BharatNotes Built from the Agriculture, Industry and Services chapter, whose figures come from the Government of Rajasthan's Economic Review 2025-26 and, for the incentive structure, from the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme 2024 and the Rajasthan MSME Policy 2024 documents themselves.
How to use this page
Three facts on this page reverse what most notes carry, and each of them is asked in a form designed to catch the note-reader: livestock out-earns crops, the mining index has fallen below 100, and construction is in the industry sector but not in the IIP.
Work in this order: Section A and B for the composition, then C for the IIP definition trap, then the policy sections, which are pure recall but recall with slabs.
Read the tag on each question
| Tag | What it tests | If you keep missing these |
|---|---|---|
| Type A · definition of industry | The GVA industry sector offered where the IIP is meant | Construction is in one and not the other |
| Type B · share vs growth | A share quoted where a growth rate is wanted, or a current-price figure for a constant-price one | Read the basis and the quantity separately |
| Type C · slab | A subsidy rate from the wrong loan band or the wrong scheme | These schemes differ by slab, not by headline |
| Type D · proposed, not achieved | Eligibility certificates or registrations read as investment or jobs | Ask whether anyone actually built anything |
| Type E · part-year | A nine-month or eight-month figure read as a year | "Up to December" is not a year; the IIP runs to November |
| Recall / Concept | No trap — the figure, or the reasoning behind it | Ordinary revision |
Section A — Agriculture, where livestock leads (Q1–8)
1. Within agriculture and allied sectors at current prices in 2025-26, the largest share belonged to — Recall
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(b) Livestock, at 49.35 per cent — against crops at 42.61 per cent.
Why not the others: (a) attaches livestock's share to crops, which is the designed swap; (c) 42.61 per cent is crops' real share but not the largest; (d) forestry is third. In money terms livestock was ₹2.17 lakh crore against crops at ₹1.88 lakh crore, and the Review says livestock is "even higher than the crop sector".
2. Agriculture and allied sectors grew 0.22 per cent in real terms in 2025-26. The reason is that — Concept
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(d) — the near-zero total is the sum of two large opposite movements.
Why not the others: (a) conceals exactly what the question is testing; (b) reverses the two; (c) fishing grew 0.87 per cent and is 0.54 per cent of the sector, far too small to move the total. Livestock is what makes Rajasthan's agricultural output less volatile than its rainfall.
3. Agriculture's share of state value added has moved from 28.56 per cent in 2011-12 to — Recall
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(a) 25.74 per cent, at current prices.
Why not the others: (b) 26.55 per cent is the industry sector's share; (c) and (d) appear in no state table. At constant prices agriculture's 2025-26 share is 25.33 per cent, which is a separate figure.
4. The crop sector's real growth in 2025-26 was — Type B · share vs growth
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(c) −5.01 per cent — a contraction.
Why not the others: (a) +5.20 is livestock; (b) +0.22 is the whole sector; (d) +3.47 is the sector at current prices. All four are real figures from the same page, which is why the sub-sector and the basis must both be read.
5. The Review names the major contributors to kharif income as — Recall
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(b) bajra, groundnut and moong.
Why not the others: (a) is the rabi trio the Review names in the same sentence and is the designed swap; (c) and (d) are not the named leaders. Season and crop must be paired correctly.
6. Agriculture and allied GVA grew over the series at a CAGR of — Type B · share vs growth
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(a) 3.82 per cent constant, 8.10 per cent current.
Why not the others: (b) swaps the bases, and a nominal CAGR is always the larger of the two; (c) 4.36 and 8.98 are the industry sector's CAGRs; (d) 0.22 per cent is a single year's growth, not a CAGR.
7. Pulses production in 2025-26 was estimated at — Type E · part-year
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(d).
Why not the others: (a) swaps the seasons; (b) and (c) each attach the wrong growth rate to a right tonnage. The rabi figure is an estimate for a season not yet harvested when the Review went to press, and should be quoted as such.
8. The livestock sector's value added in 2025-26 at current prices was about — Recall
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(c) ₹2.17 lakh crore.
Why not the others: (a) ₹1.88 lakh crore is the crop sector; (b) ₹4.41 lakh crore is the whole agriculture and allied sector at current prices; (d) ₹2.23 lakh crore is that same whole sector at constant prices. Milk is the largest single contributor within livestock.
Section B — Industry and what sits inside it (Q9–15)
9. Within the industry sector at current prices in 2025-26, the largest share belonged to — Recall
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(a) manufacturing, at 40.52 per cent.
