137 questions dropped in Rajasthan recruitment exams, candidates face job delays
Paper leaks, OMR disputes and delayed recruitments have already tested Rajasthan's job aspirants. Now, RPSC and RSMSSB dropped 137 questions across Rajasthan recruitment exams after finding them flawed. The revisions have triggered court cases, delayed appointments and prolonged uncertainty for candidates.
For lakhs of young people in Rajasthan, clearing a government recruitment examination is only the beginning of the struggle. Even after the exam is over, many candidates find themselves waiting months, or even years, for results to settle as questions are deleted, merit lists are revised, and recruitment processes end up in court.
The latest figures have brought the issue into sharp focus. During 2024-25, the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB) and the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) together dropped 137 questions from various recruitment examinations after they were found to be incorrect, controversial or factually flawed.
WHEN QUESTIONS DISAPPEAR, MERIT CHANGES
Candidates argue that deleting questions is far more than a technical correction. Once questions are removed, marks are redistributed equally among all candidates, increasing the weightage of the remaining questions and potentially changing rankings by a narrow margin.
The largest number of deleted questions came in the Grade III Teacher Recruitment 2025, where 36 questions were removed. The Junior Accountant Recruitment 2023 saw 23 questions dropped, followed by 14 in the LDC Recruitment 2024, 10 each in the Class IV Recruitment 2024 and Patwar Recruitment 2025.
The RPSC also deleted questions across multiple examinations, including 14 in the School Lecturer Recruitment, six in the Assistant Mining Engineer exam, four in the Assistant Engineer Combined Examination, three in the Agriculture Officer recruitment, two in the Public Relations Officer examination and several others in Senior Teacher, Sanskrit Education Department School Lecturer, Librarian Grade II and Exploration-Excavation Officer recruitments.
YEARS OF PREPARATION, YEARS OF WAITING
The controversy has become particularly visible in the Teacher Recruitment Examination.
When results were declared on June 15, the RSMSSB simultaneously announced that 11 questions in Level 1 and 25 questions in Level 2 had been deleted. Marks for these questions were awarded equally to every candidate, regardless of whether they had attempted them correctly.
Several candidates have now approached the court, arguing that seven more questions were also incorrect and should be cancelled.
The issue is not new. The 2021 Teacher Recruitment was cancelled twice before finally being conducted in 2022. After 81 disputed questions surfaced, appointments were made, but litigation continued.
In May 2026, the High Court accepted an expert committee's findings that 18 questions were flawed. The revised results removed around 1,300 already-appointed candidates, while another 750 candidates became eligible. However, the state government has maintained that no vacancies remain to accommodate them.
BOARD ADMITS LAPSES, PROMISES REFORMS
RSMSSB Chairman Alok Raj admitted that the deletion of questions in the Level 1 examination was "unfortunate" and said responsibility ultimately rests with the Board.
He said action has already been taken against experts who prepared flawed questions. Some have been blacklisted, while others have been fined. He added that the Board is working to improve the question paper preparation process to minimise such errors.
For candidates, however, the larger concern remains unchanged. They argue that if recruitment agencies cannot prepare accurate question papers, it is young aspirants who end up paying the price, with delayed appointments, repeated litigation and years of uncertainty.
For lakhs of young people in Rajasthan, clearing a government recruitment examination is only the beginning of the struggle. Even after the exam is over, many candidates find themselves waiting months, or even years, for results to settle as questions are deleted, merit lists are revised, and recruitment processes end up in court.
The latest figures have brought the issue into sharp focus. During 2024-25, the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB) and the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) together dropped 137 questions from various recruitment examinations after they were found to be incorrect, controversial or factually flawed.
WHEN QUESTIONS DISAPPEAR, MERIT CHANGES
Candidates argue that deleting questions is far more than a technical correction. Once questions are removed, marks are redistributed equally among all candidates, increasing the weightage of the remaining questions and potentially changing rankings by a narrow margin.
The largest number of deleted questions came in the Grade III Teacher Recruitment 2025, where 36 questions were removed. The Junior Accountant Recruitment 2023 saw 23 questions dropped, followed by 14 in the LDC Recruitment 2024, 10 each in the Class IV Recruitment 2024 and Patwar Recruitment 2025.
The RPSC also deleted questions across multiple examinations, including 14 in the School Lecturer Recruitment, six in the Assistant Mining Engineer exam, four in the Assistant Engineer Combined Examination, three in the Agriculture Officer recruitment, two in the Public Relations Officer examination and several others in Senior Teacher, Sanskrit Education Department School Lecturer, Librarian Grade II and Exploration-Excavation Officer recruitments.
YEARS OF PREPARATION, YEARS OF WAITING
The controversy has become particularly visible in the Teacher Recruitment Examination.
When results were declared on June 15, the RSMSSB simultaneously announced that 11 questions in Level 1 and 25 questions in Level 2 had been deleted. Marks for these questions were awarded equally to every candidate, regardless of whether they had attempted them correctly.
Several candidates have now approached the court, arguing that seven more questions were also incorrect and should be cancelled.
The issue is not new. The 2021 Teacher Recruitment was cancelled twice before finally being conducted in 2022. After 81 disputed questions surfaced, appointments were made, but litigation continued.
In May 2026, the High Court accepted an expert committee's findings that 18 questions were flawed. The revised results removed around 1,300 already-appointed candidates, while another 750 candidates became eligible. However, the state government has maintained that no vacancies remain to accommodate them.
BOARD ADMITS LAPSES, PROMISES REFORMS
RSMSSB Chairman Alok Raj admitted that the deletion of questions in the Level 1 examination was "unfortunate" and said responsibility ultimately rests with the Board.
He said action has already been taken against experts who prepared flawed questions. Some have been blacklisted, while others have been fined. He added that the Board is working to improve the question paper preparation process to minimise such errors.
For candidates, however, the larger concern remains unchanged. They argue that if recruitment agencies cannot prepare accurate question papers, it is young aspirants who end up paying the price, with delayed appointments, repeated litigation and years of uncertainty.
