RAS/RTS Prelims Exam

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• 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 Dilects
• Fairs, Festivals, Folk Music and Folk Dances.
• Rajsathani Culture, Traditions and Heritage.
• Religious Movements, Saints
• Lok devtas of Rajasthan.
• Important Tourist Places.
• Leading Personalities of Rajasthan

• Salient features and Major Landmarks of Ancient and Medieval India
• Art, Culture, Literature and Architecture
• Major Dynasties,
• Their Administrative System. Socio-Economic 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— & Indian National Movement- 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

• Broad Physical features.
• Environmental and Ecological Issues.
• Wildlife and Bio-diversity.
• 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 & Gas, Atomic minerals.  Major Industries and Industrial development.
• Transportation– major transport corridors. Natural Resources.
• Environmental Problems and Ecological Issues

• Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions.  Natural Resource of Rajasthan
• Climate, Natural Vegetation, Forests, Wildlife and Bio-diversity
• Major irrigation projects.
• Mines and Minerals.
• Population, Major Industries and Potential for Industrial Development

• 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
• Amendments, Emergency Provisions, Public Interest Litigation (P.I.L.) 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, Parliament, Supreme Court, Election Commission, Comptroller and— Auditor General
• Planning Commission, National Development Council, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Central Information Commission , Lokpal
• National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).  Local Self Government— & Panchayati Raj

Public Policy & Rights

• National Public Policy as a welfare state.—  Various Legal Rights and Citizen Charter—

• Governor, Chief Minister, State Assembly, High Court, Rajasthan Public Service Commission
• District Administration, State Human Rights Commission, Lokayukt, State Election Commission, State Information Commission.  Public Policy
• Legal Rights and Citizen Charter

• 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, Public Distribution System—  e-Commerce
• Inflation- Concept, Impact and Control Mechanism

Economic Development & Planning

• 5 Year Plans – Objectives, Strategies and Achievements.  Major Sectors of Economy- Agriculture, Industry
• Service and Trade-Current Status
• Issues & initiatives.  Major Economic Problems and Government Initiatives. Economic Reforms
• 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.

• Macro overview of Economy.  Major Agricultural, Industrial and Service Sector Issues.
• Growth, Development and Planning
• Infrastructure& 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 & Labourers.

• 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

• 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).

• Major Current Events and Issues of State(Rajasthan)
• National and International Importance  Persons and Places in recent news
• Games and Sports related Activities

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• Major landmarks in the History of Rajasthan from Pre-historic time to close of 18th Century, Important dynasties, their administrative and revenue system.
• Salient events of 19th& 20thcenturies: Peasant & Tribal Movements. Political Awakening, Freedom Movement and Integration.
• Heritage of Rajasthan: Performing & fine Art, Handicraft and Architecture; Fairs, Festivals, Folk Music and Folk Dance
• Important works of Rajasthani Literature and Dialects of Rajasthan.
• Saints , Lok Devtas and eminent personalities of Rajasthan

• Indian heritage: Fine Art, Performing Art, Architecture & Literature from Indus Civilization to British Era.
• Religious Movements and religious philosophy in Ancient and Medieval India.
• History of Modern India from beginning of 19th Century to 1965 AD: Significant events, personalities and issues
• Indian National Movement- Its various stages & streams, important contributors and contribution from different parts of the country
• Socio-religious Reform Movements in 19th and 20th Century
• Post Independence consolidation and reorganisation – Accession of princely states & Linguistic reorganisation of the states

• Renaissance and Reformation.  Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution
• Imperialism and colonialism in Asia and Africa.
• Impact of World Wars

• Major Sectors of Economy: Agriculture, Industry & Service- Current Status, Issues and Initiatives
• Banking: Concept of Money supply & High Powered Money. Role and Functions of Central Bank & Commercial Banks, issues of NPA, Financial Inclusion. Monetary Policy- Concept, objectives & Instruments
• Public Finance: Tax reforms in India- Direct & Indirect, subsidies- Cash Transfer and other related issues. Recent Fiscal Policy of India
• Recent Trends in Indian Economy: Role of Foreign Capital, MNCs, PDS, FDI, Exim Policy, 12th Finance Commission, Poverty alleviation schemes.

• Global Economic issues and trends: Role of World Bank, IMF & WTO.
• Concept of Developing, Emerging and Developed countries.
•  India in global Scenario

• Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Dairy and Animal husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan.  Industrial Sector- Growth and recent trends.
•  Growth, Development & Planning with special reference to 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.

