DSSSB Nursing Officer Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

One Tier (Technical) exam, online, 2 hours, 200 multiple-choice questions of one mark each. Questions are in Hindi and English.

A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks. The minimum qualifying marks (40% unreserved and EWS, 35% OBC, 30% SC/ST/PwBD) apply to Section B only, and the merit list uses the total of both sections. Where two candidates tie, the one with more marks in Section B ranks higher.

Section A follows DSSSB's common Section A indicative syllabus.

For Section B the Board published a 91-page indicative syllabus for post code 02/24. It opens with anatomy, system by system (skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, endocrine, reproductive), each with "alterations in disease" and "applications in nursing". It then covers biochemistry, fundamentals of nursing and nursing procedures, medical-surgical nursing with the drugs used, child health nursing, community health nursing, and management of nursing services and education. Expect questions at diploma and degree level, not general science.

From Advertisement No. 04/2024. You need one of these two routes:

1. Degree route: B.Sc. Nursing (regular) or Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing from a recognised university or institute, and registration as a Nurse or Nurse-Midwife with any nursing council.
2. Diploma route: Diploma in General Nursing Midwifery (GNM), registration as a Nurse or Nurse-Midwife, and one year's experience in a hospital of at least 50 beds after the diploma.

Either way, you must be registered with the Delhi Nursing Council by the time you are appointed.

Age: not over 30. SC/ST get 5 more years, OBC (Delhi) 3, PwBD 10. OBC candidates with a certificate that is not a Delhi OBC certificate apply as unreserved. Contract staff who have worked at least 180 days in a year against a sanctioned post in H&FW get a one-time waiver of the upper age limit.

1. Online exam (Tier I).
2. The Board posts everyone's marks on OARS and calls a shortlist to upload documents (the e-dossier). In the 2024 cycle 2,989 were called.
3. A result notice provisionally nominates candidates by roll number.
4. The Health & Family Welfare Department checks documents and eligibility before it issues offers.

There is no interview and no skill test.

Pay Level 7 of the 7th CPC matrix: ₹44,900 to ₹1,42,400 a month basic, Group B, non-gazetted, non-ministerial. Delhi government DA and allowances are added on top.

Apply online only, at dsssbonline.nic.in (OARS). Register once, then apply against the post code. The fee in 2024 was ₹100, paid through SBI e-pay; women, SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen paid nothing. The fee is not refunded.

No new Nursing Officer advertisement as of mid-October 2026. DSSSB puts out several advertisements a year, so check the vacancies page every few weeks.

Result Notice No. 80 (2 May 2025) nominated 1,394: UR 670, EWS 108, OBC 412, SC 106 and ST 98. Of the 2,989 called for documents, 154 did not upload them and were rejected (Notice No. 81). Results are posted on the DSSSB latest results page; individual marks are in your OARS account.

Cut-offs for the e-dossier shortlist in the 2024 cycle, out of 200 (Notice No. 79, 26 March 2025):

These were the marks needed to be called for documents. The final selection was made from that list against the vacancies.

Section B decides both whether you qualify and where you rank in a tie, so put most of your time there. The syllabus is your GNM or B.Sc. course; revise it subject by subject, starting with anatomy and physiology. Do not ignore Section A: the 2024 unreserved cut-off was 109 out of 200, and the gap between candidates is usually made in the general half. DSSSB publishes past online papers in its question bank, which shows the level of the general questions.

• DSSSB current vacancies (new advertisements)
• Advertisement No. 04/2024
• Notice No. 79: marks and cut-offs and Result Notice No. 80
• Section B indicative syllabus
• OARS application portal
• Exam notices and admit card announcements

Is there a DSSSB Nursing Officer vacancy open now?

No. The last one was Advertisement No. 04/2024. Watch the vacancies page.

Can a GNM diploma holder apply?

Yes, with nurse registration and one year of experience in a hospital of 50 or more beds, gained after the diploma.

Is there an interview?

No. Selection is on the written exam marks alone, followed by document checks.

What was the cut-off in 2024?

109.27 out of 200 for unreserved candidates to be called for documents. The full table is under cut-offs.

Do I need Delhi Nursing Council registration to apply?

Not to apply. You need registration with any nursing council, and Delhi Nursing Council registration by the time of appointment.