Everything below comes from the Staff Selection Commission's notice for the Constable (Executive) Male and Female in Delhi Police Examination, 2025, published on 22 September 2025, and from later SSC notices on the same cycle. It is the newest notified cycle in the Delhi Police Constable (Executive) section of the SSC notice board as of 13 November 2026; we did not find a notice for a 2026 examination there. Our own comments and arithmetic are labelled.
Stages at a glance
| Stage | Who conducts it | What it decides |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Based Examination (CBE) | SSC | Shortlisting, and the final merit (the only stage with marks) |
| Physical Endurance and Measurement Test (PE&MT) | Delhi Police, in Delhi only | Qualifying |
| Document Verification (DV) | Delhi Police, at the time of the PE&MT | Eligibility check |
| Final result | SSC | Merit in the CBE, for those who qualify the PE&MT |
| Medical examination | Government hospitals in Delhi, arranged by Delhi Police | Fitness for appointment |
SSC conducts the examination under a Memorandum of Understanding with Delhi Police. Candidates from all parts of the country can apply. The notice says the post is not identified as suitable for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.
Where the 2025 cycle stands (per SSC):
- The notice was published on 22 September 2025. Applications were to close on 21 October 2025 (23:00); SSC's notice of 21 October 2025 extended the last date to 31 October 2025 (23:00).
- The notice gave 22 October 2025 as the last date for fee payment and 29 to 31 October 2025 as the correction window. The extension notice changed only the last date for the form; we have not seen revised fee or correction dates in an SSC notice and do not state them.
- The notice gave "December, 2025/ January, 2026" as the tentative CBE schedule. SSC's later write-ups say the CBE was held from 18 December 2025 to 6 January 2026.
- Tentative answer keys were open for challenge from 13 to 16 January 2026 at Rs 50 per question.
- The CBE result, shortlisting candidates for the PE&MT/DV, was declared on 19 June 2026.
- A corrigendum of 3 September 2026 provisionally allowed 423 candidates, whose results had not been processed for alleged malpractice, to take part in the PE&MT on an interim order of the Central Administrative Tribunal. Their participation is subject to the outcome of the cases.
- The PE&MT schedule and admission certificates are issued by Delhi Police on delhipolice.gov.in. We did not find PE&MT dates or a final result in an SSC notice as of 13 November 2026.
Posts, pay and eligibility
The examination recruits Constable (Executive), male and female, in Delhi Police. Pay is Pay Level-3 (Rs 21,700 to 69,100), Group 'C'.
Tentative vacancies in the notice of 22 September 2025:
| Post | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constable (Exe.) Male | 1,914 | 456 | 967 | 729 | 342 | 4,408 |
| Constable (Exe.) Male, Ex-Servicemen (Others) | 107 | 26 | 54 | 62 | 36 | 285 |
| Constable (Exe.) Male, Ex-Servicemen (Commando) | 106 | 25 | 56 | 138 | 51 | 376 |
| Constable (Exe.) Female | 1,047 | 249 | 531 | 457 | 212 | 2,496 |
| Total | 3,174 | 756 | 1,608 | 1,386 | 641 | 7,565 |
The notice calls these numbers provisional. The vacancy column printed in the result write-up of 19 June 2026 is lower in several categories and adds up to 7,201 (our arithmetic; see the cut-off page). We did not find a separate revised-vacancy notice.
- Ex-servicemen: 10% of the male vacancies in each category are reserved for ex-servicemen, and half of that quota is kept for those who served in the Special Forces or NSG, hold a "Qualified Instructor" grading in the Commando course, or are Navy or Air Force officers from commando-type units. Personnel of the CAPFs cannot apply as ex-servicemen.
- Age: 18 to 25 years as on 1 July 2025 (born not earlier than 2 July 2000 and not later than 1 July 2007). Relaxation: 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC; 5 years for sportspersons of distinction (10 years if SC/ST); up to 29 years for sons and daughters of serving, retired or deceased Delhi Police personnel and Multi-Tasking Staff; up to 40, 43 and 45 years for departmental candidates (UR/EWS, OBC, SC/ST); 5 years for widows, divorced and judicially separated women who have not remarried; and 3 years after deduction of military service for ex-servicemen (6 for OBC, 8 for SC/ST).
