DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025, Difficulty Level and Good Attempts

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The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) conducted the PGT (Post Graduate Teacher) Exam 2025 for multiple posts under Advt. Nos. 05/24, 07/23, and 02/23. The exam is being held in CBT (Computer-Based Test) mode from 7 July to 4 August 2025. The PGT Maths exam for Post Code 805/23 concluded today, 21 July, at 12 PM. The PGT Chemistry exam for Post Code 807/23 will conclude today, 21 July, at 5 PM. As per student feedback, the overall difficulty ranged from moderate to difficult, with certain sections proving more challenging. Here’s a detailed DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025, including section-wise difficulty, good attempts, and key highlights.

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025: Overview

The DSSSB PGT 2025 Exam followed the expected pattern, consisting of 300 questions (300 marks) divided into six sections, with a total duration of 3 hours. Below is a structured overview of the exam format:

Section	No. of Questions	Marks
General Awareness	20	20
General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability	20	20
Arithmetical & Numerical Ability (Maths)	20	20
English Language	20	20
Hindi Language	20	20
Subject Concerned (PGT English Literature & Pedagogy)	200	200
Total	300	300

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 for 21 July 2025

The Exam Analysis for DSSSB PGT Exam 2025, conducted on 21 July 2025, will be updated soon. Candidates are suggested to check out the detaield DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 for detailed understanding of various aspects of the exam such as section wise difficulty level, good attempts and topics asked in the exam in the following section

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 for 11 July 2025

The DSSSB PGT Exam 2025 for the 11 July 2025 has been concluded. We have updated the Exam Analysis for the DSSSB PGT English 2025 Paper including section wise difficulty level, good attempts and topics asked in the exam in the following section

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025: Section-wise Difficulty Level and Good Attempts

The difficulty level varied across sections, with Subject Concerned being the most challenging. Below is a detailed breakdown of each section:

Section	Difficulty Level	Good Attempts (Out of 20/200)
General Awareness (GA)	Difficult	13-16/20
Reasoning	Moderate (20% Tricky)	14-17/20
Maths (Numerical Ability)	Moderate to Difficult	10-14/20
English Language	Easy to Moderate	15-18/20
Hindi Language	Moderate	12-16/20
Subject Concerned (English Literature & Pedagogy)	Unpredictable & Lengthy	139-157/200

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 Topic wise

Section	Key Highlights
General Awareness (GA)	Rowlatt Act Ugadi Festival NIDHI Program Indian Evidence Act CRPC Probation of Offenders Act Limitation Act RTI Act
Reasoning	Sitting arrangements Alphabet sequencing errors Missing series
Maths (Numerical Ability)	Simple Interest Compound Interest Profit and Loss Direction Speed Cuboid Volume Parallelogram Volume
English Language	Grammar, Vocab, Comprehension were simple
Hindi Language	Grammar & comprehension-based
Subject Concerned (English Literature & Pedagogy)	Death of a Salesman Blue Eyes The Scarlet Letter Sister Carrie Kanthapura A Passage to India Walt Whitman Deconstructionism Structuralism Marxism Aristotle Literary movements Author-character relationships Core concepts from literary criticism Teaching Pedagogy

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 Feedback

General Awareness featured repeated questions from 2022–2023 exams and current affairs topics like the Rowlatt Act, Ugadi Festival, and NIDHI Program; legal acts like CRPC, RTI, and Indian Evidence Act were also asked.
Reasoning was easy and focused on sitting arrangements, alphabet sequencing errors, and missing series questions.
Maths was simple with around 15 questions; topics included SI/CI, profit & loss, speed, direction, and volume-based problems.
English was scoring with questions from Death of a Salesman, Kanthapura, A Passage to India, Walt Whitman, and literary theories like Marxism and Deconstructionism.
Hindi and Teaching Pedagogy were very easy, making them high-scoring sections for well-prepared candidates.

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 for 10 July 2025

The exam had a varied difficulty level across sections. General Awareness was tough with unpredictable, current-based questions. Reasoning and Hindi were moderate, while English was relatively easy. Maths was calculative and leaned difficult. The Subject Concerned section (English Literature & Pedagogy) was the most challenging—lengthy, unpredictable, and heavy on Postcolonial, African, Australian, and American literature, with key focus on British drama and novels. Pedagogy included long passages. No questions came from Donne, Dryden, or Keats.

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025: Section-wise Difficulty Level and Good Attempts

The difficulty level varied across sections, with Subject Concerned being the most challenging. Below is a detailed breakdown of each section:

Section	Difficulty Level	Good Attempts (Out of 20/200)
General Awareness (GA)	Difficult	12-15/20
Reasoning	Moderate (20% Tricky)	15-17/20
Maths (Numerical Ability)	Moderate to Difficult	12-14/20
English Language	Easy to Moderate	16-18/20
Hindi Language	Moderate	14-16/20
Subject Concerned (English Literature & Pedagogy)	Unpredictable & Lengthy	140-160/200

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 Topic wise

Section	Key Highlights
General Awareness (GA)	– New, unpredictable questions – Heavy on current affairs – No repetition from past papers
Reasoning	– Syllogism, Blood Relations, Coding-Decoding – Some puzzles were time-taking
Maths (Numerical Ability)	– Formula-based, calculative – Topics: Percentage, Time & Work, Algebra
English Language	– Grammar, Vocab, Comprehension were simple
Hindi Language	– Grammar & comprehension-based
Subject Concerned (English Literature & Pedagogy)	– Focus on Postcolonialism, African & Australian Lit – Writers: Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne, Whitman – Pedagogy had long passages, affecting speed post colonial indian literature American literature African literature British drama and novel must No donne Dryden keats

DSSSB PGT Exam Analysis 2025 Feedback

Paper 1 (General Sections) was manageable, but General Awareness (GA) was tougher than expected.
Paper 2 (Subject Concerned – English Literature & Pedagogy) had lengthy passages, making it time-consuming.
No major surprises in English Language & Reasoning, but Maths was calculative.

Was the DSSSB PGT Exam 2025 Easy or Difficult?

Overall Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Challenging Sections: General Awareness, Maths, Subject Concerned (due to lengthy passages)
Scoring Sections: English Language, Reasoning
Expected Cutoff: May slightly decrease compared to last year due to the paper’s difficulty.