This page reproduces the syllabus exactly as the Staff Selection Commission printed it in the notice for the Constable (Executive) Male and Female in Delhi Police Examination, 2025, published on 22 September 2025. That is the newest notified cycle in the Delhi Police Constable (Executive) section of the SSC notice board as of 13 November 2026. Where we add a comment on how to read a line, it is marked as ours.
The paper in one table
The Computer Based Examination (CBE) is one objective, multiple-choice paper.
| Part | Subject | Questions | Marks | Share of the paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | General Knowledge/Current Affairs | 50 | 50 | 50% |
| B | Reasoning | 25 | 25 | 25% |
| C | Numerical Ability | 15 | 15 | 15% |
| D | Computer Fundamentals, MS Excel, MS Word, Communication, Internet, WWW and Web Browsers etc. | 10 | 10 | 10% |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
- 90 minutes for the whole paper, 0.25 marks deducted for each wrong answer.
- The paper is set in English and Hindi only.
- Para 12.11 of the notice: "The question paper shall be of Matriculation Level." The qualification to apply is 10+2, but the level of questions is Class 10.
The share column is our arithmetic. Timings, marking and the physical tests are on the exam pattern page.
Part A: General Knowledge/Current Affairs (50 questions)
The notice says questions in this component aim at testing the candidate's general awareness. They are also designed to test "knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person". The test also includes questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries, especially pertaining to:
- Sports
- History
- Culture
- Geography
- Indian Economy
- General Polity
- Indian Constitution
- Scientific Research, "etc."
The notice adds that these questions "will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline".
How to read it (ours): this is the same sentence SSC uses for its other Matriculation-level papers, but here it governs half the examination. The list is wide and the level is school-level: history, geography, civics, basic economics and everyday science, plus a steady current-affairs habit. Sports is the first item named, and the Indian Constitution is named separately from General Polity. There is no separate science section, so everyday science sits here. The notice does not name Delhi-specific topics or policing topics, and it gives no cut-off period for current affairs.
Marks in Part A are the first tie-break between candidates with equal totals.
Part B: Reasoning (25 questions)
The notice says "analytical aptitude and ability to observe and distinguish patterns will be tested through questions principally of a non-verbal type". The component may include questions on:
- Analogies
- Similarities and differences
- Spatial visualization
- Spatial orientation
- Visual memory
- Discrimination
- Observations
- Relationship concepts
- Arithmetical reasoning
- Figural classification
- Arithmetic number series
- Non-verbal series
- Coding and decoding, "etc."
How to read it (ours): the phrase "principally of a non-verbal type" matters. Figure-based questions (series of figures, odd figure out, mirror and water images, paper folding and cutting, embedded figures, counting figures) deserve at least as much practice as coding-decoding and number series. The list ends in "etc.", so related types such as direction sense, blood relations or Venn diagrams are not ruled out, but the notice does not name them. Do not treat any topic list, including ours, as complete.
Marks in Part B are the second tie-break.
Part C: Numerical Ability (15 questions)
The notice says this part will include questions on problems relating to:
- Number Systems
- Computation of Whole Numbers
- Decimals and Fractions, and the relationship between Numbers
- Fundamental Arithmetical operations
- Percentages
- Ratio and Proportion
- Averages
- Interest
- Profit and Loss
- Discount
- Mensuration
- Time and Distance
- Ratio and Time
- Time and Work, "etc."
How to read it (ours): this is an arithmetic paper. Compared with the syllabus SSC prints for its graduate-level and 10+2-level examinations, the list does not name algebra, geometry of triangles and circles, trigonometry or statistics. Mensuration is the only measurement topic named. Because the list ends in "etc.", we would not rule out a simple question from a neighbouring area, but the named arithmetic topics are where preparation time belongs. With only 15 questions, each topic can expect very few questions in any one shift, so breadth across the list matters more than depth in one chapter.
Part C is not used as a tie-break.
