RAS question
The Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) is popularly known as:
Correct answer: (C) Rajasthan Roadways.
The Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, or RSRTC, is popularly known as Rajasthan Roadways.
Explanation
RSRTC is the official abbreviation for Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, but the key recall point in RAS economy preparation is its public-facing name: Rajasthan Roadways. The official Rajasthan budget uses Rajasthan Roadways in the context of procuring buses and strengthening public transport, reinforcing its common public name. This is not a separate private operator or a generic slogan; it refers to the state road-transport undertaking that runs buses across Rajasthan. RSRTC connects towns and cities across Rajasthan, so aspirants are expected to identify the familiar public name attached to the state bus network, not merely expand the acronym.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Green Transport sounds like an environmental or electric-mobility label, but it is not the popular name used for RSRTC in Rajasthan's official public-transport context.
- (B) State Express could describe a class of service, but it is not the common name by which Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation is identified.
- (D) Red Bus or RedBus points to an app-based booking brand, not to Rajasthan's state road-transport corporation.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy and public-sector transport institutions, where RAS often tests the official body behind a familiar public name. RSRTC recurs because state transport links welfare, mobility, and public infrastructure.