CET Senior Secondary Level Syllabus 2026

Unit 1

History of Rajasthan

• Major ancient civilizations and archaeological sites
• Prominent rulers and their achievements
• The Revolt of 1857, peasant movements, tribal movements, Praja Mandal movements and the Integration of Rajasthan
• Prominent historical personalities

Unit 2

Art and Culture of Rajasthan

• Architecture and painting
• Folk: music, musical instruments, dance, and theatre
• Major religious sects and folk deities
• Social life: dresses, ornaments, fairs, festivals, customs, and traditions
• Language, dialects, and literature
• Prominent personalities in the fields of art and culture

Unit 3

Geography of India

• Physical features of India: mountains, plateaus, deserts and plains
• Major rivers, dams, lakes and oceans
• Wildlife and sanctuaries
• Disaster management and climate change

Unit 4

Geography of Rajasthan

• Major physical features of Rajasthan
• Climatic conditions
• Natural vegetation
• Major soils
• Rivers, dams and lakes
• Natural resources of Rajasthan: mineral resources, forest resources, water resources
• Livestock
• Wildlife, sanctuaries and conservation
• Population: distribution, growth, density, literacy and sex ratio
• Major tribes
• Tourism in Rajasthan

Unit 5

Indian Political System with special reference to Rajasthan

• Nature of the Indian Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy
• Indian Political System: President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Parliament, Supreme Court, Election Commission
• Political and Administrative System of Rajasthan: Governor, Chief Minister, State Legislative Assembly, High Court, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, State Election Commission, State Information Commission, State Human Rights Commission, State Chief Secretary, District Administration
• Local Self-Government and Panchayati Raj

Unit 6

Economy of Rajasthan

• Role of industry, agriculture, animal husbandry and mineral sector in the development of the State
• Economy of Rajasthan: features and issues
• Concepts of State income and budget
• Handicraft industry, unemployment, drought, and famine
• Various welfare schemes and Acts in Rajasthan; development institutions; small-scale enterprises, financial institutions; role of Panchayati Raj institutions in rural development
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission – Gramin (VB-G RAM G)

Unit 7

Everyday Science

• Physical and chemical changes, oxidation and reduction reactions, catalyst
• Metals, non-metals and their important compounds, some important compounds used in daily life
• Carbon and important compounds of carbon, hydrocarbons, allotropes of carbon, chloro-fluoro carbon or freons, compressed natural gas, polymers, soap and detergents
• Reflection of light and its laws, dispersion of light, types of lenses, defects of vision and their corrections
• Space and information technology, space research programme of India
• General terminology related to genetics, Mendel's law of inheritance, structure of chromosomes, nucleic acids, central dogma of protein synthesis, sex determination in human
• Environmental study: structure of ecosystems, biotic factors of ecosystem, energy flow in ecosystem, biogeochemical cycles
• Biotechnology: general information, bio-patent, development of new plant varieties, transgenic organisms
• Economic importance of animals, economic importance of plants
• Blood groups, blood transfusion, Rh factor, pathogens and human health, malnutrition and human health, human disease: causes and cures

Unit 8

Logical Reasoning & Mathematics

• Blood relation
• Number series
• Alphabet series
• Clock
• Calendar
• LCM & HCF, average, profit & loss, percentage, simple interest, compound interest, ratio-proportion
• Time, speed, distance, work and time
• Area of triangle, circle, ellipse, rectangle, sphere, cylinder
• Volume of sphere, cylinder, cube, cone
• Graphical representation of data (graphs, bar charts, pie charts, line graphs, etc.)
• Code and decode
• Seating arrangement
• Mental ability and analytical ability

Unit 9

Current Affairs

• Major contemporary events at the State and National level in the fields of politics, economy, society, culture, technology, geography, ecology, sports, etc.
• Famous personalities
• State and national-level programs and policies
• Civic duties: Fundamental Duties and moral values
• Salient provisions of the Rajasthan Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Act, 2022

Unit 10

Public Health

• Basics of first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Types of drug abuse and measures to prevent it
• Physical and mental fitness of youth
• Health risks of social media addiction and its preventive measures

Unit 11

Computer Knowledge

• Characteristics and applications of computers
• Computer organization including memory (RAM, ROM), file system, input and output devices
• MS Office (knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel/Spreadsheet, MS PowerPoint)

Unit 12

Language Knowledge: General Hindi (सामान्य हिन्दी)

• संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, अव्यय, क्रिया
• सन्धि और संधि विच्छेद
• सामासिक पदों की रचना और समास-विग्रह
• उपसर्ग
• प्रत्यय
• पर्यायवाची शब्द
• विपरीतार्थक (विलोम) शब्द
• अनेकार्थक शब्द
• शब्द-युग्म
• शब्द-शुद्धि: अशुद्ध शब्दों का शुद्धीकरण
• वाक्य-शुद्धि: अशुद्ध वाक्यों का शुद्धीकरण
• वाक्यांश के लिए एक सार्थक शब्द
• मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ
• अंग्रेजी के पारिभाषिक (तकनीकी) शब्दों के समानार्थक हिन्दी शब्द
• कार्यालयी पत्रों से सम्बन्धित ज्ञान, कार्यालय आदेश, परिपत्र, अधिसूचना, अर्द्धशासकीय पत्र, निविदा, प्रेस विज्ञप्ति

Unit 13

Language Knowledge: General English

• Tenses/Sequence of Tenses
• Voice: Active and Passive
• Narration: Direct and Indirect
• Use of Articles and Determiners
• Use of Prepositions
• Translations of Simple (Ordinary/Common) Sentences from Hindi to English and vice-versa
• Glossary of official, Technical Terms (with their Hindi Versions)
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• One word substitution
• Comprehension of a given passage
• Knowledge of writing letters: Official, Demi Official, Informal