RPSC 2nd grade syllabus and exam pattern

How the senior teacher exam is structured

RPSC holds one written stage for senior teachers. Nothing like a separate screening round exists here. You sit Paper I, which is common to every subject, and then Paper II in the subject you applied for, such as Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Urdu or Punjabi. The subjects on offer change with each advertisement, so check the subject wise posts in your advertisement.

Your merit position depends on the combined marks of both papers. Candidates on the list are then called for document verification and counselling. Because Paper I is the same for everyone, it often separates candidates who are level in their subject paper.

For the full list of RPSC exams and their schemes, see the RPSC syllabus overview. Many senior teacher aspirants also prepare for the REET Mains level 2 syllabus at the same time, while more teaching exams are grouped on the teaching exams hub.

RPSC 2nd grade syllabus marks split, paper by paper

Two things stand out. Rajasthan specific content alone is worth 100 marks in Paper I, and school level content of your own subject is worth 180 marks in Paper II. Together that is more than half the exam.

Paper I topics: Rajasthan, India, world and psychology

Rajasthan geography, history and culture

• Location, relief, climate, drainage, vegetation, agriculture, livestock and dairy, population, industries, planning and tourism
• Ancient sites such as Kalibangan, Ahar, Ganeshwar and Bairath
• History from the 8th to the 18th century: Gurjar Pratiharas, Chauhans of Ajmer, relations with the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals
• Freedom struggle, peasant and tribal movements, Prajamandal movement and the integration of Rajasthan
• Lok devta and devis, saints, architecture, painting schools, fairs, festivals, folk music, dance, language and literature
• State polity: Governor, Chief Minister and cabinet, secretariat, RPSC, State Human Rights Commission, Panchayati Raj

India and the world

• Continents, oceans, global winds, environmental problems, globalisation and population trends
• India's monsoon, drainage, changing agriculture and industry, national income and poverty reduction
• Constitution: making, features, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, President, Prime Minister, federalism
• National movement, foreign policy and India's role in the United Nations

Psychology of the learner

• Meaning and scope, learning theories, transfer of learning and constructivism
• Physical, emotional and social development of the learner
• Personality, intelligence, creativity, emotional intelligence and motivation
• Individual differences, gifted and slow learners, children with special needs

Paper II: what your subject paper covers

Each subject has its own official syllabus PDF, but every one follows the same three layers.

• Secondary and senior secondary level (180 marks): the content of classes 9 to 12 in that subject. For Science this means physics, chemistry and biology chapters; for Social Science it means history, geography, polity and economics at board level.
• Graduation level (80 marks): deeper topics from the undergraduate course. In Hindi that can be literary history, poetics and grammar at a higher level; in Mathematics it reaches calculus, algebra and vectors beyond school.
• Teaching methods (40 marks): aims of teaching the subject, lesson planning, teaching aids, methods suited to that subject and evaluation.

Save the subject PDF that matches your application from the syllabus section of the RPSC website and tick off each unit as you finish it.

Where to focus first

Start with the 180 mark school level block of Paper II. NCERT and Rajasthan board textbooks for classes 9 to 12 match this layer closely, and questions here reward accuracy more than depth. Next, build the Rajasthan block of Paper I, since its 100 marks repeat themes year after year: forts and painting schools, folk deities, rivers and soils, and the integration story.

Graduation level questions are harder and fewer, so cover them after the school base is firm. The 40 marks of educational psychology overlap heavily with what you studied for REET and B.Ed, which makes them a quick win.

A twelve week study plan

1. Weeks 1 to 4: school level content of your subject, two chapters a day, with short notes. Alongside, Rajasthan geography and polity.
2. Weeks 5 to 7: Rajasthan history and culture, India and world GK, and the educational psychology units.
3. Weeks 8 to 10: graduation level topics and the teaching methods part of Paper II.
4. Weeks 11 and 12: RPSC past papers under time limits, a daily current affairs review for Rajasthan, and revision of weak units.

When practising, keep the one third penalty in mind. A guess that is a pure coin toss costs more than it earns over many questions, so use the skip option rather than random marking.

Books and sources

Your subject's NCERT texts for classes 9 to 12, read together with the Rajasthan board textbooks, form the backbone of Paper II. For Paper I, use the Rajasthan board books on the state's history and culture, a standard Indian polity text, and a B.Ed level educational psychology book. Treat the RPSC subject PDF as a tick list and park anything outside it. Past question papers are published by RPSC on its website, and they show how deep each unit is examined.

RPSC 2nd grade syllabus in Hindi

वरिष्ठ अध्यापक भर्ती, जिसे आरपीएससी सेकंड ग्रेड कहा जाता है, में दो वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्नपत्र होते हैं। पहला प्रश्नपत्र 200 अंकों का है और इसे 2 घंटे में 100 प्रश्नों के साथ हल करना होता है। इसके भाग हैं: राजस्थान का भूगोल, इतिहास, कला व संस्कृति, राजस्थान की ताज़ा घटनाएँ, भारत व विश्व का सामान्य ज्ञान और शैक्षिक मनोविज्ञान। दूसरा प्रश्नपत्र आपके शिक्षण विषय का है, 300 अंकों का, 150 प्रश्न और ढाई घंटे। इसके तीन हिस्से हैं: स्कूली स्तर (कक्षा 9 से 12), स्नातक स्तर और विषय की शिक्षण विधियाँ। ऋणात्मक अंकन लागू है, यानी हर ग़लत जवाब पर एक तिहाई अंक घटेगा।