RSMSSB LDC Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

Phase I: written (offline OMR)

The level is Class 10 of the Rajasthan board. A wrong answer costs one third of a question's marks. Each question has a fifth bubble, E, for "not attempted": leave all five blank and you lose one third anyway, and leave more than 10% of the paper unmarked and you are disqualified. You get 10 extra minutes to fill the E bubbles.

Phase II: typing on computer

Candidates with a disability that exempts them from typing are given their average Phase I marks instead.

Qualifying marks

At least 40% in each Phase I paper and 36% in each Phase II paper, with 5% relaxation for SC and ST. Final rank is the total of both phases.

Paper I

General knowledge: national and state current affairs; India's ecology and wildlife; Rajasthan's climate, soils, physical regions, population, tribes, minerals, forests and water; agriculture, irrigation projects, desert development, handicrafts and Panchayati Raj; medieval history, the freedom movement and political integration of Rajasthan; dialects, literature, folk music and dance, saints, folk deities, fairs, festivals, dress and ornaments; industries, raw materials and energy sources.

Everyday science: physical and chemical change, oxidation and reduction, catalysts; metals, non-metals and common compounds; carbon, hydrocarbons, CFCs, CNG, polymers, soaps; reflection and dispersion of light, lenses and eye defects; electric current, Ohm's law, induction, generators, motors and house wiring; India's space programme and IT; genetics and Mendel's laws; ecosystems and biotechnology; economic importance of plants and animals; blood groups, Rh factor, pathogens, malnutrition and human diseases.

Maths: squares, cubes and roots by the Vedic method; factors, polynomials, linear and quadratic equations, logarithms; ratio, percentage, profit and loss, partnership, simple and compound interest, discount; lines, angles, triangles, coordinate geometry; areas and volumes; trigonometric ratios, heights and distances; graphs, averages, mean deviation, vital statistics and index numbers.

Paper II

Hindi: sandhi, samas, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, words with several meanings, word pairs, adjectives from nouns, correcting words and sentences, voice, transitive and intransitive verbs, one word for a phrase, idioms and proverbs, Hindi terms for English technical words, Hindi-English translation and office letters.

English: tenses, voice, narration, transformation of sentences, articles, prepositions, translation, error correction, official glossary, synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, prefixes and suffixes, confusable words, comprehension, and official, demi-official, circular, notice and tender letters.

Qualification

• Senior Secondary (Class 12) from a recognised board, and
• a computer qualification: O level or higher (DOEACC/NIELIT), NIELIT CCC, COPA or DPCS, a degree, diploma or certificate in computer science or applications, Class 12 with computer science as a subject, a polytechnic diploma in computer science, or RS-CIT from VMOU Kota, and
• working knowledge of Hindi in Devanagari and of Rajasthani culture.

You must also hold a CET (Senior Secondary level) 2024 score card; the form asks for your CET application number. Final-year students may apply but must have the qualification before the typing test starts.

Age

18 to 40 years on 1 January 2027. Two post-specific extensions apply on top: one extra year for the RPSC and subordinate-office posts (the 2024 cycle counted age on 1 January 2025), and three extra years for the Pollution Control Board and Board of Secondary Education posts, which had no recruitment in three years.

Apart from the disability addition, relaxations do not stack: you get the single largest one. Reservation applies only to Rajasthan residents; reserved candidates from other states count as general.

1. Qualify the CET (Senior Secondary level). It is only an entry ticket; its score is not added to your merit.
2. Phase I written exam.
3. About three times the posts, category-wise, are called to the Phase II typing test.
4. Merit list on Phase I plus Phase II marks, then document verification. In the 2024 cycle the Secondary Education department at Bikaner checked the documents.
5. Allotment by merit cum priority across post codes 1 to 6. If you skipped the preference order on the form, the Board allots by merit alone. The Administrative Reforms Department then places its own selectees in departments.

The 2024 cycle gives a sense of the drop-off: 4,197 posts, written exam 11 August 2024, typing test 21 to 24 January 2025, 7,863 called for documents, and 3,947 finally selected. Posts in the scheduled-area ST category went unfilled for want of eligible candidates.

