There will be 150 questions of multiple choice (Objective Type), carrying equal marks.There will be negative marking.1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
The Standard of the
paper will be that of a Bachelor’s Degree Level. The marks obtained in the Preliminary
Examination by the candidates, who are declared qualified for admission to Main
Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit
Syllabus |
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History, Art, Culture, Literature, Tradition & Heritage of Rajasthan
- 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
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History of India
Indian Culture
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Indian History
- Ancient & Medieval Period:
- Indian History
- 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.
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History of India
Indian Culture
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Geography of World and India
- World Geography:
- 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.
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Geography Environment and biodiversity |
Geography of Rajasthan
- 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.
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Indian Constitution, Political System & Governance
- Constitutional Development & 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 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.
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Indian Polity
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Political and Administrative System of Rajasthan
- 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.
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Economic Concepts and Indian Economy
- 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, 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 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.
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Economy of Rajasthan
- 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.
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- Basics of Everyday Science.
- Science & Technology
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Electronics, Computers, Information and Communication Technology.
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Space Technology including Satellites.
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Defence Technology.
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Nanotechnology.
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Human body, Food and Nutrition, Health care.
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Environmental and Ecological Changes and its Impacts.
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Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.
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Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry with special reference to
Rajasthan.
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Development of Science and Technology in Rajasthan.
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Science and Technology India Yearbook
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- Reasoning & Mental Ability
- Logical Reasoning (Deductive, Inductive, Abductive):
- 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 :
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Elementary knowledge of Mathematical and Statistical Analysis.
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Number System, Order of Magnitude, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Simple and
- Compound Interest, Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart).
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Verbal and Numerical Analysis
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- Current Affairs
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Major Current Events and Issues of State(Rajasthan), National and International
Importance
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Persons and Places in recent news
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Games and Sports related Activities
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Unit II- ECONOMICS Syllabus |
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Part A- Indian Economy
- 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, 12
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Finance Commission, Poverty alleviation schemes.
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Part B- World Economy
- Global Economic issues and trends: Role of World Bank, IMF & WTO.
- Concept of Developing, Emerging and Developed countries.
- India in global Scenario.
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Part C- Economy of Rajasthan
- 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.
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Unit III- SOCIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION |
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Part A- Sociology
- 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.
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Part B- Management
- 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
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Part C- Business Administration
- 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
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Public administration
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Unit I- Logical Reasoning, Mental Ability and Basic Numeracy |
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- 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 and
Variance
- Probability
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Aptitude
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Unit II- General Science & Technology
- 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.
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Science and Technology
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Unit III- Earth Science (Geography & Geology)
- 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: Water, Forest, Soil , 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: Metallic Minerals- Types, distribution and
Industrial uses and their conservation.
,Non- Metallic Minerals- Types, distribution and
Industrial uses and their conservation.
- Energy Resources: Conventional and Non-conventional
- Population and Tribes.
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Geography of India and World
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- 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 and
Auditor 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, Different
phases 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 its
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 and
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.
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Unit II- Concepts, Issues and Dynamics of Public Administration and
Management
- 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 and
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
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Unit III- Administrative Ethics, Behavior and Law
- 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
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