Why not the others: (b) construction is second at 35.02 per cent, and the option attaches manufacturing's number to it; (c) and (d) are the two smallest. Construction is more than a third of Rajasthan's industry, which is larger than most notes suggest.
10. Which industrial sub-sector contracted in 2025-26? — Recall
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(b) mining and quarrying, by 1.41 per cent — the only sub-sector to fall.
Why not the others: (a) manufacturing grew 7.84, (c) construction 8.27 and (d) utilities 9.37 per cent, the fastest of the four. Mining is only 12.42 per cent of the industrial sector despite the state's mineral endowment.
11. Industry's GVA in 2025-26 was — Type B · share vs growth
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(d).
Why not the others: (a) and (c) each attach a real figure to the wrong basis; (b) ₹4.41 lakh crore is agriculture at current prices. The two sectors are close in size at current prices, which is why their figures are easily swapped.
12. The industry sector as defined in the national accounts comprises — Type A · definition of industry
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(c) — four components, construction included.
Why not the others: (a) is the Index of Industrial Production's definition, which excludes construction, and it is the designed confusion; (b) omits two; (d) adds services, which belong to the third sector. Two definitions of "industry" run through this chapter and a question can be set on the gap.
13. Industry's CAGR since 2011-12 at constant prices was — Recall
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(a) 4.36 per cent.
Why not the others: (b) 8.98 per cent is industry's CAGR at current prices; (c) 7.02 per cent is a single year's growth, not a CAGR; (d) 3.82 per cent is agriculture's constant-price CAGR.
14. Industry's share of GSVA at current prices in 2025-26 was — Type B · share vs growth
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(b) 26.55 per cent.
Why not the others: (a) 28.21 per cent is industry's share at constant prices; (c) 40.52 per cent is manufacturing's share within industry; (d) 25.74 is agriculture's. All four are real and all four sit within a few pages of each other.
15. Which reading of construction's 35.02 per cent share is defensible? — Concept
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(c) — mining at 12.42 and utilities at 12.04 sum to 24.46 per cent, well below construction.
Why not the others: (a) industry as a whole is 26.55 per cent of GSVA, so construction is about a tenth of the economy; (b) construction is not in the IIP at all; (d) the shares are of the sector, not of each other.
Section C — The Index of Industrial Production (Q16–20)
16. The IIP series for Rajasthan on the 2011-12 base rests on — Type A · definition of industry
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(d) manufacturing, mining and electricity — three categories, and construction is not among them.
Why not the others: every other option smuggles construction in. Construction is 35 per cent of the industry sector in the national accounts and 0 per cent of the IIP, and that gap is the single most set question on this table.
17. The mining component of the IIP stood at 87.94 in 2025-26 up to November. What does that mean? — Concept
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(a) — the base is 100, so an index of 87.94 is output below the 2011-12 level.
Why not the others: (b) and (d) read an index level as a growth rate; (c) reads it as a share. Mining has fallen from 124.53 in 2021-22 to 87.94, while the general index held up only because manufacturing kept rising.
18. The IIP figures for 2025-26 cover — Type E · part-year
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(c) up to November 2025, provisional.
Why not the others: (b) up to December is the cut-off for most scheme data in this Review but not for the IIP; (a) and (d) overstate the coverage. A part-year index is not comparable with the full years printed beside it.
19. The general index of industrial production in 2025-26 up to November was — Recall
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(b) 153.29.
Why not the others: (a) 154.38 is the 2024-25 general index; (c) 181.17 is manufacturing and (d) 161.00 is electricity, both for the same part-year. All four are in one small table.
20. Between 2021-22 and 2025-26 the manufacturing index moved from 136.14 to 181.17 while mining moved from 124.53 to 87.94. The safest conclusion is — Concept
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(d).
Why not the others: (a) the general index rose from 133.97 to 153.29 across the series; (b) the two moved in opposite directions throughout; (c) inverts which component is carrying the index.
Section D — The policy stack and RIPS 2024 (Q21–28)
21. The Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme 2024 was launched on — Recall
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(c) 8 October 2024.
Why not the others: (a) 8 December 2024 is the MSME Policy 2024, and the two share a day of the month; (b) 19 February 2025 is the Data Centre Policy; (d) 7 December 2025 is the Trade Promotion Policy. Four policies, four dates, and they are asked against each other.
22. Under RIPS 2024 the minimum investment for a manufacturing unit that is not an MSME is — Type C · slab
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(a) ₹50 crore.
Why not the others: (b) ₹25 crore applies to MSME manufacturing and to services; (c) ₹10 crore to tourism; (d) ₹150 crore is the minimum investment required in the Mega category, a different table. Four thresholds and they are set against each other.
