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SSC GD Constable Syllabus

The GD syllabus stays at matriculation level throughout. Its difficulty is not conceptual — it is the number of questions you must clear in an hour while under exam pressure.

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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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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

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    Staff Selection Commission for the Ministry of Home Affairs

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    Class 10 pass as on 1 January 2026

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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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Syllabus

SSC GD Constable — What the syllabus covers

General Intelligence and Reasoning
Analogies, similarities and differences, spatial visualisation and orientation, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding. Predominantly non-verbal, which rewards pattern practice over theory.
General Knowledge and General Awareness
Current events, sports, history, culture, geography, economic scene, Indian polity and the Constitution, general science and scientific research. Questions test everyday awareness of the environment around the candidate rather than specialist study of any subject.
Elementary Mathematics
Number systems, whole numbers, decimals and fractions and the relationship between them, fundamental arithmetical operations, percentage, ratio and proportion, averages, interest, profit and loss, discount, mensuration, time and distance, time and work, ratio and time. Entirely arithmetic — there is no algebra or trigonometry component.
English or Hindi
Basic comprehension and command of the chosen language: fill in the blanks, error spotting, synonyms and antonyms, sentence correction, one-word substitution and a short reading passage. Candidates choose one language, and the paper itself is available in several regional languages.

The mathematics section is worth a specific comment. It is elementary in scope but not in speed — twenty arithmetic questions in a shared hour means you cannot afford to derive anything from first principles. Fluency with percentage, ratio and average conversions is what makes this section quick, and it is the highest-return preparation in the whole paper.

How the four sections actually behave

  • Reasoning is largely visual — series, analogy, classification, mirror and water images, embedded figures, paper folding. Much of it can be solved by annotating the figure rather than by reasoning it out abstractly, which is faster and more reliable under time pressure.
  • General awareness is broad and shallow — nothing specialist is asked, but almost anything general can be. The pool is close to what MTS and CHSL draw on, so material prepared for one serves the others.
  • Mathematics is arithmetic only — no algebra beyond the elementary, no trigonometry, no coordinate geometry. The difficulty is the clock, not the content.
  • The language section is comprehension-led — a short passage plus grammar and vocabulary at matriculation level, in whichever of the offered languages you choose.

Because the paper is offered in several regional languages, the syllabus should be read alongside a decision you make once and then stop revisiting: which language you will sit in. That choice affects reading speed in the comprehension section and, less obviously, in the general awareness section too, where a question phrased in an unfamiliar register costs seconds you do not have. Make the decision early and practise in that language exclusively.

The syllabus is not the hard part

Very little in the GD syllabus will be new to a candidate who finished school. What separates candidates is not knowledge of the topics but the ability to retrieve it in roughly forty-five seconds a question, and to keep doing so for a full hour. Read the syllabus once to confirm scope, then spend your time on speed and on general awareness accumulation.

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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