SSC GD Constable 2022: New Exam Pattern, Eligibility Criteria & Dates

Updated On : 29 Oct, 2022

The notification for GD Constable 2022 is released online by Staff Selection Commission on its official website: Click Here on 27th October 2022, for 24369 vacancies of General Duty Constable in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), SSF, Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles and Sepoy in Narcotics Control Bureau. The GD Constable is in charge of a variety of critical duties. Before learning about the structure, you must first examine the various SSC GD Constable recruitment posts for which a candidate is chosen. The SSC GD exam is held for the following positions:

Constable GD in the Border Security Force.
Constable GD in Secretariat Security Force.
Constable GD in Central Industrial Security Force.
Constable GD in the Narcotics Control Bureau.
Constable GD in Indo Tibetan Border Police Force.
Constable GD in Sashastra Seema Bal.
Constable GD in Central Reserve Police Force.
Rifleman GD in Assam Rifles.

The last date to fill out the SSC GD Constable form is 30th November 2022. SSC Constable (General Duty) is a popular exam among candidates because of its eligibility criteria, salary, and pride associated with working in the security forces. SSC GD Constable Exam is a national-level exam conducted by the Staff Selection Commission to recruit candidates for the posts of Constable (General Duty) and Rifleman (General Duty. Have a look at the important details given below.

SSC GD 2022 - Important Details
Organization Name	Staff Selection Commission
Exam Name	General Duty Constable 2022
Starting of Online Application	27th October 2022
Last date to apply online	30th November 2022
Application Mode	Online
Mode of Examination	Online
Number of Vacancies	24369
Examination Date	January 2023
Official Website	ssc.nic.in
Official Notice	Click Here
Course Buy Link	Click Here
Exam Information Video	Click Here

Event	Date & Time
Dates for submission of online applications	27-10-2022 to 30-11-2022
Last date and time for receipt of online applications	30-11-2022 (23:00)
Last date and time for generation of offline Challan	30-11-2022 (23:00)
Last date and time for making online fee payment	01-12-2022 (23:00)
Last date for payment through Challan (during Working hours of Bank)	01-12-2022
Schedule of Computer Based Examination	January 2023

Steps to apply online for the SSC GD Exam 2022 consist of two parts:

Part-I: One Time Registration

Part-II: Filling of online Application for the Examination

Follow the below-mentioned steps to complete your application process:

Visit the SSC's official website @ssc.nic.in.
Continue to log in. New users can register by clicking on "New User? Register Now."
Candidates must first login after successfully registering.
Go to the "Careers" tab and select the e-recruitment link.
Personal information such as your name, password, registration number, and so on will be requested.
Candidates must upload the appropriate documents and signatures in accordance with the format. (PDF, JPEG, etc.) in the format specified.
Check all of the information and then click "Submit." To complete the application process, submit the required application fee.
It is recommended that candidates print hard copies of the same.
Keep the application number close at hand.

Direct Link to Register for the SSC GD 2022

SSC GD 2022 Application Fee

Category	Fee
General/ OBC	₹100/-
Women Candidates, SC, ST, ESM	Exempted from payment of fees

Mode of Payment:

Candidates can pay fee through various online payment modes:

BHIM UPI, Net Banking, by using Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or through cash in SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan.

Nationality

The candidate must be an Indian citizen. Vacancies in CAPFs and AR are state/UT/area specific, so candidates must submit their domicile/ PRC for their state/ UT.

Educational Qualifications (As on 01-01-2023):

The candidates must have passed Matriculation or 10th Class Examination from a recognized Board/ University.
Candidates who have not acquired the essential educational qualification as on the stipulated date will not be eligible and need not apply.

Age Limit:

18-23 years as on 01-01-2023. Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02-01-2000 and later than 01-01-2005.
However, after a three-year (03) age relaxation, the candidate should not have been born before January 2, 1997.
Due to the unprecedented 'Covid Pandemic,' the government has decided to grant three (03) years of age relaxation beyond the respective prescribed upper age limit for all categories of candidates as a one-time measure for this recruitment.

