DSSSB TGT study guide
DSSSB TGT · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The DSSSB TGT (Trained Graduate Teacher) selection is run by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board, a body instituted by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, which describes its purpose as recruiting capable, competent, highly skilled individuals by conducting written tests, professional tests and personal interviews wherever as desired. Teaching posts are advertised through vacancy notices and combined examination advertisements, and each post carries a post code that candidates track across the Board's notices, admit cards, answer keys and results. The DSSSB TGT study guide has 5 sections and about 1,575 words.
01General Awareness: Polity, Education Policy, History, Geography, Science and Current Affairs
General Awareness in the DSSSB TGT paper checks whether you can place a fact in the right frame - Indian polity, history, geography, economy, science and current affairs - with a consistent tilt towards education policy and national institutions, because the post is a teaching one. Polity: Preamble, Fundamental Rights (Articles 14–32), DPSP (36–51), Fundamental Duties (51A), Parliament, President and Governor, judiciary, 73rd and 74th Amendments on panchayats and municipalities.
321 words, about 2 min02General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability: Series, Coding, Relations and Syllogism
General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability tests how quickly you spot a rule rather than how much you remember. DSSSB TGT items are largely verbal - series, analogies, coding–decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, ranking and seating - plus non-verbal items on mirror images, embedded figures, paper folding and dice, which are described in the paper itself.
319 words, about 2 min03Arithmetical and Numerical Ability: Percentages, Ratios, Work, Speed and Interest
Arithmetical and Numerical Ability checks speed and accuracy on school-level mathematics: number system, HCF–LCM, percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time and work, speed–distance–time, mensuration and data interpretation. Learn fraction equivalents: 12.5% = 1/8, 16⅔% = 1/6, 20% = 1/5, 25% = 1/4 - most percentage sums then collapse into multiplication.
333 words, about 2 min04हिन्दी भाषा एवं बोधगम्यता: व्याकरण, शब्द-भंडार और अपठित बोध
303 words, about 2 min05English Language and Comprehension: Grammar, Vocabulary and Reading
English Language and Comprehension tests grammar control, vocabulary range and reading accuracy through error spotting, sentence improvement, fill in the blanks, synonyms and antonyms, idioms, one-word substitution, spelling and a comprehension passage. Subject–verb agreement: "one of + plural noun" takes a singular verb; "the number of" is singular while "a number of" is plural; neither, either, each and every are singular.
299 words, about 1 min