The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the SSC GD Constable Examination to recruit constables across various armed forces in India. The official notification for the SSC GD Constable Examination 2025 was released on 5th September 2024. This year, SSC invites online applications from eligible candidates for approximately 39,481 constable vacancies. These vacancies will be filled across several forces, including the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), SSF, Assam Rifles, and the Narcotics Control Bureau.
SSC Constable Recruitment Details
Name of Post: Constable (General Duty)
No of Posts: 39,481 Posts
Name of Organization: Staff Section Commission, India
Pay Scale: Pay Level-1 (₹18,000 to ₹56,900) for the post of Sepoy in NCB and Pay Level-3 (₹21,700 to ₹69,100) for all other posts.
Educational Qualification: Candidates who have passed Matriculation or an equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University are eligible for the SSC GD Recruitment.
Age Limit: The candidate’s age for the SSC GD Recruitment should be between 18 and 23 years as of 1 January 2025. Candidates must have been born between 2nd January 2001 and 1st January 2006 (both dates inclusive).
Age Relaxation: The upper age relaxation is 3 years for OBC and Ex-Servicemen candidates, and 5 years for SC and ST candidates. For more details on age relaxation, please refer to the official notification.
Name of Participating Armed Forces
The SSC GD Constable Exam will be held to recruit candidates across various departments. Detailed information about the vacancies in each department is available in the section below.
| Border Security Force (BSF) |
| Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) |
| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) |
| Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) |
| Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) |
| Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles (AR) |
| Secretariat Security Force (SSF) |
| Sepoy in Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) |
Application Fee:
Male candidates, except those belonging to SC, ST, and Ex-Servicemen categories, are required to pay an application fee of ₹100/- to complete the online application process.
Payment Method:
The application fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking, or by using Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, or RuPay debit cards.
Important Dates of SSC Constable Recruitment
| Application Start Date | 5th September 2024 |
| Application Last Date | 14th October 2024 |
| Date of CBT Exam | Jan/Feb 2025 |
Important Links of SSC GD Recruitment
| Online Application Link | Click Here |
| Download Official Notification | Click Here |
| Visit Official Website | Click Here |
Computer Based Test (CBT)
Candidates submitting online applications for the SSC GD Constable Exam will be required to appear in the Computer-Based Exam (CBE). The CBE will comprise an objective-type paper with 80 questions, totalling 160 marks. The paper will be structured as follows.
No of Questions: 80 MCQs
Total Marks: 160 Marks
Duration: 60 Minutes
Exam Type: Online (CBT)
Negative Marks: 0.50 Marks
Language: Hindi and English
Centres of Exam (NER): Itanagar (5001), Dibrugarh (5102), Guwahati (Dispur) (5105), Jorhat (5107), Silchar (5111), Churachandpur (5502), Imphal (5501), Ukhrul (5503), Shillong (5401), Aizwal (5701), Dimapur (5301), Kohima (5302), Agartala (5601).
| Part | Subject | MCQs | Marks |
| A | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 20 | 40 |
| B | General Knowledge and General Awareness | 20 | 40 |
| C | Elementary Mathematics | 20 | 40 |
| D | English/Hindi | 20 | 40 |
| Total | 80 | 160 | |
| 1. All questions will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type. The computer-based examination will be conducted in English and Hindi only. |
| 2. There will be a negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions. |
| 3. There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking of the scores. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained. |
| 4. Marks scored by candidates in the Computer Based Examination will be normalized by using the formula published by the Commission through Notice No: 1-1/2018-P&P-I dated 07-02-2019 and such normalized scores along with the bonus marks for NCC Certificate holders will be used to determine final merit and cut-off marks. |
| 5. The questions in the Computer Based Examination will be of Matriculation level. |
| 6. Candidates are not permitted to use calculators and other electronic gadgets. They should not, therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall/ Lab. |
Syllabus of Computer Based Test (CBT)
The syllabus of the Computer Based Test will be as follows. Applicants can prepare for the exam based on the following syllabus. Applicants can check page no 13 of the official notification for the same information.
- A) General Intelligence and Reasoning: Analytical aptitude and ability to observe and distinguish patterns will be tested through questions principally of non-verbal type. This component may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, spatial visualization, spatial orientation, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, etc.
- B) General Knowledge and General Awareness: Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, scientific Research etc. These Questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
- C) Elementary Mathematics: This paper will include questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and the relationship between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Ratio and Time, Time and Work, etc.
- D) English/ Hindi: Candidates’ ability to understand basic English/ Hindi and their basic comprehension would be tested.
Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
In the Physical Efficiency Test (PET), applicants are required to complete various physical activities within specific time limits. The details of the race to be completed by the candidates are provided in the following table.
| Region | Male | Female |
| Other Region | 5 KMs in 24 Minutes | 1.6 KMs in 8 ½ Minutes |
| Ladakh Region | 1.6 KMs in 6 ½ Minutes | 800 Mitres in 4 Minutes |
SSC GD Constable Vacancy Details
In this section, we have provided armed forces-wise vacancy details under SSC GD Constable Recruitment. Candidates can check the details of CAPF vacancies from the following table and sections.
| Force | Male | Female | Total |
| BSF | 13306 | 2348 | 15654 |
| CISF | 6430 | 715 | 7145 |
| CRPF | 11299 | 242 | 11541 |
| SSB | 819 | 0 | 819 |
| ITBP | 2564 | 453 | 3017 |
| AR | 1148 | 100 | 1248 |
| SSF | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| NCB | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| Total | 35612 | 3869 | 39481 |
