Delhi Police Head Constable Syllabus 2026: Topic-Wise Subjects and Study Checklist

The Delhi Police Head Constable (Ministerial) syllabus is short, and it is fully indicated in the SSC notice for the 2025 recruitment. The written paper has five sections: General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, General Intelligence, English Language and Computer Fundamentals. After the written paper come a typing test and a computer formatting test, which have their own skill requirements.

This page turns the official indicative syllabus into a section-wise checklist with a study order. Topics below follow the notice. The notice calls its list "indicative", so questions can touch closely related areas. For marks, timing and negative marking, see the exam pattern page.

Table of Contents

• Syllabus at a Glance

• Key Points to Know Before You Start

• General Awareness Syllabus

• Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus

• General Intelligence Syllabus

• English Language Syllabus

• Computer Fundamentals Syllabus

• Typing Test and Computer Formatting Test

• Where the Sections Overlap

• Section-Wise Priority and Time Split

• Common Mistakes While Studying This Syllabus

• Revision and Practice Approach

• How to Cover the Syllabus

Delhi Police Head Constable Syllabus at a Glance

The written paper is in English and Hindi only. The Physical Endurance and Measurement Test has no syllabus, and its standards are covered on the overview and eligibility pages.

Key Points to Know Before You Start

• The syllabus is official but indicative: SSC lists topics in the notice, and the paper can include nearby topics. Cover each listed area first, then widen your reading.

• Difficulty is "basic": The notice describes Quantitative Aptitude as basic arithmetic skill and English as basic knowledge. Depth matters less than speed and accuracy.

• Computer is a full section: It has its own 10 marks and is tested through Word, Excel, email and internet topics.

• Other pages mix posts: Several websites combine the Ministerial and AWO/TPO syllabi. The AWO/TPO post is recruited under a separate notice, so use this page only for the Ministerial post.

General Awareness Syllabus

This section tests awareness of the environment around you and its use in society. SSC also says it checks current events and everyday scientific observation, as expected from an educated person. Questions can relate to India and its neighbouring countries.

With 20 questions, this section rewards steady reading more than last-minute cramming. Polity, current events and geography give the most predictable returns. Keep a small notebook and revise it weekly.

Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus

The notice calls this basic arithmetic skill, but the listed topics reach into geometry and trigonometry. Group them as below.

Arithmetic

• Number work: Whole numbers, decimals and fractions, relationships between numbers and square roots.

• Percentage and ratio: Percentages, ratio and proportion, averages.

• Money problems: Simple and compound interest, profit and loss, discount, partnership business.

• Mixtures and motion: Mixture and alligation, time and distance, time and work.

Algebra, geometry and trigonometry

Start with percentage, ratio, average and profit and loss, because these feed into many other topics. Learn tables and squares up to 30 so that calculation time stays low.

General Intelligence Syllabus

This is the biggest section along with English, with 25 marks. The notice says it has both verbal and non-verbal questions, covering a wide set of reasoning skills.

Verbal reasoning

• Analogy and classification: Semantic, symbolic and number analogy and classification.

• Series: Semantic, number and arithmetic number series.

• Coding and decoding: Letter and number coding, small and capital letter coding, decoding and classification.

• Logic: Statement and conclusion, syllogistic reasoning, Venn diagrams, drawing inferences, critical thinking.

• Operations and puzzles: Numerical operations, symbolic operations, word building, problem solving, arithmetical reasoning.

• Data matching: Indexing, address matching, date and city matching, classification of centre codes and roll numbers.

Non-verbal reasoning

English Language Syllabus

The notice calls this basic knowledge of English. With 25 marks, it is as valuable as General Intelligence, and it is also the easiest section to improve with daily practice.

Begin with spot the error and fill in the blanks, since grammar rules repeat. Read one short editorial a day for comprehension and vocabulary, and note every unfamiliar word with its meaning.

Computer Fundamentals Syllabus

This section has 10 questions and is formally titled Computer Fundamentals, MS Excel, MS Word, Communication, Internet, WWW and Web Browsers. The notice lists four areas.

• Word processing: Basics, opening and closing documents, text creation, formatting text and its presentation features.

• MS Excel: Elements of a spreadsheet, editing cells, functions and formulas.

• Communication: Basics of email and sending and receiving email with related functions.

• Internet and web: Internet services, URL, HTTP, FTP, websites, blogs, browsing software, search engines, chat, video conferencing and e-banking.

Practise on a real computer rather than only reading. Opening Word and Excel for thirty minutes a day will help both this section and the formatting test later.

Typing Test and Computer Formatting Test

Typing Test (25 marks)

Candidates who qualify in PE&MT take a ten-minute typing test on a computer. The minimum speed is 30 words per minute in English or 25 words per minute in Hindi, and one word is deducted for each mistake. Marks rise from 10 at the minimum speed to 25 above 50 words per minute in English or above 45 in Hindi. Typing marks count in the final merit, so practise daily and aim for accuracy first.

Computer (Formatting) Test (qualifying)

Candidates work for ten minutes each in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel. They must format a supplied handout the same way and print it. Each application has 20 formatting features at half a mark each, and at least 6 out of 10 is needed in every test.

Where the Sections Overlap

Some preparation serves more than one stage, so plan once and benefit twice.

Section-Wise Priority and Time Split

Marks are spread fairly evenly, so no single section can carry the paper. The table below turns the syllabus into a practical priority order. Hours are a suggestion for a candidate studying about two hours a day, and you can scale them to your own schedule.

These shares are a planning suggestion and not an official weightage. If you already type at 40 words per minute or more, move that time to your weakest written section.

Common Mistakes While Studying This Syllabus

• Ignoring the computer section: Many candidates treat 10 marks as optional. The questions are direct, so a few focused hours can secure most of them.

• Leaving typing for the end: Typing speed grows slowly. Because the typing marks are added to merit, start in the first week and not after the written result.

• Reading current affairs without notes: Passive reading fades quickly. Write one line per event and revise the list every weekend.

• Skipping non-verbal reasoning: Figure questions look slow at first but become quick with pattern practice, and they appear regularly under General Intelligence.

• Using a syllabus from another recruitment: Constable (Executive) and Head Constable (AWO/TPO) papers differ. Check that any list you use matches the Ministerial notice.

Revision and Practice Approach

Finishing the syllabus once is only the first pass. A second and third pass, done with timed questions, is what builds speed. Use this routine in the last four weeks.

• Daily: One reasoning set, one English set, 20 quantitative questions and 30 minutes of typing.

• Weekly: One full 100-question paper in 90 minutes, followed by a review of every wrong or guessed answer.

• Error log: Record the topic, the reason for the mistake (concept, calculation or time) and the correct method. Revisit it before each new test.

• Final week: Revise notes, formulas and the error log. Avoid starting new topics.

Topic-wise tests help in the early weeks, and full mocks help later, because they show how your accuracy holds up under the 0.25 negative marking.

How to Cover the Syllabus

A ten-week plan fits most candidates who study alongside other work.

1. Weeks 1 to 3, foundation: Cover arithmetic basics, English grammar and the first half of reasoning topics. Spend 30 minutes daily on typing.

2. Weeks 4 to 6, breadth: Finish geometry, trigonometry and non-verbal reasoning. Start General Awareness notes and daily news.

3. Weeks 7 to 8, practice: Take topic-wise tests, then 20-minute sectional tests, and begin the computer section on a real system.

4. Weeks 9 to 10, full tests: Attempt full 100-question papers in 90 minutes. Review every wrong answer on the same day and add it to an error log.

Official updates are on ssc.gov.in.