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SSC GD Constable Study Material

Notes at the level GD actually asks: arithmetic without algebra, reasoning that is mostly visual, and general knowledge organised for revision rather than for reading.

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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.

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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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SSC GD Constable — Study material for this exam

For this exam, the general knowledge notes are worth as much attention as the mathematics. It is the section where candidates most often assume nothing can be done, and in fact it is the most systematically improvable part of the paper — the themes repeat, and repeated light revision converts directly into marks.

Subject notes for SSC GD

Quantitative aptitude notes Reasoning notes General knowledge notes English notes

How to study for a speed paper

  • Every arithmetic practice session runs against a clock, from the first day.
  • Solve without a calculator so that mental arithmetic becomes the default.
  • Revise general knowledge in short daily passes rather than long weekly sessions.
  • Practise reasoning figures on paper — visual reasoning is faster when you can annotate.
General knowledge — the priority
Organised as themed lists rather than continuous reading: the Constitution and national symbols, the freedom movement, geography and rivers, sports and awards, important days, and school-level physics, chemistry and biology. Short, frequent revision passes beat long sittings for all of it.
Elementary mathematics — fluency work
Percentage, average, ratio and proportion, profit and loss, simple interest, time and work, time and distance, and basic mensuration. The aim is not to learn methods you already know but to make them automatic.
Reasoning — mostly figures
Learn the standard methods for mirror images, water images, embedded figures and paper folding, then practise volume. These question types are unusually mechanical once the method is known.
Language — one passage a day
Comprehension, common grammar and vocabulary in your chosen language. Twenty questions is a full quarter of the paper and is well within reach of steady, modest practice.

Avoid material written for graduate-level SSC examinations. It is easy to find and it will hand you algebra, trigonometry and advanced reasoning that this paper does not ask for, at the cost of the breadth it does ask for. If a mathematics chapter opens with quadratic equations, it belongs to a different exam.

Keep one sheet for the final week

By the last week you want a single sheet: the general knowledge facts you keep forgetting, the two or three arithmetic shapes that still slow you down, and the reasoning figure types you find least natural. Everything else has either landed or will not land in seven days, and a short sheet actually gets read.

What to read, at the level a constable recruitment paper sets.
SectionRead thisDo not spend time on
Elementary mathematicsArithmetic to completion at school level, practised for speed rather than for depth.Algebra, geometry and trigonometry at competitive-mathematics depth.
General intelligence and reasoningA mixed question bank, short daily sets, including non-verbal families.Theory of any kind.
General knowledge and general awarenessStatic pairs, everyday science, basic polity, geography and history, plus current affairs kept light and consolidated monthly.Subject depth. Every question here is a single retrievable fact.
Language paperBasic grammar and comprehension in the language you will sit — the paper is offered in more than one, and reading speed in your chosen one matters.Preparing in one language and sitting in another out of habit.
Physical standards and medicalThe standards and events in the notification, trained for from the first month, with margin above the prescribed figure.Treating the written stage as the recruitment. It is the first filter, not the outcome.

Exam resources

Everything for SSC GD Constable

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

SSC GD Constable SyllabusSSC GD Constable syllabus — reasoning, general knowledge, elementary mathematics and the English or Hindi language section, at matriculation level.SSC GD Constable Exam PatternSSC GD exam pattern 2026 — the 80-question, 160-mark CBE with subject-wise marks, time and 0.25 negative marking, NCC bonus and PET/PST standards.SSC GD Constable Previous PapersSSC GD Constable previous year papers — using past CBTs to build arithmetic speed and identify the repeated general awareness themes.SSC GD Constable Mock TestsSSC GD Constable mock tests — full-length CBT practice with timing, negative marking and section-wise analysis.SSC GD Constable PreparationSSC GD Constable preparation — a combined written and physical training plan, with guidance on clearing the PET, PST and medical stages.SSC GD Constable Study MaterialSSC GD Constable study material — elementary mathematics, reasoning, general knowledge and language notes at matriculation level.

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