Filling 53,749 Class IV Positions Across Rajasthan Government Departments
The RSSB 4th Class Recruitment 2024 fills 53,749 critical Group D positions across various Rajasthan Government departments and subordinate offices. Also known as Class IV employees, these support staff handle essential duties including peon services, office assistance, cleaning, maintenance, security, transportation, and other support functions ensuring smooth government operations serving Rajasthan's 8 crore+ population across 33 districts. Group D employees work in offices, schools, hospitals, courts, police stations, and other government establishments providing crucial support services enabling efficient functioning of administrative machinery under Administrative Reforms Department managing state's largest recruitment drive for support staff positions contributing employment generation and administrative efficiency.
Department-Wise Recruitment:
- Education Department: Peons, helpers, cleaners, gardeners for government schools, colleges, educational institutions across state
- Health Department: Ward attendants, hospital helpers, sanitation staff, drivers for government hospitals, medical colleges
- Police Department: Constables (non-combatant), drivers, office helpers supporting police administration, law enforcement
- Judicial Department: Court peons, process servers, cleaners, drivers for district courts, High Court offices
- Administrative Offices: Peons, drivers, gardeners, security staff for collectorate, secretariat, government offices
- PWD/Infrastructure: Helpers, sweepers, gardeners, maintenance staff for Public Works Department establishments
Salary and Benefits:
- Pay Level 1: ₹18,000-₹56,900 per month (7th Pay Commission) for 4th Class employees
- Gross in-hand: ₹20,000-₹25,000/month initially (basic + DA + HRA + other allowances)
- Annual CTC: ₹3-3.5 lakh initially including all components and perquisites
Rajasthan Government Group D employees enjoy comprehensive state benefits including DA (50%), HRA, medical facilities, GPF, pension, LTC, uniform allowance, promotion opportunities to higher grades ensuring stable employment.
Answer Key Released 17 October for 21 Lakh Candidates Across Six Shifts
The RSSB Group D Answer Key 2025 enables over 21 lakh candidates calculating expected scores before result declaration. Released on 17 October 2025 for examinations conducted 19-21 September across six shifts (morning and evening for three days), the answer key provides correct answers for all question sets helping candidates verify their responses. The examination witnessed massive participation demonstrating high unemployment levels and demand for government jobs in Rajasthan. Objection window will open after Diwali allowing candidates challenging answers with valid proof ensuring transparent evaluation process before final result preparation expected December 2025.
Exam Pattern Structure:
- Rajasthan GK (40 questions): History, geography, culture, economy, polity, current affairs of Rajasthan state
- General Knowledge (20 questions): Indian history, geography, polity, economy, science, current affairs, important events
- Reasoning Ability (20 questions): Logical reasoning, analogies, series, coding-decoding, puzzles, directions, blood relations
- Mathematics (20 questions): Arithmetic, percentage, ratio-proportion, profit-loss, time-work, simple/compound interest, data interpretation
- General Science (20 questions): Physics, chemistry, biology basics, environmental studies, scientific inventions, human body
- Total questions: 120 Multiple Choice Questions across five sections
- Total marks: 100 marks (weighted marking system with different sections having different weightage)
- Duration: 2 hours (120 minutes) for completing examination
- Negative marking: 0.33 marks (1/3rd mark) deducted for each wrong answer
- Exam mode: Computer-based test conducted at centers across Rajasthan cities
Marks Calculation Method:
- Formula: Total Score = (Correct Answers × Marks) - (Wrong Answers × 0.33)
- Example: 85 correct + 25 wrong + 10 unattempted from 120 questions
- Calculation: Assuming average 0.83 marks per question = (85 × 0.83) - (25 × 0.33) = 70.55 - 8.25 = 62.30 marks
- Percentage: (Total Score / 100) × 100 = Percentage achieved
- Category-wise merit: Separate cutoffs for General, OBC, SC, ST, EWS categories
Expected Cutoff Marks (Category-Wise):
- General/UR category: 55-65/100 (55-65% marks) due to massive competition for limited vacancies
- EWS category: 50-60/100 (50-60% marks) slight relaxation from general cutoff
- OBC (Non-Creamy Layer): 48-58/100 (48-58% marks) moderate relaxation for backward classes
- SC category: 42-52/100 (42-52% marks) substantial relaxation ensuring adequate representation
- ST category: 38-48/100 (38-48% marks) highest relaxation for tribal candidates
- PwD category: 35-45/100 (35-45% marks) special consideration for persons with disabilities
- Female candidates: May receive additional relaxation as per Rajasthan Government reservation policy
- Cutoff varies: Final cutoffs depend on difficulty level, number of candidates, vacancies distribution
Candidates scoring above expected cutoffs should prepare for document verification stage bringing original certificates ensuring final selection to prestigious Rajasthan Government Group D positions.
