RAS Updates

Geography is an important subject both in RAS preliminary and RAS mains. All the topics from geography attract considerable attention both in RAS Preliminary and in Mains. RPSC, like UPSC, is laying increasing importance on Current Events and so if any question that might come from this field most probably be based on recent information or news. Like for example: In last 2-3 years, for many minerals new mines/reserves have been identified but the books have not been updated and they still show old data. Such new information is highly crucial for RAS preliminary exam as here you will have to identify the new mine also. In this while stress is put on covering each and every topic, we will give due importance to including current affairs, and other information which I believe are more relevant in Civil service exam. By above, I don’t means books are bad or useless, in-fact, they should be the primary source of learning but post such as ours should be used to update data wherever they a...

The history of people is not merely a chronological arrangement of events & incidents, it is an analysis of development of society, its culture and changing panorama of the socio-economic conditions. The history of human settlement in Rajasthan is almost as old as any other part of India. A survey of the Banas and its tributaries the Gambhiri, the Viraj, and Wagan has provided evidences that man lived along the banks of these rivers at least 100,000 years ago. Excavations at Kalibanga in northern Rajasthan revealed the existence of human settlements of Harappan times on the banks of a river, Saraswati. The present day districts of Jhunjhunu and Sikar , along with other areas of Jaipur district bordering south Haryana , formed the part of Vedic state of Brahmavarta. For convenience of understanding, History of Rajasthan, has been divided into sections mentioned below: History of Rajasthan Timeline Ancient History ( Till 1200 CE) Medieval History (1200 A.D. to 1707 A.D.) Modern ...