CS-604 RGPV B.Tech
Rural Technology & Community Development (RTCD)
Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.
Previous Year Papers
5 papers, latest Jun 2025
- CS-604 paper, Jun 2025
- CS-604 paper, Dec 2024
- CS-604 paper, May 2024
- CS-604 paper, May 2023
- CS-604 paper, May 2022
Syllabus, notes and important questions for CS-604
- Syllabus Official RGPV syllabus Free
- Notes 5 documents Free
- Important Questions None for CS-604 yet
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Rural Management 5 topics
- Principles and Practices of Rural Management
- Introduction to Management and Theory of Management
- Planning, Organisation Structure and Design
- Motivation and Leadership
- Management Control and Managerial Decision Making
Unit 2 Human Resource Management for Rural India 8 topics
- Nature and Scope of Human Resource Management
- Human Resource Planning, Recruitment and Selection
- Training and Development
- Performance Appraisal
- Welfare programmes and Fringe Benefits
- Wage and Salary Administration
- Morale and Productivity
- Industrial Relations and Industrial Disputes
Unit 3 Management of Rural Financing 8 topics
- Rural Credit System and its Role in Rural Development
- Evolution and Growth of Rural Credit System in India
- Agricultural Credit and Agricultural Credit Review Committee
- Reports of Various Committees and Commissions, Problems and Prospects
- Rural Credit to Non‑farm Sector and Credit for Small and Marginal Entrepreneurs
- Role of Government Institutions in Facilitating Rural Credit
- Role of Non‑Government / Semi‑Government / Quasi‑Government Institutions
- Growth and Present Trend of Rural Financing towards Small‑scale and Cottage Industries
Unit 4 Research Methodology 5 topics
- Concept of Social Research
- Traditional Research, Action Research and Participatory Research
- Qualitative Data Construction and Methods of Data Collection
- Techniques of Interview
- Qualitative Methods: Sociometry, Case Studies, Observation, Coding and Content Analysis
Unit 5 Research Methodology – Data Analysis 5 topics
- Collection, Tabulation and Presentation of Data
- Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
- Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis
- Correlation and Regression
- Sampling Theory and Test of Significance
Unit 6 == END OF UNITS==
The syllabus lists no separate topics for this unit.
Exam insights
Counted from 7 past CS-604 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 Rural Management 70 marks
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Unit 2 Human Resource Management for Rural India 16 marks
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Unit 3 Management of Rural Financing 8 marks
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Unit 4 Research Methodology 15 marks
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Unit 5 Research Methodology – Data Analysis 5 marks
Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.
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