How Tough is the RAS exam?

RAS exam is conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission to fill vacancies for group A and group B in the state administrative service.

This exam is also known as the Rajasthan state and subordinate service combined examination.

This is a very tough competitive exam and needs the right preparation and strategy to crack in the first attempt so it becomes quite important to understand the RAS exam pattern. The pattern of the RAS exam resembles the IAS exam which is conducted by UPSC

There are three stages of Rajasthan state and subordinate service combined exam

-Ras preliminary exam

-Ras mains exam

-RAS interview or personality test

How difficult is it to prepare for the RAS exam?

It is not as difficult as candidates think to prepare for the RAS examination. You will need just the right strategy and the best RAS COACHING IN JAIPUR to prepare for the Rajasthan Administrative Service exam. 

The main topics included in the RAS exam syllabus are covered in the IAS exam. Youth Destination, the best RAS COACHING IN DELHI, provides the right books, notes, and preparation tips for this exam so that you can increase the chance to crack this exam on the very first attempt.

The pattern of the RAS exam

The upcoming RAS exam will be held as per the new pattern and it does not consist of maths-based questions. This change had been applied in 2018. The Prelims exam is like a screen test to shortlist aspirants for the mains exam. The RAS exam consists of only one paper.

Syllabus of RAS pre exam

• History, Culture, Art, Literature, and Heritage of Rajasthan
• Indian History, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern
• Indian and World Geography
• Geography of Rajasthan
• Political system and governance, Constitution of India
• The political and administrative system of Rajasthan
• Indian Economy
• Economy of Rajasthan
• Basic economic concepts
• Science and Technology
• Current affairs of Rajasthan
• Events of national and international importance
• Reasoning and mental ability

Syllabus of mains exam

GS I 

History, Economics, Sociology, Management, accounting, and auditing

GS II

Administrative ethics, General Science and Technology, Earth science

GS III

Indian political System

World Politics and current affairs, 

Concepts, issues, and dynamics of public Administration and Management 

Sports and Yoga

Behavior and Law.

General Hindi and General English

General Hindi 

Grammar and Usage, Comprehension, Translation, precis, composition, and Letter writing.

General English 

Grammar and Usage, Comprehension, translation, precis, composition, and letter writing. It is wise to go through the previous year's question papers to understand the pattern of the RAS exam properly.

The candidates who cleared the RAS mains exam are called for a personality test or interview. The marks are added to the merit list scored in mains and interviews.

Preparation strategy

Candidates should remember these three variables while preparing for the RAS exam.

-Number of subjects 

-Availability of time 

-Depth of study needed in each subject

- Right RAS coaching

If you cover a subject in-depth but fail to cover the basics of other subjects then there is no use for this preparation, so sufficient understanding of all subjects is necessary to attempt the maximum question in the RAS exam.

Spend your time in such a way that you can attempt more questions in each subject. Decide first how much time you will have to devote to every subject. Revise all the subjects before the exam once and don't go for any new books or study material.

There is no need to make extra effort to cover the deconstructed syllabus of the RAS exam like Rajasthan specific parts. The important book recommended for Rajasthan-specific topics is RBD by publication. You can prepare the topics Rajasthan culture, History, Geography, and Economy from this book.

You can prepare the Sociology part from the IGNOU material. It is not only simple and concise but also relevant. NCERT of classes 11th and 12th are also beneficial for sociology preparation. For accounting and auditing, you can go for commerce NCERT books of class 11th and 12th.

Psychology NCERT books for classes 11th and 12th are referred for the behavior part. Compare the basic definitions for the law part and take help from the IGNOU material. For Science and Technology read some relevant topics from NCERT books of class 6th to 12th and also current affairs and relevant policies.

Go through these topics for Sports and Yoga, Recent awardee, important games, sports policies, the importance of yoga, National and local daily current affairs, Economics reviews of Government of Rajasthan for government schemes, 

Government economic surveys are referred for the economic part

Finally, don't ignore Hindi and English. You can score well very easily in these subjects. Focus on formal letters, government circulars, communique and the format for notification