RPSC Ground Water Department syllabus — subject and topic-wiseRPSC Ground Water Department syllabus: 3 subjects, 21 topics. Exam — Questions: 150; Total marks: 150; Negative marking: 1/3 of the question's marks deducted per wrong answer; Marks per question: 1; Conducted by: RPSC; Last held: 1 August 2022. 454 real previous-year questions are classified onto these topics.Updated 31 October 2026 — PYQ counts as of this dateFull RPSC Ground Water Department syllabus — 3 subjects and 21 topics, each with how many past-year questions it has actually carried.Hydrogeology & Groundwater — 167 questions

Occurrence of groundwater, aquifer types & aquifer properties — 29 questions

Groundwater quality, contamination & drinking-water standards — 28 questions

Groundwater exploration & investigation techniques — 27 questions

Groundwater flow, Darcy's law & well hydraulics — 24 questions

Groundwater of Rajasthan & India: policy, law & institutions — 23 questions

Artificial recharge, rainwater harvesting & groundwater management — 17 questions

Water wells: design, construction, screens & pumps — 11 questions

Hydrology, rainfall, evaporation & surface water — 8 questions

Chemistry — 146 questions

Organic chemistry — 34 questions

Inorganic chemistry — 30 questions

Physical chemistry — 28 questions

Analytical chemistry & instrumentation — 27 questions

Environmental & water chemistry, pollution & treatment — 27 questions

Geophysics — 141 questions

Mathematical methods, signal processing & geophysical inversion — 37 questions

Seismic methods & wave propagation — 20 questions

Electrical & electromagnetic methods — 20 questions

Well logging & borehole geophysics — 19 questions

Earth's interior, geodesy, geomagnetism & seismology — 18 questions

Gravity & magnetic methods — 15 questions

Geology, mineralogy, petrology & radiometrics — 6 questions

Remote sensing, GIS & photogrammetry — 6 questions

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