RAS Pre Geography

The RAS Pre Geography Section includes two sub-sections. Section C that includes topics from India & World Geography and Section D that includes topics from Geography of Rajasthan. This page is accordingly divided into appropriate sections to cover various aspects of RAS Pre Geography syllabus.

Previous RAS Prelims – Geography Questions Analysis

	RAS Pre 2018	RAS Pre 2016
Geography of World & India	11	6
Geography of Rajasthan	18	15

Section C: Geography of World and India 

World Geography:

• Broad Physical features
  • Mountains,
  • Plateaus,
  • Plains,
  • Lakes
  • Glaciers
• Environmental and Ecological Issues.
• Wildlife and Bio-diversity.
• International Waterways.
• Major Industrial Regions.

Geography of India:

• Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions.
• Agriculture and Agro based Activities.
• Minerals – Iron, Manganese, Coal, Oil & Gas, Atomic minerals.
• Major Industries and Industrial development.
• Transportation– major transport corridors.
• Natural Resources.
• Environmental Problems and Ecological Issues

Section D: Geography of Rajasthan

Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions 

• Physical divisions of Rajasthan
• Peaks of Rajasthan
  
• Geology of Rajasthan
• Seismic Zones & Earthquake Hazard

Natural Resource of Rajasthan

Water Resource:

• Water Resource as Natural Resource
• Rivers of Rajasthan
• Lakes in Rajasthan

Soils:

• Soils of Rajasthan
• Land use pattern of Rajasthan

Livestock:

• Livestock of Rajasthan

Climate & Weather in Rajasthan

• Climatic Regions of Rajasthan
• Rainfall in Rajasthan
• Humidity in Rajasthan
• Temperature Variation in Rajasthan
• Solar Radiation and Sunshine availability in Rajasthan
• Wind Regime and associated phenomenon
• Weather Seasons of Rajasthan

Natural Vegetation & Forests

• Administrative classification of Forest
• Forests of Rajasthan
• District-wise data of forests of Rajasthan

Wildlife and Bio-diversity in Rajasthan

• Environment of Rajasthan

Major irrigation projects in Rajasthan

• Irrigation in Rajasthan
• Major Canal Irrigation Projects in Rajasthan
• Indira Gandhi Canal
• Major Dam Irrigation Projects in Rajasthan
• List of Medium Scale Irrigation Projects
• Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP)

Mines and Minerals of Rajasthan

• Mines & Minerals of Rajasthan
• Hydrocarbon basin of Rajasthan

Population of Rajasthan

• National Family Health Survey 2015-16
• Urbanisation in Rajasthan
• Tribes of Rajasthan

Major Industries and Potential for Industrial Development

• Industrial Profile of Rajasthan
• Key Industries of Rajasthan
• Rajasthan Districts Industrial Potential Survey

Important Links:

• Previous Years RPSC RAS Pre Question Papers
• Mock Test for RAS Pre

Relevant Notes

Rajasthan Geography	Rajasthan Environment
Edition 2019	Edition 2020

Rajasthan Agriculture	Rajasthan Lakes & Rivers PDF
Edition 2020	Edition 2017 (Included in Rajasthan Geography PDF)