RPSC RAS Syllabus 2022 [New]: Download PDF in Hindi & English

• Rajasthan Pre-historical sites - from Palaeolithic to Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
• Rajasthan History: Important historical centers of Early Christian Era. Society, Religion, and Culture in Ancient Rajasthan.
• Political and Cultural achievements of prominent rulers of major dynasties - Guhila, Pratihar, Chauhan, Parmar, Rathore, Sisodiya, and Kachchawa. Administrative and Revenue System in Medieval Rajasthan.
• The emergence of Modern Rajasthan: Agents of Social Awakening in Rajasthan during the 19th- 20th Centuries.
• Political Awakening: role of newspapers and political institutions. Tribal and Peasant movements in the 20th century, Praja Mandal movements in various princely states during the 20th century. Integration of Rajasthan.
• Architectural Tradition of Rajasthan- temples, forts, palaces, and man-made water bodies; Various schools of paintings and handicrafts.
• Performing Art: Classical Music and Classical Dance; Folk Music & Instruments; Folk Dances & Drama.
• Language & Literature: Dialects of Rajasthani Language. Literature of Rajasthani language and Folk literature.
• Religious Life: Religious Communities, Saints and Sects in Rajasthan. Folk Deities of Rajasthan.
• Social Life in Rajasthan: Fairs and festivals; Social customs and traditions; attires and ornaments.
• Leading Personalities of Rajasthan

• Cultural Foundations of India - Indus and Vedic Age; Renunciatory tradition and new religious ideas of 6th Century BC- Ajivakas, Buddhism and Jainism.
• Achievements of prominent rulers of major dynasties: Maurya, Kushan, Satavahan, Gupta, Chalukya, Pallava, and Chola.
• Art and Architecture in Ancient India.
• Development of Language and Literature in Ancient India: Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil.
• Sultanate Period: Achievements of prominent Sultanate Rulers. Cultural achievements of Vijaynagar.
• Mughal Period: Political challenges and reconciliation- Afghan, Rajput, Deccan States & Maratha.
• Development of Art & Architecture, Paintings, and Music during the medieval period.
• Religious & Literary contribution of Bhakti & Sufi movement.

• Evolution of Modern India & Emergence of Nationalism: Intellectual awakening; Press; Western education. Socio-religious reforms during 19th century: various leaders and institutions.
• The Freedom Struggle & Indian National Movement- its various stages, streams and
• important contributors, contributions from different parts of the country.
• Post-independence Nation Building: The linguistic reorganization of the states, Institutional building during Nehruvian age, Development of science and technology.

• Major Landforms-Mountains, Plateaus, Plains & Deserts
• Major Rivers & Lakes
• Types of Agriculture
• Major Industrial Regions.
• Environmental Issues- Desertification, Deforestation, Climate Change & Global Warming, Ozone Layer Depletion

Geography of India

• Major Landforms- Mountains, Plateaus, Plains
• Mechanism of Monsoon & Rainfall distribution
• Major Rivers & Lakes
• Major Crops- Wheat, Rice, Cotton, Sugarcane, Tea & Coffee
• Major Minerals- Iron ore, Manganese, Bauxite, Mica
• Power Resources- Conventional & Non-Conventional
• Major Industrial Regions.
• National Highways & Major Transport Corridors

Geography of Rajasthan

• Major physiographic regions and their characteristics
• Climatic characteristics
• Major Rivers & Lakes
• Natural Vegetation & Soil
• Major Crops- Wheat, Maize, Barley, Cotton, Sugarcane & Bajra
• Major Industries.
• Major Irrigation Projects & Water Conservation Techniques
• Population-Growth, Density, Literacy, Sex-ratio & Major Tribes
• Minerals- Metallic & Non-Metallic
• Power Resources- Conventional & Non-Conventional
• Biodiversity & its Conservation
• Tourist Centres & Circuits

• Constituent Assembly, Salient features of the Indian Constitution, Constitutional Amendments.
• Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Duties.

Indian Political System

• President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Parliament, Supreme Court & Judicial Review.
• Election Commission of India, Comptroller and Auditor General, NITI Aayog, Central
• Vigilance Commission, Lokpal, Central Information Commission, National Human Rights Commission.
• Federalism, Democratic Politics in India, Coalition Governments, National Integration

Political and Administrative System of Rajasthan

• Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, Legislative Assembly, High Court.

Administrative System:

• District Administration, Local Self Government, Panchayati Raj Institutions. 

Institutions:

• Rajasthan Public Service Commission, State Human Rights Commission, Lokayukta, State Election Commission, State Information Commission.

• Public Policy, Legal Rights, and Citizen’s Charter.

• Basic Knowledge of Budgeting, Banking, Public Finance, Goods and Service Tax, 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 Mechanism

Economic Development & Planning

• Major Sectors of Economy: - Current Status, Issues & Initiatives of Agriculture, Industry,
  Service, and Trade sectors
• Major Economic Problems and Government Initiatives. Economic Reforms and
  Liberalization

Human Resource and Economic Development

• Human Development Index
• Happiness Index
• Poverty and Unemployment: - Concept, Types, Causes, Remedies and Current Flagship
• Schemes.

Social Justice and Empowerment

• Provisions for Weaker Sections

Economy of Rajasthan

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

RPSC RAS Mains Syllabus

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Subtopics

01.

