JKSSB Class 4 (MTS) Syllabus 2026 & Exam Pattern: 100 Marks, Section-wise

JKSSB's Class-IV and Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) notifications — Orderly, Peon, Chowkidar, Sweeper and similar posts — draw some of the largest applicant numbers of any JKSSB recruitment. That volume makes the written exam more competitive than the job description suggests.

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Section-wise marks

• Basic Mathematics — 20 marks
• Basic Reasoning — 20 marks
• Basic English — 20 marks
• General Awareness & Science — 40 marks

Basic Mathematics (20 marks)

Questions are pitched at a basic level: Percentage, Average, Ratio & Proportion, Simplification, Profit & Loss, LCM/HCF, Mensuration, ages and Time–Work–Distance. Speed and accuracy on these matter more than rare question types.

Basic Reasoning (20 marks)

Analogy, Classification (odd one out), Series, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Venn Diagrams and simple direction and ranking questions.

Basic English (20 marks)

Articles, prepositions, synonyms and antonyms, spotting errors, fill in the blanks, one-word substitution, spellings and simple comprehension.

General Awareness & Science (40 marks)

• J&K: history, geography, polity (including the 2019 Reorganisation Act), culture, tourist places and current affairs
• India: history, geography, culture, states and capitals, sports, current events
• General Science and health, hygiene and sanitation

How to practise

MockNPrep covers Class-IV & MTS as its own exam, with every topic tagged Easy, Medium and Hard. Stay in the Easy tier until you're consistently fast and accurate, then move up — the fundamentals, done reliably, are what this exam rewards.

Questions candidates ask

Is this paper hard? The questions are basic, but the competition is high, so accuracy decides the result.

How much time should I give to J&K general knowledge? About 40% of your study time, since general awareness carries 40 of the 100 marks.

Is there a physical test? Check your notice for the selection process of the post you apply for.

Check where you stand

Take the free JKSSB Class-IV & MTS diagnostic test: 20 questions in 15 minutes, a score by subject, and the topics to work on first, with links to our practice questions for each.

Worked examples from each section

Try these before you read the answers.

Q1 (Mathematics): What is the LCM of 24, 15 and 3? Options: 240, 120, 1080, 144 Answer: 120. Prime factors give 2³ × 3 × 5 = 120.

Q2 (Mathematics): Find the volume of a rectangular box of dimensions 5 cm × 4 cm × 3 cm. Options: 55, 50, 65, 60 Answer: 60 cm³. Volume = length × breadth × height = 5 × 4 × 3.

Q3 (Reasoning): In a certain code, each letter is replaced by the letter two places before it in the alphabet. How is SCHOOL written? Options: RBGNNK, UEJQQN, PZELLI, QAFMMJ Answer: QAFMMJ. Move each letter two steps back: S to Q, C to A, H to F, O to M, O to M, L to J.

Q4 (English): Improve the sentence: 'The poor is always suffering.' Options: The poor are always suffering, The poors are always suffering, The poor was always suffering, No improvement Answer: The poor are always suffering. 'The' plus an adjective that names a class of people takes a plural verb.

Q5 (General awareness): The Roshni Act of 2001 was declared unconstitutional by which body? Options: Supreme Court alone, J&K High Court, Parliament, President Answer: J&K High Court. The High Court struck down the Act in 2020.

How to divide your time

General awareness and science carries 40 of the 100 marks, so about 40% of your study time should go there. Within it, give J&K topics the largest share. Spend the rest on mathematics, reasoning and English in roughly equal parts, and use short daily sets for the fundamentals.