General Information
| Exam Board | Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) |
| Exam Name | Patwari Direct Recruitment Examination, 2025 |
| Post Name | Patwari |
| Exam Date | 17-08-2025 (Sunday) |
| Exam Time | 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Morning Shift) |
| First/Model Answer Key issue date | 05-09-2025 (Friday) |
| Final Answer key issue date | – |
| Question Paper | Shift-I |
| Question Paper Code | SPZ8 |
| Exam Mode | Offline |
| Question paper language | English |
| Question paper type | Objective |
| Total Question | 150 |
| Maximum Marks | 300 |
| Negative Marking | 1/3 part of the mark(s) of each question will be deducted for each wrong answer. |
| Time | 03:00 Hours |
Note :- This question paper has been solved as per the official answer key of Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB).
This question paper includes questions related to the following subjects :-
- General Science; History, polity and geography of India; General knowledge, current affairs
- Geography, History, culture and polity of Rajasthan
- General Hindi
- General English
- Mental ability and reasoning, Basic Numerical efficiency
- Basic Computer
(Q. No. 1 to 3) You are given a passage followed by some inferences. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide its degree of truth or falsity.
PASSAGE
The water resources of our country are very much underutilized. The main reason of this underutilization is the lack of capital and technology. A large portion of our water resources is wasted due to floods and unwise use of water for irrigation as well as domestic purposes. We can make full use of water resources by building dams on rivers and by adopting policies of spreading awareness among people not to waste water. In addition, effective implementation of rainwater harvesting system adds to water resources.
1. The country does not enough funds to develop water resources.
- (A) Definitely false
- (B) Probably true
- (C) Probably false
- (D) Definitely true
2. Occurrence of floods adds to the water resources.
- (A) Definitely false
- (B) Probably true
- (C) Probably false
- (D) Definitely true
3. Rainwater harvesting plays no role in increasing water resources.
- (A) Probably true
- (B) Probably false
- (C) Definitely false
- (D) Definitely true
4. In a row of 5 girls facing North, Rita is sitting second to the right of Lata and Alka is sitting third to the left of Seema. Seema is not sitting at either of the extreme ends of the row. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?
- (A) Rita
- (B) Lata
- (C) Seema
- (D) Alka
5. Reena is travelling to her college from her home. She walks 500 m towards the North, then takes a sharp left from the temple and walks another 700 m. Taking a right turn, she takes a rickshaw for the bus stop, which is located 2.5 km away. She then catches a bus and travels 3.3 km towards the left to reach her college. The shortest aerial distance between Reena’s college and her home is :
- (A) 4 km
- (B) 5 km
- (C) 7 km
- (D) 3.5 km
6. C, H, I, P, S and Y are sitting around a regular hexagonal table facing the centre. P is sitting second to the right of Y. I is the only person sitting between C and S. Who is sitting opposite to H?
- (A) C
- (B) S
- (C) I
- (D) Y
7. In the given series, choose the option that indicates the numbers that are exactly divisible by both 2 and 3, and are also preceded by an odd number and succeeded by an even number.
26, 27, 36, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 36, 37, 24, 12, 26, 15, 18, 22, 25, 12, 24, 21, 42, 36
- (A) 5
- (B) 6
- (C) 8
- (D) 3
8. If in a certain language, ‘ORANGE’ is coded as ‘QTCPIG’, then ‘YCVGTOGNQP’ is the code for which word?
- (A) WATERFILTER
- (B) WATERAPPLE
- (C) WATERMELON
- (D) WATERPISTON
9. A boy comes to meet his friend in the morning at 8:30 AM, he again comes at 9:15 AM then he comes third time at 10:15 AM and the fourth time he comes at 11:30 AM. When will he come again?
- (A) 12:30 PM
- (B) 01:00 PM
- (C) 01:15 PM
- (D) 12:45 PM
(Q. No. 10 to 12) A word and number arrangement machine was given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input : Various 26 Target 21 For 88 Host 54 Taste 46
Step I : For Various 26 Target 21 88 Host 54 Taste 46
Step II : Host For Various 26 Target 88 54 Taste 46 21
Step III : Taste Host For Various 26 Target 54 46 21 88
Step IV : Target Taste Host For Various 54 46 21 88 26
Step V : Various Target Taste Host For 46 21 88 26 54
Step V is the last step.
Find the various steps and final output for the input given below :
Input : Strike 82 Reference 25 Depends 38 of 53 Wind 36
10. What is the sum of the numbers that are towards the right of ‘Wind’ in Step I ?
- (A) 112
- (B) 118
- (C) 120
- (D) 110