DDA JE Civil study guide
DDA JE Civil · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The DDA Junior Engineer (Civil) recruitment is a direct-recruitment hiring process run by the Delhi Development Authority, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs that was created in 1957 under the Delhi Development Act "to promote and secure the development of Delhi". The post sits within DDA's engineering wing, whose work spans planning, development and construction of housing projects, commercial land, land management, land disposal and land pooling. Candidates preparing for this recruitment are typically civil engineering diploma or degree holders who want a public-sector technical role in urban development in Delhi. The selection process is expected to use multiple-choice testing across civil engineering technical knowledge plus general intelligence and reasoning, general awareness and general English, but the retrieved DDA page carries no examination notification for the Junior Engineer (Civil) post, so the number of questions, duration, marking scheme, fee, qualifying criteria and any retake rules cannot be confirmed from official material and should be treated as unverified until DDA publishes the notification. The DDA JE Civil study guide has 4 sections and about 1,190 words.
01Civil Engineering: Technical Core for DDA JE (Civil)
Civil Engineering is the technical core of the DDA JE (Civil) paper. It tests diploma-level applied knowledge across building materials, concrete technology, surveying, strength of materials, hydraulics, soil mechanics and quantity estimation, with DDA-relevant emphasis on CPWD-style specifications and urban development works.
359 words, about 2 min02General Intelligence and Reasoning: Pattern Speed
General Intelligence and Reasoning tests logical speed rather than syllabus knowledge: analogies, number and letter series, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, ranking and non-verbal reasoning. Number series: check differences, ratios, squares/cubes, alternating operations and primes.
283 words, about 1 min03General Awareness: Polity, Delhi and Current Facts
General Awareness in DDA JE covers Indian polity, history, geography, economy, general science and Delhi/urban-development current affairs. The paper expects factual recall with a special edge on Delhi’s administrative setup.
280 words, about 1 min04General English: Grammar and Usage Accuracy
General English tests grammar, vocabulary and comprehension at a practical level: error spotting, sentence improvement, fill in the blanks, synonyms and antonyms, idioms, active-passive, direct-indirect speech and reading comprehension. Subject-verb agreement: “one of + plural noun” takes a singular verb; each, every, either and neither are singular; collective nouns are usually singular when acting as a unit.
268 words, about 1 min