Enter your caste (or surname) and state to see whether the community appears on the Central List of OBCs published by the National Commission for Backward Classes, with the exact wording of the entry and a link to the source PDF. The same caste can be OBC in one state and not in another, so the result is shown state by state. Absence from the central OBC list does not mean General — the community may be on a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe list or on the state's own OBC list. Always verify with your caste certificate.
Your category is what your caste certificate says, issued by your state. This tool shows whether your community is named on the NCBC Central List of OBCs for your state, quoting the entry, so you can check it before applying.
No. Lists are state-wise. Jat, for example, is on Rajasthan's central OBC list (except Bharatpur and Dhaulpur districts) but not on the central list of the other states checked here.
Not necessarily. There is no official 'General' list. The community may be on the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe list, or on the state's separate OBC list. Check those too before assuming General.
'Rajput' as such is not on the central OBC list in the 13 states checked. Some specific groups are, such as Lodhi-Rajput (UP, Uttarakhand), Kashyap Rajput (Punjab, Haryana) and Ravana-Rajput (Rajasthan).
No. Category depends on your caste, not your surname. Surnames like Verma, Gupta, Singh and Kashyap are used by several communities with different categories.