Clerk Grade II is on Pay Matrix Level 5 of the 7th Pay Commission scale. For the first two years you are a probationer trainee on a fixed monthly remuneration set by the state; HRA, DA, city allowance and special pay are not paid during that time. The Level 5 pay and allowances start once probation is completed and the post-training test is passed. New entrants come under the state's current pension scheme.

• Apply on the SSO portal (sso.rajasthan.gov.in) through Citizen Apps, then the Recruitment Portal, or at an e-Mitra kiosk.
• The fee is a one-time registration (OTR) charge: ₹600 for general and creamy-layer OBC/MBC, ₹400 for Rajasthan's non-creamy OBC/MBC, EWS, SC and ST, and ₹400 for all candidates with a disability. If you have paid OTR before, you pay nothing.
• Under the Personnel Department circular of 9 May 2025, missing two exams of RSSB, RPSC or any state recruiting agency in one financial year blocks your OTR. Unblocking costs ₹750 the first time and ₹1,500 the second.
• The form can be edited for 3 days after it closes, for ₹300, and once more about a month before the exam. Name, father's name, gender, date of birth and photo cannot be changed.

For reference, the 2024 cycle ran from a February 2024 advertisement to a final result in August 2025, so expect roughly 18 months from form to joining.

Admit cards are only online, on your SSO login or at recruitment.rajasthan.gov.in under Get Admit Card. For the July 2026 exam the district was shown from 26 June and the admit card from 1 July. Bring an original photo ID, preferably Aadhaar, and a recent 2.5 × 2.5 cm colour photo. The Board's dress code applies.

The written result of 28 September 2026 lists, separately for non-scheduled and scheduled areas, everyone who cleared the minimum marks and, from them, the roughly three-times shortlist for typing. One question was deleted from each set of Paper I (code DG28) and six from each set of Paper II (code BB6). A corrigendum in October changed one scheduled-area cut-off. Results are on the RSSB Results page.

Cut-offs for the typing test shortlist, 2026 cycle, non-scheduled area, out of 200 (Paper I plus Paper II):

Ex-servicemen (general) 61.6931; Sahariya 73.522. The widow and divorcee lines sit 60 to 70 marks below the open line, because those sub-quotas (8% and 2% inside the women's quota) have few applicants. Scheduled-area figures are on the Junior Assistant page.

• Paper I is Class 10 level but heavy on Rajasthan: history, culture, geography and economy make up most of the GK part.
• Fill a bubble for every question. A blank costs the same as a wrong answer, and too many blanks remove you from the list.
• Start typing practice in both Hindi and English now. The written cut-off only gets you into the typing room; the final rank adds the typing marks.
• The Board posts the master question paper and keys after the exam on its answer keys page. Older papers are under Old Papers.

• RSSB official website
• Advertisements (exam name: LDC Grade II / Junior Assistant)
• Advt. 04/2026, full advertisement (PDF, Hindi)
• Exam schedule notice (PDF)
• Written result and cut-offs, 28 September 2026 (PDF)
• Cut-off corrigendum (PDF)
• 2024 cycle final result (PDF)
• Results | Answer keys | Old papers
• Rajasthan SSO portal

Is Rajasthan LDC the same as Clerk Grade II?

Yes. The advertisements say Clerk Grade II (lipik grade II); LDC is the older common name.

Can I apply without the CET?

No. The 2026 form needed a CET (Senior Secondary level) 2024 application number. The CET marks are not counted in the merit.

Is RS-CIT enough as the computer qualification?

Yes. RS-CIT from VMOU Kota is one of the listed options, along with O level, CCC, COPA/DPCS and others.

Is there negative marking?

Yes, one third of the question's marks for a wrong answer, and the same for a question where no bubble, not even E, is filled.

What is the pay?

Pay Matrix Level 5 after two years of probation on a fixed stipend.

How many posts are Clerk Grade II in 2026?

90: 6 at RPSC and 84 at the Board of Secondary Education. The remaining 10,554 are Junior Assistant posts filled from the same merit list.