RPSC syllabus: a guide to the commission’s main exams

Which RPSC exam are you preparing for

The commission recruits for the state's top administrative posts, for teachers in government schools and colleges, for police sub inspectors and for many technical and legal posts. Lower clerical and field posts such as patwari and VDO go to the staff selection board instead, so check which body runs your exam before you start.

• RAS/RTS Combined Competitive Exam: prelims, mains, interview. Graduate level.
• School Lecturer (first grade teacher): two objective papers for teaching classes 11 and 12.
• Senior Teacher (second grade): two objective papers for teaching classes 9 and 10.
• Sub Inspector and Platoon Commander: written papers, then physical tests and interview.
• Assistant Prosecution Officer: law papers for prosecution posts.

RPSC exam pattern at a glance

RAS adds a 100 mark interview after mains. School lecturer candidates must reach 40 percent in each paper. SI candidates who clear the written stage move to physical tests and an interview.

Negative marking and the fifth option

On commission papers, a mistaken answer is penalised by one third of its own marks. Each question also carries a fifth bubble that you darken when you choose not to answer. Published guidance on this rule warns that a sheet where over a tenth of the items carry no darkened circle may be rejected, so either answer or mark the fifth option for every single question.

RPSC mains syllabus for RAS

Only RAS has a descriptive mains stage. Its four written papers carry 200 marks apiece:

• General Studies I: history and culture of Rajasthan and India, modern world history, the economy of India, the world and Rajasthan, and sociology, management, accounting and auditing.
• Second GS paper: ethics in administration, science and tech in daily use and research, and geology plus geography at three levels: global, national and state.
• Third GS paper: polity of India and of Rajasthan, public administration, plus behaviour, yoga with sport, and basic law.
• General Hindi and General English: grammar, translation, precis, letters and essays in both languages.

For the full topic list paper by paper, see our RAS syllabus page, and for the scores that cleared each stage, the RAS cut off page.

Teacher exams: what Paper I and Paper II cover

School Lecturer Paper I

• History of Rajasthan and the Indian national movement
• Geography of Rajasthan, Indian polity and general science
• Mental ability, basic statistics and maths, language ability in Hindi and English
• Current affairs of Rajasthan and India

Senior Teacher Paper I

• Rajasthan history, geography and culture
• Current affairs of Rajasthan, India and the world
• Educational psychology: learning, development, motivation, intelligence and teaching methods

Paper II in both exams is your teaching subject. The school lecturer paper reaches senior secondary, graduation and postgraduation level, while the senior teacher paper stays at secondary, senior secondary and graduation level with pedagogy questions. Detailed lists are on the RPSC 1st grade syllabus and RPSC 2nd grade syllabus pages.

The shared Rajasthan core

Whatever post you target, these areas repeat across RPSC papers and are worth studying once, thoroughly:

• Ruling houses of the region, 1857 in Rajasthan, kisan and Bhil uprisings, and how the princely states merged
• Forts, temples, painting schools, folk music, dance, fairs, festivals and folk deities
• Physical regions, the Aravalli, rivers, lakes, soils, climate, minerals and canals
• State executive, assembly, high court at Jodhpur and panchayati raj bodies
• Farm output, industry, tourism and the state's flagship schemes

A single set of notes on these topics serves the RAS prelims, Paper I of both teacher exams and the SI GK paper. For readers weighing the state's eligibility test too, the Rajasthan CET syllabus overlaps a great deal.

Planning across more than one RPSC exam

Many aspirants write two or three commission exams in the same year. Start with the shared Rajasthan core for six to eight weeks, then branch out. If you are a postgraduate teacher aspirant, the subject paper carries double the weight of Paper I, so give it about two thirds of your time once the core is done. For RAS, begin writing practice answers early, because mains is descriptive and no objective paper prepares you for that. Solve past RPSC papers under the negative marking rule, since guessing habits from exams without penalty can sink your score here.

RPSC syllabus in Hindi

आरपीएससी हर परीक्षा के लिए अलग पाठ्यक्रम जारी करता है। आरएएस में प्री, मेन्स और इंटरव्यू होते हैं, और प्री में 150 प्रश्न 200 अंकों के होते हैं। स्कूल व्याख्याता परीक्षा में पहला पेपर 150 अंक और दूसरा विषय का पेपर 300 अंक का है। वरिष्ठ अध्यापक परीक्षा में पहला पेपर 200 अंक और दूसरा 300 अंक का है। सभी वस्तुनिष्ठ पेपरों में नेगेटिव मार्किंग प्रश्न के अंकों की एक तिहाई है। साथ ही राजस्थान का इतिहास, कला, संस्कृति और भूगोल लगभग हर परीक्षा में आता है।