Mahila Supervisor Syllabus and Exam Pattern (Rajasthan)

Who sits this exam and how selection works

RSSB advertises Mahila Supervisor vacancies for the Women and Child Development Department, separately for non scheduled and scheduled (TSP) areas. Only women may apply. The route is short:

1. Written exam: a single objective paper.
2. Document verification: about twice the number of vacancies are usually called, in merit order.
3. Final merit: prepared on written marks, with no interview.

Since there is no second stage to make up ground, every mark in the one paper counts, and the negative marking means careless attempts cost more than blanks.

Mahila supervisor syllabus: marks by section

Reports on the latest paper describe 150 questions carrying these 200 marks, which would mean not every question has the same weight. Read the cover page of the booklet and RSSB's published scheme to confirm the exact count.

Part I topics in detail

General Hindi (25)

• Sandhi joining and splitting, samas types, upsarg and pratyay usage
• Words of the same, opposite and many meanings, and paired words
• Shabd shuddhi and vakya shuddhi, vachya, kriya bhed
• Muhavare, lokoktiyan, ek shabd for a phrase, Hindi equivalents of official terms

General English (15)

• Tense use, passive forms, reported speech
• Choosing the right article, determiner, preposition or linking word
• Translating short sentences between Hindi and English
• Office glossary words, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes and suffixes

Mathematics and general reasoning (25)

• Ratio, percentage, profit, loss and discount, simple and compound interest
• Statements and conclusions, direction sense, age puzzles, odd one out, coding

General knowledge (30)

• History, culture and geography of Rajasthan
• Science in daily life
• Recent happenings at global, national and state level

Managerial ability (20)

• Leadership, coordination and teamwork
• Communication and its barriers, time management
• Organising and mobilising the community, people's participation

Part II: nutrition, health and early childhood

This is the professional half of the paper, and it reads like the field manual of an anganwadi supervisor.

• Nutrition: balanced diet, deficiencies of iodine, vitamin A, iron, zinc and calcium, and how to prevent them
• Life stages: needs during adolescence, pregnancy, breastfeeding, infancy, childhood and adult life
• Pregnancy care: weight gain tracking, antenatal check ups, danger signs and safe delivery
• Immunisation: vaccines in the national schedule, why they matter, and the risk of skipping doses
• Programmes: ICDS history, aims and its six services, and linked health missions
• Malnutrition: causes before and after birth, and prevention
• Illnesses: diarrhoea and vomiting, eye and umbilical cord infections, measles, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, tuberculosis, pneumonia
• Child development: growth principles, stages, heredity and environment, development before birth and up to six years
• Pre school education: why it matters, learning through play, and physical, motor, cognitive, language, social, emotional and creative growth

Eligibility in brief

• Woman candidate, graduate from a university recognised by law
• Qualified in the graduate level Common Eligibility Test (CET) of RSSB, with a valid score
• A recognised computer qualification, for instance RS CIT, O level, or computer science taken at Class 12, diploma or degree stage
• Comfort with Devanagari Hindi and an understanding of Rajasthani customs and culture
• Minimum age 18 and, for unreserved women, maximum 40; reserved categories get relief, and there is no upper bar for widowed and divorced women under state rules

To understand the CET filter, see our guide to the graduate level CET.

A ten week plan weighted by marks

Part II is worth 85 marks, and the programmes unit by itself gives 15, so it outweighs the whole General English section. Many candidates from arts or commerce backgrounds find this half unfamiliar, so start it first.

• Weeks 1 to 3: nutrition, life stages and malnutrition, with a chart of nutrients, sources and deficiency signs.
• Weeks 4 and 5: immunisation schedule, pregnancy care, childhood illnesses and ICDS services.
• Weeks 6 and 7: child development and pre school education, plus Rajasthan GK every evening.
• Weeks 8 to 10: Hindi grammar, reasoning, managerial ability, and a complete three hour practice paper on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Mahila supervisor syllabus in Hindi

राजस्थान महिला पर्यवेक्षक परीक्षा 200 अंकों की एक वस्तुनिष्ठ परीक्षा है, समय 3 घंटे मिलता है, और हर ग़लत विकल्प पर नकारात्मक अंकन लागू है, इसलिए अनुमान से बचें। भाग एक में सामान्य हिन्दी 25, सामान्य अंग्रेज़ी 15, गणित और तर्कशक्ति 25, सामान्य ज्ञान 30 तथा प्रबंधकीय योग्यता 20 अंक की है। भाग दो में पोषण, गर्भवती महिला की देखभाल, टीकाकरण, कुपोषण, सामान्य बीमारियाँ, बाल विकास और पूर्व प्राथमिक शिक्षा जैसे विषयों के लिए कुल 85 अंक तय हैं।

Books, other states and official files

For Part II, the Class 11 and 12 NCERT Home Science books on human development and nutrition are a good base, along with the ICDS and anganwadi training material the department publishes. A standard Rajasthan GK book and a school level Hindi grammar text handle most of Part I.

Other states recruit similar posts through their own boards with different patterns, so match the syllabus to the state you apply in. Our ICDS supervisor syllabus page covers that wider picture, and every Rajasthan board exam is listed on the state exams page. The scheme itself sits on the RSSB website under the recruitment advertisement.