Age Relaxation:

Permissible relaxations in the upper age limit for different categories are:

Category	Age Relaxation
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	3 years
Children and dependent of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (Unreserved)	5 years
Children and dependent of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC)	8 years
Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (SC/ ST).	10 years

Physical Standards

The physical standards of SSC GD Constables as per the SSC GD notification are as follows:

PST is an important stage in the selection process of SSC GD Constables. This stage is qualifying in nature and candidates have to clear it to appear in the Detailed Medical Exam.

Standards	Male	Female
Height	170 cm	157 cm
Chest	Unexpanded- 80 cm Expanded- 5 cm	Not Required
Weight	Proportionate to height as per medical standards	Proportionate to height as per medical standards

The four stages in the selection process of SSC GD Constables are explained below:

Stage I – Written Examination (Computer Based Test) [Objective type paper carrying 160 marks
Stage II – Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
Stage III – Medical Test
Stage IV - Document Verification

The Computer based examination will consist of one objective type paper containing 80 questions carrying 2 marks each, with the following composition:

Subjects	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Allowed
General Intelligence & Reasoning	20	40	60 minutes
General Knowledge and General Awareness	20	40
Elementary Mathematics	20	40
English/ Hindi	20	40
Total	80	160

Note:

All of the questions will be of the Objective Multiple Choice type. The computer-based exam will only be given in English and Hindi.
For each incorrect answer, 0.50 marks will be deducted. Candidates are advised to keep this in mind as they answer the questions.

Important:

Candidates scoring the following cut-off marks (without adding bonus marks to NCC certificate holders) will be considered eligible for short-listing to the next stage i.e. PET/ PST:

UR: 30%
OBC/EWS: 25%
All other categories: 20%

NCC Certificate holders will be granted following incentive marks provisionally which will be added to the normalized scores of the candidates:

NCC ‘C’ Certificate: 5% of total marks
NCC ‘B’ Certificate: 3% of total marks
NCC ‘A’ Certificate: 2% of total marks

Preference:

Candidates have to give preference for following CAPFs/ Organizations, in the order of priority, in the online Application Form. Filling of all Seven preferences shall be essential:

BSF (A)
CISF (B)
CRPF (C)
SSB (D)
ITBP (E)
Assam Rifles (F)
SSF (H)
NCB (G)

Physical Efficiency Test (PET)

For Physical Efficiency Test, candidates will have to participate in a race.

Race	Male	Female
All Over India	5 km in 24 minutes	1.6 km in 8.5 minutes
Ladakh Region	1.6 km in 6.5 minutes	800 m in 4 minutes

Detailed Medical Examination

As per the SSC GD recruitment notification, the candidates must have good physical and mental health. They should not have the following:

Knock knee
Varicose vein
Flat foot
Squint in eyes

We have listed down the SSC GD Syllabus 2022 for subjects General Knowledge and General Awareness, English/Hindi, General Intelligence & Reasoning and Elementary Mathematics as per the new exam pattern below:

Subject	Topic
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.
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 every day 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 neighboring countries especially pertaining to sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, and scientific Research etc. These Questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
Elementary Mathematics	This paper will include questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and 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.
English/ Hindi	Candidates’ ability to understand basic English/ Hindi and his basic comprehension would be tested.

In the online Application Form, a candidate must indicate the Centre(s) where he or she wishes to take the examination. The following are details about the Examination Centres and Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction these Examination Centres are located:

