Why one should solve the past year papers is because it would give you a near exact idea of how well prepared you really are. The first step is that you download a past year paper, for instance, the DSSSB previous year question paper for PRT. Next, you should download the answer key for your set of the paper. Finally, check the answers you have marked against the correct answers given in the answer key and arrive at a score. Now compare your score with the cut off score for the given year. What you now have is the clear picture of whether or not you would have cleared the exam if you had appeared for the same last year. Thus if you solve a DSSSB PRT question paper 2017 and get a score above 2017 cut off then there are good chances of you clearing the exam in 2018. This is because the cutoffs and exam levels do not change a lot in consecutive years.
Not just that, but when you solve around 5-10 past year papers then you have a pool of questions. If you were to be a PGT candidate and you solve a DSSSB PGT Previous year question paper, you would find to your benefit that some of these questions might get repeated in the exam and if not then you at least become aware of the exam pattern, the marking scheme, whether your speed is okay, and your realistic chances of clearing the exam.
The past year papers can be found in the postcode wise order or sequence.
One just has to visit the delhi.gov.in web portal. Go to the question bank tab, and you would be able to find all past year papers. The exact format of the name of the given question paper would be DSSSB previous year question papers for PRT with the postcode, the date on which the exam was conducted and whether the exam was of objective type or descriptive type.
If you are not sure of which paper to download then check the notification for your relevant postcode and just download the question paper of your choice. All posts have their relevant postcodes such as the postcode that you would need to download the DSSSB question paper for TGT social science is 67/17 and 68/17. Similar postcodes are available for all DSSSB TGT Previous Year Question Paper , DSSSB PRT previous year question paper, and for all other subjects.