SSC-Head Constable/ 16th June/ 835 Vacancies
Updated On : 16 Jan, 2023
OVERVIEW
The Delhi Police Department's Head Constable (Ministerial) post’s recruitment process has been advertised by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). A formal announcement was made in this regard on the Staff Selection Commission's official website on May 17, 2022.
The application for the same was started on May 17, 2022, and accepted up to June 16, 2022. Candidates should read the complete notification as we are providing all exam-relevant information here.
There are 835 openings for Head Constable (Ministerial) jobs in the Delhi Police, and the Staff Selection Commission has declared them. There will be a four-round selection procedure. For the Delhi Police Head Constable Recruitment 2022, applicants must have a 12th-grade diploma or equivalent. September 2022 is the date scheduled for the Delhi Police Head Constable Exam 2022.
Important Details:
Post | Head Constable (Ministerial) in Delhi Police |
Exam Conducting Body | Staff Selection Commission |
Starting of Online application | 17th May 2022 |
Last date for Online Application | 16th June 2022 |
Number of Vacancies | 835 |
Selection Process | In four stages:
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Exam Date | September 2022 |
Official Website |
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. Nationality/ Citizenship:
Candidates must be the citizen of India.
2. Age Limit
18 to 25 years as on 01.01.2022 (i.e. candidates born not before 02-01- 1997 and not later than 01-01-2004). The upper age limit as prescribed above will be relaxable only in the following cases:-
Age relaxation:
Category | Upper Age Limit |
Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe | 30 years |
OBC | 28 years |
Widows/divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and who are not re-married | 35 years (38 years for OBC, 40 years for SCs/STs) |
sportsmen/sportswomen of distinction who have represented a State at the National level or the Country at the International level in sports during preceding three years from the date of advertisement of vacancies | 30 years |
departmental candidates of Delhi Police | 40 years for general category, 43 years for OBC & 45 years for SCs/STs |
Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates | 35 years (38 years for OBC, 40 years for SCs/STs) |
For more information regarding age limit/relaxation refer to the official notification: Head Constable (Ministerial) in Delhi Police Examination, 2022
3. Educational Qualification:
(The candidates should be 10+2 passed or possess equivalent qualification at the time of applying for the post): (i) 10 + 2 (Senior Secondary) passed or equivalent from a recognized Board at the time of filling of application form.
Professional Attainments:
Typing | Speed |
Speed in English Typing | 30 words per minute |
Speed in Hindi Typing | 25 words per minute |
APPLICATION PROCESS
Online submissions are the only accepted form of application for the Delhi Police Head Constable vacancy. The procedures and information for applying for this recruitment drive are as follows:
Visit the commission's website at Staff Selection Commission.
Register by providing your personal details.
Use your "Registration Number" and password to access the online system.
For the "Head Constable (Ministerial) in Delhi Police Examination-2022" section, select "Apply."
Now enter your required details and pay the application fee.
Make a copy of your records/application form after the final submission of the application.
Application fees:
Fee payable: Rs 100/- (Rs One hundred only).
Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), PwD and Ex-Servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted 12 from payment of fee.
Note:- that until June 17, 2022, you can pay your online fees using BHIM UPI, Net Banking, Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, or RuPay credit or debit cards, as well as cash at any SBI bank by creating an SBI Challan. As long as the challan was generated before June 18, 2022, candidates may use an SBI challan to make a cash payment at any SBI branch during regular business hours until June 20. (2300 hours).
Admit Card
A Delhi Police Head Constable Admit Card for the written test, which is anticipated to take place in the month of August 2022, will only be given to applicants whose application forms have been filed successfully. Candidates can access the Delhi Police Head Constable Hall Ticket on the SSC website at ssc.nic.in by using their registration number and password. Only online downloads of the admit cards will be accessible.
SELECTION PROCESS
There will be four steps in the selection process for the head constable post in Delhi Police. Only applicants who successfully complete the whole screening process for the Delhi Police Head Constable vacancy will be considered for the final selection. Below is a summary of the complete selection process.
Objective Type Test on a Computer - 100 Marks
Physical Endurance and Measurement Examination - Qualifying
Typing Exam by Delhi Police - 25 Marks
Computer Formatting Examination - Qualifying
Document Verification (of the shortlisted candidates who clear all the stages)
Exam Pattern
The computer-based exam for Delhi Police Head Constables will have questions of this type and have the following five sections:
Subjects | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Exam Duration | |
General Awareness | 20 | 20 | 90 Minutes (1 hour 30 minutes) | |
Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 20 | ||
General Intelligence | 25 | 25 | ||
English Language | 25 | 25 | ||
Computer Fundamentals | 10 | 10 | ||
Total | 100 | 100 | ||
Syllabus
The first step to get ready is to become familiar with the Delhi Police Head Constable Syllabus 2022 for each subject and get ready for the exam topic by topic.
