Delhi Police Driver Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

One computer based exam: 100 objective questions, 100 marks, 90 minutes, in Hindi and English only.

• Negative marking: 0.25 per wrong answer.
• Normalisation: multi-shift scores are normalised using the SSC formula of 2 June 2025, and cut-offs are set on the normalised marks.
• Qualifying aggregate: 40 per cent for General and EWS, 35 per cent for SC, ST and OBC.
• Shortlist: about twenty times the vacancies in each category go to the PE&MT.

Later stages

Para 11.4 of the notice lists sections rather than a full topic syllabus. There's no English section and no General Science section, unlike the Head Constable papers.

Part A: General Awareness (20)

Current events, everyday science, and India and its neighbours: History, Culture, Geography, Economy, Polity, the Constitution and Scientific Research.

Part B: General Intelligence (20)

Verbal and non-verbal reasoning: analogies, similarities and differences, space visualisation, problem solving, judgement, visual memory, classification, number and figure series, coding and decoding.

Part C: Numerical Ability (10)

Whole numbers, decimals and fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, interest, profit and loss, discount, time and distance, time and work.

Part D: driving and vehicles (50)

The same ground is tested again in the trade test, so Part D covers 50 of the trade test's 150 marks too.

Nationality: Indian citizen. Gender: male only.

Age: 21 to 30 on 1 July 2025

Born between 2 July 1995 and 1 July 2004. Your date of birth must match your Matriculation certificate; it can't be changed later, and a mismatch gets you rejected.

Qualification, on the closing date

• 10+2 pass or equivalent from a recognised Board.
• A valid Heavy Motor Vehicle driving licence. A learner's licence isn't accepted.
• Able to drive heavy vehicles with confidence, and know vehicle maintenance.

Open and distance learning degrees count if they're from a university recognised under the 10 June 2015 notification and approved by the UGC Distance Education Bureau for the period you studied (Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 covers deemed universities).

Physical and medical standards

The 5 cm relaxation goes to hill-area residents (certificate from the DC, DM, SDM or Tehsildar), ST candidates, and sons of serving, retired or deceased Delhi Police personnel and Multi-Tasking Staff, unless that person was dismissed, removed, terminated or compulsorily retired as a penalty. A ward who also qualifies by category or hill area picks one relaxation, not both. The medical follows Rule 17(XX) of the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) Rules, 1980.

SSC runs the notice, applications and the computer based exam. The Delhi Police runs the PE&MT, trade test, document verification, medical, the vacancies and the reserve panel, under its own recruitment scheme and an MoU with SSC. Grievances, RTIs and court cases about those stages go to the Delhi Police, not SSC.

Only the written exam ranks you. Under Para 15.11 the select list is made category-wise on the computer based exam score (plus any bonus marks). The later stages decide whether you stay in, not where you stand.

PE&MT, in Delhi only

The admit card for this stage comes from the Delhi Police on delhipolice.gov.in, not from SSC. Race first; those who pass do the long jump, then the high jump, each in three chances.

There's no appeal against failing the race or jumps. Height and chest are measured only for those who clear them, and an appellate board at the venue re-measures the same day if you appeal. Fail the events in an earlier attempt and hide it, and the old result stands. Documents are checked at the PE&MT.

Trade test

Your licence is verified first, traced through every transport authority that issued or endorsed it up to the HTV or HMV stage. Only candidates with a genuine licence sit the test, and you bring it in original. A forged licence is dealt with accordingly.

No representation, appeal, RTI or CPGRAMS complaint lies against PE&MT, trade test or medical decisions.

Bonus marks

Para 6.4: NCC 'C' certificate 5 per cent of the maximum, 'B' 3 per cent, 'A' 2 per cent. A Rashtriya Raksha University degree or PG diploma earns 5 per cent with distinction down to 2 per cent for a pass. Declare it on the form, hold it by the closing date and bring the original to document verification.

Reserved candidates and the reserve panel

Reserved-category candidates selected on merit without any relaxed standard go against whichever vacancy suits them better. Anyone who used a relaxation (age, height, chest, qualification) counts against reserved posts. For ex-servicemen, deducting service from age isn't a relaxation. SSC also hands the Delhi Police a sealed reserve panel of 15 per cent, category-wise. It isn't published, and the Delhi Police runs it under Standing Order HRD/7/2022.

That's basic pay. Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance at the Delhi rate, Transport Allowance and the Delhi Police uniform allowances come on top; NPS and health scheme contributions come off. The notice gives only the pay level. For comparison, the Head Constable posts are at Level-4 (₹25,500). The job is driving Delhi Police light and heavy vehicles, posted in Delhi.

Apply online only on ssc.gov.in. A parallel notice goes up on delhipolice.gov.in. Toll-free helpline: 180 030 930 63.

Fee: ₹100, online by BHIM UPI, net banking or Visa, MasterCard, Maestro or RuPay debit card. SC, ST and eligible ex-servicemen don't pay. It isn't refunded or carried over to another exam.

