Staff Selection Commission will soon release the recruitment notification for both male and female candidates to fill over 5000 constable positions in the Delhi Police. For all the candidates who want to serve society, this is a beautiful opportunity. The process of choosing candidates in the Delhi Police as Constable involves four stages: a written exam, physical examination, medical examination and document verification. In this article, we’ll provide some suggestions and tips to prepare for the written section of the selection process for the Delhi Police Constable.

Aspirants can also get details of the Delhi Police Recruitment for various posts at the linked article. Delhi Police is an authority to enforce the law in Delhi NCT under the Ministry of Home Affairs administration.

Candidates can also familiarize themselves with the list of other government exams conducted in the country at the linked article. Here, one can check the upcoming exams, important dates, etc. for their reference.

Delhi Police Constable Exam: Overview

Before discussing the exam preparation strategy for the Delhi Police Constable Exam, go through the following highlights of the exam:

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Delhi Police Constable: Preparation Strategy

All the aspirants of the Delhi Police Constable Exam must follow a task-based study plan and stay committed to the goal of passing the exam. Candidates must be persistent and ambitious, but also need to have the right study plan, which can be developed by going through the past years’ exam papers. 

The following suggestions and tips will be helpful for candidates to make a good preparation strategy:

• Understand the Exam Pattern and Exam Syllabus: There are four subjects and 100 questions total in the first phase of the exam. The test is computer-based, and the subjects included are General Intelligence and Reasoning, Aptitude for Maths and Computers, General Knowledge, and Awareness. The candidates will go through a physical examination in the second phase, which is followed by a medical test.

Candidates receive one mark for each answer that is correct and loses 0.25 marks for each answer that is incorrect. The duration of this test is 90 minutes (1 hrs and 30 minutes). The question paper is bilingual viz. in both English and Hindi language. The Delhi Police Constable Exam Pattern has been given in the table below:

The detailed Delhi Police Constable Syllabus is given in the link attached. Candidates must go through the syllabus for each subject.

• Go through the Previous Year’s Papers:

Aspirants who want to make it to the final list of the exam must go through the previous year’s papers. The importance of the Previous Year’s Paper can’t be emphasised more. Aspirants get an idea of the current trend of the questions asked in the exam, the difficulty level of the questions and a better understanding of their preparation level. So aspirants must solve at least the last ten years of previous years’ papers.

• Make Subject Wise Strategy:

The preparation for the four subjects from which questions are asked in the exam are different and require a different approach to attempt maximum questions in each section. The candidates must analyse their weak and strong areas and prepare the strategy for the exam based on their unique requirements. 

Subject-wise preparation tips for Delhi Police Constable Exam are given below in the next section, for the convenience of the candidates.

• Focus on Multiple Revisions: 

The best strategy to qualify for any exam is to revise the same books and material multiple times. Candidates must not focus on solving new books and resources every time, but rather focus on revising the same books. 

• Take Mock Tests:

Taking mock tests helps to give an overview of the exam-like situation. Candidates can gauge the level of their preparation by taking mock tests. Mock tests also help aspirants to focus on their strong areas and work on their weak areas. The mock tests also help aspirants to increase their speed, accuracy and time management.

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Delhi Police Constable: Subject Wise Preparation Tips

• Tips for Reasoning:

• This is the most scoring section of all the sections, for all the candidates. To increase the chances of scoring the highest marks in this section, candidates must focus on mental ability tests, coding-decoding problems, etc. 

• There are 25 questions in this particular section, with questions on subjects like arithmetic reasoning, statements and assumptions, the alphabet series, problems with calculating ages, classification, a test of one’s sense of direction, blood relations, and more.

• • • Candidates must carefully examine the questions in order to avoid confusion due to negative marking.
    • In order to minimise confusion and understand questions clearly, the applicants must use Venn diagrams, remember the sequence of alphabets, numerical positions of alphabets from 1st to 26th and also in reverse order. This will help to save time while solving questions.
    • Based on the analysis of last year’s paper at least three questions were asked on the alphabet topic with questions based on the word, letter and number, two questions were asked from the arithmetic reasoning, syllogism and blood relation section and at least 3 questions were asked on topics including counting figures, coding-decoding, figure formation and figure series

• Tips for GK/ Current Affairs: 

• • • The chances to score maximum marks in this section are the highest as this section contains the maximum weightage and takes less time to attempt more questions. 
    • The purpose of this section, which consists of 50 questions in total, is to assess the applicants’ general knowledge. 
    • The best way for candidates to prepare for this section is to read the newspaper every day and stay informed of current events. Other sources to stay updated are following the news and reading history books. 
    • There will be questions in the general knowledge part about India and its neighbouring nations on subjects like history, geography, dates, economics etc. 
    • The best tip to score better in this section is to focus on taking notes of the important dates and events and multiple revisions.
    • Based on the Previous paper analysis a total of six questions covering topics like ancient, medieval and modern history were asked in the category of history, four questions from Polity and Economics, six questions from Geography and almost ten questions from the General Science and Environment section. The rest of the questions were asked from the Current Affairs Section.

• Tips for Numerical Ability:

• • • The numerical ability section is all about practice and more practice as the section is based on solving questions which involve a lot of calculations.
    • The sections include questions on topics like Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and the relationship between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, etc. Hence, aspirants are advised to practise as many questions s they can to increase the speed and accuracy of calculations.
    • The section requires aspirants to learn important formulae, tables, squares, cubes etc to increase their calculation speed. This also will help them to attempt more questions.
    • Based on the previous paper analysis, the majority of questions were asked on topics Number System, Divisibility and Remainder, Profit & Loss and Discount, and Simplification. There was at least one question on topics such as Mensuration, Identities, Surds and Indices, HCF and LCM, Partnership, Problems on Ages, Time and Work along with Speed and Time and Distance.

• Tips for Computer Knowledge:

• • The computer Awareness section is the simplest of all the sections in the exam. It is the most rewarding section as the syllabus is limited and one can even aim to score full marks in it. 
  • The candidates need to focus on computer fundamentals to perform well in this section. 
  • There will be a total of 10 questions on topics like Basic of Computers, Computer Organization, Generations of computer, Input & Output Device, Shortcuts & Basic knowledge MS word, etc.
  • Repeatedly revise the computer topics and syllabus to ensure that one doesn’t skip a question due to a lack of knowledge from this section.
  • The applicants are encouraged to take quizzes to ensure that they fully grasp the subject.
  • The main areas to focus on in this section are
    • Generations of computers
    • WWW
    • MS word
    • Communication
    • MS Office
    • short cut keys
    • Miscellaneous

This is all about the Delhi Police Constable exam preparation. Candidates preparing for other government exams can get the Best Preparation Strategy for Competitive Exams at the linked article. For any further details, exam updates, study material or preparation tips, turn to BYJU’S for assistance

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