RAS Pre 2018: Paper Analysis

RAS 2018 Preliminary examination was held in 05 August 2018. The RAS/RTS Comb. Comp. Exam – 2018 (Pre) G.K and G.S included questions from various topics of syllabus (download) of RAS pre examination. This post contains RAS 2018 prelims paper analysis w.r.t questions vs topics in syllabus. The post is aimed to help students understand the relevance of various topics in the exam. Let’s begin RAS Pre 2018 Paper Analysis

First: Few important things to note regarding RAS preliminary paper

• The RAS Preliminary Examination consists of one paper on General Knowledge and General Science with 200 marks and duration of 3 hours. Unlike UPSC there in no separate CSAT paper and quantitative aptitude is part of Paper I itself and also its numbers are counted.

• There are 150 questions of multiple choice (Objective Type), carrying equal marks.

• There is negative marking with 1/3 mark being deducted for each wrong answer.

RAS Pre 2018 Paper Analysis

Below is the number of questions that came from each topic of RAS prelims syllabus.

RAS/RTS Comb. Comp. Exam – 2018 (Pre) G.K and GK Paper

Section No.	Topics	Percent	Number of Questions
A	Rajasthan History, Culture, Literature	9%	13
B	India History	10%	15
C	Geography of India & World	7%	11
D	Rajasthan Geography	12%	18
E	India Polity	10%	15
F	Rajasthan Polity	5%	8
G	India Economy	5%	8
H	Rajasthan Economy	4%	6
I	Science & Technology	9%	14
J	Reasoning & Mental Ability	13%	20
K	Current Affairs	–	–
1	Rajasthan Schemes & Policy	3%	4
2	Rajasthan Committees & Boards	0%	0
3	Rajasthan Misc.	2%	3
4	India Defence	1%	2
5	Indian (Union Govt.) Scheme	0%	0
6	India & World Current Affairs	9%	13
	Total	100%	150

The other way to look at the data:

Comparison: RAS Pre 2016 Vs RAS Pre 2018

Section	Topic	Number of Question
		RAS 2016	RAS 2018	Min Questions Asked
A	Rajasthan History, Culture, Literature	15	13	13
B	India History	10	15	10
C	Geography of India & World	6	11	6
D	Rajasthan Geography	15	18	15
E	India Polity	11	15	11
F	Rajasthan Polity	12	8	8
G	India Economy	8	8	8
H	Rajasthan Economy	4	6	4
I	Science & Technology	15	14	14
J	Reasoning & Mental Ability	21	20	20
K	Current Affairs	–	–
1	Rajasthan Schemes & Policy	11	4	4
2	Rajasthan Committees & Boards	5	0	0
3	Rajasthan Misc.	3	3	3
4	India Defence	2	2	2
5	Indian (Union Govt.) Scheme	1	0	0
6	India & World Current Affairs	11	13	11
	Total	150	150

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