RPSC RAS Syllabus 2024 for Prelims and Mains, Exam Pattern

The RPSC RAS Syllabus 2024 has been released along with the official notification and the candidates willing to apply should be aware of the detailed syllabus for the prelims, mains and interview stages of the selection process.

apoorva Published On September 4th, 2024

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The syllabus for the different stages of the Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) Exam conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) is one of the most important details that the candidates need to be aware of. The RPSC RAS Syllabus 2024 has been released along with the official notification on the official website on 2nd September 2024. In this article, let’s take look into the detailed syllabus for the preliminary and mains stages of the RAS Exam.

RPSC RAS Syllabus 2024

The exam for the Rajasthan Administrative Service is conducted in three stages i.e. Prelims. Mains and Interview. The Prelims exam consists of a single paper and the candidates who clear the cutoff for this paper are called for the mains exam which consists of four papers. In the table below, the candidates can refer to the details regarding the RPSC RAS 2024.

RPSC RAS Syllabus 2024
Organization	Rajasthan Public Service Commission
Name of Exam	Rajasthan Administrative Services Exam 2024
Notification Release Date	2nd September 2024
Selection process	Preliminary Examination Mains Examination Interview
Type of questions	Preliminary Examination- Objective Mains Examination- Descriptive
Official website	rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in

RPSC RAS Preliminary Examination Syllabus 2024

The Preliminary stage of the RAS Exam 2024 is a screening process to shortlist the candidates who are eligible to appear in the mains examination. The RAS Prelims Paper is worth 200 marks and is conducted for three hours. The questions are asked from multiple topics from the subjects of General Knowledge and General Science. The detailed syllabus of this stage of the exam is provided below for the reference of the candidates.

Rajasthan Specific Parts	General Topics
Literature, Tradition, Culture, Art, History, and Heritage of Rajasthan Geography of Rajasthan Administrative and Political System of Rajasthan Economy of Rajasthan Current Affairs – Rajasthan	Indian History – Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Geography – Indian. World Indian Political System, Constitution and Governance Economic Concepts and Indian Economy Science and Technology Reasoning and Mental Ability Current Affairs

RPSC RAS Mains Examination Syllabus 2024

The candidates who clear the preliminary stage of the selection process, will proceed to the mains stage and the candidates will have to go through four papers out of which three will test them on various topics of General Studies and one will test their language skills. The mains examination accounts for 800 marks and each paper will be conducted for three hours each. The table below provides the detailed paper-wise syllabus for RAS Mains Exam.

Paper	Subject	Topics
Paper I	General Studies I	Unit 1 – History Unit 2 – Economics Unit 3 – Sociology, Management, Accounting & Auditing
Paper-II	General Studies II	Unit 1 – Administrative Ethics Unit 2 – General Science & Technology Unit 3 – Earth Science (Geography and Geology)
Paper III	General Studies III	Unit 1 – Indian Political System, World Politics, and Current Affairs Unit 2 – Concepts, Issues, and Dynamics of Public Administration and Management Unit 3 – Sports and Yoga, Behavior and Law
Paper IV	General Hindi and General English	Grammar and Usage Comprehension, Translation, and Precis Writing Composition & Letter Writing

RPSC RAS Exam Pattern 2024

The candidates who wish to appear for the various stages of the RPSC RAS selection process must go through the pattern of these stages as mentioned in the official notification. For their convenience, we have provided the RPSC RAS Exam Pattern 2024 for both preliminary and mains exams in the tables below.

RPSC RAS Preliminary Exam Pattern 2024
Subject	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
General Knowledge and General Science	200	180 minutes

The questions asked will be of objective type.
There will be a one-third negative marking applicable to the entire paper.

RPSC RAS Mains Exam Pattern 2024
Paper	Subject	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
Paper 1	General Studies I	200	180 minutes
Paper 2	General Studies II	200	180 minutes
Paper 3	General Studies III	200	180 minutes
Paper 4	General Hindi and General English	200	180 minutes
Total		800 marks

Questions asked in all the four papers will be descriptive in nature.
The marks obtained by the candidates in the written examination and the interview stage will determine the final merit list.

RPSC RAS Interview 2024

The final stage of the selection process for the RPSC RAS Recruitment is the Interview i.e. Personality Test & Viva-Voce Examination. The RAS interview carries 100 marks and the candidates’ performance out of the combined 900 marks in the interview and mains examination stages will determine the merit list for RPSC RAS Exam.

FAQs

What is the selection process of RPSC RAS Recruitment 2024?

The candidates who apply for the RPSC RAS Recruitment 2024 will have to go through three stages i.e.
1. Preliminary Examination
2. Mains Examination
3. Interview

What is the pattern of the prelims and mains stages of the RPSC RAS Exam?

The prelims examination consists of one paper worth 200 marks and will be conducted for 3 Hours. The questions will be of objective type and there will be a one third negative marking applicable. The mains examination will consist of 4 papers worth 200 marks each and will be conducted for 3 hours. The questions will of descriptive type and the marks obtained by the candidates in the mains and interview stages will determine the final merit list for RPSC RAS Recruitment 2024.