The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Ajmer, is currently conducting the Senior Teacher Grade II (2nd Grade) Competitive Examination 2025-26, and today is the 1st day of the exam. Lakhs of candidates are going to appear in the exam across Rajasthan and are waiting to know the level and type of questions asked by the RPSC this year. In this article, we have provided the RPSC 2nd Grade Question Paper for 12 July 2026 to help you understand the pattern.
RPSC 2nd Grade Question Paper and Answer Key 2026
The Rajasthan Public Service Commission has scheduled the Senior Teacher Grade 2 Competitive Examination for 2025-26 from 12th to 18th July 2026. The exam is to be held in offline pen-and-paper mode across various districts of Rajasthan to fill 6,500 Senior Teacher posts for Classes 6 to 10 under the Secondary Education Department. Subjects have been divided into Groups A, B, C, and D, with each group generally holding two papers on the same day, one in the morning shift and one in the afternoon shift.
The exam consists of two papers carrying a combined total of 500 marks, entirely in MCQ format:
| Papers | Subjects | Marks | No. of Questions | Duration |
| Paper 1 | General Knowledge | 200 | 100 | 2 hours |
| Paper 2 | Subject-Specific | 300 | 150 | 2.5 hours |
The first shift of RPSC 2nd Grade Exam is conducting successfully and candidates reviewed that the exam was of Easy to Moderate level.
RPSC 2nd Grade Question Paper 2026 PDF
Here we have provided the General Knowledge Paper held in the 1st shift of 12 July and will be updating the links to download RPSC 2nd Grade Question Papers for each shift exam after the exam is over. Bookmark this page to get PDFs at the very first instance.
| Subjects | Question Paper PDF |
| General Knowledge | Click to Download |
| Social Science | To be shared soon |
RPSC 2nd Grade Shift Timings
The Rajasthan Public Service Commission has released the official schedule for the RPSC 2nd Grade Teacher Exam 2026. The exam will be conducted from July 12th to 18th, 2026. Check exam timing from the table below.
| Groups | Subjects | Exam Dates | Exam Time |
| Group A | GK Group A | 12th July 2026 | 10 am to 12 pm |
| Social Science | 3 pm to 5:30 pm | ||
| Group B | GK Group B | 13th July 2026 | 10 am to 12 pm |
| Hindi | 3 pm to 5:30 pm | ||
| Group C | Group C | 14th July 2026 | 10 am to 12 pm |
| Science | 3 pm to 5:30 pm | ||
| Sanskrit | 15th July 2026 | 10 am to 12:30 pm | |
| Group D | Group D | 16th July 2026 | 10 am to 12:00 pm |
| Mathematics | 3 pm to 5:30 pm | ||
| English | 17th July 2026 | 10 am to 12:30 pm | |
| Urdu | 3 pm to 5:30 pm | ||
| Punjabi | 18th July 2026 | 10 am to 12:30 pm | |
| Sindhi | 3 pm to 5:30 pm | ||
| Gujrati |
RPSC 2nd Grade Answer Key 2026
The official answer key will be released after the completion of all subject exams, tentatively by the end of July 2026. RPSC 2nd Grade Answer Key will be released separately for all subjects at the official website, www.rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in.
RPSC 2nd Grade Senior Teacher Exam Structure 2026
RPSC 2nd Grade Exam consists of two papers: Paper 1 & Paper 2, which consist of objective-type multiple-choice questions.
| Particulars | Paper I | Paper II |
| Type of Questions | Objective-Type Multiple Choice Questions | |
| No. of Questions | 100 | 150 |
| Total Marks | 200 | 300 |
| Topics Asked in Exam |
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| Duration | 2 hours | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Marking Scheme | 2 marks for each correct answer | |
| Negative Marking | ⅓ marks deducted for each incorrect answer | |
How to Download the RPSC 2nd Grade Question Paper 2026?
Once RPSC uploads the official question papers after each exam day, candidates can access them as follows:
- Visit the official RPSC website — rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in.
- Go to the “Question Papers” or “Answer Key” section on the homepage.
- Look for “Sr. Teacher Gr. II (Secondary Education) Competitive Exam” in the relevant year’s list.
- Select your subject/paper and download the PDF.
- Cross-check the paper code with your admit card before comparing answers.
How to Calculate Your Expected Score?
- Match your response sheet (OMR) against the official answer key, subject by subject.
- Add full marks for every question marked with an asterisk (*), since these are awarded to all candidates.
- For every wrong answer, deduct 1/3 mark as per the negative marking rule.
- Add up your net score across both Paper 1 (GK) and Paper 2 (Subject-Specific) to estimate your total out of 500.
| Related Links | |
| RPSC 2nd Grade Previous Year Question Paper PDFs | RPSC 2nd Grade Syllabus & Exam Pattern |










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