Part D: Computer Fundamentals, MS Excel, MS Word, Communication, Internet, WWW and Web Browsers (10 questions)
This is the part that sets the Delhi Police Constable paper apart from most Matriculation-level SSC papers. The notice lists it in four blocks:
Elements of Word Processing
- Word processing basics
- Opening and closing documents
- Text creation
- Formatting the text and its presentation features
MS Excel
- Elements of a spreadsheet
- Editing of cells
- Functions and formulas
Communication
- Basics of e-mail
- Sending and receiving of e-mails and their related functions
Internet, WWW and Web Browsers
- Internet and services on the Internet
- URL, HTTP, FTP
- Web sites and blogs
- Web browsing software
- Search engines
- Chat and video conferencing
- e-Banking
How to read it (ours): the heading says "Computer Fundamentals", but the detailed list is about using common software and the Internet, not hardware theory or programming. A candidate who has actually typed and formatted a document, built a small spreadsheet with a few formulas, sent an e-mail with an attachment and used a browser and a search engine has met most of this list in practice. The heading also ends in "etc.", so basic terms (input and output devices, memory, operating system, file and folder) may appear even though the list does not spell them out. This is a 10-mark part with a short, closed list, which makes it the most predictable tenth of the paper.
Part D is not used as a tie-break.
What is not in the CBE syllabus
- No English or Hindi language part. The 2025 scheme has no comprehension, grammar or vocabulary section. The medium of the paper is English or Hindi.
- No descriptive paper and no typing test. The CBE is one objective paper of four parts.
- No interview. After the CBE come the Physical Endurance and Measurement Test, document verification and the medical examination, all handled by Delhi Police.
- No law or policing subject. The notice does not list the Indian Penal Code, criminal procedure, or Delhi Police organisation as topics. General Polity and the Indian Constitution are named under Part A.
How the syllabus compares with the marks
Our arithmetic from the scheme:
| If you are strong in | You cover |
|---|---|
| Part A only | 50 of 100 marks |
| Parts A and B | 75 of 100 marks |
| Parts B, C and D but weak in A | at most 50 of 100 marks |
The 2025 CBE cut-off to reach the physical test was 70.05181 for Unreserved men and 63.52622 for Unreserved women (see cut-offs). A candidate who ignored Part A could not have reached either figure, because the other three parts add up to 50. This is arithmetic from the official result, not a forecast for the next cycle.
How to use this syllabus
These are our suggestions.
- Give General Knowledge half your study time, or close to it. It is half the marks and the first tie-break. Split it into fixed blocks (history, geography, polity and Constitution, economy, everyday science, sports and culture) and a daily current-affairs slot.
- Split Reasoning into figure-based and word-based practice. The notice leans to non-verbal questions. Practise figures as much as coding and number series.
- Build Numerical Ability on speed with numbers. Fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio feed every other named topic (interest, profit and loss, discount, time and work). Learn them first, then mensuration formulas.
- Learn the computer part at a keyboard. Open a word processor and a spreadsheet and do each item on the list once. Ten marks for a short list is a good return on a few focused days.
- Test each topic as you finish it. Pareeksha's topic-wise practice is organised by topic (Pro). A free 10-question mini-mock and the Daily Dangal quiz let you try the format. Full mocks, previous-year papers and topic practice are Pro.
- Check the notice for changes. The notice governs the cycle. Before a new cycle, compare this page's "as on" date with the new official notice. The current one is here.
A preparation plan built on these weights is on a separate page.
What this page does not have
- A topic-wise weightage (how many questions per topic). SSC does not publish one, and we do not estimate it here.
- A period for current affairs (for example "last six months"). The notice gives none.
- The syllabus of a 2026 examination. We did not find a notice for it in the Delhi Police Constable (Executive) section of the SSC notice board as of 13 November 2026, so we cannot say whether SSC will change the list.
- Physical and medical standards and the lists of certificates. The physical standards are on the exam pattern page; the rest is in the official notice.
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