Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board Lab Technician

The RSSB Lab Technician exam is how Rajasthan fills contractual Lab Technician and Medical Lab Technician posts in its public health system. It is conducted by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), the body earlier known as the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board (RSMSSB), which is why many students still search for RSMSSB Lab Technician. The most recent cycle ran under Advertisement No. 01/2025, a combined contractual recruitment for the National Health Mission (NHM) and the Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RajMES).

This page brings the whole exam together: where the cycle stands, vacancies, eligibility, fees, the 450-mark exam pattern, the syllabus, pay and the last official cut-off marks. Each section links to a detailed page, so start here and go deeper where you need to.

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RSSB Lab Technician at a Glance

Latest Notification and Cycle Status

RSSB released Advertisement No. 01/2025 on 28 January 2025 for 22 contractual cadres of the National Health Mission and 7 contractual cadres of the Rajasthan Medical Education Society. Medical Lab Technician sat on the NHM side and Lab Technician on the RajMES side. Both posts were filled through one common exam, and candidates chose their preference between the two in the online form.

You can read the full Advertisement No. 01/2025 on the RSSB website. An amended notice dated 1 April 2025 revised the qualification for both posts and reopened online applications from 2 April to 1 May 2025. The board held the written exams for this recruitment between 2 and 13 June 2025, declared the merit list on 20 November 2025, and issued the final recommendation with cut-off marks for both posts in late January 2026.

• No 2026 notification yet: As of 21 October 2026, the RSSB advertisements page lists no new Lab Technician recruitment, and the board's press note of 28 September 2026 on upcoming exams does not include one.

• Contractual, not regular: The 2025 cycle filled contractual posts under the Rajasthan Contractual Hiring to Civil Posts Rules, 2022. The last regular-cadre Lab Technician recruitment by the board was notified in June 2020 for 1,119 posts.

• Older pages: Some sites still mix this exam with RSSB Lab Assistant or with the 2020 recruitment. Follow the official advertisement of the cycle you are applying in.

Important Dates

No new Lab Technician notification had been released as of 21 October 2026. Dates for the next cycle will come only from a fresh RSSB advertisement, so treat the table above as a record of the last cycle and track the official advertisements page on rssb.rajasthan.gov.in and your registered email.

Vacancy Details

The Medical Lab Technician count rose after a later amendment, and the final result was issued against 464 posts. Not every post was filled: the final orders selected 389 and 10 candidates against 426 and 38 Medical Lab Technician posts, and 262 and 1 candidates against 304 and 17 Lab Technician posts. Vacancies for the next cycle will be fixed only in its advertisement.

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

Under the amended notice of 1 April 2025, candidates for both posts needed all three of the following. Full detail sits on the RSSB Lab Technician eligibility page.

1. Senior Secondary in Science with Biology or Mathematics.

2. Diploma in Medical Lab Technician or Diploma in Blood Bank Technology.

3. Registration with the Rajasthan Para Medical Council, now called the Rajasthan State Allied and Healthcare Council.

Age Limit

Candidates had to be at least 21 and under 40 years of age as on 1 January 2026. Relaxations in the last cycle were:

Other Conditions

Candidates must be Indian citizens or belong to the other nationality groups listed in the notification. The usual Rajasthan service conditions also apply, including the rule on more than two children born on or after 1 June 2002 and the requirement of marriage registration.

Application Fee and How to Apply

RSSB charges a one-time registration (OTR) fee instead of a fee per exam. Candidates who have already paid it do not pay again.

1. Log in to the SSO portal with your SSO ID and open the Recruitment Portal under Citizen Apps.

2. Complete One Time Registration and pay the OTR fee if you have not already done so.

3. Open the live advertisement, click Apply Now and fill in the form, including your post preference between Medical Lab Technician and Lab Technician.

4. Upload a recent photograph and signature in the specified format, preview the form and submit.

5. Save the application number, which you need later for the admit card.

Common reasons for rejection are a qualification or council registration not held by the last date, a wrong category or domicile claim, and mismatched details between the form and documents at verification.

Exam Pattern

The 2025 cycle used one objective paper with five parts. Every question carried 3 marks, and each wrong answer cost 1 mark.

What This Means for You

• The technical part decides the result: Part E alone is 270 of 450 marks, so most of your hours belong to laboratory subjects.

• Guessing is costly: A wrong answer cancels one third of a correct one, so attempt only when you can rule out options.

• Option E matters: Each question has a fifth option for not attempted. Leaving a question with no option darkened also attracts a deduction, and leaving more than 10 percent of questions that way leads to disqualification.

Older pages may still describe the Lab Assistant papers or the 2020 recruitment, so follow the official advertisement. The RSSB Lab Technician exam pattern page explains the marking rules in detail.

Syllabus Summary

The board published a post-wise syllabus inside the 2025 advertisement. The RSSB Lab Technician syllabus page lists every topic with a suggested starting point.

Selection Process

1. Written exam: One objective paper of 450 marks. Candidates need at least 40 percent marks to be considered, with a 5 percent relaxation for SC and ST.

2. Normalisation: If the exam runs in more than one shift, the board may normalise scores.

3. Merit list: RSSB prepares a category-wise merit list and forwards it to the hiring department.

4. Document verification: NHM or RajMES checks eligibility and documents, and the board then issues the final selection based on merit and post preference.

Salary and Service Conditions

In the 2025 cycle, both Contractual Medical Lab Technician and Contractual Lab Technician carried a fixed remuneration of Rs. 13,150 per month. Engagement is under the Rajasthan Contractual Hiring to Civil Posts Rules, 2022, and contractual staff are not entitled to pension benefits.

Any in-hand estimate beyond the notified monthly remuneration is not an official figure. Check the advertisement of your cycle for the current rate and terms.

How to Prepare

Start with Part E, because it carries 270 marks. Build haematology, clinical pathology, microbiology and biochemistry from your diploma textbooks, then add blood banking, histopathology and staining techniques. Keep 45 to 60 minutes a day for Rajasthan general knowledge, computers, the two languages and national health programmes, since each of these four parts is worth 45 marks.

• Use the official paper: RSSB published the 2025 master question paper on its previous papers page, which shows the real difficulty and the bilingual format.

• Practise negative marking: Track how many wrong answers you make in each mock and cut blind guesses.

• Revise from an error log: Note every mistake by topic and revise those notes weekly.

For timed practice in the current pattern, you can attempt RSSB Lab Technician mock tests on Testkart and use the section-wise analysis to plan your revision. Pair them with the official question paper to understand the real difficulty level. Testkart's Lab Technician mock tests are built around the 150-question, 450-mark format.

Cut-off Reference

These are the final cut-off marks (out of 450) for the non-scheduled area in the 2025 cycle, from the official orders on the RSSB results page.

Cut-offs change every year with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants. Treat these figures as a benchmark only, and aim for a clear margin above them. See the RSSB Lab Technician cut-off page for scheduled-area marks and how to set a target, and practise with Testkart tests to measure where you stand.