Rajasthan State Public Service Commission has released the answer key for the RPSC RAS 2021 prelims exams. This is RPSC final answer key after taking into considerations all the submissions by the candidates, and no further revision will be done in this. This answer key was released on 22nd November 2021.
RPSC aspirants can use this RAS 2021 answer key for self-evaluation and get a fair idea about how much they are going to score in the RAS 2021 prelims exam.
Candidates can check the official RPSC RAS question paper for analysing the trends followed by RPSC every year and start their preparation in alignment with that. Solving the previous year’s question papers can immensely help in the candidate’s preparation for the next year’s RPSC exam.
How do download the RPSC answer key?
Follow the below well-defined steps to download the official answer key for RPSC RAS 2021 exam:
- Go to the official website of Rajasthan Public Service Commission at (https://rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in)
- Hover/click over the “Candidate Information” link in the main navigation bar.
- Click on the “Answer Keys” link from the dropdown submenu.
- Select the exam year from the dropdown list and wait for the page to reload.
- Select the RPSC exam name from the dropdown menu and again wait for the page to refresh.
- Now click on the link against the exam name in the last column to download the official RPSC answer key.
Alternatively, you can click on the download button available at the end of this article to download the RAS 2021 prelims answer key directly.
RPSC RAS Prelims Answer Key
| Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer |
| 1 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 76 | 1 | 101 | 2 | 126 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 77 | 3 | 102 | 2 | 127 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 128 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 79 | 2 | 104 | 3 | 129 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 80 | 3 | 105 | # | 130 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 81 | 2 | 106 | 3 | 131 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 82 | 3 | 107 | 1 | 132 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 58 | 4 | 83 | 1 | 108 | 3 | 133 | 2 |
| 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 84 | 3 | 109 | 3 | 134 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 110 | 1 | 135 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 61 | # | 86 | 1 | 111 | 3 | 136 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 37 | # | 62 | 3 | 87 | 1 | 112 | 3 | 137 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | 38 | # | 63 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 113 | 2 | 138 | 1 |
| 14 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 64 | 4 | 89 | 3 | 114 | 4 | 139 | 3 |
| 15 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 115 | 2 | 140 | 3 |
| 16 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 116 | 4 | 141 | 2 |
| 17 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 92 | 2 | 117 | # | 142 | 4 |
| 18 | 2 | 43 | # | 68 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 118 | 1 | 143 | 1 |
| 19 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 69 | 4 | 94 | 4 | 119 | 4 | 144 | 1 |
| 20 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 70 | 4 | 95 | 3 | 120 | 2 | 145 | 2 |
| 21 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 71 | 4 | 96 | 4 | 121 | 3 | 146 | 4 |
| 22 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 97 | 2 | 122 | 2 | 147 | 4 |
| 23 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 98 | 3 | 123 | 4 | 148 | 4 |
| 24 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 99 | 4 | 124 | 3 | 149 | 2 |
| 25 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 75 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 125 | 2 | 150 | 4 |
# Means Deleted
- Gross number of questions: 150
- Total number of deleted questions: 6
- Net number of questions: 144
RPSC RAS 2021 Prelims Official Answer Key:-Download PDF Here
RPSC Prelims 2021 Exam Analysis
We’ll break down the RPSC RAS Prelims 2021 question paper topic-wise and understand which subject accounted for how much weightage in the paper.
| S. No. | Topic | Number of Questions |
| 1 | Rajasthan’s History, Culture, Literature | 15 |
| 2 | Indian History | 16 |
| 3 | Indian and World Geography | 10 |
| 4 | Rajasthan’s Geography | 13 |
| 5 | Indian Polity | 7 |
| 6 | Rajasthan’s Polity | 8 |
| 7 | Indian Economy | 4 |
| 8 | Rajasthan’s Economy | 9 |
| 9 | Science and Technology | 14 |
| 10 | Reasoning and Mental Ability | 22 |
| 11 | Current Affairs | 7 |
| 12 | Rajasthan Government’s Schemes and Policy | 5 |
| 13 | Rajasthan’s Committees and Boards | 0 |
| 14 | Rajasthan Miscellaneous | 5 |
| 15 | Indian Defence | 0 |
| 16 | Union Government’s Scheme and Policy | 3 |
| 17 | Indian and World’s Current Affairs | 12 |
| Total | 150 | |
Out of all the topics listed above, History, Reasoning, Geography, and Current Affairs dominated the space. Therefore, candidates are advised to keep these sectors very strong in their preparation.
RPSC Prelims Official Cutoff Marks
RPSC released the official cut-off marks for RAS prelims 2021 on 19th November 2021.
How to check RPSC Prelims 2021 cutoff marks?
RPSC has released the official cutoff marks along with the result of the RAS prelims 2021 examination containing the list of candidates who passed for the second stage i.e. RPSC Mains exam. Follow the below well-defined steps to download the official answer key for RPSC RAS Prelims 2021 examination:
- Visit the official website of Rajasthan Public Service Commission at (https://rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in)
- Hover/click over the “Candidate Information” link from the top navigation bar.
- Click on the “Results” link from the dropdown submenu.
- Select the exam year from the dropdown list and wait for the page to refresh.
- Select the exam name from the dropdown menu and let the page reload.
- Now click on the link against the exam name in the last column to download the official RPSC result PDF.
- Scroll down to the end of the document to check cut-off marks for various categories.
Below, we present you the official cutoff marks for RAS prelims 2021 as announced by RPSC:
RPSC RAS Cutoff Marks for Male Candidates
| CATEGORY | CUT OFF MARKS |
| General | 84.72 |
| General (TSP) | 80.56 |
| EWS | 84.72 |
| SC | 72.69 |
| SC (TSP) | 72.22 |
| ST | 76.85 |
| ST (TSP) | 58.80 |
| OBC | 84.72 |
| MBC | 84.72 |
RPSC RAS Cutoff Marks for Female Candidates
| CATEGORY | CUT OFF MARKS |
| General | 79.63 |
| General (TSP) | 72.22 |
| EWS | 79.63 |
| SC | 66.20 |
| ST | 72.22 |
| ST (TSP) | 50.00 |
| OBC | 79.63 |
| MBC | 79.63 |
RPSC RAS Cutoff Marks for Widow Candidates
| CATEGORY | CUT OFF MARKS |
| General | 32.87 |
| General (TSP) | 31.48 |
| EWS | 32.87 |
| SC | 25.00 |
| ST | 17.59 |
| OBC | 32.87 |
| MBC | 25.93 |
RPSC RAS Cutoff Marks for DV Candidates
| CATEGORY | CUT OFF MARKS |
| General | 71.30 |
| SC | 61.11 |
| ST | 49.54 |
| OBC | 71.30 |
RPSC RAS Prelims 2021 Result
A total of 20,102 candidates have cleared the RPSC Rajasthan State & Subordinate Services Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination 2021 and are qualified to appear in the RAS Mains 2021 Exam.
Candidates can check their results by visiting the RPSC prelims 2021 result article.
Related Links:
| RAS Preparation | RAS Vacancy |
| RAS Admit Card | RAS Syllabus |
| RAS Notification | RAS Exam Pattern |
