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RSSB Teaching Associate (Zoology) Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern

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Detail Information about Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), Jaipur has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of Teaching Associate (Zoology) vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.

RSSB Teaching Associate Syllabus 2026 : Overview

Organization Name	Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), Jaipur
Department	Rajasthan College Education Society (Raj-CES)
Post Name	Teaching Associate (Zoology)
Total Post	95
RSSB Teaching Associate Exam Date 2026	August/September/October 2026 (Tentative)
Nature of Post	Contractual (as per Raj-CES Rules 2023)
Application Mode	Online
Category	Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Job Location	Rajasthan
Official Website	rssb.rajasthan.gov.in

RSSB Teaching Associate (Zoology) Syllabus 2026

Paper-I (General Studies of Rajasthan)

History, Art, Culture, Literature and Heritage of Rajasthan

1. Ancient Civilizations of Rajasthan with special Reference to Mesolithic (Late Stone Age) sites in Rajasthan i.e. Nimbahera, Bagor and Mandia.

2. Major dynasties of Rajasthan and its rulers through the Ages and their cultural achievements (1000-1800 A.D.).

3. Political resistance of Rajput rulers against Muslim Power. Special reference to Rattan Singh, Hammir, Kanhad dev and Maldev, Chandrasen and Pratap.

4. (i) Bhakti Movement and Sufism in Medieval Rajasthan, Special reference to Mira, Dadu and Khawaja Moin-ud-din Chishty.

Saints: Special emphasis to be paid to teachings of Ramdevji, Gogaji, Tejaji, Pabuji, Mallinath, Dhanna, Pipa, Haridas, Raidas, Jasnath and other Sects.

(ii) Folk gods and goddesses.

5. Political Awakening and Freedom Movement in Rajasthan: 1857, Peasant and Tribal Movements, Prajamandal Movements, Contribution of Women in Social and Political awakening.

6. (i) Folk Culture: Fairs and Festivals, Different Schools of Painting, Folk Tales and Gathas, Folk Songs, Folk Dances, Folk Music and Instruments.

(ii) Dress and Ornaments, Handicrafts.

7. Rajasthani Language: Origin and Development.

8. Main Dialects and Region.

9. Rajasthani Scripts: Mudia and Devnagari.

10. (a) Rajasthani Literature: Its Evolution.

(i) Early Period

(ii) Pre-Medieval Period

(iii) Post- Medieval Period

(iv) Modern Period.

(b) Famous Writers and their Works.

11. Tourism and Rajasthan: Heritage, Tourism Policy and Vision.

Geography of Rajasthan

1. Physiographic regions, Rivers and lakes.

2. Climate, Natural Vegetation, Soil, Minerals and Energy Resources – Renewable and Nonrenewable.

3. Population – Characteristics, Livestock, Biodiversity and its conservation.

4. Production and Distribution of Major crops, Major Irrigation Projects, Major Industries.

5. Drought and Famines, Desertification, Environmental Problems, Disaster Management and Pandemics.

Political and Administrative System of Rajasthan

1. Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers.

2. State Legislative Assembly, High Court and Judicial System of Rajasthan.

3. Rajasthan Public Service Commission, State Election Commission, State Finance Commission, State Human Rights Commission, State Commission for Women, State Information Commission, Lokayukta and Auditor General.

4. Chief Secretary, Government Secretariat, Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Divisional Commissioner, District Administration, Institutions of Panchayati Raj and Urban LocalSelf Government.

5. Government Policies and Right based Citizenship: Right to Information, Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services, Citizen's Charters, Social Audit, Jan Soochna Portal, Rajasthan Sampark Portal etc.

Economy of Rajasthan

1. Characteristics of state economy.

2. Occupational distribution.

3. Compositional trend of state domestic product.

4. Major Sectoral Issues.

(i) Agricultural Sector: Characteristics of agricultural sector in Rajasthan. Major rabi and kharif crops with special reference to oil seeds and spices. Irrigated area and trends, Problems of migrant workers and their rehabilitation. Agricultural credit.

(ii) Livestock: Trends in livestock population. Milk production in Rajasthan.

(iii) Industrial Outlook: Major industries of Rajasthan. Constraints to development of industries. MSMEs in Rajasthan. Roles and problem of small industries. Industrial sickness. Major state public sector enterprises. SEZ in Rajasthan. Role of RIICO and RFC.

Agro-processing policy (2020).

(iv) Service Sector: Primary education, Development in recent years. Health programmes of state government. Mid-day meal programme. Indira Rasoi Yojana.

(v) Infrastructure Development: Progress in national highways, state highways and village roads. Power: Progress in power generation. Recent progress in solar power projects.

(vi) Handicrafts of Rajasthan.

(vii) Major items of exports from Rajasthan.

(viii) Latest major welfare schemes of state government with special reference to economically and socially backward classes, disabled people, old aged people. Steps taken for women empowerment and child development.