Subjects | Topics | |
General Awareness | Questions will be designed to test the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Indian Economy, General Polity, Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research. | |
Quantitative Aptitude | Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time and work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base, Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart. | |
General Intelligence | It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. This component may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning. The topics are 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, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/patternfolding & un-folding, Figural Pattern-folding and completion, Indexing Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/ numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Other sub-topics, if any. | |
English Language | Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms/ Homonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/ Detecting mis-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. | |
Computer Fundamentals | This paper will include questions on the following: 1. Elements of Word Processing (Word Processing Basics, Opening and closing Documents, Text Creation, Formatting the Text and its presentation features). 2. MS Excel (Elements of Spread Sheet, Editing of Cells, Function and Formulas) 3. Communication (Basics of E-mail, Sending/receiving of Emails and its related functions) 18 4. Internet, WWW and Web Browsers (Internet, Services on Internet, URL, HTTP, FTP, Web sites, Blogs, Web Browsing Software, Search Engines, Chat, Video conferencing, e-Banking) etc. | |
Physical Endurance Test (Qualifying)
A) Male Candidates: For Male candidates including ex-servicemen and departmental candidates (age-wise) will be as under:-
Age | Race-1600 Meters | Long Jump | High Jump |
Upto 30 years | 07 minutes | 12½ feet (12’6”) | 3½ feet (3’6”) |
Above 30 to 40 years | 08 minutes | 11½ feet (11’6”) | 3¼ feet (3’3”) |
Above 40 years | 09 minutes | 10½ feet (10’6”) | 3 feet |
B) Female Candidates: For Female candidates including departmental candidates and widow/ divorced/judicially separated women candidates (age-wise) will be as under:-
Age | Race-1600 Meters | Long Jump | High Jump |
Upto 30 years | 05 minutes | 9 feet | 3 feet |
Above 30 to 40 years | 06 minutes | 8 feet | 2½ feet (2’6”) |
Above 40 years | 07 minutes | 7 feet | 2¼ feet (2’3”) |
Physical Measurment
Gender | Height | Chest |
Male | 165 cms(Relaxable by 5cm for Hill Areas/ST Candidates/Sons of Either Serving, Retired, or deceased Delhi Police Personnel/ MTS of Delhi Police) | 78-82 cms (with a minimum of 4 cms expansion). Relaxable by 5 cms fo The relaxation by y 5 cms for Residents of Hill Areas/ ST Candidates/ Sons of Either Serving, Retired or deceased Delhi Police Personnel/ MTS of Delhi Police) |
Female | 157 cms (Relaxable by 5cm for Hill Areas/ ST Candidates/ Daughters of Either Serving, Retired, or deceased Delhi Police Personnel/ MTS of Delhi Police) | Chest measurement is not applicable for female entrants |
DP Head Constable Typing Test 2022
As per the notice issued by the Staff Selection Commission on January 16, 2023, the following addition is made to the Typing Test:
The typing test will last for ten minutes. In Hindi, the minimum qualifying speed is 25 w.p.m. and in English, 30 w.p.m. Candidates will receive a written passage that is at least 400 words long, or 2000 strokes in Hindi, or 350 words long, or 1750 strokes in English. After the allotted 10 minutes have passed, no applicant may continue to type the passage.
A maximum of 25 marks has been allotted for the Typing Test and marking shall be done as under
English Typing | Hindi Typing | ||
Below 30 w.p.m | Disqualify | Below 25 w.p.m. | Disqualify |
30 w.p.m. | 10 marks | 25 w.p.m. | 10 marks |
From 31 to 35 w.p.m. | 12 marks | From 26 to 30 w.p.m. | 12 marks |
From 36 to 40 w.p.m. | 15 marks | From 31 to 35 w.p.m. | 15 marks |
From 41 to 45 w.p.m. | 18 marks | From 36 to 40 w.p.m. | 18 marks |
From 46 to 50 w.p.m | 21 marks | From 41 to 45 w.p.m. | 21 marks |
Above 50 w.p.m | 25 marks | Above 45 w.p.m. | 25 marks |
Procedure for evaluation of English and Hindi typing speed are as follows:
Total strokes/5 - Words
Total words/time of test - Tentative Speed
For detailed information on the typing test, refer to the official notice.
VACANCY & SALARY
The following are the category-wise vacancy details:
Head Constable (Ministerial)-Male | |
Category - Open | Number of Posts |
Gen/UR | 217 |
EWS | 50 |
OBC | 123 |
SC | 59 |
ST | 54 |
Total | 503 |
Category - Ex-SM | Number of Posts |
Gen/UR | 24 |
EWS | 06 |
OBC | 14 |
SC | 06 |
ST | 06 |
Total | 56 |
Head Constable (Ministerial)- Female | |
Category - Open | Number of Posts |
Gen/UR | 119 |
EWS | 28 |
OBC | 67 |
SC | 32 |
ST | 30 |
Total | 276 |
Salary
Starting salaries range from Rs. 35000 to Rs. 38000. The remuneration of the Delhi Police Head Constable decided following the 7th pay commission. According to the notification, the Delhi Police Head Constable's basic salary ranges from Rs. 25500 to Rs. 81100. (Pay Level 4). The HRA is equal to 24% of the basic pay i.e. Rs. 6120. Travel Allowance is Rs. 3600, and Dearness Allowance is equal to 12 percent of the gross salary.
