DSSSB MTS Syllabus: Exam Pattern and Topics

How DSSSB selects Multi Tasking Staff

MTS posts in Delhi government offices are filled through the board's one-tier scheme for general posts. The stages are short:

1. Computer-based test: 200 questions, the only marks that count for merit.
2. Document verification: your certificates of age, class 10, category and residence are checked against what you entered in the form.
3. Medical examination: done by the appointing department before you join.

The latest MTS advertisement offered 714 vacancies, split as 302 open, 212 OBC, 77 EWS, 70 SC and 53 ST seats. With so many posts and a low entry qualification, competition is wide, so every mark in the CBT matters.

DSSSB MTS exam pattern

• A correct response earns 1 mark; a wrong one costs 0.25.
• The paper is bilingual (Hindi and English), except the two language sections, which appear in their own language.
• The board may set a minimum qualifying mark. Reports of past MTS cycles give 40% for unreserved, 35% for OBC (Delhi) and 30% for the SC, ST and disability groups, applied to the aggregate.

Syllabus topics, section by section

General Awareness

• Past of India from early kingdoms to independence; rivers, mountains and climate of India and other countries
• How the Constitution and Parliament work, plus simple economy and budget ideas
• Everyday science: the human body, diseases, physics and chemistry in daily life
• Culture, sports, awards, books and authors, important days
• Current events of the past year, and Delhi-specific facts such as its administration and landmarks

General Intelligence and Reasoning

• Analogies, classification, series of numbers and letters
• Coded words, family relation puzzles, direction tests
• Visual memory, spatial orientation, figure based questions
• Similarities and differences, observation, judgement and arithmetical reasoning

Arithmetical and Numerical Ability

• Simplifying expressions, fractions, decimals, HCF, LCM
• Percentages, ratios, mean of a group
• Gain, loss and discount; SI and CI
• Pipes, workers and wages; speed problems and trains
• Basic mensuration and reading simple data tables

Hindi language

• Sandhi and samas, prefixes (upsarg), suffixes (pratyay), gender and number
• Paryayvachi and vilom shabd, anekarthi shabd
• Muhavare and lokoktiyan, vakya shuddhi
• An unseen passage with questions

English language

• Spotting errors, fill in the blanks, sentence improvement
• Word meanings and opposites, idiomatic phrases, one-word replacements, correct spellings
• Changing voice and narration
• Reading comprehension

Which sections pay back fastest

All five sections carry the same 40 marks, but they do not take the same effort. Hindi is the section many Delhi candidates score best in, because the grammar is taught in school and the questions are short. Reasoning at MTS level is also quick once you practise the common types. Arithmetic needs the most practice per mark, and English is where many candidates lose marks to guessing.

With 0.25 marks lost for each wrong answer, four blind attempts cancel a right one. Mark an answer when two choices are clearly out; otherwise move on. Over 200 questions, that habit alone can save 8 to 10 marks.

DSSSB MTS syllabus previous year question paper practice

Old DSSSB papers show you the pitch of this exam better than any book, which sits close to the SSC MTS level but with a separate Hindi section. When you work through them, look for patterns rather than memorising answers:

• How many general awareness questions are about Delhi and how many are recent events
• Which reasoning types repeat, usually coding, series and analogies
• Whether arithmetic leans on percentages and interest, or on time and work

Answer keys and notices for every DSSSB exam go up on dsssb.delhi.gov.in, so look there first for any official papers it has released. Practice papers from the SSC MTS previous papers guide also suit the reasoning, maths and English sections, since the level is similar. Once results are out, our DSSSB MTS cut off guide covers category-wise merit.

A 12 week plan for the MTS CBT

1. Weeks 1 to 3: arithmetic basics daily for an hour (percentage, ratio, average, interest), with reasoning types on alternate days.
2. Weeks 4 to 6: Hindi grammar topics one by one, and English grammar rules with 20 practice sentences a day.
3. Weeks 7 to 9: GK built from school NCERT books (middle and secondary classes), plus 15 minutes of news each day with a focus on Delhi.
4. Weeks 10 to 12: a timed 200 item mock on alternate days, then an hour spent on the mistakes from it.

Writing the central government MTS exam too? the SSC MTS syllabus covers most of the same ground except Hindi.

Who can apply for DSSSB MTS

The latest advertisement asks for matriculation, or any equivalent pass, and an age between 18 and 27 years on the closing date given in the notice. Upper age relaxation applies to reserved categories, ex-servicemen, persons with disabilities and Delhi government employees as per the rules quoted in the notice. Fees were reported as Rs 100 for the unreserved, OBC and EWS groups, with SC, ST, women and PwBD candidates exempt; check the current figure before paying.

DSSSB MTS syllabus in Hindi

डीएसएसएसबी एमटीएस भर्ती में सिर्फ एक ऑनलाइन पेपर होता है, जिसमें 120 मिनट में 200 सवाल हल करने होते हैं। पांच भाग हैं: सामान्य जागरूकता, तर्कशक्ति, अंकगणित, हिंदी भाषा और अंग्रेजी भाषा, और हर भाग 40 अंक का है। गलत जवाब का दंड चौथाई अंक है। हिंदी भाग में संधि, समास, पर्यायवाची, विलोम, मुहावरे और अपठित गद्यांश आते हैं। यही dsssb mts ka syllabus है; ताजा विज्ञापन जरूर देखें।