(ix) Regional economic inequalities in Rajasthan.

Contemporary Events

1. Major Contemporary Events and Issues of Rajasthan.

2. Persons and Places in News.

3. Sports and Games.

Paper-II (Subject concerned)

Teaching Associate (Zoology)

UNIT- I: Taxonomy:

1. Principles, rules and basis of Taxonomy and classification.

2. Binomial system of nomenclature.

3. General survey of animal kingdom, classification up to order and inter-relationship of the various phyla.

UNIT- II: Diversity of Life Forms:

Structure and functions of the invertebrates (Protozoa to Echinodermata) and their economic importance.

1. Levels of structural organizations- Unicellular, colonial and multicellular forms, Coelom, segmentation and metamerism.

2. Locomotory organs and their mechanisms.

3. Food, feeding and digestion.

4. Respiration.

5. Excretory and osmoregulatory organs.

6. Primitive and advanced nervous systems.

7. Reproduction: Asexual, sexual and parthenogenesis.

8. Larval forms.

UNIT- III: Structural organization of Chordates:

1. Protochordates, Balanoglossus, Herdmania, Branchiostoma.

2. Comparative anatomy of integument, skeletal, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, urinogenital & nervous systems of vertebrates.

3. Adaptation in vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals).

4. Economic importance of chordates.

UNIT- IV: Developmental Biology:

1. Gametogenesis

2. Fertilization.

3. Early embryonic developments (Cleavage, Blastulation, Fate maps, Morphogenetic movements, Gastrulation).

4. Organisers and Organogenesis.

5. Development of Frog and Chick including Metamorphosis.

6. Formation of extra embryonic membranes in Chick.

7. Function and types of placenta in mammals, gestation and Parturition.

8. Cell differentiation and teratogenesis.

9. Sex differentiation in humans.

UNIT- V: Genetics:

1. Mendelian laws of inheritance, recombination, linkage, linkage maps and crossing over, Multiple alleles, gene interaction.

2. Mutation – Natural and induced mutations. Chromosome number and forms, structural rearrangements; Polyploidy.

3. Cytoplasmic inheritance.

4. Human genetics – normal and abnormal, pedigree analysis, karyotypes, genes and diseases, eugenics.

5. Sex chromosomes and sex determination.

6. Quantitative genetics- polygenic inheritance, heritability and its measurements, QTL mapping.

UNIT- VI: Evolution:

1. Origin of life; history of evolutionary thoughts.

2. Lamarckism and Darwinism. Sources and nature of variations. Natural selection. Hardy Weinberg law, Causes of speciation.

3. Concept of species and sub-species.

4. Fossils and their studies, outline of Geological eras. Origin and evolution of man.

5. Principles and theories of continental distribution of animals.

6. Zoogeographical realms of the world.

UNIT- VII: Ethology:

1. Approaches and methods in study of behaviour.

2. Proximate and ultimate causation, altruism and evolution- Group selection, kin selection, reciprocal altruism.

3. Neural basis of learning, memory, cognition, sleep and arousal.

4. Biological clocks, Development of behaviour, Social communication; Social dominance; Use of space and territoriality. Aggressive behaviour.

5. Parental investment and Reproductive success; Parental care, Mating systems.

6. Habitat selection and optimality in foraging; Migration, orientation and navigation; Domestication and behavioural changes.

UNIT- VIII: Cellular Organization and Molecular Biology

1. Structure and function of cell and cytoplasmic constituents: Structure of nucleus, mitochondria, Golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, lysosomes and ribosomes. Cell cycle and cell division.

2. Membrane structure and function: Structure of model membrane, Lipid bilayer and membrane protein, diffusion, osmosis, ion channels, Active transport membrane pumps, mechanism of solving and regulations of intracellular transport, Electrical properties of membrane.

3. Structure and types of nucleic acids.

4. DNA replication, repair and recombination (Unit of replication, enzymes involved, replication origin and replication fork, fidelity of replication, extra chromosomal replicons, DNA damage and repair mechanisms, homologous and site-specific recombination).

5. RNA synthesis and processing (transcription factors and machinery, formation of initiation complex, transcription activator and repressor, RNA polymerases, capping, elongation, and termination, RNA processing, RNA editing, splicing, and polyadenylation, structure and function of different types of RNA, RNA transport).

6. Protein synthesis and processing (Ribosome, formation of initiation complex, initiation factors and their regulation, elongation and elongation factors, termination, genetic code, aminoacylation of tRNA, tRNA-identity, aminoacyl tRNA synthetase, and translational proof-reading, translational inhibitors, Posttranslational modification of proteins).

7. Control of gene expression at transcription and translation level (regulating the expression of phages, viruses, prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes, role of chromatin in gene expression and gene silencing).

UNIT- IX: Cell Cell Communication

1. Cellular communication: Regulation of hematopoiesis, general principles of cell communication, cell adhesion and roles of different adhesion molecules, gap junctions, extracellular matrix, integrins, neurotransmission and its regulation.

