JKSSB Junior Assistant Syllabus 2026 & Exam Pattern (80 Marks)

JKSSB Junior Assistant is one of the most heavily applied-for posts in every JKSSB cycle — it's the standard entry-level clerical role across almost every UT and Divisional department.

Section-wise marks

Numerical & Reasoning Ability

It's arithmetic-heavy, not advanced maths: Number System, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Average, Profit/Loss & Discount and Time & Work; plus Series, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Direction & Distance, Statements & Conclusions, and simple mathematical reasoning. SSC or banking prep carries over directly.

General Awareness: where generic prep runs out

Alongside Indian geography and the freedom struggle, JKSSB weights GA heavily towards Jammu & Kashmir:

• J&K History, Geography and Culture
• J&K Economy and Demography & Census
• Tourist Destinations (named in the syllabus)

Basic Concepts of Computers: the underrated section

Questions are short and factual — hardware and memory, operating systems and MS Office, internet and email — so a few focused sessions can move this section from guesswork to near-full marks.

How to practise

MockNPrep's Practice by Exam covers Junior Assistant along exactly these four sections, with Easy, Medium and Hard sets per topic. Drill J&K Geography on its own until it stops being a weak spot, then move to J&K History.

1. Take the free diagnostic test to see which of the four sections is weakest.
2. Drill that section topic by topic, starting at Easy and moving to Hard.
3. Sit a sectional mock for the section, then the full-length mock under the real time limit.
4. Use Mock from your mistakes to retest every question you got wrong.

Quick answers

What is the JKSSB Junior Assistant exam pattern?

80 questions, 80 marks, 80 minutes, with −0.25 for each wrong answer.

Is there a computer section?

Yes. See our Junior Assistant computer questions for practice MCQs.

How should I plan my preparation?

Follow the 30-day Junior Assistant study plan, and compare patterns in JKSSB exam patterns compared.

Check where you stand

Take the free JKSSB Junior Assistant 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.

Junior Assistant also has a typing test. See the typing test rules and scoring and practise with the free typing test.

Worked examples from each section

The five questions below show the level and style of practice questions for this post. Try each one before you read the answer.

Q1 (Numerical): A shopkeeper marks up goods by 30% and then gives a discount of 10%. What is his overall profit percentage? Options: 16%, 18%, 15%, 17% Answer: 17%. Take the cost price as 100. The marked price is 130 and the selling price is 130 × 0.9 = 117, so the profit is 17%.

Q2 (Numerical): How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 7? Options: 14, 11, 12, 13 Answer: 13. The two-digit multiples of 7 run from 14 to 98, so the count is (98 − 14) ÷ 7 + 1 = 13.

Q3 (Reasoning): If '+' stands for '−', '−' stands for '×' and '×' stands for '+', what is the value of 15 + 2 − 4 × 5? Options: 12, 13, 57, 14 Answer: 12. Replace the symbols to get 15 − 2 × 4 + 5. By BODMAS this is 15 − 8 + 5 = 12.

Q4 (Computers): Clock speed is measured in which unit? Options: Mbps, dpi, GHz, MB Answer: GHz. Clock speed is the number of cycles per second, measured in hertz.

Q5 (General awareness): How many languages are recognised as official languages under the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020? Options: 2, 5, 3, 6 Answer: 5. The five are Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Hindi and English.

How to use this paper's section weights

Each of the four sections carries 20 marks, so a section where you score 8 out of 20 loses as many marks as any other section where you score 8. Check your score in every section after each mock, and spend your next study block on the section with the lowest score, not the one you enjoy most.