Patwari Syllabus 2026 - Official Exam Pattern & Subject-wise Topics

This page gives the official exam pattern and syllabus of Patwari (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

• Patwari written exam (single paper): 150 questions, 300 marks, 180 minutes

Patwari written exam (single paper)

• Pattern: 150 questions, 300 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 Science, History, Polity and Geography of India, General Knowledge and Current Affairs: 38 questions, 76 marks
• Geography, History, Culture and Polity of Rajasthan: 30 questions, 60 marks
• General Hindi and General English: 22 questions, 44 marks
• Mental Ability, Reasoning and Basic Numerical Efficiency: 45 questions, 90 marks
• Basic Computer: 15 questions, 30 marks

General Science, History, Polity and Geography of India, General Knowledge and Current Affairs

• syllabus

• Everyday science, human body, food and nutrition, health care
• Important events of ancient, medieval and modern Indian history
• Indian Constitution, political system and governance
• Geographical features of India, environment and ecology
• Current national events

Geography, History, Culture and Polity of Rajasthan

• syllabus

• Important historical events of Rajasthan
• Administrative system: Governor, Assembly, High Court, RPSC, district administration, State Human Rights Commission, State Election Commission, Lokayukta, State Information Commission
• Freedom movement, mass awakening and political integration
• Folk arts, paintings, handicrafts, architecture
• Fairs, festivals, folk music and dances
• Rajasthani culture, heritage and literature
• Religious movements, saints and folk deities
• Tourist places and leading personalities

General Hindi and General English

• syllabus

• Hindi: sandhi, upsarg and pratyay, samas, synonyms and antonyms, word and sentence correction, one word for a phrase, Hindi terms for English administrative words, idioms and proverbs
• English: unseen passage, common errors, synonyms and antonyms, phrases and idioms

Mental Ability, Reasoning and Basic Numerical Efficiency

• syllabus

• Series, analogy, figure matrix, classification, alphabet test
• Blood relations, coding-decoding, direction sense, sitting arrangement, input-output, ranking
• Average, ratio, percentage, simple and compound interest, unitary method, profit and loss, area and volume

Basic Computer

• syllabus

• Characteristics of computers
• Computer organisation: RAM, ROM, file system, input devices, software
• Relationship between hardware and software
• Operating system
• MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Selection process

Candidates who qualified CET (Graduate level) can apply. Written exam merit, then document verification.

Practise free

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

Official source

• https://rssb.rajasthan.gov.in/storage/advertisement_item/1740055908.pdf

Candidates who qualified CET (Graduate level) can apply. Written exam merit, then document verification.