RPSC Protection Officer Examination Syllabus 2024

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Unit V: Indian Economy with special emphasis on Economy of Rajasthan.

Basic Concepts of Economics

1. Basic Knowledge of Budgeting, Banking, Public Finance, National Income, Growth and Development
2. Accounting- Concept, Tools and Uses in Administration
3. Stock Exchange and Share Market
4. Fiscal and Monetary Policies
5. Subsidies, Public Distribution System
6. e-Commerce
7. Inflation- Concept, Impact and Control Mechanism

Economic Development &Planning:

1. 5 Year Plans - Objectives, Strategies and Achievements.
2. Major Sectors of Economy- Agriculture, Industry, Service and Trade- Current Status, Issues & initiatives.
3. Major Economic Problems and Government Initiatives. Economic Reforms and Liberalization

Human Resource and Economic Development:

1. Human Development Index
2. Poverty and Unemployment: - Concept, Types, Causes, Remedies and Current Flagship Schemes.

Social Justice and Empowerment:
Provisions for Weaker Sections.

Economy of Rajasthan

1. Macro overview of Economy.
2. Major Agricultural, Industrial and Service Sector Issues.
3. Growth, Development and Planning.
4. Infrastructure & Resources.
5. Major Development Projects. Programmes and Schemes- Government Welfare Schemes for SC/ST/Backward Class/Minorities/Disabled Persons, Destitute, Women, Children, Old Age People, Farmers & Labourers.

Unit VI: Current Affairs including current sensitive issues.

1. Major Current Events and Issues of State (Rajasthan), National and International Importance
2. Persons and Places in recent news.
3. Games and Sports related Activities

Unit VII: Logical reasoning, mental ability and basic numeracy.

Logical Reasoning (Deductive, Inductive, Abductive):

1. Statement and Assumptions, Statement and Argument, Statements and Conclusion, Courses of Action.
2. Analytical Reasoning.

Mental Ability:
Number series, Letter series, Odd man out, Coding-Decoding, Problems relating to Relations, Shapes and their sub sections.

Basic Numeracy:

1. Elementary knowledge of Mathematical and Statistical Analysis.
2. Number System, Order of Magnitude, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart).

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Unit VIII: General Science. Uses of computers and Information Technology.

1. Basics of Everyday Science.
2. Electronics, Computers, Information and Communication Technology.
3. Space Technology including Satellites.
4. Defence Technology.
5. Nanotechnology.
6. Human body, Food and Nutrition, Health care.
7. Environmental and Ecological Changes and its Impacts.
8. Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.
9. Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan.

Development of Science and Technology in Rajasthan.

Unit IX: Language ability test: Hindi, English.

General English

1. Tenses/Sequence of Tenses.
2. Voice: Active and Passive.
3. Narration: Direct and Indirect.
4. Transformation of Sentences: Assertive to Negative, Interrogative, Exclamatory and vice-versa.
5. Use of Articles and Determiners.
6. Use of Prepositions.
7. Translation of Simple (Ordinary/Common) Sentences from Hindi to English and viceversa.
8. Correction of sentences including subject, Verb, Agreement, Degrees of Adjective, Connectives and words wrongly used.
9. Glossary of official, Technical Terms (with their Hindi Versions)
10. Synonyms.
11. Antonyms
12. One word substitution.
13. Forming new words by using prefixes and suffixes.
14. Confusable words.
15. Comprehension of a given passage.
16. Knowledge of writing letters: Official, Demi Official, Circulars and Notices, Tenders.

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PAPER-II
(1) Social Work

Unit I: Nature and Development of Social Work: Social work as a Profession. Historical development of Social Work. Role of Social Worker. Sociological concepts, Human behaviour and Governance: Basic concepts in Sociology- Society. Social groups, Community, Institution. Culture, social structure, Social system. Stratification, Social Control, Socialization, Social change.

Unit II: Basic concepts in Psychology: Cognition, Learning, Motivation, Emotion, Intelligence, Role, Collective Behavior, Relationship between Psychology and social Work, Theories of Personality. Determinants of human behavior: Heredity and Environment.

Unit III: Basic concepts in Political Science: State, Nation, Constitution of India- features, Judiciary legislature and executive. Human rights, social policy and social work practice: Human Rights- theoretical orientation. Declarations. Treaties and Conventions. Human Rights in the Indian context. Social Policy and Social Work Practice.

Unit IV: Social work with communities: Community as Dynamic Entity. Community Work: Concept, Strategies and Principles, the Context of Community Work.

Unit V: Social Work with Individuals: Nature and Development of Casework, Principles and Components of Casework, Techniques and Case work practice, Social Work with Groups: Understanding Social Groups, Group Work and Group dynamics, Group
Development and sites of group work.

Unit VI: Research in social work: Research Methods for Social Work, Constructing Research Design. Quantitative and Qualitative techniques of data collection, tabulation and data analysis.

Unit VII: Administration of welfare and development Services: Social welfare and Development Organizations, Social welfare Administration, Strategies and Mechanisms of Administration. Social justice and empowerment: Dimensions of Social Justice, Instruments
of Social Justice, People on the Margins, Law and Empowerment.

Unit VIII: Social work with families and children: Understanding Family and Social Work with families, Child Development: Perspectives and Programmes. Healthcare social work practice: Concept of health, Well-Being and Disease, Healthcare services and Programmes, Healthcare Social work. Social work with persons with disabilities: Disability: Nature and Dimensions, Services and Programmes. Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities. Working Conditions and Conditions of Work, Welfare Measures and Social Response, Law related to
workers.

Unit IX: Social disorganisation: meaning and concept, alienation, beggary, prostitution, drug abuse, crime and juvenile delinquents, white collar crime.

Unit X: Counseling Theory and Practice: Foundation of Counseling.
Counseling: Approaches, Techniques and Procedures. Counseling Practice in different Settings.

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(2) Law

Unit I: Constitution of India with special emphasis on Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and enforcement of rights through writs, Functioning of High Courts and Supreme Court and Attorney General.

Unit II: Civil Procedure code and Limitation Act (Provisions required to be referred generally in Government Offices will be given importance), Evidence Act. Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Right to Information Act, 2005.

Unit III: Laws relating to Criminal Procedure Code, Juvenile Justice and Probation of Offenders Act.

Unit IV: Legal language and Legal writing including General English.

Unit V: Family Law (Hindu Law and Muslim Law)- Concepts in family law, sources in family law in India, marriage and dissolution of marriage, divorce, adoption and guardianship, maintenance, matrimonial remedies, Uniform civil Code with special reference to personal laws.

Unit VI: General Principles of Criminal Law- meaning, nature, essentials and stages of offence, General exceptions. Common intention and common object. Joint Liability, Criminal Attempt, Abetment and Criminal Conspiracy, Offences against Human Body, Offences against Property, Defamation, Offences against girls and women.

Unit VII: Concept and Development of Human Rights. Contribution of United Nations in the development and implementation of Human Rights. Implementation of Human Rights in IndiaProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993. Role of National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission and NGOs. Protection of Marginalised Groups- Women, Children, Minorities and Refugees.