Paper-I (General Knowledge and General Studies)

Part A: Rajasthan's History, Art, Culture, Literature, Traditions, and Heritage

1. Important dynasties, their administrative and tax systems, and major landmarks in Rajasthan's history from prehistoric times to the end of the 18th century.
2. Peasant and tribal movements were major events in the 19th and 20th centuries. Integration, Political Awakening, and Freedom Movement.
3. Rajasthan's cultural heritage includes performing and fine arts, handicrafts, and architecture, as well as fairs, festivals, folk music, and folk dance.
4. Rajasthani Literature and Dialects Important works of Rajasthani Literature and Dialects.
5. Rajasthan's saints, Lok Devtas, and famous individuals.

Part B - Indian Heritage's History and Culture

1. From the Indus Civilization until the British Era, there was fine art, performing art, architecture, and literature.
2. Religion in Ancient and Medieval India, including religious movements and religious philosophy.
3. Significant events, persons, and topics in the history of modern India from the beginning of the nineteenth century until 1965 AD.
4. The various stages and streams of the Indian National Movement, as well as significant contributors and contributions from various sections of the country.
5. Movements for Socio-Religious Reform in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
6. Consolidation and restructuring of states after independence - Accession of princely states and linguistic reorganization of states.

Part C - The Modern World's History (up to 1950AD)

1. Renaissance and Reformation.
2. Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.
3. Imperialism and colonialism in Asia and Africa.
4. Impact of World Wars.

Part A- The Indian Economy 

1. Agriculture, Industry, and Service Sectors of the Economy: Current Status, Issues, and Initiatives.
2. Banking: Money Supply and High-Powered Money Concepts The Central Bank's and Commercial Banks' Roles and Functions, NPA Issues, and Financial Inclusion Concept, Objectives, and Instruments of Monetary Policy.
3. Public Finance: Direct and indirect tax reforms in India, as well as subsidies, cash transfers, and other related issues. India's most recent fiscal policy.
4. Recent Economic Trends in India: Foreign Capital, MNCs, PDS, FDI, Exim Policy, the 12th Finance Commission, and Poverty Alleviation Schemes.

Part B- World Economy Global Economic issues and trends

1. Role of World Bank, IMF & WTO.
2. Concept of Developing, Emerging, and Developed countries.
3. India in global Scenario.

Part C- Economy of Rajasthan

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

Part A- Sociology

Development of Sociological Thought in India 

1. Social Values.
2. Caste Class & Occupation.
3. Sanskritization.
4. Varna, Ashram, Purusharth and Sanskar Vyavastha.
5. Secularism Issues and Problems of Society.
6. Tribal community of Rajasthan: Bhil, Mina (Meena), and Garasia. 

Part B- Management

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

Part C- Business Administration

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

02.

Paper-II (General Knowledge and General Studies)

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

1. Motion, laws of motion, work energy and power, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, gravitation, waves.
2. Properties of matter, electrostatics, current electricity, moving charge, and magnetism.
3. Ray optics, Nuclear physics, semiconductor devices.
4. Electromagnetic waves, communication systems, basics of computers, use of information technology in administration, e-governance, and e-commerce, contributions of Indian scientists in the development of science.
5. States of matter, Atomic structure, chemical bonding and molecular structure, equilibriums.
6. Thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, solid-state, solutions, electrochemistry, Chemical kinetics.
7. A characteristic feature of life.
8. Nutrition in organisms.
9. Principal of inheritance and variation.
10. Human health and diseases.
11. Biotechnology and its applications
12. Biodiversity and conservation
13. Ecosystems Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Dairy, and Animal Husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan.

1. 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.
2. Ethical concept-Rit and Rin, the concept of Duties, the concept of 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.
5. Gandhian Ethics.
6. Contribution of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India & World.
7. Psycho-Stress Management.
8. Case Studies.
9. Emotional Intelligence - Concepts and their Utilities.

Part A- World

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

Part B- India

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

Part C- Rajasthan

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

03.

Paper-III (General Knowledge and General Studies)

1. Indian Constitution
2. Ideological Contents.
3. Institutional framework- I
4. Institutional Framework- II
5. Institutional Framework- III 
6. Political Dynamics
7. State Politics of Rajasthan
8. Emerging World Order in the post-Cold War era, USA’s hegemony and its resistance, UN and Regional Organizations, International Terrorism, and Environmental issues.
9. Foreign Policy of India.
10. Geopolitical and Strategic development in South Asia, South East Asia, and West Asia and their impact on India.
11. Current Affairs.

1. 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.
2. Concepts of power, authority, legitimacy, responsibility, and delegation.
3. Principles of organization: Hierarchy, Span of control, and unity of command
4. Functions of management, Corporate governance, and social responsibility
5. New dimensions of public management, management of change.
6. Attitude and foundational values of civil services: integrity, impartiality, non-partisanship, dedication to public service, the relationship between generalists and specialists.
7. Legislative & Judicial control over administration: various methods and techniques of legislative & judicial control.
8. Administrative setup, administrative culture in Rajasthan: Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Secretariat, and Chief Secretary.
9. District administration: organization, the role of District Collector and Superintendent of Police, Sub-divisional, and Tehsil administration.
10. Development Administration: Meaning, Scope, and Characteristics.
11. State Human Rights Commission, State Election Commission, Lokayukta, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Public Service Guarantee Act, 2011.

Part A: Administrative Ethics

1. Dimensions of Ethics
2. Administrative Ethics
3. Ethics in Private and Public Relationships

Part B: Behaviour

1. Intelligence
2. Personality
3. Learning and Motivation
4. Meeting Life Changes: Stress

Part C: Law

1. Concepts of Law
2. Contemporary Legal Issues
3. Important Land Laws in Rajasthan
4. Crimes against Women and Children

04.

General Hindi and General English

• General Hindi
• General English
• Grammar & Usage
• Comprehension, Translation & Precis Writing
• Composition & Letter Writing