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What this resource covers
This page explains how the Staff Selection Commission structures the Sub-Inspector examination for Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces in its 2026 cycle. The supporting files are official SSC notices: the main recruitment notice, the schedule notice for Paper-I, last cycle’s notice that used the older scheme, two result write-ups from earlier cycles, and the normalization procedure that SSC applies when an exam runs in several shifts.
Paper-I at a glance
| Part | Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| II | General Knowledge and General Awareness | 25 | 25 |
| III | Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 25 |
| IV | English Comprehension | 25 | 25 |
The paper is computer based and lasts one hour, with a separate 15-minute timer on every part. A correct answer earns one mark and a wrong one costs a quarter mark. The first three parts appear in Hindi and English, while the English part is in English only.
Paper-II and the physical stage
Only candidates who clear the physical standard and endurance tests sit Paper-II. In the 2026 scheme it has four parts: reasoning, general awareness and quantitative aptitude with twenty questions each, plus English with one hundred questions. Each correct answer carries two marks, each wrong answer loses half a mark, and the total is 320 marks over two hours. The physical tests are qualifying only and carry no marks, with separate running and jumping benchmarks for men and women.
How to use it
- Read the Paper-I table first and build a section-wise time plan of about fifteen minutes per part.
- Compare the 2026 notice with the 2025 one, because the older scheme had 200 questions in Paper-I, so earlier cut-off figures are not directly comparable.
- Keep the normalization notice handy to understand why raw scores can differ from final scores.
- Use the minimum qualifying percentages and the NCC bonus rules while setting a realistic target score.
Link with the syllabus
The four Paper-I parts draw on the same topics as the syllabus: reasoning puzzles and series, current events and Indian polity, arithmetic through to trigonometry and data interpretation, and grammar with reading comprehension. Knowing the pattern tells you how many questions each topic block can contribute, so your revision hours can match the paper rather than your habits.
Printed material
For practice beyond the pattern, Competer stocks printed SSC preparation books and question banks that follow these sections, useful when you want to solve on paper rather than on a screen.