Delhi Exams 2026: DSSSB and Delhi Police Constable Pattern, Syllabus, Eligibility, Dates and Preparation

Delhi exams at a glance

Recruitment to the Government of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) runs mainly through the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB). Delhi Police Constables are recruited separately by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). The facts on this page are as per DSSSB Advertisement No. 01/2026 (Combined Examinations, 2026), No. 03/2026 and No. 05/2025, DSSSB's examination notification of 24 August 2026, SSC's notice of the Constable (Executive) Male and Female in Delhi Police Examination, 2025 and SSC's result write-up of 19 June 2026.

Selection process

DSSSB one-tier posts

1. Online application on dsssbonline.nic.in in the advertisement's window. The fee is paid only through SBI e-pay. One application is allowed per post code.
2. Computer based test under the post's scheme: One Tier (General), One Tier (Technical) or One Tier (Technical/Teaching). Multi-shift marks are normalised by the Board's formula of 11 July 2018.
3. Draft answer keys are displayed after the exam, and objections are taken online within the time given.
4. Merit is prepared on the written marks, subject to the minimum qualifying marks. In technical and teaching papers the minimum applies to Section-B and to the total, and both sections count for merit.
5. Skill, typing, physical, driving or trade test where the job requires it.
6. E-dossier. Shortlisted candidates upload their documents online, and the user department checks eligibility against its Recruitment Rules. A candidate who misses the upload window is not considered.

DSSSB two-tier posts

Grade-II (GNCTDSS)/Assistant Section Officer (post code 804/26) and Legal Assistant (801/26) follow a two-tier scheme under Advt. 01/2026. Tier-I only shortlists candidates for Tier-II, but its minimum qualifying marks still apply. ASO selection is on the combined marks of Tier-II Part-I (objective) and Part-II (descriptive). Department preferences are given at the e-dossier stage. Allocation is by merit-cum-preference, and there is no waiting panel in the combined examinations.

Delhi Police Constable (Executive)

1. Online application on ssc.gov.in after One-Time Registration.
2. Computer Based Examination by SSC. The minimum marks for shortlisting are 35 for UR, 30 for SC, ST, OBC and EWS, and 25 for Ex-Servicemen. About 12 times the vacancies are called, category-wise.
3. PE&MT and Document Verification by Delhi Police, in Delhi only. The PE&MT is qualifying.
4. Final result by SSC on CBE marks, separately for men and women and by category, for those who clear the PE&MT and DV. NCC 'C', 'B' and 'A' certificate holders get 5%, 3% and 2% of the maximum marks as bonus.
5. Medical Examination of the provisionally selected candidates in Government hospitals in Delhi.

Exam pattern

DSSSB One Tier (General)

Advt. 03/2026 uses this paper for I.T. Assistant Grade-A, Data Processing Assistant Grade 'A' and Data Entry Operator Grade 'B'.

DSSSB One Tier (Technical) and (Technical/Teaching)

Junior Scientific Assistant and other technical posts of Advt. 03/2026 take the technical paper. TGT (Computer Science), Domestic Science Teacher, TGT (Special Education Teacher) and Special Educator (Primary) take the teaching paper. Assistant Teacher (Primary) under Advt. 05/2025 had the same 200-mark paper, with Section-B on the NCTE curriculum. Assistant Engineer (Civil) and Junior Engineer (Civil) under Advt. 01/2026 have a 3-hour, 300-mark version in which Section-B has 100 questions of 2 marks each.

DSSSB Two Tier (General): Grade-II (GNCTDSS)/ASO

Legal Assistant's Tier-I is the 200-mark technical paper. Its Tier-II has 100 one-mark and 100 two-mark law questions (300 marks) in 3 hours. A wrong one-mark answer costs 0.25 mark and a wrong two-mark answer 0.50 mark.

Delhi Police Constable (Executive) CBE

The paper is of Matriculation level. Each wrong answer costs 0.25 mark. Ties are broken first on Part-A marks, then on Part-B.

Delhi Police PE&MT

Only those who clear the race go on to the jumps, with three chances each. Minimum height is 170 cm for men and 157 cm for women, with relaxations for hill-area residents, ST (and for women SC) candidates and wards of Delhi Police personnel. Men need a chest of 81 cm with 4 cm expansion. Vision must be 6/12 in both eyes without glasses, with no colour blindness.