₹20,000 Starting Salary with Promotions to Higher Grade Positions
The Rajasthan Group D career offers structured progression advancing from entry-level support staff to senior assistant positions. Employees gain valuable government service experience, develop workplace skills, understand administrative procedures, and qualify for promotions to Group C clerical positions through departmental examinations or direct promotions based on seniority ensuring career growth opportunities. Long service Group D employees often promoted to higher positions managing small teams, handling responsible duties contributing department operations serving state government ensuring lifetime employment security with comprehensive benefits supporting families through stable income.
Career Advancement Path:
- Class IV Employee (0-10 years): Entry level peon, helper, cleaner duties under supervisor guidance
- Senior Class IV (10-15 years): Supervisory role guiding junior staff, handling responsible assignments
- Class III (15-20 years): Promotion to clerical positions through exams or seniority managing records
- Senior Assistant (20-25 years): Administrative support, complex documentation, junior staff supervision
- Head Clerk (25-30 years): Section management, multiple clerks supervision, departmental coordination
Job Responsibilities and Work Profile:
- Office assistance: File carrying, document delivery, copying, photocopying, maintaining office supplies, tea/water service
- Cleaning duties: Office cleaning, sweeping, dusting, maintaining cleanliness in government premises ensuring hygiene
- Security support: Guarding office premises, checking entries, managing visitors, ensuring safety of government property
- Transportation: Driving official vehicles, vehicle maintenance, transportation of officers, documents, materials
- Maintenance work: Minor repairs, gardening, plumbing assistance, electrical work support, building maintenance
- Public dealing: Assisting visitors, providing directions, basic information, maintaining decorum in office premises
Comprehensive Benefits Package:
- Basic salary: ₹18,000-₹56,900/month (Pay Level 1) with regular annual increments
- Dearness Allowance: Currently 50% of basic (revised biannually based on inflation index)
- House Rent Allowance: 8-24% of basic depending on posting location (Metro/Urban/Rural classification)
- Uniform allowance: Annual grant for purchasing uniforms for peon, driver, other uniformed positions
- Medical facilities: Government hospital treatment + reimbursement for self and dependent family members
- GPF accumulation: General Provident Fund with interest building retirement corpus tax-free
- Pension: Monthly pension after retirement ensuring post-retirement financial security for old age
- Gratuity: Lump sum payment on retirement (15 days salary for each completed year)
- LTC: Leave Travel Concession covering family travel expenses once every two years
- Festival advances: Interest-free advances during festivals for meeting personal expenses
Work Environment and Culture:
- Working hours: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM typically (Monday-Friday) with Saturday half-day in some departments
- Posting locations: Government offices, schools, hospitals, courts, police stations across 33 districts of Rajasthan
- Transfer policy: Limited transfers within district/division ensuring family stability, local community connections
- Physical demands: Standing duties, walking, carrying files, cleaning requiring physical fitness, stamina
- Job security: Permanent government employment with pension ensuring lifetime financial security for families
Rajasthan Group D positions provide stable careers for 10th pass candidates offering government employment, regular income, comprehensive benefits, promotion opportunities making support staff attractive profession.
Conducting 20+ Annual Examinations Filling 100,000+ State Government Positions
The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) established 1999 serves as premier recruitment body conducting examinations for subordinate and ministerial services across Rajasthan State Government departments. RSSB ensures merit-based transparent selection for clerical positions, support staff, technical personnel, and other Group C and Group D posts serving state's 8 crore+ population across 33 districts maintaining high examination standards, fair evaluation processes, efficient recruitment procedures ensuring quality workforce for Rajasthan's governance, development, public service delivery contributing state's administrative excellence managing large-scale recruitments providing employment opportunities to lakhs of youth annually supporting economic development through government job creation.
