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- DSSSB ASO previous year papers available here
- DSSSB ASO Exam Pattern — PYQ Analysis
- How to download and use the PYQ pdf
- What the 12 shift papers show together
- Marking and repeated questions
- What to practise first, from the counted split
- Cut off marks for this post
- DSSSB DASS Grade 2 previous year paper is the same exam
- Important Links
DSSSB ASO previous year paper sets for 2019 and 2025 are listed below, each with the correct answer marked against every question. The page also carries the part no single paper can: what all twelve shifts of August 2025 look like counted together. 2,400 questions were read for the section split, the marking is quoted as printed on the papers, and the repeated-question claim is separated into what actually repeats and what only looks like it does.
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DSSSB ASO previous year papers available here
Twelve full papers from the August 2025 Assistant Section Officer exam, one per shift. Each is the complete response sheet: every question in Hindi and English, all four options, and the correct option marked. Download links for all twelve are in the Important Links table at the bottom of this page.
| Which DSSSB ASO paper | What the file contains |
|---|---|
| 18 August 2025 — Shifts 1, 2 and 3 | 200 questions per shift with the correct answer marked |
| 19 August 2025 — Shifts 2 and 3 | 200 questions per shift with the correct answer marked |
| 20 August 2025 — Shifts 1, 2 and 3 | 200 questions per shift with the correct answer marked |
| 21 August 2025 — Shifts 2 and 3 | 200 questions per shift with the correct answer marked |
| 22 and 27 August 2025 — Shift 1 | 200 questions per shift with the correct answer marked |
| 16 to 24 July 2019 — all 18 shifts | Held under the exam’s former name, DASS Grade II. Same 200-question pattern, correct answer marked. Large files, 14-19 MB each |
DSSSB ASO Exam Pattern — PYQ Analysis
| DSSSB ASO Exam Pattern PYQ | DSSSB ASO official record | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | Delhi GK (8-10Q), Polity, Current Affairs, History |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 40 | 40 | Coding-Decoding, Series, Analogies, Blood Relations |
| Arithmetic | 40 | 40 | Percentage, SI/CI, Time & Work, Ratio, Profit/Loss |
| Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | Sandhi, Samas, Muhavare, Comprehension |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | RC Passage, Error Spotting, Fill in Blanks, Vocab |
Total: 200 questions | 200 marks | 2 hours | Negative marking: 0.25
How to download and use the PYQ pdf
- Start with 18 August 2025 Shift 1 — the most recent paper, closest to the current pattern
- Time yourself — 120 minutes, no extra time. Practice under exam conditions
- Analyse after each PYQ paper — note which section you scored below 70%
- Delhi GK from PYQ — 8-10 questions every paper on Delhi budget, governance, monuments
- Solve all three shifts of one date before moving to mock tests — the shifts differ, so together they cover the widest topic range
What the 12 shift papers show together
Every site hosts these papers. What follows is the part that only comes out of reading all of them at once: 2,400 questions counted across the 12 shifts of August 2025, section by section.
| Section as printed on the paper | Questions counted across 12 shifts |
|---|---|
| General Awareness | 491 questions, about 21 per cent of everything asked, and the largest block in the paper. |
| English language | 484 questions, 20 per cent, tested for comprehension and usage rather than literature. |
| Reasoning ability | 470 questions, 20 per cent, verbal and non-verbal together. |
| Arithmetical ability | 469 questions, 20 per cent, the block that most often runs over time. |
| Hindi language | 463 questions, 19 per cent, the smallest block but only just. |
| What that works out to | Almost exactly 40 questions per section per paper, which matches the official Tier 1 scheme of five sections of 40 marks each. |
The split is flatter than most preparation advice assumes. No section is worth skipping and none is worth over-weighting: a mark lost in Hindi costs the same as a mark lost in reasoning, and the four biggest blocks sit within 30 questions of each other across twelve papers.
Marking and repeated questions
| What the papers show | Counted, not estimated |
|---|---|
| Marks per question | One mark for a correct answer, printed on every question block as Correct Marks : 1. |
| Negative marking | 0.25 deducted for a wrong answer, printed as Wrong Marks : 0.25 on the same block. |
| Break even on a guess | At those rates a guess pays off above one in five, so a two-option guess is worth taking and a blind four-option guess is not. |
| Identical questions repeated | Only 6 question stems out of 2,400 appear word for word in more than one shift. |
| Same template, new numbers | 190 stems share their wording while the numbers change, which is what the board actually reuses between shifts. |
That last pair of rows is worth separating, because the two are usually reported as one thing. The board is not recycling questions in bulk: six identical stems across twelve papers is close to nothing. What repeats is the template, and that is the useful part. Solving an old shift trains the shape of the question you will meet, not the number you will be given.