General Awareness syllabus and Delhi GK

DSSSB's Section-A syllabus, the same for its general, technical and teaching papers and for ASO Tier-I, tests awareness of the environment around the candidate and its application to society, current events and everyday observation. It lists these areas:

• History
• Polity and the Constitution
• Sports
• Art and Culture
• Geography
• Economics
• Everyday Science and Scientific Research
• National and international organisations and institutions

SSC's notice describes Part-A of the Delhi Police CBE as current events, everyday science, and India and its neighbouring countries, especially Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Indian Economy, General Polity, the Indian Constitution and Scientific Research. It says the questions need no special study of any discipline.

Neither DSSSB's syllabus nor SSC's notice names Delhi GK as a separate topic or gives it a share of marks. GK24 covers national GK and current affairs and has no separate Delhi GK section. As guidance, any question about Delhi would sit under the candidate's environment or current events, so read Delhi news from official sources alongside GK24.

Eligibility and age limit

DSSSB

Eligibility is fixed post by post from the user department's Recruitment Rules. Qualification, age and experience are counted on the closing date: 25 March 2026 for Advt. 01/2026 and 15 July 2026 for Advt. 03/2026.

Upper age relaxation under Advt. 03/2026: SC/ST 5 years, OBC 3 years, PwBD 10 years (13 with OBC, 15 with SC/ST) and Ex-Servicemen military service plus 3 years, up to 55. For Group C posts, departmental candidates can apply up to 40 years (43 OBC, 45 SC/ST) and widows, divorced and judicially separated women up to 35 (38 OBC, 40 SC/ST).

OBC reservation and relaxation go only to OBC (Delhi) candidates. OBC candidates from outside Delhi are treated as Unreserved and must apply under UR.

Delhi Police Constable (Executive)

• Citizen of India; candidates from all parts of the country can apply.
• 10+2 (Senior Secondary) from a recognised Board by the closing date, 21 October 2025. Wards of Delhi Police personnel and some departmental candidates need only 11th pass.
• Men must hold a valid LMV (motorcycle or car) licence on the PE&MT date; a learner licence is not accepted.
• Age 18–25 years as on 1 July 2025: born between 2 July 2000 and 1 July 2007.
• Relaxation: SC/ST 5 years, OBC 3 years, Ex-Servicemen 3 years after deducting service (6 OBC, 8 SC/ST), wards of Delhi Police personnel up to 29 years, departmental candidates up to 40 (43 OBC, 45 SC/ST), sportspersons 5 years (10 SC/ST), and widows, divorced and judicially separated women 5 years.
• The post is not identified as suitable for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.

Important dates

DSSSB e-admit cards are released on its website and the OARS portal, with the centre, date and shift. Delhi Police postponed the PE&MT by a notice posted on SSC's website on 27 July 2026. SSC's examination calendar, as read on 25 September 2026, lists no Delhi Police Constable (Executive) examination for 2026.

How to prepare General Awareness for Delhi exams

This plan is GK24's guidance, not part of any notice.

1. Know the weight. General Awareness is 40 of 200 marks in DSSSB's general paper and in ASO Tier-I and Tier-II Part-I, 20 of 200 in technical and teaching papers, and 50 of 100 in the Delhi Police CBE.
2. Build static GK first. Read GK24's GK notes topic by topic: Polity and the Constitution, History, Geography, Economy, Everyday Science, Art and Culture, and organisations.
3. Read current affairs daily. GK24 publishes daily current affairs in English and Hindi from official releases. Cover the 6 to 12 months before your exam, including sports, which both syllabuses name.
4. Solve previous-year questions. DSSSB posts question banks of its online exams from 2018 to 2025 on its website. GK24's previous-year questions show how GA questions are framed.
5. Take timed quizzes. DSSSB's 2-hour papers allow 36 seconds a question and the Delhi Police CBE 54 seconds. Each wrong answer costs 0.25 mark, so skip what you do not know.

Posts and pay

All vacancies are tentative and can change. The scale is the pay range of the level as printed in the advertisement or notice.