RPSC RAS 2026 Exam - Application form, Admit card, Exam Dates, Syllabus

General knowledge and general science: Unit 01

• Major landmarks in the history of Rajasthan, major dynasties, their administrative and revenue system
• Socio-cultural issues
• Freedom movement, political awakening, and integration
• Salient features of architecture-forts and monuments
• Arts, paintings, and handicrafts
• Important works of rajasthani literature
• Local dialects
• Fairs, festivals, folk music and folk dances
• Rajasthani culture, traditions, and heritage
• Religious movements, saints, and Lok devtas of Rajasthan
• Important tourist places
• Leading personalities of rajasthan

General knowledge and general science: Unit 02

• Ancient and medieval period: Salient features and major landmarks of ancient, and medieval India, art, culture, literature, and architecture. Major dynasties, their administrative system. Socioeconomic conditions, prominent movements
• Modern period: Modern Indian history (from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present)-significant events, personalities and issues. The freedom struggle and Indian national movement
• Modern period: Its various stages and important contributors, and contributions from different parts of the country. Social and religious reform movements in the 19th, and 20th century. Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country

General knowledge and general science: Unit 03

• World geography: Broad physical features. Environmental and ecological issues. Wildlife and biodiversity. International waterways. Major industrial regions
• Geography of India: Broad physical features and major physiographic divisions. Agriculture and agro based activities. Minerals-iron, manganese, coal, oil, and gas, atomic minerals. Major industries and industrial development. Transportation
• Geography of India: Major transport corridors. Natural resources. Environmental problems and ecological issues

General knowledge and general science: Unit 04

• 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 development

General knowledge and general science: Unit 05

• Constitutional development and Indian constitution: Government of India acts-1919 and 1935, constituent assembly, nature of Indian constitution; preamble, fundamental rights, directive principles of state, fundamental duties, federal structure
• Constitutional development and Indian constitution: Government of India acts-constitutional amendments, emergency provisions, public interest litigation (PIL) and judicial review
• Indian political system and governance: Nature of Indian state, democracy in India, reorganization of states, coalition governments, political parties, national integration. Union and state executive; union and state legislative, judiciary president
• Indian political system and governance: Parliament, supreme court, election commission, comptroller and auditor general, planning commission, national development council, central vigilance commission (CVC), central information commission, Lokpal
• Indian political system and governance: National human rights commission (NHRC). Local self government and Panchayati raj
• Public policy and rights: National public policy as a welfare state. Various legal rights and citizen charter

General knowledge and general science: Unit 06

• 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

General knowledge and general science: Unit 07

• 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
• Basic concepts of economics: Public distribution system, E-commerce, inflation-concept, impact, and control mechanism
• Economic development and planning: 5 year plans-objectives, strategies, and achievements. Major sectors of economy-agriculture, industry, service, and trade-current status, issues, and initiatives. Major economic problems and government initiatives
• Economic development and planning: Economic reforms and liberalization
• 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

General knowledge and general science: Unit 08

• Macro overview of economy
• Major agricultural, industrial, and service sector issues
• Growth, development, and planning
• Infrastructure and resources
• Major development projects
• Programmes and schemes-government welfare schemes for SC/ ST/ backward class/ minorities/ disabled persons, destitute, women, children, old age people, farmers and labourers

General knowledge and general science: Unit 09

• Basics of everyday science
• Electronics, computers, information and communication technology
• Space technology including satellites
• Defence technology
• Nanotechnology
• Human body, food, and nutrition, health care
• Environmental and ecological changes, and its impacts
• Biodiversity, biotechnology, and genetic engineering
• Agriculture, horticulture, forestry and animal husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan
• Development of science and technology in rajasthan

General knowledge and general science: Unit 10

• Logical reasoning (deductive, inductive, adductive): 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)

General knowledge and general science: Unit 11

• Major current events and issues of state (Rajasthan), national and international importance
• Persons and places in recent news
• Games and sports related activities

General knowledge and general studies-Paper-I: Unit 01

• History, art, culture, literature, tradition, and heritage of Rajasthan: Major landmarks in the history of Rajasthan from pre-historic time to close of 18th century, important dynasties, their administrative and revenue system
• History, art, culture, literature, tradition, and heritage of Rajasthan: Salient events of 19th and 20th centuries-peasant and tribal movements. Political awakening, freedom movement, and integration
• History, art, culture, literature, tradition, and heritage of Rajasthan: Heritage of Rajasthan-performing and fine art, handicraft, and architecture; fairs, festivals, folk music and folk dance
• History, art, culture, literature, tradition, and heritage of Rajasthan: Important works of Rajasthani literature and dialects of Rajasthan. Saints, Lok Devtas, and eminent personalities of Rajasthan
• Indian history and culture: Indian heritage-fine art, performing art, architecture and literature from Indus civilization to British era. Religious movements and religious philosophy in ancient, and medieval India
• Indian history and culture: History of modern India from beginning of 19th century to 1965 AD-significant events, personalities, and issues. Indian national movement-its various stages and streams
• Indian history and culture: Important contributors and contribution from different parts of the country. Socio-religious reform movements in 19th and 20th century. Post independence consolidation and reorganization
• Indian history and culture: Accession of princely states and linguistic reorganization of the states
• History of modern world (up to 1950 AD): Renaissance and reformation. Enlightenment and industrial revolution. Imperialism and colonialism in Asia and Africa. Impact of world wars

General knowledge and general studies-Paper-I: Unit 02

• Indian economy: Major sectors of economy-agriculture, industry, and service-current status, issues, and initiatives. Banking: Concept of money supply and high powered money. Role and functions of central bank and commercial banks, issues of NPA
• Indian economy: Financial inclusion. Monetary policy-concept, objectives, and instruments. Public finance: Tax reforms in India-direct and indirect, subsidies-cash transfer and other related issues. Recent fiscal policy of India
• Indian economy: Recent trends in Indian economy-role of foreign capital, MNCs, PDS, FDI, exim policy, 12th finance commission, poverty alleviation schemes
• World economy: Global economic issues and trends-role of world bank, IMF and WTO. Concept of developing, emerging, and developed countries. India in global scenario
• Economy of Rajasthan: Agriculture, horticulture, forestry, dairy and animal husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan. Industrial sector-growth and recent trends. Growth, development, and planning with special reference to Rajasthan
• Economy of Rajasthan: Recent development and issues in 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

General knowledge and general studies-Paper-I: Unit 03

• Sociology: Development of sociological thought in India, social values, caste class and occupation, Sanskritization, Varna, Ashram, Purusharth, and Sanskar Vyavastha, secularism, issues and problems of society
• Sociology: Tribal community of Rajasthan: Bhil, Mina (Meena), and Garasia
• Management: Scope, concept, functions of management-planning, organizing, staffing, direction, coordination, and control, decision-making: Concept, process and techniques. Modern concept of marketing, marketing mix-product, price, place, and promotion
• Management: Objective, 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
• Management: Induction, training and development, and appraisal system
• Business administration: Techniques of analysis of financial statements, basics of working capital management, responsibility, and social accounting, meaning and objectives of auditing, internal control, social, performance, and efficiency audit
• Business administration: Basics of different types of budgeting, budgetary control