Rajasthan CET (Senior Secondary Level) syllabus
Rajasthan's eligibility test for 12th-level posts such as Constable, Forester, Clerk Grade II and Junior Assistant: one OMR paper of 120 multiple-choice questions, 240 marks, 2 hours 30 minutes, with one-third of a question's marks taken off for a wrong answer.
History, Art and Culture of Rajasthan
20 questions, 40 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
- Major ancient civilisations and archaeological sites; prominent rulers and their achievements
- The revolt of 1857, peasant, tribal and Praja Mandal movements, and the integration of Rajasthan; prominent historical personalities
- Architecture and painting; folk music, instruments, dance and theatre
- Religious sects and folk deities; dress, ornaments, fairs, festivals, customs and traditions
- Language, dialects and literature; personalities of art and culture
Geography of India and Rajasthan
14 questions, 28 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
- India: mountains, plateaus, deserts and plains; major rivers, dams, lakes and oceans; wildlife and sanctuaries; disaster management and climate change
- Rajasthan: physical features, climate, natural vegetation, soils, rivers, dams and lakes
- Rajasthan: minerals, forests, water resources, livestock, wildlife and conservation
- Rajasthan: population (distribution, growth, density, literacy, sex ratio), major tribes, tourism
Indian Political System (with special reference to Rajasthan)
10 questions, 20 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
- Nature of the Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles
- President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Parliament, Supreme Court, Election Commission
- Governor, Chief Minister, Legislative Assembly, High Court, RPSC, State Election, Information and Human Rights Commissions, Chief Secretary, district administration
- Local self-government and Panchayati Raj
Economy of Rajasthan
6 questions, 12 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
The syllabus names VB-G RAM G, a recent scheme; this site's questions keep to facts that do not change from year to year and do not yet cover it.
- Role of industry, agriculture, animal husbandry and minerals in the state's development; features and issues of Rajasthan's economy
- Concepts of state income and budget; handicrafts, unemployment, drought and famine
- Welfare schemes and Acts, development and financial institutions, small-scale enterprises, Panchayati Raj in rural development
- MGNREGA and the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin), VB-G RAM G
Everyday Science
12 questions, 24 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
- Physical and chemical changes, oxidation and reduction, catalysts; metals, non-metals and everyday compounds
- Carbon and its compounds: hydrocarbons, allotropes, CFCs, CNG, polymers, soaps and detergents
- Reflection and dispersion of light, lenses, defects of vision and their correction; space and information technology, India's space programme
- Genetics: Mendel's laws, chromosomes, nucleic acids, protein synthesis, sex determination; ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles
- Biotechnology, bio-patents, new plant varieties, transgenic organisms; economic importance of plants and animals
- Blood groups, transfusion, Rh factor; pathogens, malnutrition and human diseases
Logical Reasoning and Mathematics
22 questions, 44 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
- Blood relations, number and alphabet series, clock, calendar, coding-decoding, seating arrangement, mental and analytical ability
- LCM and HCF, average, profit and loss, percentage, simple and compound interest, ratio and proportion
- Time, speed and distance; work and time
- Areas of triangle, circle, ellipse, rectangle, sphere and cylinder; volumes of sphere, cylinder, cube and cone
- Data shown in graphs, bar charts, pie charts and line graphs
Current Affairs, Civic Duty and Public Health
8 questions, 16 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
The syllabus heads are Current Affairs (with civic duties) and Public Health. Current events change every year, so this site's questions use Fundamental Duties, the 2022 Act and public-health basics only.
- Current events of state and national importance, famous personalities, state and national programmes (the syllabus lists them; this site's questions keep to stable facts)
- Civic duties: Fundamental Duties and moral values
- Salient provisions of the Rajasthan Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Act, 2022
- Public health: first aid and CPR, drug abuse and its prevention, physical and mental fitness of youth, health risks of social media addiction
Computer Knowledge
6 questions, 12 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
- Characteristics and applications of computers
- Computer organisation: memory (RAM, ROM), file system, input and output devices
- MS Word, MS Excel (spreadsheet) and MS PowerPoint
General Hindi
11 questions, 22 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
In the board's papers this part is set in Hindi for every candidate, so the English screen shows the same Hindi question with an English explanation.
- संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, अव्यय, क्रिया
- संधि और संधि-विच्छेद; समास-रचना और समास-विग्रह; उपसर्ग; प्रत्यय
- पर्यायवाची, विलोम, अनेकार्थक शब्द, शब्द-युग्म
- शब्द-शुद्धि, वाक्य-शुद्धि, वाक्यांश के लिए एक शब्द, मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ
- अंग्रेज़ी पारिभाषिक शब्दों के हिन्दी पर्याय; कार्यालयी पत्र: कार्यालय आदेश, परिपत्र, अधिसूचना, अर्धशासकीय पत्र, निविदा, प्रेस विज्ञप्ति
General English
11 questions, 22 marks in this practice test (the board publishes no subject-wise split) · Within the 2 hours 30 minutes
Questions are in English for every candidate; the Hindi screen keeps them in English and explains in Hindi.
- Tenses and sequence of tenses; active and passive voice; direct and indirect narration
- Articles and determiners; prepositions
- Translation of simple sentences from Hindi to English and back; official and technical terms with their Hindi versions
- Synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution
- Comprehension of a passage; writing official, demi-official and informal letters (objective)