NEXTPRAYAS RAS Exam Guide

Exam Pattern

The RAS examination is held in three phases: RAS Prelims, RAS Mains, and Interview or Viva-voce.

Prelims

Mains

Interview

The RAS Preliminary exam is an objective paper of qualifying nature.

Paper	Section	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
Paper-I	General Knowledge & General Science	200	3 hours

The RAS Mains exam consists of descriptive/analytic questions.

Paper	Section	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
Paper-I	General Studies-I	200	3 hours
Paper-II	General Studies-II	200	3 hours
Paper-III	General Studies-III	200	3 hours
Paper-IV	General Hindi and General English	200	3 hours

The Interview round is the final stage of the RAS examination.

Stage	Description
Interview	Personality test and evaluation