration and management, including the administrative system of Rajasthan
• Sports and yoga, behaviour, and law (concepts of law, crimes against women and children, land laws and other key acts)

Paper IV: General Hindi and General English

• General Hindi (120 marks): grammar, word usage, sandhi, samas, correction, translation, letter and essay writing
• General English (80 marks): grammar and usage, comprehension, precis, translation from Hindi, letter and paragraph writing

Mains answers are written in Hindi or English, except for the language parts of Paper IV.

Prelims and mains overlap: plan for both together

Nearly every prelims area appears again in mains, only in written form. So prepare each topic for both levels at once: learn the facts for objective questions, then write a 50 to 100 word answer on the same topic.

• Rajasthan first. State history, culture, geography, economy and polity carry weight at every stage, including the interview.
• Mains only areas need early attention. Sociology, management, accounting, administrative ethics, behaviour, sports and yoga, and law have no or little prelims presence; start them right after prelims at the latest.
• Paper IV is scoring. Hindi and English grammar is finite and rewards steady practice.

A ten month timeline

1. Months 1 to 3: Rajasthan history and culture, Indian polity, geography of India and Rajasthan, NCERT basics.
2. Months 4 and 5: economy, science and technology, reasoning, current affairs; start answer writing three times a week.
3. Month 6: prelims revision and full mock tests under the negative marking rule.
4. Months 7 to 9: mains only subjects, Paper IV practice, timed writing of full papers.
5. Month 10: mains revision and practice on Rajasthan related current issues for the interview. Aspirants also weighing other state level exams can browse the civil services hub or the Rajasthan CET syllabus.

Books in general terms

NCERT texts (classes 6 to 12) lay the national base in every GS area, while Rajasthan board school books help with the state's past and its land. Add a standard Rajasthan general knowledge reference, the economic review and budget documents of the state government, a basic text each on management and accounting, and a Hindi grammar book. The official syllabus PDF is your checklist.

RAS syllabus in Hindi

राजस्थान प्रशासनिक सेवा की भर्ती आरपीएससी करता है और चयन प्री, मेन्स तथा इंटरव्यू से होता है। प्री में सामान्य ज्ञान और सामान्य विज्ञान का एक प्रश्न पत्र होता है, जिसमें 150 प्रश्न, 200 अंक और तीन घंटे का समय मिलता है। मुख्य परीक्षा में चार वर्णनात्मक प्रश्न पत्र हैं: सामान्य अध्ययन प्रथम, द्वितीय, तृतीय और सामान्य हिंदी एवं सामान्य अंग्रेज़ी, हर एक 200 अंक का। साक्षात्कार 100 अंक का होता है। राजस्थान का इतिहास, कला, संस्कृति, भूगोल, अर्थव्यवस्था और प्रशासन हर चरण में पूछा जाता है।

So the ras pre syllabus in Hindi and the ras mains syllabus in Hindi follow the same structure as the English version above; only the language of your notes and answers changes. You will also find the ras ka syllabus summarised in the same way in the commission's Hindi notice.