HSSC Group D Syllabus 2026: Subject-Wise Topics and Weightage

The HSSC Group D syllabus for the Common Eligibility Test (CET) is split into two parts: 75% for five common subjects and 25% for General Knowledge of Haryana. The paper is set at Matriculation level, so the topics are basic, but the range is wide. This page lists the subjects and topics named in the Commission's advertisement for the current cycle, Advertisement No. 05/2026.

One honesty note first. The 2026 advertisement gives the two-part split and the topic lists. It does not repeat the subject-wise weightage. The percentages below come from the Group D syllabus the Commission published for an earlier advertisement (No. 1/2023), which carries the same topic lists. Use them as a planning guide, not as a fixed question count. Where we add examples to a topic, such as school-level physics areas or Haryana reading areas, those are our study suggestions and not an official list.

Table of Contents

• Syllabus at a glance

• Key changes to know

• General Awareness

• Reasoning

• Quantitative Ability

• English Language

• Hindi Language

• General Knowledge of Haryana

• Interview and other stages

• How to cover the syllabus

Syllabus at a glance

The paper has 100 questions of one mark each, so the weightage roughly maps to the number of questions. See the HSSC Group D exam pattern page for marking rules.

Key changes to know

• Haryana is the biggest block: General Knowledge of Haryana carries 25%, more than any other single subject.

• Matriculation level: The advertisement states the paper is of Secondary Education level, so do not over-study advanced topics.

• Hindi matters twice: Hindi or Sanskrit is an eligibility condition, and Hindi language is also a tested subject.

• Older syllabus files: The syllabus page on the Commission's website still lists the Group D file under Advertisement No. 1/2023. Older pages may show other splits, so follow the official advertisement.

General Awareness

This subject has two blocks of about 15% each.

India and neighbouring countries

The advertisement names History, Indian Polity and Constitution, Art and Culture, and Geography. A practical way to cover them:

• History: Ancient, medieval and modern Indian history, with focus on the freedom movement.

• Indian Polity and Constitution: Preamble, fundamental rights and duties, Parliament, the judiciary and local government.

• Art and Culture: Dance, music, festivals, architecture and literature.

• Geography: Rivers, mountains, climate, soils, resources and the neighbouring countries.

General Science

The advertisement names Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

• Physics: Motion, force, light, sound, heat and electricity at school level.

• Chemistry: Matter, acids and bases, metals and non-metals, everyday chemistry.

• Biology: Human body, nutrition, diseases, plants and cells.

Reasoning

The list is long but each topic is short. Practise them in this order of ease.

• Series and order: Alphabetical order, number and letter series, order and ranking, inserting missing characters.

• Relations: Blood relations, analogy, classification, coding-decoding.

• Direction and time: Direction and distance, clock and calendar problems.

• Logic: Syllogism, sitting arrangement, statement and assumption, statement and conclusion.

• Non-verbal: Mirror image, water image, counting figures, non-verbal series, analogy and classification.

Quantitative Ability

Percentage, ratio and average feed into many other topics, so settle them in the first two weeks.

English Language

• Grammar: Tenses, active and passive voice, direct and indirect narration, improvement of sentences.

• Error and spelling: Spot the error, spellings and detecting misspelt words.

• Vocabulary: Synonyms, antonyms, idioms and phrases, fill in the blanks.

• Sentence work: Shuffling of sentence parts.

Hindi Language

The advertisement lists the Hindi syllabus in Hindi. In English, it covers these areas.

• Basics: Letters, vowels, consonants and words.

• Parts of speech: Noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, number, gender, case and tense.

• Word forms: Tadbhav and tatsam words, inflected and uninflected words, phrases.

• Language devices: Figures of speech, idioms, proverbs, sandhi, prefixes, suffixes and samas.

• Vocabulary and correction: Synonyms, antonyms and words with many meanings, sentence correction, punctuation, one word for many words.

General Knowledge of Haryana

This 25% block covers History, Literature, Geography, Economy, Civics, Polity, Environment, Art, Culture, Customs, Society, Current Affairs and Events of Haryana.

Interview and other stages

There is no interview and no separate syllabus for any other stage in the CET. Your CET score carries 100% weightage. Any further step for a particular post will be stated in that post's advertisement.

How to cover the syllabus

1. Weeks 1 to 3: Cover arithmetic basics, reasoning series, and Hindi and English grammar. Start a Haryana notebook.

2. Weeks 4 to 6: Add general science, polity, geography and Haryana topics. Begin topic-wise tests.

3. Weeks 7 to 8: Cover the rest of Haryana and art and culture. Attempt sectional tests of 20 minutes.

4. Weeks 9 to 10: Take full-length OMR-style tests, review the same day and revise your error log.

For timed practice in the current pattern, you can attempt HSSC Group D mock tests on Testkart, and use HSSC Group D study notes for quick revision. Check the Commission's syllabus page and the 2026 advertisement for any change.