DSSSB AE study plan
DSSSB AE · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Post-specific Technical / Engineering Subject Knowledge
Map the DSSSB AE technical syllabus into a one-page checklist covering civil/electrical discipline subtopics, then mark every subtopic as known, shaky, or unknown.
Solve 40 mixed technical MCQs under a 40-minute timer to establish a baseline score and log every wrong answer by subtopic.
Build a formula and definition sheet for the three weakest subtopics identified in the baseline.
Review core concepts of the two highest-weight technical areas (e.g., structural analysis and RCC design, or power systems and machines) by working 10 numerical problems each.
Your checkpoint
A dated baseline sheet showing technical score out of 40, a ranked list of weak subtopics, and a completed syllabus checklist.
Post-specific Technical / Engineering Subject Knowledge & Arithmetical & Numerical Ability
Work 60 technical numericals across the weak subtopics flagged in week 1, writing full step-by-step solutions rather than just answers.
Drill 50 arithmetic questions on percentages, ratio-proportion, and averages, targeting 90% accuracy with a 45-second-per-question pace.
Memorise and self-test 25 standard technical constants, unit conversions, and IS-code values without looking at notes.
Re-attempt every week-1 wrong technical question and record whether the error was conceptual, calculation, or misreading.
Your checkpoint
An error log of at least 30 entries classified by cause, plus a timed arithmetic set scored and dated.
Arithmetical & Numerical Ability & Post-specific Technical / Engineering Subject Knowledge
Solve 80 numerical ability questions spanning time-work, time-speed-distance, profit-loss, and simple/compound interest in three timed 30-minute blocks.
Complete 40 technical MCQs on the two next-weakest subtopics and write a five-line summary of each concept you got wrong.
Practise 20 data-interpretation sets (tables, bar graphs) and record accuracy and time per set.
Reduce calculation time by practising 15 minutes of shortcut techniques (fraction-percentage equivalents, approximation, digital sums) daily for four days.
Your checkpoint
A scored three-block numerical test with per-topic accuracy percentages and a note of which shortcut reduced your time most.
Post-specific Technical / Engineering Subject Knowledge & General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability
Take a full-length 100-question mixed mock (technical plus reasoning) in one sitting and analyse every error.
Solve 60 reasoning questions on series, coding-decoding, analogies, and classification, aiming for 85% accuracy.
Revisit the technical syllabus checklist and re-rate every subtopic; convert any remaining 'unknown' items into a two-week revision list.
Write 15 one-line technical facts you repeatedly forget and start a daily five-minute recall drill.
Your checkpoint
A mid-point mock score report with section-wise accuracy, a revised technical checklist, and a two-week remediation list.
General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability & General Awareness
Solve 80 reasoning questions on blood relations, direction sense, seating arrangement, and syllogisms with diagram-based working.
Cover 40 general awareness items on Indian polity, constitution articles, and current national schemes, and self-quiz them after 24 hours.
Practise 30 non-verbal reasoning items (figure series, mirror images, embedded figures) and note recurring patterns.
Review static general awareness on Indian geography, history milestones, and basic science facts in three 30-minute sessions.
Your checkpoint
A reasoning accuracy report by question type plus a 40-item general awareness self-quiz scored after a one-day gap.
General Awareness & General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability
Complete 60 general awareness questions on awards, sports, books, organisations, and current affairs of the past six months, updating a running fact file.
Solve 60 reasoning questions on statement-conclusion, assumption, inequality, and ranking, timing each set at 40 seconds per question.
Consolidate the fact file into 20 high-yield revision cards grouped by theme.
Re-attempt all reasoning errors from weeks 4 and 5 and confirm at least 80% are now correct.
Your checkpoint
Twenty revision cards on general awareness and a reasoning error re-test scored at 80% or above.
Hindi Language & Comprehension & English Language & Comprehension
Practise 40 Hindi questions on संधि, समास, उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय, मुहावरे, and पर्यायवाची, recording every wrong item with its rule.
Practise 40 English questions on synonyms, antonyms, idioms, spotting errors, and sentence improvement, logging grammar rules violated.
Complete two Hindi comprehension passages and two English comprehension passages under a 10-minute-per-passage limit.
Write 20 vocabulary pairs (Hindi word with meaning, English word with usage) and self-test them twice during the week.
Your checkpoint
A bilingual error notebook with at least 40 entries and four comprehension passages scored against time.
Post-specific Technical / Engineering Subject Knowledge & Arithmetical & Numerical Ability & General Awareness & General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability & Hindi Language & Comprehension & English Language & Comprehension
Take two full-length mocks under exact exam timing, including negative marking, and compare section-wise scores against week 4.
Do a rapid revision sweep of the technical formula sheet, general awareness cards, and bilingual error notebook across four sessions.
Re-solve the 30 highest-frequency error types from your entire log and confirm each is now correct.
Finalise an exam-day strategy: section order, time budget per section, and a rule for when to skip a question.
Your checkpoint
Two timed mock scorecards showing improvement over week 4, plus a written one-page exam-day time-allocation plan.
Milestones
Week 2: Technical baseline of 40 MCQs is logged, and at least 60 technical numericals have been solved with written steps; arithmetic accuracy is at or above 80%.
Week 4: Full-length mixed mock completed with section-wise accuracy recorded; every technical subtopic is rated known, shaky, or unknown with no blanks left.
Week 6: Reasoning accuracy is at or above 85% on timed sets, general awareness fact file has 20 revision cards, and at least 80% of earlier reasoning errors are corrected on re-test.
Week 8: Two full-length timed mocks show a higher total than the week-4 mock, all six domains have been revised at least twice, and a written exam-day time plan exists.