RSSB Patwari — Official Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2025

Quick facts

• Questions: 150 MCQs
• Total Marks: 300 (2 marks each)
• Duration: 3 hours (180 minutes)
• Neg. Marking: −0.67 per wrong answer
• Age: 18–40 years (with relaxations)
• Qualification: Graduation

About RSSB Patwari

The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), formerly known as RSMSSB, conducts the Patwari examination to recruit village-level revenue officers in the Revenue Department of Rajasthan. Patwaris maintain land records, process mutations, assist in land acquisition, and conduct Girdawari (crop inspection) in their assigned villages.

The 2025 RSSB Patwari examination consisted of 150 objective MCQ questions carrying 2 marks each (300 total marks) with −0.67 negative marking per wrong answer, completed in 3 hours. The syllabus covers Rajasthan History, Culture, Geography, Rajasthan Revenue Laws, General Knowledge, Arithmetic, Reasoning, and Hindi Language.

Rajasthan-specific GK dominates the paper — typically 40–50 questions on Rajasthan's forts, festivals, art forms, wildlife, rivers, tribal communities, and state government schemes. The 2025 Patwari Shift 1 (SPZ8) paper with full solutions is on Ministry of Papers.

Previous year papers

• RSSB Patwari 2025 (17 Aug, Shift 1 — SPZ8) 2025 - 150 questions

Rajasthan History, Culture & Art (40–50 Qs)

• Ancient Rajasthan — Kalibangan, Ahar, Bairath cultures; Mauryan influence
• Medieval Rajasthan — Rajput kingdoms (Mewar, Marwar, Amber, Jaipur), battles of Haldighati, Khanwa
• Bhakti Movement — Mirabai, Dadu Dayal, Kabir influence in Rajasthan
• Modern Rajasthan — Praja Mandal Movement, merger of princely states, formation of Rajasthan state
• Art & Architecture — Forts (Amber, Mehrangarh, Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Jaisalmer), step-wells (Chand Baori)
• Folk Art — Phad painting, Blue Pottery (Jaipur), Thewa art (Pratapgarh), Molela clay craft, Gond art
• Folk Music & Dance — Maand, Padharo Mhare Des (Mand), Ghoomar, Kalbelia (UNESCO), Chari dance
• Festivals — Pushkar Fair, Teej, Gangaur, Desert Festival (Jaisalmer), Elephant Festival
• Languages — Rajasthani dialects (Marwari, Mewari, Dhundhari, Hadoti)

Rajasthan Geography

• Physiographic regions — Aravalli Range (highest peak: Guru Shikhar), Thar Desert, Eastern Plains, Hadoti Plateau
• Rivers — Luni, Banas, Chambal, Mahi, Ghaggar; perennial vs seasonal
• Lakes — Sambhar (salt lake), Pushkar, Nakki, Siliserh, Fateh Sagar, Pichola
• Wildlife — Ranthambore NP (Tigers), Sariska NP, Keoladeo (Bharatpur), Tal Chhapar (Blackbuck), Desert NP (Great Indian Bustard)
• Districts & Divisional Headquarters — all 33/50 districts (post-2023 reorganisation)
• Agriculture — Bajra, Jowar, Wheat, Mustard; irrigation projects (Indira Gandhi Canal)
• Minerals — Marble (Makrana), Zinc (Zawar), Copper (Khetri), Lignite, Gypsum

Rajasthan Revenue Laws

• Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 — Key provisions, revenue hierarchy
• Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — Khatedari rights, tenancy classes
• Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954 — Colonised land allocation
• Land records — Khasra, Khatauni, Khatoni, Girdawari, Jamabandi
• Mutation (Nakal/Intkal) process — types and procedures
• Role of Patwari — daily register, crop inspection, boundary disputes
• Revenue hierarchy — Patwari → Girdawar → Tehsildar → SDO → Collector

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

• National GK — Indian History, Polity, Economy, Science basics
• Rajasthan Current Affairs — State Cabinet decisions, new schemes, appointments
• National Current Affairs — last 6 months
• Central & State Government Schemes — PM Awas, Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi, Jan Aadhar

Arithmetic & Reasoning

• Number System, Percentage, Profit & Loss, SI & CI, Ratio & Proportion
• Time-Speed-Distance, Time & Work
• Mensuration — Area, Volume of basic shapes
• Reasoning — Series, Analogy, Coding-Decoding, Direction Sense, Blood Relations

Hindi Language

• Rajasthani & Hindi grammar — Sandhi, Samas, Ling, Vachan
• Vocabulary — Synonyms (Paryayvachi), Antonyms (Vilom), Muhavare
• Sentence correction, Fill in the blanks
• One-word substitution, passage reading