RAS question
How many medical colleges are there in Rajasthan as of December 2024?
Correct answer: (B) 43.
As of December 2024, Rajasthan had 43 medical colleges.
Explanation
Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25 gives the official December 2024 count as 43 medical colleges in the state. The split matters because the figure is not just the usual government-college count: it includes 6 government-sector colleges, one constituent college of Rajasthan University of Health Science, 22 Rajasthan Medical Education Society colleges, one ESI college in Alwar, one All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Jodhpur, and 12 private colleges. That full institutional mix is why 43 is the correct answer, while narrower counts such as only government medical colleges do not answer the question asked.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 38 is short of the official December 2024 total because the Economic Review records 43 medical colleges in Rajasthan.
- (C) 30 reflects only the government medical-college side mentioned in the explanation, while the question asks for all medical colleges across government, RUHS, RajMES, ESI, AIIMS and private sectors.
- (D) 50 is higher than the Economic Review's December 2024 count of 43 medical colleges in the state.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy and social-sector infrastructure, especially medical education capacity. Such factual counts recur in RAS because Economic Review data is used to measure state development and public-service delivery.