2. Cell signaling: Hormones and their receptors, cell surface receptor, signaling through Gprotein coupled receptors, signal transduction pathways, second messengers, regulation of signaling pathways, bacterial and plant two-component systems, light signaling in plants, bacterial chemotaxis and quorum sensing.

3. Cancer: Changes in progenitor cells, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, cancer and the cell cycle, virus-induced cancer, metastasis, interaction of cancer cells with normal cells, apoptosis, therapeutic interventions of uncontrolled cell growth.

UNIT- X: Biological Techniques and Biotechnology

1. Microscopic techniques: Light microscopy, Confocal, Fluorescence, Phase contrast, Electron and Atomic force microscopes and image processing methods in microscopy.

2. Histochemical staining of Nucleic acids and Enzymes. Antibody generation, ELISA, RIA, Blotting techniques, Immunocytochemical techniques, FISH, GISH.

3. Radiolabelling Techniques; Types and properties of Radio isotopes, Tracer techniques, Autoradiography and safety guidelines.

4. Electrophoresis, Centrifugation, Chromatography, Colorimetry, Spectrophotometry.

5. Isolation and purification of RNA, DNA (genomic and plasmid) and proteins. Different separation methods.

6. Analysis of RNA, DNA and proteins by one and two dimensional gel electrophoresis, Isoelectric focusing gels.

7. Molecular cloning of DNA & RNA fragments in bacterial and eukaryotic systems.

8. Expression of recombinant proteins using bacterial, animal and plant vectors.

9. Isolation of specific nucleic acid sequences, Generation of genomic and cDNA libraries.

10. Plasmid, phage, cosmid, BAC and YAC vectors.

11. In vitro mutagenesis and deletion techniques, gene knock out in bacterial and eukaryotic organisms.

12. Protein sequencing methods, detection of post translation modification of proteins. DNA sequencing methods, strategies for genome sequencing.

13. Methods for analysis of gene expression at RNA and protein level, large scale expression, such as micro array based techniques.

14. Isolation, separation and analysis of carbohydrate and lipid molecules.

15. RFLP, RAPD and AFLP techniques.

16. Statistical applications in Biology – Mean, Median, Mode, Student's 't' test, Chi square test, Standard Deviation. Correlation and Regression, Variance and Analysis of Variance. Computer applications in biology – fundamentals of computers.

UNIT- XI: Animal Ecology Biodiversity and Wildlife Studies

1. Environment - Biotic and Abiotic Components, Population and its Ecology: Characteristics of population, growth curves, regulation. Life history strategies, concept of meta population, demes and dispersal, interdemic, extinction, age structured populations.

2. Population, interspecific and intraspecific relationships.

3. Community ecology and succession, concept of ecosystem.

4. Biogeochemical cycles. Limiting factors. Concepts of habitat and ecological niche.

5. Major biomes and their communities and Biogeography.

6. Pollution - its control and management, Biodegradation and Bioremediation.

7. Concepts, principles and types of biodiversity.

8. Major Biodiversity areas and hotspot in India.

9. Conservation and major wild life sanctuaries in Rajasthan.

10. Rare, Endangered species or Threatened species and their conservation strategies.

UNIT- XII: Human Physiology

1. Chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. Enzymes and hormones. Biological oxidation. Metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

2. Cell Physiology- Structure, types and mechanism of muscle contraction. Structure of neuron and transmission of axonic and synaptic nerve impulse.

3. Functions of sensory organs concerned with vision, sound perception, taste, smell and touch.

4. Physiology of Gastrointestinal tract: Contractility, Secretion of digestive juices, GI hormones. Mechanism of digestion and absorption.

5. Physiology of Respiration: Pulmonary ventilation and gaseous exchange.

6. Structure and Circulation of Blood: Blood structure and functions, blood groups, clotting of blood, elementary idea of immunology. Structure and functions of the heart, Cardiac Cycle, Heart Beat, and its chemical regulation.

7. Physiology of Excretion: Kidney structure, urine formation, counter current mechanism, regulation of electrolyte and water balance of the body.

8. Endocrine Physiology: Structure, functions of Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Islets of Langerhans and pineal gland.

9. Physiology of Reproduction: Structure and hormones of Ovary & Testis. Hormonal control of gametogenesis and menstrual cycle.

RSSB Teaching Associate (Zoology) Exam Pattern 2026

Negative Marking : 0.33 (Each Paper)

Paper	Subject	No.of Question	Marks	Duration
Paper I	General Studies of Rajasthan	60	75	1 Hour
Paper II	Subject concerned	120	300	2 Hours
	Total	180	375

RSSB Teaching Associate Exam Date 2026 : August /September /October 2026 (Tentative)

Starting Date of Application Form : 05th May 2026

Last Date of Application Form : 03rd June 2026

Total Post : 95

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