RSMSSB Livestock Assistant Syllabus, Exam Pattern

RSSB publishes the scheme and syllabus (yojana aur pathyakram) as a separate document for each recruitment year, under Downloads on its site. It changes between years, so take the one matched to your advertisement number.

The 15/2024 detailed advertisement is a scan that couldn't be transcribed, so no question count or marks are given here. Figures on coaching sites are reconstructions.

The Non-Scheduled Area and Scheduled Area posts are separate pools under different rules. You compete within your pool and category combination, not against the state total.

The Board issues the syllabus in its standalone scheme and syllabus document for each recruitment, and revises it between cycles. An older year's syllabus may not match your paper.

1. Note your advertisement number and year (15/2024 last cycle).
2. Open the Board's Downloads section.
3. Take the Livestock Assistant scheme and syllabus for that recruitment.

Livestock Assistant is a field post in the Animal Husbandry Department. Its duties, qualification and service conditions come from the Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Subordinate Service Rules, 1977, as amended.

Qualification, age and relaxations are set in each cycle's detailed advertisement, under the Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Subordinate Service Rules, 1977 and, for Scheduled Area posts, the Scheduled Areas Rules, 2014. The last one is a scan, so no figures are given here and figures elsewhere aren't transcriptions. Read the advertisement for your cycle.

Know your exact category combination

Within each vertical category (General, SC, ST, OBC, MBC, EWS) the Board separates:

• General (open within that category)
• General women
• Widows (vidhwa)
• Divorced or deserted women (parityakta)

Widows and divorced or deserted women have their own post counts, separate from the general women's quota.

Horizontal reservation

• Persons with disability, by type: LV, D and HH in one group; OL, Dw and Aav in another.
• Ex-servicemen, by vertical category: GEN, SC, ST, OBC, MBC and EWS.
• Outstanding sportspersons.

The Sahariya quota

Posts are reserved for the Sahariya primitive tribe of Baran district as a separate line. Last cycle it had 20 backlog posts (14 male, 5 general women, 1 widow) on top of its regular allocation.

A written exam conducted by the Board, then document verification, against the vacancies in the pool and category combination you applied under. Papers, marks, duration and marking are in the Board's scheme and syllabus document.

Regular and backlog posts

Horizontal reservation is published as regular and backlog posts, then totalled. Backlog is a big share: last cycle, in the Non-Scheduled Area pool, each disability group had 30 regular and 16 backlog posts, and General ex-servicemen had 103 regular and 54 backlog. Backlog posts are filled from the category they were carried forward for, so real competition in a category can differ from the headline number.

Apply online through the Board's portal within the window in the advertisement. The fee, payment route and correction facility are set per advertisement; the last one is a scan, so no fee is given here.

Claim your category correctly

You're considered only against the pool, category, sub-category and horizontal category you claim, and each claim needs its certificate. If you qualify for a widow or divorced-woman sub-quota, the Sahariya line, an ex-servicemen line or a disability line and don't claim it, you compete in a bigger field for fewer posts.

RSSB advertises Livestock Assistant when the Animal Husbandry Department sends a requisition, not on a calendar. New notices appear under Advertisements on rssb.rajasthan.gov.in.

The revised requisition is dated the day before applications opened; the corrigendum came out during the window. Only the vacancy classification changed.

Results, answer keys, objection windows and select lists appear under Results on rssb.rajasthan.gov.in, against the advertisement number. Results are drawn separately for each pool, category and sub-category.

Corrigenda to a live recruitment, like the mid-window reclassification here, appear on the same site and nowhere else.

No cut-offs are given here. They're drawn separately for each combination of:

• pool: Non-Scheduled Area or Scheduled Area;
• vertical category: General, SC, ST, OBC, MBC, EWS, or the Baran Sahariya line;
• sub-category: general, general women, widow, or divorced/deserted woman;
• horizontal category: disability by type, ex-servicemen by category, or outstanding sportspersons;
• and regular or backlog posts within horizontal reservation.

That makes dozens of thresholds, so a figure without its full combination tells you nothing. The Board publishes cut-offs with the result under Results on its site, against the advertisement number.

Rajasthan Staff Selection Board: rssb.rajasthan.gov.in

Advertisements: rssb.rajasthan.gov.in/advertisements

Results: Results

Corrigendum with the revised vacancy figures (PDF, Hindi): Revised notification, Livestock Assistant Direct Recruitment 2024

Scheme and syllabus, and other downloads: RSSB downloads

The Board's documents are in Hindi. Use the ones issued against your own advertisement number.

Who conducts this recruitment?

The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), Jaipur, for the Animal Husbandry Department.

Under what rules?

The Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Subordinate Service Rules, 1977, and for Scheduled Area posts the Rajasthan Scheduled Areas Subordinate, Ministerial and Class IV Service (Recruitment and Other Conditions of Service) Rules, 2014.

How many posts were there?

2,041 at first, raised to 2,540 (2,252 Non-Scheduled Area, 288 Scheduled Area) by corrigendum.

What's the difference between the two pools?

Different service rules, classified and filled separately. You compete within yours.

What is the exam pattern?

It's in the Board's separate scheme and syllabus document under Downloads, matched to your advertisement number.

How is the vacancy table structured?

Within each of General, SC, ST, OBC, MBC and EWS: general, general women, widows, and divorced or deserted women, each with its own count. Plus a line for the Sahariya tribe of Baran district.

What horizontal reservation is there?

Disability by type, ex-servicemen by category, and outstanding sportspersons, each split into regular and backlog posts.

What was the Sahariya allocation?

20 backlog posts (14 male, 5 general women, 1 widow) plus its regular share.

Why aren't the marks, age or fee given?

The detailed advertisement is a scan that couldn't be transcribed. Take them from the Board's own documents for your advertisement.

Where do results and cut-offs appear?

On rssb.rajasthan.gov.in under Results, against the advertisement number.