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SSC GD Constable Mock Tests

Eighty questions in sixty minutes is the constraint that defines this paper. A mock is where you find out whether your pacing survives it.

SSC GD Constable · checked 19 September 2026

SSC GD Constable at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

SSC GD Constable: the facts that matter now

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    Notice 1 December 2025; 25,487 tentative vacancies; CBE held 27 April – 31 May 2026; result awaited

    2026 cycle

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    Staff Selection Commission for the Ministry of Home Affairs

    Conducted by

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    Class 10 pass as on 1 January 2026

    Level

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    Constable (GD) in BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP and SSF; Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles — Pay Level 3 (₹21,700–69,100)

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Practice

SSC GD Constable — Using mock tests as a measurement

Most GD candidates know enough to clear the cutoff and lose marks to pacing instead — a slow start in mathematics leaves the general awareness section rushed, and general awareness is the one section where speed costs nothing because you either know the answer or you do not. Fixing the order of attempt is often worth more than another week of study.

What to check after each mock

  • Time spent in mathematics — if it exceeds a quarter of the hour, your arithmetic needs fluency work rather than more practice questions.
  • General awareness accuracy — the most improvable section between now and the exam.
  • Questions attempted in the final five minutes — a rush at the end usually means the order of attempt is wrong.
  • Errors from misreading — distinct from errors of knowledge, and fixed by slowing down slightly rather than studying more.

Keep physical training running alongside mock practice. Candidates who stop running during the written preparation and restart after the result consistently arrive at the PET underprepared, and unlike the written paper, that stage offers no second attempt within the cycle.

What to do with each mock

  1. Sit it in one uninterrupted hour Eighty questions, sixty minutes, on a screen if possible, at roughly the time of day your slot falls.
  2. Record four numbers, not one Score, attempts, accuracy and minutes spent on mathematics. The score alone conceals almost everything useful.
  3. Classify every error Not known, known but rushed, or misread. Rushing and misreading are pacing problems and are fixed differently from gaps in knowledge.
  4. Fix one thing before the next mock One topic, one habit. Taking the next mock without changing anything in between simply re-measures the same candidate.

Because a deduction applies for wrong answers, attempt count is a strategic decision rather than a measure of effort. A candidate attempting sixty-five questions at high accuracy will usually finish ahead of one attempting all eighty with a scatter of guesses. Use your mocks to find the attempt count at which your accuracy starts to fall, and then treat that as your working ceiling in the real paper.

Do not pause physical training for mock season

The written result and the PET are not far apart, and fitness lost over a two-month study block is not recovered in the weeks between them. Three running sessions a week alongside mock practice is enough to hold the ground you have gained, and it costs less study time than most candidates assume.

Reading a GD constable practice result.
What you seeWhat it meansWhat to do
Score fine, time left overThe paper is short and the questions are quick; the binding constraint is accuracy rather than pace.Use the spare minutes to recheck rather than to attempt blind guesses under a deduction.
General knowledge dragging the totalCoverage, not technique.Daily short revision of a pair-format sheet, sustained over months.
Reasoning inconsistent between attemptsSome families drilled, others not met.List the families and work each to fluency in turn.
Language section weaker than expectedPrepared in a different language from the one being sat.Settle the medium now and practise every mock in it.
Physical training slippingThe most common single reason candidates lose this recruitment after clearing the paper.Fixed weekly schedule, trained with margin, never paused for mock season.

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