SSC GD Exam Details 2021-22- About, Exam Pattern Syllabus, Selection

About SSC GD Exam

SSC GD Exam details: Staff Selection Commission conducts SSC GD Exam for selecting candidates for the General Duty post of Constables (GD) in BSF, CISF, ITBP, CRPF, and Rifleman in AR. All candidates need to pass a Computer-Based Test after which they will be eligible for Physical Test. The educational qualification for this test is 10th pass, as a result, there are a huge number of people applying for this exam.

In the article below we have discussed various aspects of the SSC GD Exam 2022 in great detail. 

Forces for Recruitment of Constables (General Duty)

1. Border Security Force (BSF)
2. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
3. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
4. Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
5. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
6. National Investigation Agency (NIA)
7. Secretariat Security Force (SSF)

Forces for Recruitment of Rifleman (General Duty)- Assam Rifles

SSC GD Constable 2022 Basic Info

Here is a brief provided about the SSC GD Constable 2022 in the below table.

Exam Conducting Body	Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
Post Name	Constable
Pay Scale	Pay Level-3 (Rs 21700-69100)
Job Category	Defense
Online Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	Online
Exam Type	National Level Exam
Exam Date	To be Notified
Job Location	Across India
Age Limit	18-23 years
Educational Qualification	10th Pass
Official Website	www.ssc.nic.in

SSC GD 2022 Exam Important Dates 

Let’s have a look at the important dates for SSC GD 2022 exam from the below table.

Release of Application Form	December 2021
Last Date to Apply	January 2022
Release of Admit Card for PST/PET	February 2022
Date of PST/PET	March 2022
Result of  PST/PET	April 2022
Release of Admit Card for Written Exam	May 2022
Date of Written Exam	July 2022
Result of Written Exam	August 2022
Release of Admit Card for Medical Test	September 2022
Date of Medical Test	October 2022
Result of Medical Test	November 2022

SSC GD Constable 2021 Vacancy (not announced for 2022)

The total number of vacancies for the SSC GD Constable 2021 exam has been released along with its notification. SSC has announced 25271 vacancies for the post of constables, in which 22424 posts are available for male candidates and for 2847 female candidates. Let’s have a look at the SSC GD Vacancies:

Vacancies for Male Candidates	22424
Vacancies for Female Candidates	2847

SSC GD Constable Vacancy for Male Candidates

A total of 22424 vacancies has been notified for General Duty Male Constable to be recruited through SSC GD 2021. Below is the detailed category-wise vacancy distribution for SSC GD Male Constable.

Force	SSC GD Constable Male Vacancies	Total
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR
BSF	1026	603	1453	641	2690	6413
CISF	1133	786	1714	760	3217	7610
CRPF	—	—	—	—	—	—
SSB	604	314	892	380	1354	3806
ITBP	177	131	250	95	563	1216
AR	391	508	615	317	1354	3185
NIA	—	—	—	—	—	—
SSF	28	14	49	19	84	194
Total	3359	2356	4973	2212	9524	22424

SSC GD Constable Vacancy for Female Candidates

Out of a total of 25271 vacancies, 2847 have been announced for General Duty Female Constable to be recruited through SSC GD 2021. Below is the detailed category-wise vacancy distribution for SSC GD Female Constable.

Force	SSC GD Constable Female Vacancies	Total
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR
BSF	176	110	255	113	478	1132
CISF	128	86	193	88	359	854
CRPF	—	—	—	—	—	—
SSB	—	—	—	—	—	—
ITBP	28	20	42	08	117	215
AR	71	99	115	60	255	600
NIA	—	—	—	—	—	—
SSF	07	03	11	04	21	46
Total	410	318	616	273	1230	2847

SSC GD Constable 2022 Eligibility Criteria

All candidates who are willing to apply for the SSC GD Constable Recruitment 2022 should check the available SSC GD Eligibility Criteria given below. The candidates who will satisfy the SSC GD post conditions will be able to apply the application form online. All candidates should have a look at the eligibility criteria that are mentioned below for the various posts in the SSC GD recruitment advertisement.

SSC GD Educational Qualification 

Candidates applying for GD Constable (BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, SSF, SSB, NIA, and riflemen) must have passed 10th class or equivalent from a recognized board.

SSC GD Age Limit 

The candidate is required to be between 18 to 23 years in order to be eligible for SSC GD 2022 Exam. The crucial date of age limit will be calculated with reference to 01-08-2022. Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02-08-1999 and later than 01-08-2003. Age relaxation is given to candidates belonging to reserved categories as per the government rules.