Major RSSB Examinations:
- Group D: Class IV employees (peons, helpers, cleaners) for all government departments statewide
- Clerk Grade II: Lower Division Clerk recruitment for administrative departments managing records, documentation
- Junior Assistant: Office assistants for secretariat, district offices handling correspondence, file management
- Patwari: Land revenue officials maintaining land records, revenue collection in villages
- Lab Assistant: Laboratory helpers for hospitals, schools, research institutions supporting scientific work
- Junior Engineer: Technical staff (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical) for PWD, PHED supporting infrastructure development
Group D Recruitment Statistics (19/2024):
- Total registrations: 30-35 lakh applications for 53,749 Group D vacancies (approximately 1:560 ratio)
- Actual appeared: 21+ lakh candidates (60-65% attendance rate) for examination across six shifts
- Expected selection: 53,749 candidates based on category-wise merit performance in written examination
- Competition level: Approximately 390 candidates per vacancy demonstrating high unemployment, job scarcity
- Female participation: 35-40% female candidates reflecting growing women workforce participation in government
Selection Process Timeline:
- Notification: 12 December 2024 with detailed eligibility, exam pattern, application procedure
- Application period: 21 March - 19 April 2025 (30-day window for online registration)
- Admit card: 12 September 2025 for candidates downloading from SSO Rajasthan portal
- Examination: 19-21 September 2025 (six shifts over three days across Rajasthan centers)
- Question paper: 21 September 2025 releasing all shift question papers for transparency
- Answer key: 17 October 2025 (provisional) for candidate verification, objection raising
- Objection period: After Diwali 2025 (dates to be announced) for challenging answers
- Final answer key: Expected November 2025 after objection review by expert committee
- Result declaration: Expected December 2025 with category-wise merit lists, cutoff marks
- Document verification: Expected January-March 2026 at district/divisional headquarters for qualified candidates
- Final appointment: Expected March-May 2026 with posting orders to respective departments
- Joining: Expected May-July 2026 with employees reporting to allocated offices, departments
Document Verification Requirements:
- Educational certificates: 10th marksheet, passing certificate from recognized board in India
- Caste certificate: Valid SC/ST/OBC/EWS certificate from SDM/Tehsildar for reserved category candidates
- Domicile certificate: Rajasthan domicile certificate proving permanent residency in state
- Age proof: 10th certificate, birth certificate, Aadhar card proving age as on 1 January 2026
- Character certificate: From school/college principal or gazetted officer certifying good moral character
- Medical certificate: Fitness certificate from government medical officer certifying physical soundness
- Other documents: Disability certificate (if applicable), photographs, Aadhar card, ration card as required
Rajasthan Government Infrastructure:
- Total districts: 33 districts with district headquarters, tehsils requiring support staff across departments
- Government departments: 50+ departments including Education, Health, Police, Revenue, PWD, Agriculture
- Total employees: 10+ lakh state government employees across all departments, levels, positions
- Group D strength: 2+ lakh Group D employees managing support services across government establishments
- Schools/colleges: 1 lakh+ schools, 500+ colleges requiring peons, cleaners, helpers for maintenance
- Hospitals: 5,000+ health centers, hospitals needing ward attendants, helpers, sanitation staff
Objection Process (After Diwali):
- Objection portal: Online facility available on RSSB website for raising answer key challenges
- Evidence requirement: Supporting documents from textbooks, reference books, official publications mandatory
- Valid references: NCERT books, standard competitive exam books, government websites accepted as proof
- Objection fee: ₹100 per question challenged through online payment gateway
- Expert committee: Subject experts evaluate each objection considering merit, evidence authenticity, correctness
- Fee refund: Full ₹100 refunded if objection accepted and answer key modified accordingly
- Final answer key: Released after objection evaluation used for result preparation - conclusive document
Comparison with Other State Group D:
- UP Group D: Similar salary (₹20,000) but Rajasthan offers better work-life balance, less transfers
- Bihar Group D: Lower salary (₹15,000-₹18,000) - Rajasthan provides better compensation, facilities
- MP Group D: Comparable pay but Rajasthan offers home state advantage for residents, cultural comfort
- Gujarat Group D: Slightly higher salary but Rajasthan provides better job security, pension benefits
- Rajasthan advantage: Good salary, state service stability, comprehensive benefits, pension security, local posting
Preparation Resources for Future Exams:
- Rajasthan GK: Specialized Rajasthan GK books covering history, geography, culture, economy, current developments
- General Knowledge: Lucent's GK, current affairs magazines, daily newspapers for national events
- Reasoning: R.S. Aggarwal, M.K. Pandey books covering logical reasoning, puzzles, coding-decoding
- Mathematics: R.D. Sharma, R.S. Aggarwal books on arithmetic, algebra, data interpretation
- General Science: NCERT books (Class 6-10), Lucent's Science covering physics, chemistry, biology
- Previous papers: Solving last 5-10 years RSSB Group D papers understanding patterns, difficulty levels
- Mock tests: Regular full-length tests (100+ recommended) simulating exam environment, time management
RSSB 4th Class Answer Key 2025 release marks crucial milestone enabling 21+ lakh candidates calculating expected scores preparing for results. With proper document preparation, original certificate arrangement, qualified candidates can secure prestigious Rajasthan Government Group D positions building stable careers enjoying regular salary increments, comprehensive benefits including GPF and pension, promotion opportunities to clerical levels, job security, social respect contributing family welfare through stable government income supporting Rajasthan's administrative excellence delivering efficient public services managing state's governance infrastructure serving 8 crore citizens ensuring development progress supporting India's growth vision providing employment security to thousands of families across Rajasthan. Visit rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in and sarkaariresult.org for updates as of 3:13 PM IST, October 18, 2025.