RSMSSB Grade 4 Syllabus 2026: Subject-Wise Topics Guide

The RSMSSB Grade 4 syllabus covers four subjects: General Hindi, General English, General Knowledge with a strong Rajasthan focus, and General Mathematics. The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), formerly RSMSSB, published this syllabus for the Class IV Employee Direct Recruitment under Advertisement No. 19/2024, and the September 2025 exam followed it. Questions are set at the level of the Secondary (Class 10) examination of the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan.

This page breaks the syllabus into topics you can tick off, shows how many questions each part carries, and suggests where to start. RSSB has not announced a new Class IV cycle yet, so treat this as the working syllabus until a fresh notification says otherwise. If the board changes the syllabus for the next cycle, the new notice on the official website will take priority over this page.

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RSMSSB Grade 4 Syllabus

The paper has 120 questions for 200 marks, to be answered in 2 hours. All questions carry equal marks, and one-third of a question's marks is deducted for each wrong answer. Here is how the questions are spread across the syllabus.

For the marking rules, the option E rule and time planning, see the RSMSSB Grade 4 exam pattern.

Key Points Before You Start

• The level is Class 10: The board sets questions at Secondary level. You do not need graduate-level depth, but you do need wide coverage and speed.

• Rajasthan GK is the core of GK: Three of the six GK parts (30 questions) are about Rajasthan's geography, history and culture, and administration. Current affairs also includes Rajasthan events.

• Hindi carries the most questions: At 30 questions, General Hindi is the largest single subject. Strong grammar can give you a lead over other candidates.

• Computer is part of GK: Basic Computer has 5 questions inside the GK section, not a separate paper.

• Watch out for different splits online: Some websites show a different question split, for example 20 Hindi questions and 20 each for Rajasthan geography and history. These do not match the scheme published with Advertisement No. 19/2024, so follow the official syllabus and any new notice from RSSB.

General Hindi Syllabus

The Hindi section tests grammar and the kind of Hindi used in government offices. Most questions are short and rule-based, so regular practice pays off quickly.

General English Syllabus

English has only 15 questions, but they are predictable. The focus is grammar and simple translation, not long reading passages.

• Tenses: Use of tenses and the sequence of tenses.

• Voice and narration: Active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech.

• Transformation of sentences: Assertive to negative, interrogative and exclamatory, and the reverse.

• Correction: Correction of common errors in sentences and the correct usage of words.

• Grammar basics: Articles and determiners, prepositions and punctuation.

• Translation: Translating simple sentences from Hindi to English and from English to Hindi.

• Official terms: Glossary of official and technical terms with their Hindi equivalents.

General Knowledge Syllabus (Rajasthan Focus)

GK carries 50 questions across six parts. Treat it as six small subjects and give each its own notes.

Geography of Rajasthan (10 questions)

• Location and physical features: Location, extent, physical divisions, the Aravalli range and the Thar desert.

• Natural resources: Soils, natural vegetation and forest conservation, climate.

• Water: Water resources, drainage system, lakes and major irrigation projects.

• Population: Size, growth, distribution, density, sex ratio and literacy.

• Others: Transport and state highways, disaster management and climate change.

History, Art and Culture of Rajasthan (10 questions)

• History: Major historical events, the freedom movement, the integration (ekikaran) of Rajasthan and important personalities.

• Language and literature: Rajasthani language, dialects, literature and folk literature.

• Society and beliefs: Social life, dress and ornaments, folk deities and saints.

• Arts: Fairs and festivals, folk music, musical instruments, folk dance and drama, folk art and painting.

• Heritage: Architecture, forts and palaces, monuments and major tourist places.

Indian Constitution and Rajasthan's Political and Administrative System (10 questions)

• Constitution: Main features of the Indian Constitution.

• State executive and legislature: Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, Legislative Assembly.

• Judiciary: High Court and the district-level judicial set-up.

• Administration: State Secretariat and Chief Secretary, district administration (general and police).

• Transparency law: Right to Information Act.

