DSSSB PRT Exam - Paper Pattern, Marking Scheme and Syllabus
DSSSB has recently released the DSSSB Recruitment Application Form for the selection of teachers in the PRT, TGT and PGT posts. Delhi Subordinate Service Selection Board (DSSS) is the authorised agency which conducts various entrance examinations in Delhi. These include the examination of various state-level selections including the Primary and the Secondary Teachers. They also conduct entrance test for the Trained Graduate Teachers and Librarians as well as other posts. Check the examination scheme, syllabus and Exam Pattern of DSSSB PRT.
DSSSB PRT Exam Pattern 2017-18
S. No.
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Name of the Section
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Number of Questions
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Total Allotted Marks
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Total Time
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1.
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General Awareness
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20 Questions
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20 Marks
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2.
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General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability
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20 Questions
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20 Marks
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3.
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Arithmetic and Numerical Ability
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20 Questions
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20 Marks
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A total of 02 Hours
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4.
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Hindi Language and Comprehension
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20 Questions
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20 Marks
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5.
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English Language and Comprehension
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20 Questions
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20 Marks
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6.
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Paper B: The Main Subject
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100 Questions
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100 Marks
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Total
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200 Questions
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200 Marks
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Here is the DSSSB PRT Examination Scheme for the above-mentioned posts:
- There will be five sections in the examination in the Paper 1 and an expert paper in the form of Paper 2.
- There will be 200 questions in the examination. Paper 1 and Paper 2 will have a similar number of questions. Five sections in Paper 1 will carry 20 questions of one Mark each.
- For every question, there will be one mark and hence the total marks equals to 200 Marks in these posts.
- The candidates will get 2 hours to solve the questions in the examination. they will get 1 hour to solve Paper 1 and another 1 hour to solve the Paper 2.
- There will be a negative marking in the examination also which will be equal to 0.25 marks for each wrongly answered MCQ.
- The candidates will not be given any extra time for solving the questions.
DSSSB PRT Teachers Syllabus 2017-18 : Paper wise
General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability Syllabus
- Semantic Analogy
- Symbolic/Number Analogy
- Figural Analogy
- Semantic Classification
- Symbolic/Number Classification
- Figural Classification
- Semantic Series
- Number Series
- Figural Series
- Problem Solving
- Word Building
- Coding and de-coding
- Numerical operations
- Symbolic operations
- Trends
- Space Orientation
- Venn Diagrams
- Drawing inferences
- Punched hole/pattern – folding & unfolding
- Figural Pattern – folding and completion
- Embedded figures
- Critical Thinking
- Emotional Intelligence
- Social Intelligence
- Other sub-topics
General Awareness Syllabus
- History
- Culture Geography
- Economic Scene
- General policy
- Scientific research
Arithmetical & Numerical Ability Syllabus
Number Systems:
- Computation of Whole Number
- Decimal and Fractions
- Relationship between numbers
Fundamental arithmetical operations:
- Percentages
- Ratio and Proportion
- Square roots
- Averages
- Interest (Simple and Compound)
- Profit and Loss
- Discount
- Partnership Business
- Mixture and Allegation
- Time and distance
- Time and work
Algebra
- Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra (and their simple applications)
- Elementary surds (simple problems)
- Graphs of Linear Equations
Geometry
- Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts:
- Triangle and its various kinds of centres viz. Centroid, In-centre, Orthocentre, Circumcentre
- Congruence and similarity of triangles
- Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.
Mensuration
- Triangle, Quadrilaterals
- Regular Polygons (sum of the internal angles of a polygon)
- Circle
- Right Prism
- Right Circular Cone
- Right Circular Cylinder
- Sphere, Hemispheres
- Rectangular Parallelepiped
- Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base
Trigonometry
- Trigonometry (for acute angles θ with 0≤θ≤90)
- Trigonometric ratios
- Degree and Radian Measures
- Standard Identities like sin2θ + Cos2θ = 1, etc.
- Complementary Angles, Heights and Distances (simple problems only)
Statistical Charts
- Use of Tables and Graphs:
- Histogram
- Frequency polygon
- Bar-diagram
- Pie-chart
Test of English Language & Comprehension Syllabus
- Spot the Error
- Fill in the Blanks
- Synonyms/Homonyms
- Antonyms
- Spellings/Detecting Miss-spelt words
- Idioms & Phrases
- One word substitution
- Improvement of Sentences
- Active/Passive Voice of Verbs
- Conversion into Direct/Indirect narration
- Shuffling of Sentence parts
- Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
- Cloze Passage
- Comprehension Passage
