Rajasthan Public Service
Commission, Ajmer
SYLLABI OF THE
PAPER/SUBJECTS PRESCRIBED FOR
THE MAIN
EXAMINATION
COMPULSORY PAPERS/SUBJECTS
PAPER-I. GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE AND GENERAL SCIENCE
1. Current Affairs - Current
events of State, National and
International importance,
International agencies, their activities,
Economic and Political aspects in
India and organisations and
institutions working in these
fields. Games and sports at State,
National and International
Levels.
2. General Science - Questions on
General Science will cover general
appreciation and understanding of
Science including matters of
everyday observations and
experience as may be expected of and
enlightened person though he may
not have made any special study
of science. Question to test the
candidate's acquaintance with
matters such as Electronics,
Tele-communication. Satellies and the
like should also be included.
3. Geography and Natural
resources -
(a) Broad physical features o the
world, important places, rivese,
mountains, continents, oceans.
(b) Natural resources of India,
Mines and minerals, Forests, land
and water, Wild life and
conservation, ecology of India.
(c) Physiography, Climate,
Vegetation and soil regions, Broad
Physical divisions of India,
human resources, problems of
population, unemployment,
poverty, drought famines and
desertification in India.
(d)Energy problems and
conventional and non-conventional
sources of energy.
4. Agriculture and Economic
Development of India - Food and
Commercial crops, agriculture
base industries, Major irrigation and
rivers valley projects, Growth
and location of industries. Industrial
raw materials, Mineral based
Industries, Small Scale & Cottage
Industries, Export items, various
economic plans, programmes and
institutions for development.
Cooperative movement, small
enterprises and financial
institutions.
5. History and Culture - Main currents
in World History, Art and
Culture, Landmarks in the
political and cultural history of India,
Major monuments, and Literary
works. Renaissance, struggle ofr
freedom & national
integration.
PAPER II. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF
RAJASTHAN,
RAJASTHANI SOCIETY, ART &
CULTURE
1. Geography and Natural
Resources -
(a) Broad Physical Features :
Topography, Climate, Vegetation
and Soil Regions, Rivers,
Mountains, Lakes, Natural
divisions, Geographical regions.
(b) Natural Resources : Mines and
Minerals, Forest, Land and
Water, Wild life and
Conservation, Environmental Ecology.
(c) Livestock and Fisheries,
Breed, Population, Regional
Distribution, Cattle Fairs.
(d)Human Resources, Population
problem, Unemployment,
Poverty, Drought and Famines.
(e) Energy Problems and
Conventional and Non-conventional
sources of energy.
2. Agriculture & Industry -
Food and Commercial Crops, Agriculture
based Industries. Major and Minor
Irrigation & River Valley
Projects. Projects for the
development of the desert and waste land,
Indira Gandhi Canal Project.
Growth and location of Industries,
Industrial raw materials. Mineral
Based Industries, Large, Small
and Cottage Industries,
Rajasthani Handicrafts.
3. Economic Development and
Planning - Various Economic Plans.
Programmes and Institutions for
development, Co-operative
movement, Small Enterprises and
Financial Institutions, Various
indicators of Economic
development.
4. History, Polity, Art &
Culture - History & Culture of Rajasthan
with special reference to :
1. The mediaeval background.
2. Socio-economic life and
organizations.
3. Freedom Movement and Political
awakening.
4. Political Integration.
5. Music, dance & theatre.
6. Religious beliefs, cults,
saints, poets and warrior saints 'Lok
Devta', 'Lok Deviyan'.
7. Handicrafts.
8. Fairs and Festivals, Customs,
Dresses & Ornaments. With
special reference to fold and
tribal aspects thereof.
5. Literature - Rajasthani
Language, Dialects and their regions,
History of language and
literature, famous writers, poets and their
works with special reference to
flok-lore.
PAPER-IV. GENERAL ENGLISH
PART-A
1. Comprehension of a given
passage
2. Translation (from Hindi to
English)
PART- B
3. Modern English Usage :
(a) Tense usage including
sequence of tenses and concord.
(b) Phrasal verbs and idioms.
(c) Determiners.
(d) Passive voice.
(e) Coordination and
Subordination.
(f) Direct and Indirect speech.
(g) Modals expressing various
concepts :
Obligation, Request, Permission,
Prohibition, Intention, Condition,
Probability, Possibility,
Purpose, Reason, Comparison, Contrast.
PART- C
4. Report Writing
(Writing a report on the basis of
given information)
5. Business and Official letters
6. Essay (not exceeding 300
words)
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