RPSC Archives Department syllabus — subject and topic-wiseRPSC Archives Department syllabus: 4 subjects, 22 topics. Exam — Questions: 147; Total marks: 147; Negative marking: 1/3 of the question's marks deducted per wrong answer; Marks per question: 1; Conducted by: RPSC; Last held: 4 August 2024. 429 real previous-year questions are classified onto these topics.Updated 31 October 2026 — PYQ counts as of this dateFull RPSC Archives Department syllabus — 4 subjects and 22 topics, each with how many past-year questions it has actually carried.History — 161 questions

Rajasthan history, princely states & integration — 59 questions

Modern India: company rule, colonial administration & reform movements — 29 questions

Medieval India — 24 questions

Indian freedom struggle & national movement — 23 questions

Ancient India — 13 questions

Historiography, sources & world history — 13 questions

Archival Science & Records Management — 99 questions

Preservation environment, agents of deterioration & pest control — 28 questions

Archives: history, institutions & organisation — 25 questions

Repair, restoration, de-acidification & lamination techniques — 15 questions

Reprography, digitisation & modern record media — 12 questions

Manuscripts, scripts, palaeography & archival sources — 8 questions

Records management, appraisal, retention & disposal — 7 questions

Arrangement, description, cataloguing & reference service — 4 questions

General Knowledge — 98 questions

Current affairs, awards, sports & persons in news — 30 questions

Geography: world, India & Rajasthan — 30 questions

Rajasthan art, culture, folklife, language & literature — 21 questions

Economy, agriculture, industry, irrigation-power projects & schemes — 12 questions

Indian polity, constitution & governance — 5 questions

Chemistry — 71 questions

Inorganic chemistry — 31 questions

Organic chemistry — 22 questions

Physical chemistry — 9 questions

Analytical chemistry & instrumentation — 9 questions

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