Rajasthan CET Graduate Syllabus

This is the official syllabus published by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, Jaipur for the Common Eligibility Test (Graduate Level) 2024. You can download the original PDF above.

150 questions · 300 marks · 3 hours · no negative marking.

1. History of Rajasthan and India with Special Emphasis on the Indian National Movement

• Important events of Indian history; social and religious reform movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
• The Indian freedom movement — its various phases, contributors from different regions of the country and their contribution.
• Rajasthan's contribution to the revolt of 1857; tribal and peasant movements in Rajasthan; political awakening and the Prajamandal movement.
• Nation building after independence — national integration and reorganisation of states, institution building in the Nehru era, development of science and technology.

2. History, Art, Culture, Literature, Tradition and Heritage of Rajasthan

• Ancient civilisations : Kalibanga, Ahad, Ganeshwar, Balathal and Bairath.
• Important historical events of Rajasthan, major dynasties, their administrative and revenue systems, socio-cultural dimensions.
• Salient features of architecture — forts and monuments, arts, paintings and handicrafts.
• Important works of Rajasthani literature and regional dialects.
• Fairs, festivals, folk music and folk dance.
• Rajasthani culture, tradition and heritage.
• Religious movements, saints and folk deities of Rajasthan.
• Important historical places.
• Eminent personalities of Rajasthan.
• Integration of Rajasthan.

3. Geography of India

• Physical features : mountains, plateaus, deserts and plains.
• Climate and the monsoon system.
• Major rivers, dams, lakes and seas.
• Wildlife and sanctuaries.
• Major crops — wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane, tea and coffee.
• Major minerals — iron ore, manganese, bauxite and mica.
• Energy resources — conventional and non-conventional.
• Major industries and industrial regions.
• National highways, means of transport and trade.

4. Geography of Rajasthan

• Geological structure and physiographic regions.
• Climatic conditions, monsoon system and climatic regions.
• Drainage system, lakes, seas, dams and water conservation techniques.
• Natural vegetation.
• Wildlife and sanctuaries.
• Soils.
• Major Rabi and Kharif crops.
• Population — growth, density, literacy and sex ratio.
• Major tribes.
• Metallic and non-metallic minerals.
• Energy resources — conventional and non-conventional.
• Tourist places.
• Means of transport — national highways, rail and air.

5. Indian Political System with Special Emphasis on Rajasthan

• Nature of the Indian Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Duties, federal structure, constitutional amendments, emergency provisions, public interest litigation.
• The Constituent Assembly and the features of the Indian Constitution.
• President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Parliament, Supreme Court.
• Union and state executive, Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Chief Information Commissioner, Lokpal, National Human Rights Commission, local self-government and Panchayati Raj.
• Political and administrative system of Rajasthan : Governor, Chief Minister, State Legislative Assembly, High Court, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, district administration, State Human Rights Commission, Lokayukta, State Election Commission, State Information Commission.

6. Economy of India

• Basic knowledge of budgeting, banking, public finance, Goods and Services Tax, national income, growth and development.
• Fiscal and monetary policies.
• Subsidies and the public distribution system.
• E-commerce.
• Major sectors of the economy : current status, issues and initiatives in agriculture, industry, services and trade.
• Green revolution, white revolution and blue revolution.
• Five year plans and the planning system.
• Major economic problems and government initiatives, economic reforms and liberalisation.

7. Economy of Rajasthan

• Food and commercial crops of Rajasthan, agro-based industries.
• Major irrigation and river valley projects, wasteland and drought area development projects, Indira Gandhi Canal Project.
• Growth and location of industries — agro-based industries, mineral-based industries, small, cottage and village industries, export products, Rajasthani handicrafts.
• Poverty and unemployment — concept, types, causes, remedies and current flagship schemes; social justice and empowerment, provisions for weaker sections.
• Various welfare schemes, MNREGA, development institutions, the cooperative movement, small enterprises and financial institutions, role of Panchayati Raj institutions in rural development as per the 73rd Constitutional Amendment.

8. Science and Technology

• Information and communication technology.
• Defence technology, space technology and satellites.
• Electric current, heat, work and energy.
• Food and nutrition, blood groups and the Rh factor.
• Health care; infectious, non-infectious and zoonotic diseases.
• Environmental and ecological changes and their effects.
• Biodiversity, conservation of natural resources and sustainable development.
• Economic importance of animals and plants.
• Agricultural science, horticulture, forestry and animal husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan.
• Development of science and technology with special reference to Rajasthan.
• Physical and chemical changes.
• Acids, bases and salts; bleaching powder, baking soda, plaster of Paris, soaps and detergents.

9. Logical Reasoning and Mental Ability

• Making series / analogy.
• Figure matrix questions, classification.
• Alphabet test.
• Passage and conclusions.
• Blood relations.
• Coding-decoding.
• Direction sense test.
• Sitting arrangement.
• Input output.
• Number ranking and time square.
• Making judgments.
• Logical arrangement of words.
• Inserting the missing character / number.
• Mathematical operations, average, ratio.
• Area of triangle, circle, ellipse, trapezium, rectangle, sphere, cylinder.
• Percentage.
• Simple and compound interest.
• Unitary method.
• Profit and loss.
• Average.
• Ratio and proportion.
• Volume of sphere, cylinder, cube, cone.

10. General Hindi (Language Knowledge)

• Sandhi and sandhi vichchhed.
• Noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, case and indeclinable.
• Compound words, their types, formation and analysis.
• Prefixes and suffixes.
• Antonyms, synonyms and words with multiple meanings.
• Punctuation marks.
• Sound and its classification.
• Technical terminology — Hindi equivalents of English technical terms.
• Word correction (correcting incorrect words).
• Sentence correction (correcting incorrect phrases).
• Idioms and proverbs.
• Hindi as the official language — its constitutional position.
• Letters and their types, with special reference to the format of an official letter.

11. General English (Language Knowledge)

• Use of Articles and Determiners.
• Tense / sequence of Tenses.
• Voice : Active and Passive.
• Narration : Direct and Indirect.
• Use of Prepositions.
• Translation of ordinary / common English sentences into Hindi and vice-versa.
• Synonyms and Antonyms.
• Comprehension of a given passage.
• Glossary of official and technical terms (with their Hindi version).
• Letter writing : official, demi-official, circulars and notices.
  Note : questions on letter writing will also be objective, regarding the structure of a letter.
• Idioms and Phrases.
• One Word Substitution.

12. Knowledge of Computers

• Characteristics of computers.
• Computer organisation including RAM, ROM, file system, input devices; computer software — relationship between hardware and software.
• Operating system.
• MS-Office (exposure of Word, Excel / spreadsheet, PowerPoint).

13. Current Affairs

• Major current events and issues of Rajasthan, national and international importance.
• Persons, places and institutions currently in the news.
• Sports and sporting activities.