For the State Engineering Services (Assistant Engineer) Combined Competitive Examination
The Competitive Examination will be held in two successive stages:-
(1) RPSC AEn Preliminary Examination
(2) RPSC AEn Main Examination
(3) RPSC AEn Interview
The preliminary Examination will consist of two SECTIONS, i.e. one compulsory paper and one optional paper, which will be of objective type and carry a maximum of 400 marks in the subjects mentioned in Section 'A and B'. The Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.
The number of candidates to be admitted to the main Examination will be 15 times the total approximate number of vacancies (category wise) to be filled in the year in the various Services and Posts.
Section – “A”
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Compulsory paper |
Max marks |
Time |
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General Knowledge & General Science including General knowledge of Rajasthan its Geography, Economy and culture |
200 |
2 hours |
Section – “B”
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S.No. |
Name of optional paper |
Max Marks |
Time |
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1 |
Civil Engineering |
200 |
2 hours |
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2 |
Mechanical Engineering |
200 |
2 hours |
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3 |
Electrical Engineering |
200 |
2 hours |
The written examination will consist of the following papers which will be conventional type. A candidate must take all the compulsory subjects and any one of the optional subjects listed below. Each of the optional subjects will have two papers. The time allowed for each paper shall be three hours.
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Compulsory subject |
Max marks |
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Paper I |
Hindi |
100 |
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Paper II |
Social aspects of Engineering |
100 |
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Optional subjects |
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Paper III |
Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engg. |
200 |
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Paper IV |
Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engg. |
200 |
(i) Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written test of the Main examination as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion shall be summoned by them for interview. Provided that no candidate who fails to obtain a minimum of 35% marks in each of the two compulsory papers and a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate shall be called by the Commission for interview which carries 72 marks.
(ii) The Commission shall award marks to each candidates interviewed by them. In interviewing the candidates besides awarding marks in respect of character, personality, address and physique, marks shall also be awarded for the candidate's knowledge of Rajasthan culture. The marks so awarded shall be added to the marks obtained in the written test of the main examination by each such candidate.
(iii) The standard of the papers will be that of a Bachelor's Degree level except paper on Hindi which will be of Senior Secondary Level.
(iv) All papers unless specifically required shall be answered either in Hindi or in English, but no candidate shall be permitted to answer any one paper partly in Hindi and partly in English unless specifically allowed to do so.
(v) If a candidate's hand-writing is not easily legible, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.
Note - 1: The Commission shall not recommend any candidate for the State Engineering Services, who has failed to obtain a minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate.
Note - 2: The Commission shall, in case of Woman Candidates, candidates belonging to the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, or the Scheduled Tribes recommend the names of such candidates up to the number of vacancies reserved for them from among those who have qualified for interview, even if they fail to obtain the aggregate marks prescribed under.