General Awareness
General Awareness in DSSSB AE tests static and current knowledge with a Delhi/NCT and governance tilt: the Constitution, Panchayati Raj, Delhi's unique status under Articles 239AA and 239AB, history, geography, economy, science, and welfare schemes. Questions are factual and usually ask for the single best match, so exact articles, dates, and institutional roles matter more than broad narrative.
Core areas
- Polity: Fundamental Rights (Articles 12–35), DPSP (36–51), Fundamental Duties (51A), President and Governor powers, important amendments, and writs.
- Delhi-specific: the 69th Amendment, the GNCTD framework, the Lieutenant Governor's discretionary powers, and the roles of MCD and NDMC.
- Static GK: Indus Valley sites, freedom-movement milestones, rivers and national parks, banking regulators, and basic physics, chemistry, and biology.
- Current affairs: appointments, awards, sports, defence exercises, and central/state schemes from roughly the previous 12 months.
Worked example
A question asks which Article protects against arbitrary deprivation of life and personal liberty. Article 21 is worded exactly as 'protection of life and personal liberty'; Article 19 lists six freedoms, and Article 22 deals with preventive detention safeguards. Choose Article 21 because the stem describes the right itself, not the remedy.
Traps
- Confusing Article 32 (Supreme Court writs) with Article 226 (High Court writs).
- Treating Delhi as a full state: it is an NCT with a legislature but restricted police, land, and public-order powers.
- Relying on stale current-affairs lists; recent 6–12 months are favoured.
- Mixing non-justiciable DPSPs with enforceable Fundamental Rights.