Delhi Police Driver Syllabus 2026: Section-Wise Topics for CBE and Trade Test

The Delhi Police Driver syllabus covers four parts of the computer based examination (CBE): General Awareness, General Intelligence, Numerical Ability, and a large section on Road Sense and Vehicle Maintenance. The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the CBE for the post of Constable (Driver) - Male in Delhi Police, and the same road and vehicle knowledge is tested again in the Delhi Police trade test.

SSC's notice names the subjects and gives a short description of each, but it does not publish a topic-wise list. The checklists below are built from the 2025 notice and from the kind of questions this exam has asked. Use them as a working plan, not as an official list. This page also shows which topics carry the most marks, where the CBE and trade test overlap, and how to cover everything in about three months.

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Delhi Police Driver Syllabus at a Glance

The CBE has 0.25 negative marking per wrong answer, and SSC describes the paper as Class 10 level. For marks, timing and the qualifying rules of each stage, see the Delhi Police Driver exam pattern.

Key Points to Know Before You Start

• Half the paper is driving knowledge: Part D carries 50 of the 100 marks, as much as the other three parts combined. It deserves the largest share of your time.

• Reasoning is mainly non-verbal: The notice says Part B will include mainly non-verbal questions, so figure-based practice matters more than long verbal puzzles.

• Maths is only 10 marks: Cover the basics well, but do not let maths eat time meant for Part D.

• Pollution is part of the syllabus: Vehicle and environmental pollution, CNG vehicles and noise pollution are named in the notice. Many study lists skip this.

• Cut-offs are high: In the 2025 exam, the UR cut-off was 83.40 out of 100. You need near-complete coverage of Part D and steady accuracy elsewhere.

Older pages sometimes show 25 marks for each of the four parts. The 2025 notice gives 20, 20, 10 and 50, so plan by those weights.

Part D: Road Sense, Vehicle Maintenance and Traffic Rules

This is the section to start with and the one to finish with. The notice describes it as questions on road sense, vehicle maintenance, traffic rules, signals and signage, and vehicle and environmental pollution, including CNG vehicles and noise pollution. The topic list below breaks that into study units.

Why Part D Needs Structured Revision

Experienced drivers often lose marks here because they know the road by habit, not by rule. A question may ask the exact shape of a cautionary sign, or which lane to use before a right turn. Those details need deliberate revision, not just driving experience.

• Learn signs visually: Keep a printed sign chart and test yourself on shape, colour and meaning together.

• Learn the "why" of maintenance: Know what happens when coolant runs low or tyre pressure drops, not just the step itself.

• Revise rules by situation: Group rules under junctions, overtaking, parking and emergencies, so recall is faster in the exam.

Part A: General Awareness

Part A has 20 questions. The notice says questions test general awareness of the environment and its application to society, including current events, everyday science, and India and its neighbouring countries. No specialised study of any discipline is needed.

Spend about 20 to 30 minutes a day on news and keep a one-page monthly summary. Static GK is best built through short daily reading rather than long sessions.

Part B: General Intelligence

Part B also has 20 questions. The notice states that the reasoning section will include mainly non-verbal type questions, such as analogies, similarities and differences, spatial visualisation, series and coding-decoding.

• Analogy and classification: Figure analogy, number analogy, odd one out.

• Series: Number series, letter series and figure series.

• Coding-decoding: Letter and number coding, symbol substitution.

• Spatial visualisation: Mirror and water images, paper folding and cutting, embedded figures, figure completion.

• Logical basics: Direction sense, ranking and order, simple blood relations, Venn diagrams.

• Observation and discrimination: Counting figures, pattern matching.

Non-verbal questions reward practice volume. Twenty to thirty mixed questions a day for a month usually builds the speed needed to finish this part in about 15 minutes.

Part C: Numerical Ability

Part C has only 10 questions, so aim for accuracy over breadth. The notice lists the core arithmetic areas below.

Learn the basic formulas, then solve 10 to 15 mixed questions a day. Speed with percentages and fractions helps across all of these topics.

Trade Test Syllabus

Candidates who clear the PE&MT are called by Delhi Police for the trade test. It carries 150 marks and is qualifying, so it does not add to your merit score, but failing any part ends your selection.

Bring your original HMV licence. Delhi Police verifies licences through DigiLocker and, where needed, through the transport ministry's records or its own Special Branch.

Overlap Between the CBE and Trade Test

A big part of this syllabus is studied once and used twice. Planning around the overlap saves time later, because the trade test usually comes months after the CBE.

How to Cover the Syllabus in 12 Weeks

1. Weeks 1 to 4 (foundation): Part D units one by one, plus daily reasoning practice and basic arithmetic. Start a 20-minute current affairs habit.

2. Weeks 5 to 8 (coverage): Finish Part D, static GK and the remaining maths topics. Add topic tests at the end of each week and an error log of wrong answers.

3. Weeks 9 to 10 (speed): Sectional tests for Part D and reasoning under time limits. Revise sign charts and maintenance notes twice a week.

4. Weeks 11 to 12 (full practice): Full-length 90-minute mocks two or three times a week, same-day analysis and error-log revision.

Keep running and driving practice going throughout, because the PE&MT and trade test follow the CBE result and the gap can be short.

For timed practice in the current pattern, you can attempt Delhi Police Driver mock tests on Testkart and use the section-wise analysis to see which part is costing you marks. Pair them with Delhi Police Driver study notes for quick revision of signs and maintenance topics. If you are deciding between posts, the Delhi Police Constable syllabus on Testkart shows how the general constable paper differs.

Official SSC website: https://ssc.gov.in/