RSSB Teaching Associate Law syllabus

1Constitutional Law

• Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy, President and his Powers, The Union & the State Judiciary, Parliamentary Privileges, Legislative Relations between the Union and the States, Services under the Union and States, Emergency Provisions and Amendment of the Constitution.

2Jurisprudence

• Meaning, Nature, Scope, Sources, Schools and Concepts.

3Public International Law

• Nature and Sources of International Law, Relation between International Law and Municipal Law, Subjects of International Law, Acquisition and loss of State Territory, Recognition, Extradition, Asylum, Intervention, Diplomatic Agents, Treaties, United Nations Organization and its Organs.

4Human Rights

• Human Rights: Nature, Concept, Origin and Development, Classification, Protection of Human Rights under the Indian Constitution and Other Laws, Enforcement of Human Rights, The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

5Environmental Law

• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, The Wild Life Protection Act, 1972.

6Law of Torts

• Torts: Nature, General Exceptions, Vicarious Liability, State Liability, Strict Liability, Negligence, Nuisance, Defamation, Malicious Prosecution and False Imprisonment.

7Law of Crimes

• Crimes: Mens Rea, Actus Reus, Preparation and Attempts, Abetment, General Explanations, General Exceptions, Joint and Constructive Liability, Offences against Public Tranquility, Offences against Human Body, Offences against Women, Offences against Property. Offences under The Information Technology Act, 2000.

8Law of Contract, Transfer of Property and Intellectual Property Rights

• Contract: General Principles of Law of Contract (Sections 1 to 75 of Indian Contract Act, 1872).
• Transfer of Property: General Principles of Transfer of Property (Sections 1 to 53 A of The Transfer of Property Act, 1882). Sale, Mortgage, Lease, Exchange and Gifts.
• Intellectual Property Rights: Meaning and Scope of Intellectual Property Rights, International and Regional Influence, TRIPS and Intellectual Property Rights in India.

9Family Law

• Hindu Law: Relating to Marriage, Divorce, Adoption, Maintenance, Guardianship, Hindu Joint Family, Coparcenary and Succession.
• Muslim Law: Relating to Marriage, Dower, Divorce, Hiba, Pre-emption, Will and Wakf.

10Research Methodology

• Research Methods, Formulation of Research Problem, Hypothesis, Data Collection and Report Writing.

Paper-I — common to every subject

1History, Art, Culture, Literature and Heritage of Rajasthan

• Ancient Civilizations of Rajasthan with special Reference to Mesolithic (Late Stone Age) sites in Rajasthan i.e. Nimbahera, Bagor and Mandia.
• Major dynasties of Rajasthan and its rulers through the Ages and their cultural achievements (1000-1800 A.D.).
• Political resistance of Rajput rulers against Muslim Power. Special reference to Rattan Singh, Hammir, Kanhad dev and Maldev, Chandrasen and Pratap.
• (i) Bhakti Movement and Sufism in Medieval Rajasthan, Special reference to Mira, Dadu and Khawaja Moin-ud-din Chishty. Saints: Special emphasis to be paid to teachings of Ramdevji, Gogaji, Tejaji, Pabuji, Mallinath, Dhanna, Pipa, Haridas, Raidas, Jasnath and other Sects.
• (ii) Folk gods and goddesses.
• Political Awakening and Freedom Movement in Rajasthan: 1857, Peasant and Tribal Movements, Prajamandal Movements, Contribution of Women in Social and Political awakening.
• (i) Folk Culture: Fairs and Festivals, Different Schools of Painting, Folk Tales and Gathas, Folk Songs, Folk Dances, Folk Music and Instruments.
• (ii) Dress and Ornaments, Handicrafts.
• Rajasthani Language: Origin and Development.
• Main Dialects and Region.
• Rajasthani Scripts: Mudia and Devnagari.
• (a) Rajasthani Literature: Its Evolution.
• (i) Early Period
• (ii) Pre-Medieval Period
• (iii) Post- Medieval Period
• (iv) Modern Period.
• (b) Famous Writers and their Works.
• Tourism and Rajasthan: Heritage, Tourism Policy and Vision.

2Geography of Rajasthan

• Physiographic regions, Rivers and lakes.
• Climate, Natural Vegetation, Soil, Minerals and Energy Resources – Renewable and Non-renewable.
• Population – Characteristics, Livestock, Biodiversity and its conservation.
• Production and Distribution of Major crops, Major Irrigation Projects, Major Industries.
• Drought and Famines, Desertification, Environmental Problems, Disaster Management and Pandemics.

3Political and Administrative System of Rajasthan

• Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers.
• State Legislative Assembly, High Court and Judicial System of Rajasthan.
• Rajasthan Public Service Commission, State Election Commission, State Finance Commission, State Human Rights Commission, State Commission for Women, State Information Commission, Lokayukta and Auditor General.
• Chief Secretary, Government Secretariat, Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Divisional Commissioner, District Administration, Institutions of Panchayati Raj and Urban Local- Self Government.
• Government Policies and Right based Citizenship: Right to Information, Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services, Citizen's Charters, Social Audit, Jan Soochna Portal, Rajasthan Sampark Portal etc.

4Economy of Rajasthan

• Characteristics of state economy.
• Occupational distribution.
• Compositional trend of state domestic product.
• Major Sectoral Issues.
• (i) Agricultural Sector: Characteristics of agricultural sector in Rajasthan. Major rabi and kharif crops with special reference to oil seeds and spices. Irrigated area and trends, Problems of migrant workers and their rehabilitation. Agricultural credit.
• (ii) Livestock: Trends in livestock population. Milk production in Rajasthan.
• (iii) Industrial Outlook: Major industries of Rajasthan. Constraints to development of industries. MSMEs in Rajasthan. Roles and problem of small industries. Industrial sickness. Major state public sector enterprises. SEZ in Rajasthan. Role of RIICO and RFC. Agro-processing policy (2020).
• (iv) Service Sector: Primary education, Development in recent years. Health programmes of state government. Mid-day meal programme. Indira Rasoi Yojana.
• (v) Infrastructure Development: Progress in national highways, state highways and village roads. Power: Progress in power generation. Recent progress in solar power projects.
• (vi) Handicrafts of Rajasthan.
• (vii) Major items of exports from Rajasthan.
• (viii) Latest major welfare schemes of state government with special reference to economically and socially backward classes, disabled people, old aged people. Steps taken for women empowerment and child development.
• (ix) Regional economic inequalities in Rajasthan.

5Contemporary Events

• Major Contemporary Events and Issues of Rajasthan.
• Persons and Places in News.
• Sports and Games.

Official syllabus from RSSB Advertisement 06/2026 (Teaching Associate), verbatim. Paper-I (General Studies of Rajasthan) is common to all subjects.