23. Under RIPS 2024 a unit choosing among the Thrust Booster, the Anchor Booster and an Interest Subsidy — Concept
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(b) — the scheme document offers "choice of any one among the following Boosters/Incentives: Thrust Booster OR Anchor Booster OR Interest Subsidy".
Why not the others: (a) and (c) treat them as cumulative, which overstates the package substantially and is the commonest error in summaries of this scheme; (d) invents an authority. The Employment Booster is a separate booster and is not part of this choice.
24. The Employment Booster under RIPS 2024 is — Type C · slab
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(d) — 10 per cent at 1.5x to 2x the minimum threshold, 12.5 per cent at 2x to 2.5x, and 15 per cent above 2.5x.
Why not the others: (a) 10 per cent flat is the Thrust Booster; (b) 20 per cent is the Anchor Booster; (c) follows the Economic Review's compressed phrase "10-15 per cent" and adds a discretion the scheme does not give. The Review summarises; the scheme document governs.
25. The turnover-linked incentive under RIPS 2024 carries annual caps of — Type C · slab
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(c) — the cap rises across the ten-year disbursal.
Why not the others: (a) and (b) each freeze the cap at one end of the schedule; (d) is not in the document. The incentive is disbursed annually over ten years from the start of commercial production.
26. Under RIPS 2024 the "Ultra Mega" category requires — Type C · slab
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(a).
Why not the others: (b) is the Mega category and (c) the Large category, both real rows of the same table; (d) appears nowhere. Capital subsidy runs from 13 to 28 per cent of eligible fixed capital investment, rising with the category and the area category.
27. The core asset-creation incentive under RIPS 2024 is — Recall
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(b).
Why not the others: (a) the 100 per cent figures in this scheme attach to electricity duty exemption and mandi fee reimbursement, both for seven years; (c) is not an option in the scheme; (d) 25 per cent freight subsidy up to ₹25 lakh is the first-time exporter benefit under the Export Promotion Policy read with RIPS.
28. Up to December 2025, eligibility certificates under RIPS 2024 had been issued to 3,914 units covering ₹1.65 lakh crore. That figure represents — Type D · proposed, not achieved
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(d) proposed investment.
Why not the others: (a), (b) and (c) each convert an intention into an outcome. The Review does not claim it as investment made, and neither does the parent page.
Section E — MSMEs and the credit schemes (Q29–35)
29. The Acknowledgement Certificate under the Rajasthan MSME Act, 2019 exempts a unit from approvals and inspections under state laws for — Type C · slab
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(c) five years from issuance.
Why not the others: (b) seven years is the RIPS 2024 incentive period and is the distractor most often keyed wrongly in circulating notes; (a) and (d) appear nowhere. The Act was enacted on 17 July 2019 and the portal is Raj Udyog Mitra.
30. Under BRUPY, the interest subvention on a loan of ₹3 crore would be — Type C · slab
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(a) 7 per cent — the band from ₹25 lakh to ₹5 crore.
Why not the others: (b) 9 per cent applies up to ₹25 lakh and (c) 6 per cent from ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore; (d) 8 per cent belongs to VKYUPY, a different scheme. Read the loan size before the rate.
31. Entities applying under BRUPY must have what minimum SC or ST ownership? — Recall
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(d) 51 per cent, for partnership firms, LLPs, cooperative societies or companies.
Why not the others: none of the other thresholds appears in the scheme. The margin money grant is 25 per cent of project cost up to ₹25 lakh.
32. Vishwakarma Yuva Udyami Protsahan Yojana was implemented from — Recall
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(b) 3 September 2025.
Why not the others: (a) 15 January 2026 is the release of Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana; (c) is RIPS 2024; (d) is the MSME Facilitation Act. VKYUPY gives 8 per cent up to ₹1 crore and 7 per cent from ₹1 crore to ₹2 crore, with an additional 1 per cent for specified categories.
33. Under PM Vishwakarma, the effective interest rate for an artisan in Rajasthan is — Concept
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(c) 3 per cent.
Why not the others: (a) 5 per cent is the central rate before the state's addition; (b) 2 per cent is the state's subsidy, not the rate; (d) belongs to VKYUPY. The scheme covers 18 trades, and the central terms are two tranches, ₹1 lakh over 18 months and up to ₹2 lakh over 30 months.
34. Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana, released 15 January 2026, offers a graduate or ITI-qualified applicant in manufacturing a loan limit of — Type C · slab
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(a) ₹10 lakh, margin money 10 per cent up to ₹50,000.
