RBSE Praveshika Social Science case studies
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Praveshika is a Rajasthan secondary-level certification examined in Hindi, and Social Science (Samajik Vigyan) is one of its core written papers. Candidates usually reach it through the traditional Sanskrit-school stream, but the paper assumes the same broad grounding as a Class 10 social science course: Indian history from the ancient period through the medieval centuries to the national movement, the physical and economic geography of India, civics and the Constitution, elementary economics and development issues, and a dedicated block on Rajasthan's history, art, culture, society and geography. The RBSE Praveshika Social Science case studies are 5 cases and about 2,424 words.
1The Two Dates on the Salt March Ledger
At a government school in Bundi district, a student is preparing a project on the 1930 Salt Satyagraha. Her family owns a cloth-bound bahi (ledger) that records a party of volunteers passing through their village on 12 March 1930 and 40 villagers making salt on 6 April.
499 words, about 2 min2The Tail-End Canal Block
Panchayat samiti officials in a Nagaur block are revising the crop plan for 2024–25. The block has average rainfall of 380 mm, mostly in July–September; soils are sandy loam to black in the lower belt; the Indira Gandhi Canal reaches only the tail-end of three villages, and canal supply is uncertain after December.
479 words, about 2 min3The Sarpanch's No-Confidence Motion
In a gram panchayat of about 8,000 people in Udaipur district, a woman sarpanch was elected two years ago from a seat reserved for women. She proposes a new pond and a small water tax of ₹30 per household per month to maintain it.
489 words, about 2 min4The Two-Income Household and the Micro-Loan
A family of five in a peri-urban ward of Jodhpur reports a monthly income of ₹14,000. The father works as an agricultural labourer for about 120 days a year and as a construction helper for 60 days; the mother rolls bangles at home and is paid ₹2 per piece, averaging 900 pieces a month; the eldest son does app-based delivery on a rented motorcycle.
493 words, about 2 min5The Khadin and the Canal
Village R, 40 km from Jaisalmer, has 120 mm average rainfall and a traditional khadin-a sloping catchment that collects runoff behind an earthen bund and recharges a shallow aquifer. The khadin supports 60 ha of bajra, moth bean and guar, plus livestock.
464 words, about 2 min