Rajasthan RAS 2024 Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern

Rajasthan RAS 2024: Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) invites applications for various posts for state and subordinate services to recruit candidates across various vacant positions in the government administration. Rajasthan Administrative Service (Rajasthan RAS 2024) is the supreme civil service of the Indian state of Rajasthan. There will be various numbers of vacancies to be filled through the RAS / RTS Combined Competitive Exam on Direct Recruitment Basis. The examination is conducted in a three-tier process, namely the prelims, mains, and interview sections. Details about Rajasthan RAS 2024 are given in the article below.

Rajasthan RAS 2024 Updates

Rajasthan RAS Application process will be started from the 2nd week of April 2024. Check Here Rajasthan RAS Application Form 

RAS Posts

Engineer	Lower Division Clerk
Programmer	Motor Vehicle Sub-Inspector
Lectureship	Judicial Service Examination
Stenographer	A.C.P.(Analyst-Cum-Programmer)
Naib Tehsildar	Forest / Rangers Grade-I Officer
Legal Draftsman	Sub-Inspector of Police Combined
Legal Assistant	Junior Accountant / Tehsil & Revenue
Assistant Jailor	Labour Welfare Officer & Labour Inspector

Rajasthan RAS 2024: Important Dates

Online Application starts from	2nd week of Apr 2024
Online Application ends on	4th week of May 2024
Starting of editing in the application form	2nd week of June 2024
Last date for the editing application form	4th week of June 2024
Pre Admit card download starts from	4th week of Jul 2024
Preliminary Examination on	1st the week of August 2024
Releasing of Answer keys	To be announced
Declaration of Preliminary result	4th week of Oct 2024
Declaration of Prelims Examination Marks	4th week of Nov 2024
Main Admit card download starts from	To be announced
Conduction of the main exam	4th week of Dec 2024

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must be a citizen of India.
• Candidates need to fulfill the conditions of the eligibility criteria as per the details given in the official notification.
• Passed graduation in any stream from any recognized institute or university is required.
• The age of the candidates must be between 21 years and 40 years.
• There will be relaxation in the upper age for the candidates of the reserved category.
• For the female candidates of ST, SC, BC, and SBC Categories, the upper age relaxation will be of 10 years.
• The upper age relaxation for the male candidates of ST, SC, BC, and SBC Categories will be 5 years.
• Candidates of the BC and SBC categories will get the upper age relaxation of 13 years.
• The general category candidates of the PwD category will be of 10 years.
• Candidates for the SC and ST category of the PwD category will get a relaxation of 15 years.
• There will be no age limit for divorcee and widow (women) candidates.

Number of Attempts

• There is no specific restriction on the number of attempts.
• A candidate can attempt the RAS exam any number of times as mentioned on the RPSC official website.

Rajasthan RAS 2024 Application Form

The application form for Rajasthan RAS 2024 will be published by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission online on the official website of RPSC. The candidates can fill out the application form from the official website. Register yourself on the website with all the required details and log in to the website with the correct details. Fill out the application form with relevant details correctly. Make a payment of the application fee and upload documents scan the latest photographs and scanned the signature. Submit your application form and note down the reference number for future use. The candidates can get all the details regarding the application fee in the next section.

Application Fee

• For the general candidates and backward classes of the creamy layer, the application fee will be INR 350/-
• The prescribed fee for SC/ST will be INR 150/-
• For OBC and special backward classes of non-creamy layer, the fee prescribed is 250/-
• For physically disabled candidates, the fee is INR 150/-
• Candidates can deposit the prescribed fee in online mode through internet banking or with the use of debit or credit cards.
• The prescribed fee can also be paid in the offline mode in one of the recognized SBI branches and get a challan as an acknowledgment.
• Candidates must enter the SBI Challan number in the online application form.

Selection Procedure

• The selection process comprises three stages.
• Every stage in the selection process will be eliminated in nature.
• The preliminary examination will be objective in nature.
• The main examination will be a written examination.
• Personality and viva voice examination will measure the knowledge of the candidate.
• The candidates need to qualify for each and every stage which would be held by the board.

Exam Pattern

Preliminary Examination

• There will be only one paper in the preliminary examination.
• The maximum marks for the examination are 200.
• The Preliminary Examination will be for 03 hours.
• Pre-examination will be conducted as a screening test only.
• The Standard of the paper will be that of a Bachelor’s Degree Level.

Main Examination

• The nature of the main examination will be a written type.
• The written examination will consist of the following four papers.
• Paper I: General Studies-I 200 marks
• Paper-II: General Studies-II 200 marks
• Paper III: General Studies-III 200 marks
• Paper IV: General Hindi and General English  200 marks
• The duration of each paper will be 03 hours.
• The standard of General Hindi and General English will be that of Sr. Secondary level.

Personality and Viva Voice Examination

• After clearing both Pre and Main exams, candidates need to give the Personality and Viva Voice examination.
• The personality test will carry 100 marks.
• The marks in the test will be awarded as per the knowledge of the candidate.
• Candidates need to perform well in the personality test.

Answer Key

• The answer key will be published on the official website.
• The answer key will help the candidates in estimating their marks.
• Only the Preliminary examination is objective type so the answer key will be released for the Preliminary examination only.
• The candidates can cross-check their marked answers and can estimate their chances of selection.

Admit Card

• The admit card will be available on the official website only.
• No, the admit card is being sent to the candidates by post.
• Candidates who successfully filled out the application will be able to get their admit card.
• Admit card is a very important document for the purpose of the exam and further recruitment process.
• Candidates are advised to keep it safe until the recruitment process will be over.

Rajasthan RAS 2024 Cut-off

• The cut-off for every stage of the examination varies every year as the number of students increases every year.
• The cutoff depends on several factors like the number of vacancies in every post, the number of candidates applied in total, etc.
• The cut-off percentage is decided by the RPSC committee.
• The toughness of the exam is also a deciding factor to set the cut-off.
• The cut-off percentage also varies for different categories.

Rajasthan RAS 2024 Result

• So the candidates who will appear in the examination can check the result from the official website of the RPSC.
• The direct link for checking the result will be available on this page for the convenience of the candidates.