RAS Mains Strategy is even more crucial then prelims as the marks of Mains play a major role in the final merit. We have developed a Strategy for RAS Mains Exam. User may leave suggestions below for our team. Well the main queries which students ask are:-

  • How to approach State Service Exams? Is it different from the Civil Services Exam?

State service exams have a greater focus on state specific general knowledge, material for state specific GK is amply available in hindi and other regional languages. At noteswala we give our specific focus to cover the major topics for state specific GK.

Even for the topics which are similar to civil services there is a difference in approach for State PCS Exam. Students must be handy with the state programs, policies and currents affairs for at least past one year.

Scheme of exam:

 Paper Subject Marks Time
I General Studies –I 200 3 Hours
II General Studies-II 200 3 Hours
III General Studies-III 200 3 Hours
IV General Hindi and General English 200 3 Hours

Syllabus and RAS Mains Strategy  -

PAPER – I
·        Unit I- HISTORY
ð Part A – History, Art, Culture, Literature, Tradition and Heritage of Rajasthan –

Books of Rajasthan Adhyaan (Class 9-12) /  Contemporary Rajasthan by L.R. bhalla / rasfreenotes
ð Part B - Indian History & Culture-

Old NCERT Books (Class 11 & 12) / Indian art & culture by nitin singhania / CCRT website / rasfreenotes
ð Part C - History of Modern World (up to 1950AD) – Modern world history by norman lowe / rasfreenotes
·        Unit II- ECONOMICS

ð Part A- Indian Economy - Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh / Economic Survey of India / rasfreenotes
ð Part B- World Economy – News papers /Rasfreenotes Current Affairs/ UN websites
  • Part C- Economy of Rajasthan - Book by Lakshminarayan Nathuramka / Economic review of Rajasthan / rasfreenotes
·       Unit-III-SOCIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ð Part A- Sociology - NCERT Class 12th / rasfreenotes
  • Part B- Management – The Practice of Management by Peter Drucker/ rasfreenotes
  • Part C- Business Administration - Ignou books / rasfreenotes
PAPER –II
·         UNIT I- LOGICAL REASONING, MENTAL ABILITY  AND BASIC NUMERACY - A modern Approach to verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning by R S Agarwal / rasfreenotes
  • UNIT II- GENERAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY- TMH Publication book / rasfreenotes
  • UNIT III- EARTH SCIENCE (GEOGRAPHY & GEOLOGY)
  • Part A :World – Certificate physical and human geography by G C Leong / rasfreenotes
  • Part B :India - Indian Geography by Majid Hussian / Oxford School Atlas / rasfreenotes
  • Part C :Rajasthan – Rajasthan Geography by L R Bhalla / Lakshya series / rasfreenotes
PAPER-III
·         UNIT I- INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM, WORLD POLITICS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS : Indian Polity By M. Laxmikanth/ PRS website/ Yojana,  Kurukshetra /Current affairs by rasfreenotes
  • UNIT II- CONCEPTS, ISSUES AND DYNAMICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT –Public Administration by M Laxmikanth / rasfreenotes
·         UNIT III- ADMINISTRATIVE ETHICS, BEHAVIOR AND LAW
ð Part A : Administrative Ethics – Ethics,Integrity & Aptitude by Santosh Ajmera & Nanda Kishore / rasfreenotes
  • Part B : Behavior - Book by Cooper, Heron, and Hewards / rasfreenotes
  • Part C : Law - Introduction to Law by Atul Setalvad / rasfreenotes
PAPER – IV

·         GENERAL HINDI – General Hindi grammer & creation by Hemant Kukrethi

·         GENERAL ENGLISH – English Grammer & Composition by Wren & Martin

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