Section A: General Awareness
General Awareness in DSSSB PGT tests static and current knowledge across Indian polity, history, geography, economy, general science, art and culture, sports, awards, and Delhi-specific administration. Expect factual recall plus matching and assertion-style items rather than deep analysis.
Core rules and concepts
- Polity: Constitution, fundamental rights, DPSP, amendments, Schedules, panchayats, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi's special status.
- History: ancient, medieval, modern India, freedom movement, and post-independence consolidation.
- Geography: physical, climate, rivers, soils, agriculture, industries, and map-based identification.
- Economy: basic indicators, budget terms, banking, inflation, and government schemes.
- Science: everyday physics, chemistry, biology, health, and environment.
- Current affairs: appointments, awards, sports, summits, and national/state schemes; prefer stable facts over volatile officeholders.
- Delhi: Article 239AA, 69th Amendment, Assembly, CM, LG, and subjects outside Delhi's legislative competence.
Worked example
Question: Which subjects remain outside the Delhi Legislative Assembly's competence under Article 239AA? Reasoning: The 69th Constitutional Amendment (1991) inserted Article 239AA. Delhi is a Union Territory with a legislature, but public order, police, and land are reserved for the Union. So the answer is public order, police, and land. Do not add education or health; those are generally within Delhi's assembly sphere.
Traps
- Treating Delhi as a full state.
- Mixing Article 239AA with 239AB.
- Confusing fundamental rights with DPSP.
- Choosing a current officeholder when the question asks about a constitutional office.