LDC / Junior Assistant Syllabus 2026 - Official Exam Pattern & Subject-wise Topics

This page gives the official exam pattern and syllabus of LDC / Junior Assistant (RSSB (RSMSSB)). Every number and topic here is taken from the official notification or syllabus published by the exam body - the source links are given at the end. Always match with the latest official notification before the exam.

Exam pattern at a glance

• Phase I Paper 1 - General Knowledge, Everyday Science and Mathematics: 150 questions, 100 marks, 180 minutes
• Phase I Paper 2 - General Hindi and General English: 150 questions, 100 marks, 180 minutes
• Phase II - Typing test: 100 marks, 40 minutes

Phase I Paper 1

• General Knowledge, Everyday Science and Mathematics

• Pattern: 150 questions, 100 marks, 180 minutes
• Negative marking: 1/3 mark for each wrong answer. Each question has 5 options - the 5th (E) means 'not attempted'. Leaving a question without any option marked also costs 1/3 mark, and leaving more than 10% questions that way means disqualification. 10 extra minutes are given for this.
• Note: Minimum 40% in each Phase I paper (SC/ST up to 5% relaxation).

General Knowledge

• syllabus

• Current affairs
• Geography and natural resources of India and Rajasthan
• Agriculture and economic development of Rajasthan, Panchayati Raj
• History and culture of Rajasthan
• Industrial development and energy sources

Everyday Science

• syllabus

• Chemical changes, metals, carbon compounds
• Light and lenses, electricity
• Space and IT
• Genetics, ecosystems, biotechnology
• Human diseases and nutrition

Mathematics

• syllabus

• Vedic methods: square, cube, roots
• Factors, linear and quadratic equations, logarithms
• Ratio, percentage, profit-loss, partnership, interest, discount
• Geometry and coordinate geometry
• Area and volume
• Trigonometry
• Statistics

Phase I Paper 2

• General Hindi and General English

• Pattern: 150 questions, 100 marks, 180 minutes
• Negative marking: 1/3 mark for each wrong answer. Each question has 5 options - the 5th (E) means 'not attempted'. Leaving a question without any option marked also costs 1/3 mark, and leaving more than 10% questions that way means disqualification. 10 extra minutes are given for this.

Subject-wise split:

• General Hindi: 75 questions
• General English: 75 questions

General Hindi

• syllabus

• Sandhi, samas, upsarg, pratyay
• Synonyms, antonyms, word pairs
• Word and sentence correction
• Voice and verbs
• One word for a phrase, idioms and proverbs
• Hindi terms for English technical words, translation
• Official letters

General English

• syllabus

• Tenses, voice, narration, transformation
• Articles, determiners, prepositions
• Error correction
• Official and technical terms
• Synonyms, antonyms, one word substitution
• Comprehension
• Official letters, notices, circulars

Phase II

• Typing test

• Pattern: 100 marks, 40 minutes
• Negative marking: Not applicable
• Note: Hindi and English typing (speed + efficiency). Minimum 36% in each. Called: 3 times the vacancies.

Selection process

Phase I (2 objective papers), then Phase II typing test, merit on both, then document verification.

Practise free

• Free mock tests and real previous year papers of this exam: https://www.publicnaukri.com/tests/exam/rssb-ldc

Official source

• https://rssb.rajasthan.gov.in/storage/advertisement_item/1768228435.pdf

Phase I (2 objective papers), then Phase II typing test, merit on both, then document verification.