Haryana Group D Syllabus: CET Pattern and Topics

Where the Haryana group D syllabus fits in hiring

Haryana moved its Group C and Group D hiring to a common test model. For Group D, the CET is the main filter: you write one paper, and the commission then allots posts from the merit it builds on that score, along with your preferences and category, followed by document checks.

• The last Group D CET was held offline over two days in two shifts, with question booklets in Hindi and English.
• Your CET result is used for later Group D advertisements as long as it stays valid, so a good score can serve more than one round.

How long a score stays valid and how posts are allotted are set in each CET notice, so read that part closely. For the HSSC side of the same recruitment, including notices and post lists, see the HSSC group D syllabus page.

Haryana group D exam pattern, subject by subject

The first six rows together make up 75 percent of the paper and the Haryana block the remaining 25 percent. Questions are set at matric standard, so you need clean basics more than advanced tricks.

Topics in the general studies and maths sections

General awareness

• India's past: Harappa, empires, Mughal rule, the national movement
• Indian Constitution, Parliament, basic rights and duties
• Physical geography of India, rivers, soils, crops, neighbouring countries
• Current events, awards, sports, important days

General science

• Physics in daily life: units, electricity at home, mirrors and lenses, sound, simple machines
• Chemistry: metals and non metals, everyday compounds like baking soda, acid and base tests
• Biology: how our organs work, which vitamin shortage causes which illness, plant parts, nutrition

Quantitative ability

• Number system and BODMAS simplification, HCF with LCM, decimal fractions
• Percentages, averages, ratios, and buying and selling problems with discounts
• Interest (simple, then compound), work done by pipes and people, speed and trains
• Area and perimeter, volume, angles and triangles

Reasoning

• Odd one out, analogies, letter and number series, coded words
• Family trees, direction tests, order and position, clocks and calendars
• Mirror images, counting triangles in a figure, two statement syllogisms

English and Hindi: grammar at school level

English (10 marks): articles, prepositions and tenses, finding the incorrect part of a sentence, blanks to complete, synonym and antonym pairs, single words for phrases, common idioms, voice change, and one brief unseen passage.

Hindi (10 marks): sandhi and samas, prefixes and suffixes (upsarg, pratyay), synonyms and opposites, gender and number, muhavare and lokoktiyan, correcting sentences and spellings, and questions on well known Hindi writers. Many candidates from Hindi medium schools finish this block fastest, so do not skip revision of the rules.

General knowledge of Haryana: the 25 mark block

This section is what separates a selection score from an average one. Prepare these areas with a Haryana specific map in front of you:

• History: Indus sites such as Rakhigarhi and Banawali, the battles of Panipat, the role of Haryana in 1857, formation of the state on 1 November 1966
• Geography: districts and divisions, rivers (Yamuna, Ghaggar, Markanda), Aravalli hills, soils, climate, wildlife sanctuaries and national parks
• Economy: major crops, dairy and livestock, industrial towns, state schemes in current news
• Polity: the governor, assembly, panchayati raj in the state, district administration
• Culture: folk dances, festivals and fairs, dress, dialects, Haryanvi literature and music, sports persons from the state
• Current affairs: recent schemes, appointments, awards and events in Haryana

Rule changes that affect your final score

• Qualifying marks: in the last Group D CET, general candidates needed 50 percent and reserved category candidates 40 percent to be counted as qualified.
• Bonus marks removed: the earlier 5 percent weightage for socio economic criteria was struck down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Supreme Court upheld that order, and the state then amended the CET rules to drop those marks. Merit now rests on your test score.
• Teaching posts and some lower posts: the amended CET rules leave out teaching posts and certain Group D posts with a qualification below matric, which follow their own process.

Eligibility for the last cycle was matric pass, with Hindi or Sanskrit studied up to matric, and an age range of 18 to 42 for the general category. Relaxations apply for reserved groups of Haryana. Confirm all of this in the latest notification before you fill the form.

Ten weeks to a strong CET Group D score

1. Weeks 1 to 3: Haryana GK every day for an hour, plus maths chapters from your class 8 to 10 NCERT books.
2. Weeks 4 to 6: science and Indian GK from NCERT, reasoning practice of 20 questions a day.
3. Weeks 7 and 8: Hindi and English: one rule a day, then 15 practice items on it.
4. Weeks 9 and 10: full 100 question mocks in 105 minutes on a printed OMR sheet, then a line by line look at each mistake.

Applying for railway or police jobs as well? Compare this paper with the RRB group D syllabus and the Haryana police syllabus, or browse the state exams section.

Haryana group D ka syllabus in Hindi

हरियाणा ग्रुप डी के लिए एचएसएससी सीईटी परीक्षा लेता है। पेपर में 100 वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न होते हैं और स्तर दसवीं कक्षा का होता है। सामान्य जागरूकता 15, सामान्य विज्ञान 15, गणित 15, तर्कशक्ति 10, अंग्रेज़ी 10 और हिंदी 10 अंक की होती है। बाकी 25 अंक हरियाणा सामान्य ज्ञान के होते हैं, जिसमें इतिहास, भूगोल, संस्कृति, अर्थव्यवस्था और ताज़ा घटनाएँ आती हैं। पिछली परीक्षा में सामान्य वर्ग को 50 प्रतिशत और आरक्षित वर्ग को 40 प्रतिशत अंक लाने थे। सामाजिक आर्थिक आधार वाले अतिरिक्त अंक अब हटा दिए गए हैं। नई अधिसूचना ज़रूर पढ़ें।