Rajasthan Patwari Syllabus, Section Weightage and Exam Pattern

How patwari selection works

Becoming a patwari in Rajasthan takes three steps, and the first one happens long before the patwari advertisement.

1. Common Eligibility Test: you need a CET result that meets the qualifying mark held at graduation level. Without it you cannot apply. Its pattern is covered on our Rajasthan CET graduation level syllabus page.
2. Patwari main exam: the single written paper described here. Ranks are drawn from its marks alone; CET marks are not carried forward.
3. Document verification: degree, computer course, category and domicile certificates are examined before names go on the final list.

There is no interview or typing test. After selection, patwaris go through departmental training before taking charge of village land records.

Rajasthan patwari exam pattern

Every item carries 2 marks, and you get 3 hours. Weightage is printed as approximate, so the count per section can move by a question or two.

OMR rules and negative marking

Every question on the board's OMR sheet has five circles. The first four hold the options, while E marks an item you decide not to attempt.

• For each wrong response, RSSB deducts 0.67 marks, that is, one third of a 2 mark question.
• A row left totally blank is penalised in the very same way as an incorrect bubble.
• If more than 10 percent of the questions have no bubble filled, the candidate is disqualified.
• Ten extra minutes are given at the end only to check that every row has one bubble filled.

So the safe habit is simple: answer what you know, fill E where you are unsure, and never leave a row empty.

Rajasthan patwari syllabus, section by section

Reasoning plus numerical efficiency

• Series, analogy, figure matrix, classification, alphabet test
• Passage and conclusion, blood relations, coding, directions, seating arrangement
• Input and output, ranking and time sequence, logical order of words, missing characters
• Arithmetic: unitary method, averages, ratio, percentage, interest (simple and compound), gain and loss, area and volume

Science, India and current affairs

• Basic physics, chemistry and biology; the human body, nutrition, health and hygiene
• Ancient and medieval India, and modern Indian history from the 18th century
• The Constitution, political system and governance, economic development
• Physical features of India, environment and ecological change
• Recent national and international events

Rajasthan

• Landmark events in the state's past, the national movement in Rajasthan, praja mandal, kisan and tribal agitations, and the integration of princely states
• State administration: Governor, Vidhan Sabha, High Court, RPSC, district set up, Panchayati Raj bodies, the Lokayukta and the state commissions for human rights and for information, plus law and order
• Painting schools, crafts, fairs, festivals, folk songs and dances
• Religious movements and lok devta, Rajasthani writing, heritage and tourist spots, famous personalities of the state

General Hindi and English

• Hindi: meanings and word pairs, paryayvachi and vilom, one word for a phrase, correcting faulty words and sentences, idioms and proverbs
• English: an unseen passage, common usage errors, synonym and antonym pairs, idiomatic expressions

Basic computer

• Features of a computer, RAM and ROM, input devices, file systems
• Hardware and software and how they relate, operating systems
• Basic use of word processors, spreadsheets and presentation software

Where to spend your hours

The weightage table tells you how to divide study time. Reasoning and maths give 90 marks, and the questions are usually solvable with practice, so make this your first block. Rajasthan GK and the India section together give another 136 marks; their lists are long, so revise it in smaller daily slices.

• Reasoning and maths: one hour daily, with puzzles and seating arrangements on alternate days.
• Rajasthan GK: use the state board school books on Rajasthan's history and geography, then add one topic of art and culture each day.
• Languages: 44 marks for fairly predictable grammar. Twenty minutes a day on Hindi vyakaran and English errors goes a long way.
• Computer: 30 marks from a short list. Finish it in a week and revise before the exam.

Eligibility for the patwari post

• Qualification: a graduate degree, and familiarity with Devanagari Hindi as well as the culture of the state.
• Computer: one listed course, such as O Level, RS-CIT, COPA, a computer diploma or degree, or class 12 with computer science.
• CET: a valid qualifying score in the graduate level CET.
• Age: 18 to 40 years.
• Age relaxation: 5 years for SC, ST and OBC men of Rajasthan and for general women, and 10 years for SC, ST and OBC women of Rajasthan, with more for persons with disability.

For other posts filled by the same board, see the Rajasthan LDC syllabus or, for the same job in the neighbouring state, the MP patwari syllabus. You can also browse every state level page from our state recruitment hub.