What is the Rajasthan Patwari exam?
The Rajasthan Patwari examination is a revenue-clerk recruitment conducted by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB) to fill the post of Patwari in the state's Revenue department. The Patwari is the field-level revenue official for a group of villages (the patwar circle) — the person who maintains land records, measures and maps agricultural land, updates the record of rights (jamabandi and khasra), records mutations, helps collect land revenue and assists the tehsildar with a wide range of village-level administrative work.
Recruitment is decided by a single objective written paper of 150 questions for 300 marks in 3 hours, covering General Science & General Knowledge, Mathematics & Reasoning, General Hindi & English, Rajasthan-specific General Knowledge and Basic Computer Knowledge. The paper carries one-third negative marking. There is no interview; after the written paper, candidates clear document verification and the Computer Proficiency / typing requirement, and merit is built almost entirely from the written score subject to reservation.