- Education: 10+2 (Senior Secondary) pass from a recognised board on or before the closing date of the form. It is relaxable to 11th pass for wards of Delhi Police personnel and Multi-Tasking Staff, and for bandsmen, buglers, mounted constables, drivers, dispatch riders and similar staff of Delhi Police.
- Driving licence: male candidates must hold a valid driving licence for LMV (motorcycle or car) as on the date of the PE&MT. A learner's licence is not accepted.
- Fee: Rs 100. Women, SC, ST and ex-servicemen eligible for reservation are exempt.
Computer Based Examination scheme
One objective paper, multiple-choice. The notice says the question paper is of Matriculation level, even though the qualification is 10+2.
| Part | Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | General Knowledge/Current Affairs | 50 | 50 |
| B | Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| C | Numerical Ability | 15 | 15 |
| D | Computer Fundamentals, MS Excel, MS Word, Communication, Internet, WWW and Web Browsers etc. | 10 | 10 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
- Duration: 90 minutes for the whole paper. The notice does not set a separate timer for each part.
- Marking: 1 mark for a right answer, 0.25 negative for each wrong answer.
- Languages: English and Hindi only.
- Normalisation: where the CBE runs in several shifts, marks are normalised by the formula SSC published on 2 June 2025. Normalised marks decide the cut-offs and the final merit.
- Answer keys: tentative keys can be challenged online at Rs 50 per question. There is no re-evaluation or re-checking of scores.
Qualifying marks and bonus marks
Minimum qualifying marks in the CBE (normalised, out of 100), from para 16.5 of the notice:
| Category | Minimum marks |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 35 |
| SC/ST/OBC/EWS | 30 |
| Ex-servicemen | 25 |
The result write-up says these are applied without adding NCC bonus marks. In the 2025 result, several ex-servicemen lists had a cut-off of exactly 25.00000, which is this floor.
NCC bonus, per the notice:
| Certificate | Bonus per notice | On 100 marks (arithmetic) |
|---|---|---|
| NCC 'C' | 5% of maximum marks | 5 marks |
| NCC 'B' | 3% | 3 marks |
| NCC 'A' | 2% | 2 marks |
Additional marks for Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) qualifications. A degree or postgraduate diploma from RRU earns 5% of the maximum marks for Distinction, 4% for First Class, 3% for Second Class and 2% for Pass Class. On 100 marks that is 5, 4, 3 and 2 (arithmetic).
For both, the original certificate must be produced at the PE&MT/DV and the crucial date is the closing date of the application form. The NCC bonus is not available to ex-servicemen. The result write-up of 19 June 2026 says these marks "will be awarded in the final result" to candidates who produce the documents at the PE&MT/DV. So the CBE cut-offs for the PE&MT were fixed on normalised marks, and the bonus enters at the final stage.
Physical Endurance Test
The PE&MT is qualifying and is held by Delhi Police in Delhi. The standards are age-wise and apply to ex-servicemen and departmental candidates as well.
Male candidates
| Age | Race: 1600 metres | Long jump | High jump |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 30 years | 6 minutes | 14 feet | 3 feet 9 inches |
| Above 30 to 40 years | 7 minutes | 13 feet | 3 feet 6 inches |
| Above 40 years | 8 minutes | 12 feet | 3 feet 3 inches |
Female candidates
| Age | Race: 1600 metres | Long jump | High jump |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 30 years | 8 minutes | 10 feet | 3 feet |
| Above 30 to 40 years | 9 minutes | 9 feet | 2 feet 9 inches |
| Above 40 years | 10 minutes | 8 feet | 2 feet 6 inches |
Only those who qualify the race go on to the long jump and then the high jump. Each jump has to be cleared in any one of three chances. The notice says there is no appeal against disqualification in the race, long jump or high jump.
A woman who is pregnant, or has given birth or had a miscarriage at the time of the PE&MT, is declared temporarily unfit. Her result is kept in a sealed cover and a vacancy is held. She is re-examined six weeks after the confinement period ends (six months from delivery, 45 days from a miscarriage), on a medical certificate of fitness.
