Rajasthan Housing Board Junior Assistant Syllabus

Part I, online objective test (3 hours)

Three marks for a right answer, minus one for a wrong one.

Part II, typing on computer

Persons with disabilities skip Part II and are given their Part I average.

• Rajasthan GK: sources of history, prehistoric cultures, dynasties, Mughal-Rajput relations, forts and monuments, folk deities, paintings, dialects and literature, fairs and festivals, the 1857 revolt, peasant and Praja Mandal movements, integration; physical divisions, drainage, climate, soils, forests, irrigation projects, minerals, transport; local government, Governor, Assembly, Lokayukta and the state commissions, Public Service Guarantee Act 2011.
• General science and aptitude: everyday science, current affairs, Indian history and culture, Rajasthan's economy, world and Indian geography, maths (ratio, percentage, profit and loss, interest, time and distance, work, average) and basic computers (Windows, Word, Excel, internet and e-mail).
• Hindi: sandhi, samas, upsarg, pratyay, synonyms, antonyms, word and sentence correction, idioms, official terms, translation.
• English: tenses, voice, narration, articles, prepositions, translation, error correction, vocabulary, comprehension, official letters.

The standard is Senior Secondary, except maths and computers at Secondary level.

• Senior Secondary from a recognised board.
• A computer qualification: DOEACC O level or higher, COPA or DPCS, a diploma in computer science or applications, or RS-CIT.
• Working knowledge of Hindi in Devanagari and of Rajasthani culture.
• Age 18 to 40 on 1 January 2024, with Rajasthan's usual category relaxations.

Reserved categories from other states apply as general. Widows and divorced women share the women's quota (8% and 2% of it).

You need 40% in each section of Part I to be called to Part II, and up to three times the vacancies are called. For recommendation you need 40% in each Part I section and 36% in each typing paper. SC and ST get 5% off each minimum; PwD and ex-servicemen get 5% too, under the Board's clarification of 13 June 2024.

Pay Matrix Level 5 under the 7th Pay Commission. During probation you get a fixed monthly remuneration set by state orders.

The 50 posts in 2023 split as general 25, OBC 8, SC 6, ST 5, EWS 4 and MBC 2. No posts were in the scheduled area.

No later Junior Assistant notice was on the Board's website in October 2026.

• Rajasthan Housing Board
• Direct Recruitment 2023 notice on the RHB site
• Junior Assistant notification 2023 (archived PDF)
• Withdrawal of eligibility list, 13 June 2024 (archived)
• Notice of 27 July 2024 (archived)
• Typing re-test notice, 26 November 2024 (archived)

Who conducts the Rajasthan Housing Board Junior Assistant exam?

The Housing Board itself. C-DAC ran the 2023 online test for it.

Is there negative marking?

Yes: plus three for a right answer, minus one for a wrong one.

Is a typing test needed?

Yes. Hindi and English typing on computer, speed and efficiency, 100 marks in all.

Is rhbexam.in the official site?

Not any more. It now hosts an unrelated blog. Use the RHB website.

Is a new recruitment open?

No. The 2023 process was still unsettled after court cases, and no new advertisement had been issued by October 2026.