General Science (5 questions)

• Chemistry basics: Physical and chemical changes, metals and non-metals and important compounds.

• Physics basics: Reflection of light and its laws.

• Biology basics: Basic terms of genetics, structure of the human body and its organ systems.

• Health and environment: Major human diseases, their causes and prevention, and waste management.

Current Affairs (10 questions)

Current affairs covers recent events in sports, politics, economy, society, geography, culture, environment and technology at the state, national and international level. It also includes famous personalities and major state and central schemes and policies. Keep at least the last 12 months before the exam in your notes, with a separate page for Rajasthan.

Basic Computer (5 questions)

• Hardware and software: Parts of a computer, input and output devices, operating systems and application software.

• MS Office: Basic functions of MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

• Internet: Browsers, websites and email.

General Mathematics Syllabus

Maths has 25 questions from Class 10 arithmetic. The topics are short, but speed matters because you also need time for 95 other questions.

How Questions Are Framed

Knowing the topic is half the job. The other half is recognising the question format quickly. Across the syllabus, you will mostly meet these kinds of questions:

• Direct recall: Most Rajasthan GK and science questions ask for one fact, such as the district of a fort, the river on which a project is built or the cause of a disease. Short notes and repeated revision work best here.

• Match and pair: Folk deities with their places, fairs with their months or dances with their regions often appear as matching lists. Learn these as tables, not as paragraphs.

• Statement-based: Polity and administration questions may give two or three statements and ask which are correct. Read every word, because one wrong detail makes the whole statement false.

• Rule application: Hindi and English grammar questions test whether you can apply a rule, for example splitting a sandhi or changing a sentence to passive voice.

• Short calculation: Maths questions are usually one or two steps. Speed comes from knowing the shortcut, not from long working.

The best way to see these formats is to solve the question papers RSSB published for the 2025 shifts. They show the real mix of easy and tricky questions.

Rajasthan GK Sub-Topic Checklist

Rajasthan GK is where most candidates lose track, because the syllabus lines are broad. Break each part into the sub-topics below and tick them off as you finish your notes.

Use the question papers RSSB published for the 2025 shifts to see which of these sub-topics were asked. Any topic trend you draw from those papers is indicative only, because the board does not publish topic-wise weightage inside each part.

Common Syllabus Mistakes

• Studying graduate-level books: The paper is at Class 10 level. Very detailed books take time away from revision without adding many marks.

• Skipping official Hindi: Office orders, circulars and technical terms are part of the Hindi syllabus and are easy marks once learnt.

• Ignoring the small sections: General Science, Basic Computer and English together carry 25 questions. That is more than a fifth of the paper.

• Leaving current affairs to the end: Ten questions depend on a year of news. Build monthly notes from the start.

Which Topics to Start With

Study Material to Use

• Rajasthan Board textbooks: Since the paper is at Secondary level, the Class 6 to 10 textbooks of the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, are a sound base for science, maths and Rajasthan studies.

• One standard Rajasthan GK book: Pick one book that covers geography, history, culture and administration, and revise it several times instead of reading many.

• Official papers and answer keys: Use the question papers and final answer keys published by RSSB to check the depth of each topic.

• Government sources for schemes: For Rajasthan schemes and policies, prefer official state government announcements over social media summaries.

12-Week Plan to Cover the Syllabus

1. Weeks 1 to 4, build the base: Hindi grammar topics daily, maths concepts (percentage, ratio, average, interest), and Rajasthan geography. Start 30 minutes of current affairs a day with monthly notes.

2. Weeks 5 to 8, add facts: Rajasthan history, art and culture, and polity. Cover English grammar and translation. Take topic-wise tests at the end of each week.

3. Weeks 9 to 10, close the gaps: General Science, Basic Computer and data charts. Start sectional tests in Hindi and GK.

4. Weeks 11 to 12, test and revise: Two or three full-length timed tests a week in the 120-question format, same-day analysis and revision from your error log.

Official RSSB website: https://rssb.rajasthan.gov.in/