Why not the others: (b) ₹7.5 lakh with ₹35,000 is the class 8 to 12 applicant in manufacturing; (c) ₹5 lakh is the graduate in service and trade; (d) ₹3.5 lakh is the class 8-12 applicant in service and trade. The scheme targets 1 lakh youth aged 18 to 45 with a 100 per cent interest subsidy.
35. Udyam registration in 2025-26 up to December covered 4.41 lakh units with expected direct employment of 24.40 lakh. That employment figure is — Type D · proposed, not achieved
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(b) a projection attached to registrations.
Why not the others: (a) nothing was verified; (c) it relates only to units registered in these nine months; (d) it is not a target. The associated investment proposals of ₹11,146.03 crore are proposals in the same sense.
Section F — Infrastructure, ODOP and exports (Q36–41)
36. RIICO has developed how many industrial areas? — Recall
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(d) 445.
Why not the others: (a) 43 is the number of District Industries and Commerce Centres, which have 6 sub-centres; (c) 19 is the number of new industrial areas developed in 2025-26 up to December; (b) 245 is the count of 132 KV grid sub-stations whose maintenance is with the private sector, from the infrastructure chapter.
37. The Khushkheda-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region spans — Recall
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(c).
Why not the others: (a) describes JPMIA, the other Special Investment Region; (b) 700 hectares is the Rajasthan Petro Zone; (d) 1,504 km is the length of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. Both SIRs have RIICO as their development authority.
38. Under the state's ODOP Policy 2024, the product identified for Pratapgarh is — Recall
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(a) Thewa jewellery.
Why not the others: (b) Kota Doria is Kota, (c) Kasheedakari is Barmer and (d) Sonamukhi is Phalodi. The table covers all 41 current districts, which makes it one of the few state tables already on the post-2023 map.
39. Rajasthan's total exports in 2024-25 were — Recall
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(d) ₹97,171.66 crore.
Why not the others: (a) is 2020-21 and (b) is 2023-24, both real points on the same series; (c) ₹19,849.29 crore is the engineering line alone, the largest single product group.
40. Which is the correct ranking of Rajasthan's two largest export product groups in 2024-25? — Recall
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(b).
Why not the others: (c) reverses the top two; (a) textiles are third at ₹9,700.60 crore; (d) non-ferrous metal is fourth. The Review names the top five as engineering goods, gems and jewellery, metal, textiles and handicrafts, together more than 67 per cent of exports — though it gives handicrafts no separate row.
41. The Raj Nivesh Portal handles investment proposals above — Recall
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(c) ₹10 crore.
Why not the others: (b) ₹50 crore is a RIPS investment threshold; the rest appear nowhere. 181 services across 19 departments are integrated, and during 2025 the portal approved 1,925 applications involving ₹42,693.70 crore.
Section G — Services and the banking system (Q42–45)
42. Rajasthan's credit-deposit ratio as on September 2025 was — Recall
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(a).
Why not the others: (b) swaps the state and national figures; (c) 9.75 per cent is the growth in deposits; (d) 47.71 per cent is the services share of GSVA. A state often described as capital-starved deploys a higher share of its deposits as credit than the country does.
43. Among Rajasthan's 9,172 bank offices in September 2025, the order by number was — Concept
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(d).
Why not the others: (a) places regional rural banks above private sector banks, which reverses the actual order and is the assumption most notes make; (b) and (c) misplace the largest group. Payment banks number 40 and foreign banks 7, and the six categories sum exactly to 9,172.
44. Per capita bank deposit and per capita bank credit in Rajasthan as on September 2025 were — Recall
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(b) ₹92,719 deposit and ₹83,088 credit.
Why not the others: (a) swaps them, and deposits must exceed credit here because the ratio is below 100; (c) those are the totals in ₹ crore, not per capita; (d) those are per capita income figures. There were 11 banking offices per lakh population.
45. Which institution has operated an Air Cargo Complex at Jaipur Airport since 1979? — Recall
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(c) the Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation, which also runs dry-port facilities at the Inland Container Depots of Jaipur, Bhilwara and Jodhpur.
Why not the others: (a) RIICO develops industrial areas and the SIRs; (b) RFC has lent ₹9,130.07 crore to 84,879 units since establishment; (d) is not credited with the complex. RSIC also markets handicrafts through RAJASTHALI outlets in Jaipur, Udaipur, Delhi and Kolkata.
More in This Series
- Agriculture, Industry and the Service Sector — the parent chapter every answer here comes from
- Economy of Rajasthan — the unit index
- Rajasthan's Macro Economy and the State Budget — where these sector shares sit in the aggregates
- Minerals and Energy — the mineral base behind a contracting mining sector
- Caution for Readers — the claims across this site that are genuinely unsettled