• Development of Sociological Thought in India  Social Values
•  Caste Class & Occupation
• Sanskritization
• Varna, Ashram, Purusharth and Sanskar Vyavastha
•  Secularism
•  Issues and Problems of Society.
•  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
• 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, training & development and appraisal system

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

• Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability  Number Series, Letter Series, Coding –Decoding
• Problems related to Relations
• Shapes and their Sub-sections, Venn Diagram
•  Problems based on Clocks, Age and Calendar
•  Number system and order of Magnitude Simultaneous Linear Equations in Two Variables
•  Ratio and Proportion, Compound Proportion
•  Square Root, Cube Root, H.C.F. and L.C.M  Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest
•  Time and Work, Speed and Distance Area and Perimeter of Simple Geometrical Shapes, Volume and Surface Area
• of Sphere, Cone, Cylinder and Cuboids  Trigonometry Ratios and Angles
• Data Analysis (Tables, Bar-Graph, Line Graph, Pie-Chart)
• Measures of Central Tendency, Mean, Mode, Median, Standard Deviation,Variance  Probability

• Motion, laws of motion, work energy and power, rotational motion, gravitation, simple harmonic motion, waves
• Properties of matter, electrostatics, current electricity, moving charge and magnetism.
• Ray optics, Photo electric effect, Nuclear physics, semi conductor devices
• 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
• States of matter, Atomic structure, chemical bonding and molecular structure ,equilibriums
• Thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, solid state, solutions, electro chemistry, Chemical kinetics
• Characteristic feature of life  Nutrition in organisms
•  Principal of inheritance and variation
• Human health and diseases  Biotechnology and its applications
• Bio diversity and conservation
•  Ecosystems
• Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Dairy and Animal Husbandry with special
• reference to Rajasthan

Part A- World:

• Broad Physical Feature: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Lakes and Glaciers.
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Types, distribution and their impact
• Earth and its Geological time scale.
• Current Geopolitical Problems

Part B- India:

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

Part C- Rajasthan:

• Broad Physical Features: Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Rivers and Lakes.
•  Major Physiographic Regions.
•  Natural Vegetation and Climate.
•  Livestock, Wildlife and its Conversation  Agriculture- Major Crops.
• Mineral Resources: (i) Metallic Minerals- Types, distribution and Industrial uses and their conservation. (ii)Non- Metallic Minerals- Types, distribution and Industrial uses and their conservation.
• Energy Resources: Conventional and Non-conventional  Population and Tribes

• Indian Constitution: Framing, Features, Amendments, Basic Structure.  Ideological Contents: Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy
• Fundamental Duties.
• Institutional framework- I: Parliamentary System, President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Parliament.  Institutional Framework- II: Federalism, Centre-State relations, Supreme
• Court, High Courts, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism.
• Institutional Framework- III: Election Commission of India, Comptroller andAuditor General, Union Public Service Commission, NITI Aayog
•  Central Vigilance Commission, Central Information Commission, National Human Rights Commission  Political Dynamics: Role of Cast, Religion, Class, Ethnicity, Language and Gender in Indian Politics
• Political Parties and Electoral Behaviour, Civil Society and Political Movement, Issues related to National Integrity and Security. Potential areas of Socio-Political conflicts
• State Politics of Rajasthan: Party System, Political Demography
• Differentphases of Political competition in Rajasthan, Panchayati Raj and Urban self Government Institutions  Emerging World Order in the post Cold War era, USA’s hegemony and it  resistance, UN and Regional Organizations
•  International Terrorism and Environmental issues.  Foreign Policy of India: Evolution, Determinants, India’s relations with USA,
• China, Russia and European Union, India’s role in UN, NAM, BRICS, G- 20, G- 77 and SAARC.  Geo-political and Strategic development in South Asia, South East Asia West Asia and their impact on India.  Current Affairs: Current events, persons and places of Rajasthan
• National and international importance, recent activities related to games and sports.

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

Part A- Administrative Ethics:

Administrative Ethics:

• Ethics and human interface: Essence, Determinants and Consequences of ethic and human actions-Moral values (rights and Duties; Good and Virtues), Cardinal virtues of Plato, Utilitarianism- J.S. Mill, Freedom of will and moral responsibility
• Kantian ethics, Ethics of Bhagavad Gita and its role in administration.

Dimension of ethics:

Role of administrators in society and educational institution in the inculcating

Ethics in private and public relationships

Behaviour, Moral and Political attitudes of administrators.

Part B – Behavior

Intelligence:

Cognitive intelligence, Social intelligence, Emotional intelligence, Cultural intelligence and Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence

Personality:

Psychoanalytical theories, Trait and Type theories, Determinants of personality and Assessment of personality

Learning and Motivation:

 styles of learning, Models of memory, causes of forgetting. Classification and types of motives, Theories of work motivation, Assessment of motivation

Meeting Life Challenges: Stress:

Nature, type, Sources, Symptoms, Effects, Stress Management, Promotion of Positive health and well being.

Part C-Law

Concepts of Law:

Ownership and possession, Personality, Liability, Rights and Duties

Contemporary Legal issues:

Right to information, Information technology law including cyber laws (concepts, purpose, prospects), Intellectual Property Rights (concepts, types, purpose, prospects)

Crimes against Women and Children:

 Domestic Violence, Sexual Harassment the work place, the protection of children from sexual offenses Act 2012, Laws related to child labour

Important Land Laws in Rajasthan:

Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956; Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955