Centres and Centre Code	SSC Region and States/ UTs under the jurisdiction of the Region	Websites
Bhagalpur(3201), Darbhanga (3202), Muzaffarpur(3205), Patna(3206), Purnea (3209), Agra(3001), Bareilly (3005), Gorakhpur (3007), Jhansi (3008), Kanpur(3009), Lucknow(3010), Meerut(3011), Prayagraj(3003), Varanasi(3013)	Central Region (CR)/ Bihar and Uttar Pradesh	http://www.ssc-cr.org
Port Blair (4802), Ranchi(4205), Balasore(4601), Berhampore(Odisha) (4602), Bhubaneshwar(4604), Cuttack(4605), Dhenkenal(4611), Rourkela(4610), Sambalpur(4609), Gangtok(4001), Hooghly (4418), Kolkata(4410), Siliguri(4415)	Eastern Region (ER)/ Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal	www.sscer.org
Kavaratti (9401), Belagavi (9002), Bengaluru (9001), Hubballi (9011), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) (9005), Mangaluru (9008), Mysuru (9009), Shivamogga (9010), Udupi (9012). Ernakulam (9213), Kannur (9202), Kollam (9210), Kottayam (9205), Kozhikode (9206), Thrissur (9212), Thiruvananthapuram (9211).	Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka & Kerala	www.ssckkr.kar.nic.in
Bhopal (6001), Gwalior(6005), Indore (6006), Jabalpur (6007), Satna (6014), Sagar (6015), Ujjain (6016), Bilaspur (6202), Raipur (6204),Durg-Bhilai (6205)	Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region (MPR)/ Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh	www.sscmpr.org
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),	North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.	www.sscner.org.in
Dehradun(2002), Haldwani(2003), Haridwar(2005), Roorkee(2006), Delhi(2201), Ajmer(2401), Alwar(2402), Bharatpur(2403), Bikaner(2404), Jaipur(2405), Jodhpur(2406), Kota(2407), Sriganganagar(2408), Udaipur(2409), Sikar(2411)	Northern Region (NR)/ Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand	www.sscnr.net.in
Chandigarh/Mohali(1601), Hamirpur(1202), Shimla(1203), Jammu(1004), Samba(1010), Srinagar(J&K)(1007), Leh(1005), Amritsar(1404), Jalandhar(1402), Patiala(1403)	North Western Sub-Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab	www.sscnwr.org
Chirala(8011), Guntur(8001), Kakinada (8009), Kurnool(8003), Nellore (8010), Rajahmundry(8004), Tirupati(8006), Vizianagaram(8012), Vijaywada(8008), Vishakhapatnam(8007), Puducherry(8401), Chennai(8201), Coimbatore(8202), Madurai(8204), Salem(8205), Tiruchirapalli(8206), Tirunelveli(8207), Vellore (8208), Hyderabad(8601), Karimnagar (8604), Warangal(8603)	Southern Region (SR)/ Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.	www.sscsr.gov.in
Panaji(7801), Ahmedabad(7001), Anand(7011), Gandhinagar(7012), Mehsana(7013), Rajkot(7006), Surat(7007), Vadodara(7002), Amravati(7201), Aurangabad(7202), Jalgaon(7214), Kolhapur(7203), Mumbai(7204), Nagpur(7205), Nanded (7206), Nashik(7207), Pune(7208)	Western Region (WR)/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra	www.sscwr.net

The SSC GD vacancy 2022 for the constable posts has been announced and this year a total of 24369 Vacancies have been released.

The division-wise vacancies for Male and Female are:

FORCE			MALE		FEMALE		GRAND TOTAL
PART-I
BSF			8922		1575		10497
CISF			90		10		100
CRPF			8380		531		8911
SSB			1041		243		1284
ITBP			1371		242		1613
AR			1697		0		1697
SSF			78		25		103
TOTAL			21579		2626		24205
PART-II
FORCE	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	TOTAL	GRAND TOTAL
NCB	25	11	38	23	67	164	164
Grand Total of Part-I and Part-II							24369

Note:

The openings are provisional. Any changes in the number of vacancies will be announced on the Commission's website.

Pay Scale: Pay Level–1(Rs.18,000 to 56,900) for the post of Sepoy in NCB and Pay Level-3 (Rs. 21,700-69,100) for all others posts.

Q. Is One Time Registration (OTR) mandatory for applying for the SSC GD?

A. Yes, OTR (one-time registration) with the commission is required. After OTR, candidates can apply online for any of the Commission's examinations.

Q. What is the minimum requirement to apply for SSC GD 2022?

A. A Matriculation or 10th Class Examination from a recognised Board/University is required.

Q. Can graduates apply for SSC GD jobs?

A. Yes, graduates can apply for SSC GD Constable positions. To clear your doubts, read the complete eligibility in the Commission's official notice.

Q. Is there any negative marking for wrong answers?

A. Yes, there is a negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer.

Q. What is the starting salary for SSC GD Constable?

A. In NCB, salaries range from Rs.18,000 to 56,900 for the position of Sepoy, and from Rs.21,700 to 69,100 for all other positions.

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