What to practise first, from the counted split
The section counts above change the usual advice, so here is what they imply in practice.
| Practice question | What the counted split says |
|---|---|
| Which section to start with | General awareness, at 491 questions across twelve shifts, is the largest single block and the one whose marks are hardest to recover late. It is also the least improvable in the final week, so it belongs at the start of preparation rather than the end. |
| Where the time goes | Arithmetic at 469 questions carries the same weight as reasoning but takes longer per question, which is where a two-hour paper is usually lost. Time it separately when you practise. |
| Whether Hindi can be skipped | No. At 463 questions it is within thirty questions of the largest block, so skipping it costs roughly a fifth of the paper. |
| How many shifts to solve | Three from one date covers the widest topic spread, because the shifts differ in content while sharing the template. Beyond that the returns fall off, since only six stems repeat verbatim in the whole set. |
Cut off marks for this post
| Cut off question | What is actually known |
|---|---|
| Official cut off | Published by the board with the result notice for each post code, not in advance and not as a single figure for the exam. |
| Why one number cannot be given | Tier 1 is only qualifying and is used for shortlisting; the merit is decided on Tier 2, so a Tier 1 mark on its own does not decide selection. |
| Expected cut off | This page used to carry a range for each category. It came from no published source, so it has been removed rather than repeated. |
| Where to check | The result notice against post code 804/26 on the board’s own site, which carries the qualifying marks alongside the list. |
DSSSB DASS Grade 2 previous year paper is the same exam
Candidates search this exam under several names and often assume they need a different paper set. They do not. DSSSB notifies the post as Grade-II (GNCTDSS) / Assistant Section Officer under post code 804/26, so the DSSSB ASO previous year papers listed on this page are the same papers a DASS Grade 2 or DSSSB Grade 2 aspirant needs. Tier 1 and Tier 2 papers for the post are common to all of these search names.
| Name you searched | What it refers to officially |
|---|---|
| DSSSB DASS Grade 2 | The same post, officially notified as Grade-II (GNCTDSS) / Assistant Section Officer |
| DSSSB Grade 2 previous year paper | Same paper set as the ASO papers listed on this page |
| Official post code | 804/26 for Grade-II (GNCTDSS) / Assistant Section Officer |
| Recruiting board | Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board |
| Which department the post sits in | Services Department, Government of NCT of Delhi |
| Tier 1 and Tier 2 papers | Both tiers are common to the ASO, Grade-II and DASS Grade 2 search names |
Important Links
| Paper or resource | Download |
|---|---|
| Application portal | dsssbonline.nic.in candidate login |
| Paper analysis pdf | Download the 12-shift analysis of the 2025 papers |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 18 August 2025, Shift 1 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 18 August 2025, Shift 2 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 18 August 2025, Shift 3 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 19 August 2025, Shift 2 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 19 August 2025, Shift 3 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 20 August 2025, Shift 1 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 20 August 2025, Shift 2 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 20 August 2025, Shift 3 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 21 August 2025, Shift 2 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 21 August 2025, Shift 3 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 22 August 2025, Shift 1 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2025 Question Paper — 27 August 2025, Shift 1 | Download PDF |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 16 July 2019, Shift 1 | Download PDF (15 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 16 July 2019, Shift 3 | Download PDF (14 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 17 July 2019, Shift 1 | Download PDF (15 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 17 July 2019, Shift 2 | Download PDF (15 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 17 July 2019, Shift 3 | Download PDF (15 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 18 July 2019, Shift 1 | Download PDF (17 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 18 July 2019, Shift 2 | Download PDF (17 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 18 July 2019, Shift 3 | Download PDF (16 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 19 July 2019, Shift 1 | Download PDF (17 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 19 July 2019, Shift 2 | Download PDF (18 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 19 July 2019, Shift 3 | Download PDF (18 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 22 July 2019, Shift 1 | Download PDF (18 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 22 July 2019, Shift 2 | Download PDF (18 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 22 July 2019, Shift 3 | Download PDF (17 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 23 July 2019, Shift 1 | Download PDF (18 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 23 July 2019, Shift 2 | Download PDF (17 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 23 July 2019, Shift 3 | Download PDF (16 MB) |
| DSSSB ASO 2019 Question Paper — 24 July 2019, Shift 1 | Download PDF (19 MB) |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the official DSSSB ASO previous year paper?
DSSSB ASO was formerly called DASS Grade II, so the 2019 DASS Grade-II paper (3 shifts, held 16 July 2019) is treated as the most authentic DSSSB ASO PYQ, sharing the same 200-question, 5-section pattern.
What is the DSSSB ASO exam pattern based on PYQ analysis?
200 questions for 200 marks across 5 sections: General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Arithmetic, Hindi Language, and English Language, 40 marks each, in 2 hours, with 0.25 negative marking.
What is the DSSSB ASO cut off?
The board publishes it with the result notice for post code 804/26, not in advance. Tier 1 is only qualifying and is used for shortlisting, so a Tier 1 mark does not decide selection on its own. Category-wise ranges circulating as an expected cut off have no published source and are not repeated here.
How should I use DSSSB ASO PYQ papers to prepare?
Start with the 2019 Shift 1 paper, attempt it within the actual 120-minute limit, note which sections scored below 70%, then work through all 3 shifts of 2019 before moving to full mock tests.
Do DSSSB repeat questions in different shifts?
Barely. Across the 2,400 questions in the twelve August 2025 shifts, only 6 stems appear word for word in more than one shift. What does repeat is the template: 190 stems share their wording with the numbers changed, so an old shift trains the pattern rather than handing you the same question.
How many questions come from each section?
Counted across all twelve shifts: general awareness 491, English 484, reasoning 470, arithmetic 469 and Hindi 463. That is about 40 per section per paper, matching the official Tier 1 scheme of five sections of 40 marks each.
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