SSC GD 2025: Notification Postponed, Exam Date, Apply Online, Syllabus, Eligibility Criteria
SSC GD 2025 exam is a competitive exam that is conducted to recruit candidates for the posts of Constable (General Duty) and Rifleman (General Duty) in the Central Armed Police Forces. SSC has postponed the release of the SSC GD notification to 28 September 2024.
SSC GD Constable Vacancy 2025
The SSC GD vacancy 2025 will be updated below after it has been released. Last year. There are a total of 26146 vacancies for the SSC GD Constable 2025 Exam. The vacancies will be filled for BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP, AR, and SSF forces. Check the category wise SSC GD Constable Vacancy in the following table.
| SSC GD Vacancy 2024 (Previous Year) | |
| Forces | Vacancies |
| BSF | 6174 |
| CISF | 11025 |
| CRPF | 3337 |
| SSB | 635 |
| ITBP | 3189 |
| AR | 1490 |
| SSF | 290 |
| Total | 26146 |
SSC GD Constable 2025 Apply Online
To apply for SSC GD exam 2025, candidates have to visit the SSC website. The steps to apply for SSC GD exam is are as follows:
- Visit SSC website.
- If you have not registered on SSC website, then make sure to register first.
- Candidates who have a registration number may login using the login credentials.
- Fill the details.
- Upload a scanned copy of your photograph and signature.
- Pay the application fee as per your category.
- Lastly, take a print out of the application form.
What is SSC GD Constable Application Fee?
All the candidates are required to pay the application fee as per their category. The category wise application fee for SSC GD are as follows:
| Category | SSC GD 2025 Application Fee |
| General/OBC | Rs. 100/- |
| SC/ST | - |
SSC GD Eligibility Criteria 2025
SSC GD eligibility criteria consist of fulfilling the age limit and educational qualification as prescribed by the SSC. The details regarding the SSC GD Constable eligibility are as follows:
SSC GD Educational Qualification (As on 01-01-2025)
Candidates applying for GD Constable in BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, SSF, SSB, NIA and riflemen should have passed 10th class or equivalent from a recognized board.
SSC GD Age Limit (As on 01-01-2025)
The age limit of the candidates for SSC GD is 18 to 23 years. Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02-01-2000 and later than 01-01-2005. Age relaxation is applicable to those candidates who belong to the reserved categories.
SSC GD Selection Process
SSC GD selection process consists of a written exam, physical efficiency test, physical standard test, detailed medical exam and document verification. Candidates have to qualify each round of the selection process to be appointed as SSC GD Constable. The details regarding the SSC GD selection process for each stage is given below.
SSC GD Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
The SSC GD PET is a race that has to be attempted by every candidate who qualifies the written exam. The time to finish the race is given below in the table.
| Race for SSC GD PET | ||
| Type of candidates | Male | Female |
| Candidates other than Ladakh Region | 5 Km in 24 minutes | 1.6 Km in 8(1/2) minutes |
| For Ladakh Region | 1.6 Km in 6(1/2) minutes | 800 metres in 4 minutes |
SSC GD Physical Standard Test (PST)
The SSC GD PST consists of measurement of the height and chest. The physical standards for SSC GD are as follows:
| SSC GD PST | ||
| Standard | Males | Females |
| Height ( General ,SC & OBC) | 170 | 157 |
| Height ( ST ) | 162.5 | 150 |
| Chest Expansion (General , SC & OBC) | 80/ 5 | N/A |
| Chest Expansion ( ST ) | 76 / 5 | N/A |
SSC GD Detailed Medical Examination (DME)
The candidates who qualify all the three stages of the SSC GD exam, i.e. BCE, PST and PET will be called to appear for the medical examination. The details for the SSC GD DME are as follows:
| Visual Standards for SSC GD | |||||
| Visual Acuity Unaided
| Visual Acuity Unaided
| Refraction | Color Vision | ||
| Near Vision | Distant Vision | Visual correction of any kind is not permitted even by glasses | CP-2 | ||
| Better Eye | Worse Eye | Better Eye | Worse Eye | ||
| N6 | N9 | 6/6 | 6/9 | ||
SSC GD Exam Pattern (New)
SSC GD exam is an objective exam consisting of four sections to it. The sections include General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and General Awareness, Elementary Mathematics and English/Hindi. The exam is held in online mode for a total of 160 marks. Candidates have to attempt a total of 80 questions that has to be completed in 1 Hour. There is a negative marking of 0.50 per question for every incorrect answer marked by you. The SSC GD exam pattern for CBE is given below.
| SSC GD Exam Pattern | ||
| Sections | Number of questions | Maximum marks |
| Part A - General Intelligence and Reasoning | 20 | 40 |
| Part B - General Knowledge and General Awareness | 20 | 40 |
| Part C - Elementary Mathematics | 20 | 40 |
| Part D- English/Hindi | 20 | 40 |
| Total | 80 | 160 |
SSC GD Syllabus
SSC GD syllabus is released by SSC for the written exam. In order to qualify the exam, the candidates should ensure that they know the important topics and sub topics that are needed to crack the exam. The details regarding the SSC GD syllabus are as follows:
- General Awareness: Scientific Inventions, Important Days and Dates, Current Affairs, Sports, Awards and Honors, Economy, Culture, Geography, Indian/World History, General Polity etc.
- English/Hindi: Comprehension, Sentence Formation, Synonyms-Antonyms, Para Jumbles, Fill in the blanks, Cloze test, etc
- General Intelligence & Reasoning: Spatial Visualization, Spatial Orientation, Observation, Visual Memory, Arithmetical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Analogies, Coding-Decoding, Similarities and Differences etc.
- Elementary Mathematics: Decimal, Number System, Percentages, Fraction, Average, Ratio and Proportions, Interests, Profit and Loss, Discount, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Fundamental Arithmetic Operations, Time and Work etc.
SSC GD 2025 Answer Key
The SSC will be releasing the SSC GD answer key 2025 on its website soon for the SSC GD Tier 1 exam. The answer key will allow the candidates to know the correct answer key for all the questions that were asked in the exam. In addition to this, the candidates will also be able to challenge the answer key as well.
SSC GD Admit Card 2025
SSC shall release the SSC GD 2025 admit card for re exam on its website. The admit card shall be released separately for the regions for which the admit card is supposed to be released, i.e. for CR, NR, NER, ER, WR regions. Once the admit card link shall be activated soon on the SSC regional website.
SSC GD Constable Result 2025 PDF
The SSC GD Constable result 2025 PDF will be released by the Staff Selection Commission on its website which is ssc.gov.in. The merit list will be published in PDF format on the SSC website. To check the result scorecard, one would be required to login using his/her SSC registration number and password.
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