Before you apply, make sure the HMV licence is already issued, your date of birth matches your Matriculation certificate, and any NCC or Rashtriya Raksha University certificate is in hand. All of it is judged as on the closing date.

The employer is the Delhi Police (delhipolice.gov.in). The Staff Selection Commission (ssc.gov.in) vets and publishes the notice, takes applications, holds the computer based exam and declares its result. The Delhi Police decides the vacancies and the reservation roster, runs the PE&MT, trade test, document verification and medical, and keeps the reserve panel. Questions about any of those go to the Delhi Police.

The computer based exam is held at centres across India, allotted according to how many applications come from each state. Pick your centre preferences on the form; you can't change them later, and SSC may move candidates between centres. For 2025, SSC offered a self slot selection option for the four Delhi Police exams on 4 December 2025.

The PE&MT, trade test and document verification are all in Delhi. The medical is at selected government hospitals in Delhi.

Age is counted on 1 July 2025. The licence, qualification, category, NCC and sports claims are all judged on the closing date. The Delhi Police sets the PE&MT, trade test and medical dates after the written result and announces them on its own site.

SSC publishes the exam city a few days before the computer based exam admit card, both on ssc.gov.in. After the written result, the PE&MT, trade test and medical admit cards come from the Delhi Police on delhipolice.gov.in, so keep an eye on both sites.

For the PE&MT bring your HMV licence in original, 10+2 certificates, category and relaxation certificates in the notice's formats, and any hill-area, ward, NCC, Rashtriya Raksha University or sports certificate you're claiming on.

SSC published the written result on 29 April 2026, on ssc.gov.in with a parallel notice on delhipolice.gov.in. Tentative answer keys with the question paper and your response sheet go up first (31 December 2025 for this cycle). Objections are online only, ₹50 per question, non-refundable. Final keys and marks follow the result. There's no re-evaluation or re-checking.

SSC declares the final result after the Delhi Police completes the PE&MT, trade test and medical.

SSC publishes category-wise cut-offs with each result on ssc.gov.in, normally with the written result a few months after the exam. Nothing is announced in advance. The cut-offs are on normalised marks, so don't compare them with a raw score from the answer key.

The minimum to qualify is 40 per cent for General and EWS and 35 per cent for SC, ST and OBC. The real line is wherever twenty times the vacancies runs out.

• Get the HMV licence first. It has to exist on the closing date, and it will be checked back to its origin. If it passed through transport offices in several states, make sure those records exist.
• Part D is where you win. Fifty marks on driving and vehicles, and most candidates don't study it. Use the Motor Vehicles Act and Central Motor Vehicles Rules for rules and signs, a standard traffic sign chart, a maintenance manual for the items the notice names, and emission norms for the pollution block. It's tested again in the trade test.
• Don't drop the other 50. Numerical ability is ten basic arithmetic questions, the easiest marks in the paper. Watch the 0.25 penalty; four wrong answers cancel a right one.
• Practise reverse and parking. You need 50 per cent in forward, reverse and parking separately, in both vehicles. A weak reverse fails you outright, with no appeal.
• Train for the run early. 1600 m in 7 minutes up to age 30, then the jumps.
• Check your eyes now. 6/6 and 6/12 without glasses is stricter than the Head Constable (Ministerial) standard of 6/12 in both eyes with or without glasses.

Most "Delhi Police Constable" practice sets are for the Constable (Executive) paper, which has an English section and nothing on vehicles. For real questions, use the papers SSC publishes with the answer keys (see sample papers).

SSC uploads the actual question paper with your response sheet and the tentative answer key after the exam. For 2025 that was on 31 December 2025, and it stays up only for the objection window, so download it then. Detailed marks for the 2022 cycle were published on 15 February 2024.

Older papers are under Previous Year Question Papers in the For Candidates menu on ssc.gov.in, and SSC puts up a mock test on the CBT platform before each exam.

• ssc.gov.in: notice, application, admit card, answer keys, results, previous year papers
• delhipolice.gov.in: PE&MT admit card and the later stages
• Constable (Driver)-Male in Delhi Police Examination, 2025 notice, F. No. HQ-C-3021/1/2025-C-3 (PDF)
• revised vacancy notice, 25 February 2026 (PDF)

Do I need a heavy vehicle licence before I apply?

Yes. A valid HMV licence on the closing date. A learner's licence isn't accepted.

Does the trade test add to my marks?

No. It's 150 marks but only qualifying. Merit is on the written exam alone.

Can women apply?

No. The post is Constable (Driver)-Male.

What is the age limit?

21 to 30 on 1 July 2025, with the usual relaxations for SC, ST, OBC, ex-servicemen, sportspersons and Delhi Police staff.

Is there negative marking?

Yes, 0.25 per wrong answer in the written exam.

Can I appeal against failing the physical test?

Only against height and chest, on the same day. Not against the race or jumps, the trade test or the medical.

What is the fee?

₹100. SC, ST and eligible ex-servicemen are exempt.

Where do I get the PE&MT admit card?

From the Delhi Police website, not SSC.

How many vacancies are there?

660 after the 25 February 2026 revision, down from 737.