SSC GD Exam Pattern 2026: 80 Questions, 160 Marks, PET/PST Standards and Free Mock Tests

The three gates

• Computer Based Test — an objective paper covering reasoning, general knowledge and awareness, elementary mathematics, and English or Hindi.
• Physical Efficiency Test and Physical Standard Test — a timed run over a prescribed distance, plus height, chest and weight measurement against standards that vary by gender and by certain categories.
• Detailed Medical Examination — vision, hearing, and a general medical assessment against the standards required for armed police service.

Educational qualification

• All posts — Matriculation or class 10 from a recognised board or university, passed on or before 1 January 2026.

Other conditions

• Nationality and domicile — Indian citizens; vacancies are filled state-wise from the domicile claimed, with SSF vacancies on an all-India basis and reservations for border-guarding and militancy- or Naxal-affected districts listed in the notice’s annexures.
• Fee — ₹100 online; women and SC, ST and ex-servicemen candidates are exempt.
• Reservation for ex-servicemen — 10 per cent of vacancies, filled by non-ESM candidates of the category if suitable ESM candidates are not available.
• NCC certificate bonus — NCC C certificate 5 per cent of maximum marks, B certificate 3 per cent, A certificate 2 per cent, added to normalised CBE marks if claimed in the application.
• Medical — Vision, hearing and general fitness standards are set out in the notice; a review medical examination can be requested on payment within the time allowed.

The SSC GD Constable process from registration to result

1. One-Time Registration on ssc.gov.in Create an OTR profile once on the Commission’s portal. Registration asks for Aadhaar-based verification, a mobile number and e-mail that remain with you for the whole cycle, and your basic educational and category details. The OTR number and password are what you log in with at every later stage — exam-city intimation, admit card, answer-key challenge, result and option form — so keep them safe.
2. Fill the online application for SSC GD Constable Log in, pick the examination, confirm the OTR details, choose the examination centre preferences and the medium of the paper, and upload or capture the photograph and signature exactly as the notice specifies. The declaration you sign at the end binds you to the eligibility conditions, and the Commission verifies documents only at the end of the process — an ineligible candidate can go through every stage and be dropped at verification.
3. Pay the fee The fee is ₹100 online; in the 2026 cycle the last date was 1 January 2026, a day after applications closed. Women and SC, ST and ex-servicemen candidates are exempt. Fees are not refunded.
4. Use the correction window if you need it A three-day correction window opens about a week after applications close. The Commission charges ₹200 for the first corrected submission and ₹500 for the second, from every candidate regardless of category. Some fields — notably the OTR identity details — cannot be changed at this point, which is why the OTR should be filled carefully in the first place.
5. Exam-city intimation, then the admission certificate Roughly two weeks before the examination the candidate login shows the city allotted; the admission certificate itself is released only three to four days before the date. Print it, and carry it with an original photo identity document that carries the same date of birth as your application.
6. On the day: biometrics, frisking and the clock Report at the time on the admission certificate; entry closes before the shift begins. Expect biometric capture and frisking, and expect the paper to be delivered with the timers the notice describes — a section or session that has closed cannot be reopened. Rough sheets are provided; nothing electronic is allowed inside.
7. Tentative answer key and challenge A few days after the last shift the Commission uploads tentative answer keys with each candidate’s response sheet. Objections are filed online only, within the announced window, on payment of a per-question fee that is not refunded. Subject-matter experts examine the objections and the final key is used for evaluation.
8. Result, marks and the next stage Results are published as PDF write-ups on the notice board with category-wise cut-offs and the count of candidates shortlisted; individual marks are released in the login shortly afterwards. Candidates for the next stage receive fresh admission certificates through the same login.
9. Preference for weeks In 2026 the Commission let candidates rank the four examination windows in order of preference through the login before the CBE. The facility is first-come and cannot be changed once submitted.
10. Result of the CBE and the PET/PST shortlist Candidates above the minimum qualifying marks are shortlisted for PET/PST state-wise and category-wise on normalised marks plus NCC bonus. The CAPFs conduct PET/PST at their own centres a few months later; the admission certificate for it comes through the same login and biometric verification is done on reporting.
11. PET first, then PST The race is run first and there is no appeal against it. Candidates who pass are measured for height, chest and weight; a candidate who fails PST can appeal to the appellate board on the spot. Women submit a pregnancy self-declaration before PET.
12. Detailed medical examination and document verification A shortlist from the PET/PST qualifiers goes to the CAPF medical boards, where the domicile, age, education, category and NCC certificates are verified. A candidate declared unfit can request a review medical examination within the time allowed on payment of the fee.
13. Final result and force allocation The Commission declares the final result by merit and the force preferences given in the application, within state-wise vacancies and the reservations for border and Naxal-affected districts. Final marks are published afterwards, and appointment follows through the allotted force.

A three-month plan

1. Month 1: the four parts, and start running Reasoning question types (series, analogies, coding, classification, figure questions); a static general awareness spine; class-10 arithmetic — number system, fractions, percentages, ratio, averages, profit and loss, interest, time and work, mensuration; and grammar and vocabulary in the language you will sit the paper in. Begin a running programme aimed at 5 km in 24 minutes for men or 1.6 km in 8½ minutes for women.
2. Month 2: speed and current affairs Sectional tests of 20 questions in 15 minutes; daily current affairs for the six months before the exam; running three or four times a week with timed runs.
3. Month 3: full mocks and revision A full 80-question mock every second day with the 0.25 deduction applied, an error log, and revision from it. Time a 5 km run every week; be under the limit with a margin before the CBE, because PET can come only weeks after the result.

What the pattern means for the attempt

• Forty-five seconds a question — Eighty questions in 60 minutes with no sectional timer. Take reasoning and mathematics first if they are your strengths, and leave general awareness — which is recall — to the end.
• The penalty is small but real — A quarter mark off against two on: a guess between two options is clearly worth taking, and even a three-option guess breaks even. Skip only the questions you know nothing about.
• Choose the paper language carefully — The paper is available in 13 regional languages besides English and Hindi. Sit it in the language you read fastest; Part D is English or Hindi by the choice you make in the application.

Official documents

Notice of Constable (GD) in CAPFs, SSF and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination 2026 (1 December 2025) Tentative vacancies of Constable (GD) 2026 (8 December 2025) Schedule of the Constable (GD) 2026 examination with week preferences (11 April 2026) Tentative answer key and challenge window (15 June 2026) Constable (GD) 2025 final result write-up (15 January 2026) SSC home page — notices, calendar and candidate login