A candidate who has already been disqualified in an event of this examination's PE&MT cannot improve the result by reappearing; the notice says the original result prevails.
Physical measurement
Measurement is taken only of candidates who qualify the endurance tests.
| Standard | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Height | Minimum 170 cm | Minimum 157 cm |
| Chest | 81 cm with a minimum 4 cm expansion (81 to 85 cm) | Not prescribed in the notice |
Relaxations, per the notice:
| Group | Male height | Male chest | Female height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residents of hill areas: Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, and candidates of Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Leh and Ladakh | 5 cm | 5 cm | 2 cm |
| Scheduled Tribe candidates | 5 cm | 5 cm | 2 cm (SC and ST) |
| Sons or daughters of serving, retired or deceased Delhi Police personnel and Multi-Tasking Staff | 5 cm | 5 cm | 5 cm |
Hill-area relaxation needs a certificate from the DC, DM, SDM or Tehsildar in the notice's Annexure-IX format. A relaxation is given only if it was claimed in the application form and the certificate is produced at the PE&MT. A candidate declared not qualified on height or chest can appeal the same day to the Appellate Authority at the centre; there is no appeal in the endurance test.
Medical standard
Para 13 of the notice asks for sound health, free from defect, deformity or disease; vision 6/12 without glasses in both eyes; no colour blindness; and no correction by glasses or by surgery of any kind to improve visual acuity. No relaxation is allowed to any category on this count. Tattoos are permitted only within limits of content (religious symbols or figures and names, as followed in the Indian Army), location (inner side of the left forearm or the back of the hand) and size (less than a quarter of that part of the body).
How shortlisting and the final merit work
According to the notice:
- For PE&MT/DV: candidates are shortlisted category-wise on CBE merit. The number shortlisted is around 12 times the vacancies.
- Final merit: on aggregate CBE marks, a provisional select list is made for each category (Unreserved, SC, ST, OBC, EWS and ex-servicemen), separately for male and female candidates, from those who qualify the PE&MT and document verification.
- Own-merit rule: reserved-category candidates selected on their own merit without relaxed standards are counted against unreserved vacancies. Those who used a relaxed standard (age, height, chest and so on) are counted against reserved vacancies whatever their marks.
- Medical: provisionally selected candidates are medically examined in government hospitals in Delhi. Those who pass are eligible for appointment.
- Reserve panel: a panel of 15% candidates is prepared and given to Delhi Police in a sealed cover. It is not uploaded, and Delhi Police operates it.
Tie-breaks, in order: marks in Part A, then marks in Part B, then date of birth (older candidate first), then alphabetical order of names.
What this means for your attempt strategy
These points are our arithmetic and comments, not SSC advice.
- 90 minutes for 100 questions is 54 seconds a question. There is no sectional timer, so you decide how the time is split.
- Half the paper is General Knowledge and Current Affairs. Part A alone is 50 marks and is also the first tie-break. Parts C and D together are 25 marks.
- With +1 and -0.25, an attempt pays once your chance of being right is above 20%, or 1 in 5. A blind guess among four options sits just above that line, so guessing gains little; eliminating even one option changes the sum. The working is on the preparation page.
- The CBE is the only stage that carries marks. The race, the jumps, the measurements and the medical are pass or fail, but failing any one ends the candidature whatever the CBE score.
- Male candidates should arrange the driving licence early. It is checked at the PE&MT and a learner's licence does not count.
Practise in this format: a free 10-question mini-mock and the Daily Dangal quiz are available on Pareeksha. Full CBE-pattern mocks, previous-year papers and topic practice are Pro.
What this page does not have
- PE&MT/DV dates, the PE&MT result and the final result of the 2025 cycle. Delhi Police issues the PE&MT schedule on its own website; we did not find these in an SSC notice as of 13 November 2026.
- Revised fee-payment and correction-window dates after the extension of 21 October 2025.
- The number of candidates who applied or appeared. The SSC write-ups we read do not give it.
- The list of examination centres, the certificate formats in the annexures and the full list of sports eligible for age relaxation. They are in the official notice linked in the sources.
- Anything about a 2026 examination. We did not find a notice in the Delhi Police Constable (Executive) section of the SSC notice board as of 13 November 2026.
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