# Rajasthan Patwari (Patwar) — Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) (Rajasthan Patwari) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: STATE_LEVEL · state: RJ
- Questions: 150 · Total marks: 300 · Marks per question: 2
- Duration: 180 minutes
- Negative marking: −0.67 per wrong answer
- Languages offered: HI, EN

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 18–40 years; relaxation: Age 18 to 40 on 1 Jan 2026 for Patwar 2025, with a one-time 3 extra years for everyone (no Patwari exam in the 3 years before); general-category women +5; Rajasthan's reserved-category men +5 and women +10; others as in the advertisement.
- Education: A degree plus a computer qualification (for example O-level, COPA/DPCS, RS-CIT, a computer diploma or degree, any engineering degree, or Senior Secondary with computer as a subject), working knowledge of Hindi in Devanagari and of Rajasthan's culture.
- Note: Only CET (Graduation level) 2024 qualifiers could apply to Patwar 2025. One-time registration fee Rs 600 (General, creamy-layer OBC/MBC), Rs 400 (non-creamy-layer OBC/MBC, EWS, SC, ST, persons with disabilities).
- Official portal: https://rssb.rajasthan.gov.in/ (Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB))

## Syllabus outline
### General Science; History, Polity and Geography of India; General Knowledge and current affairs (weight 0.2533333333333334)
Geography of India · History of India · Indian polity · General science · General knowledge (static)

### Geography, History, Culture and Polity of Rajasthan (weight 0.2)
Art, culture, fairs and folk deities of Rajasthan · Geography of Rajasthan · History of Rajasthan · Polity and administration of Rajasthan

### General English and Hindi (weight 0.1466666666666667)
General English · General Hindi

### Mental Ability and Reasoning, Basic Numerical Efficiency (weight 0.3)
Basic numerical efficiency: percentage, ratio, averages · Profit and loss, interest, time and work · Coding-decoding · Syllogism and statement-conclusion · Blood relations, directions and ranking · Series and analogy

### Basic Computer (weight 0.1)
Computer basics: hardware, software, operating systems · MS Office, internet and email

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