SSC GD 2022 Upper Age Relaxation

S. No.	Category	Age Limit
1	OBC	26 years
2	ST/SC	28 years
3	Ex-Servicemen (GEN)	26 years
4	Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	29 years
5	Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)	31 years
9	Children and dependent of victims KILLED in the 1984 riots OR communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (GEN)	28 years
10	Children and dependent of victims KILLED in the 1984 riots OR communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC)	31 years
11	Children and dependent of victims KILLED in the 1984 riots OR communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (SC/ST)	33 years

SSC GD Exam Pattern 2022

The entire recruitment process of SSC GD 2022 will be completed in four stages: Computer Based Test (CBT), Physical Standard Test (PST), Physical Efficiency Test (PET), and the last the Medical Test. The candidates who will qualify for the exam will have to appear for document verification.

The stages that will be conducted for SSC GD Constable 2022 Exam are discussed below:

1. Computer Based Exam
2. Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
3. Physical Standard Test (PST)
4. Medical Test

In this section, the pattern for each stage has been discussed. The candidates who are going to appear in SSC GD Recruitment 2022 must be familiar with the exam pattern. Let’s have a look at the detailed Exam Pattern for SSC GD 2022 Exam

1. For Computer Based Examination

The computer-based examination will be of 100 marks consisting of 100 questions. There will be 4 sections in the online exam to be attempted in 90 minutes. 0.25 marks will be deducted when a question is attempted wrong. There will be no penalty if the question is left unanswered. The exam pattern for CBE has been detailed below.

Part	Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Exam Duration
A	General Intelligence & Reasoning	25	25	90 minutes
B	General Knowledge & General Awareness	25	25
C	Elementary Mathematics	25	25
D	English/ Hindi	25	25
	Total	100	100

2. For Physical Efficiency Test (PET)

The candidate must be efficient to finish the race within the time limit as mentioned in the below table. The limit has been set diffently for candidates of Ladakh region.

Race
Type	For Male Candidates	For Female Candidates
Candidates other than Ladakh Region	5 Km in 24 minutes	1.6 Km in 8(1/2) minutes
For Ladakh Region	1.6 Km in 6(1/2) minutes	800 metres in 4 minutes

3. For Physical Standard Test (PST)

The candidates will be examined for the physical standards including Height and Chest (only males). Only the candidates who meet the requirement will be called for medical examination. The physical standards required has been discussed below.

Physical Standards for SSC GD 2022
Standard	For Male Candidates	For Female Candidates
Height (General, SC & OBC)	170	157
Height (ST)	162.5	150
Chest Expansion (General, SC & OBC)	80/ 5	N/A
Chest Expansion ( ST)	76 / 5	N/A

However, there is some relaxation provided for candidates belonging to hilly areas, scheduled tribes, north-eastern states, Left Wing Extremism affected districts, Gorkha Territorial Administration. Chest measurement for female candidates has not been included in the Physical Standard Test, however, the chest should be well developed.

Weight should be proportionate as per the height and medical standard for male and female

Visual Standard
Visual Acuity Unaided	Uncorrected Visual Acuity	Refraction	Color Vision
Near Vision	Distant Vision
Better Eye	Worse Eye	Better Eye	Worse Eye
N6	N9	6 / 6	6 / 9	Visual correction of any kind is not permitted even by glasses	CP-2

Note: Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Detailed Medical Examination (DME)/ Review Medical Examination (RME) will be scheduled and concluded by CAPFs.

SSC GD Constable Syllabus 2022

To prepare effectively for SSC GD Constable 2022 Exam, a candidate must know the entire SSC GD Syllabus 2022 Exam as planning a strategy with an updated syllabus is more fruitful rather than just cramming things in an undefined manner. For your ease, we have provided the detailed SSC GD Syllabus 2022:

English/Hindi	General Awareness	Elementary Mathematics	General Intelligence and Reasoning
Comprehension Writing, Sentence Formation, Para Jumbles, Synonyms-Antonyms	Scientific Inventions Sports, Awards and Honours, Important Dates, Culture, Geography, Economy, Indian/World History, General Polity, Current Affairs	Number System, Percentages, Averages, Ratio and Proportions, Interests, Profit and Loss, Discount, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Fundamental Arithmetic Operations	Spatial Visualization, Spatial Orientation, Observation, Visual Memory, Arithmetical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Analogies, Coding-Decoding, Similarities and Differences, Recent Studies and Theories

SSC GD Constable 2022 Online Application

The Stepwise online application process for SSC GD 2022 exam is given below.

Step 1: Visit the official website of the Staff Selection Commission board @ssc.nic.in

Step 2: On the homepage, click on the apply tab.

Step 3: It will redirect you to a new window.

Step 4: Now there, click on the GD Constable tab.

Step 5: It will ask you various details in the application form such as Name, Email, Address, Mobile Number, category, Educational Qualifications, etc.

Step 6: Fill in the correct identification mark in the SSC GD Application form. The mark may check at the time of the physical test.

Step 7: Pay the application fee to confirm your registration. Have a look at the recruitment notification to see your application fee for the category.

Step 8: Submit the application form.

Step 9: Take a hard copy of the application form after submitting it for future use.

SSC GD Constable Online Application Fee

SSC GD Constable 2022 application fee for the male candidates is Rs 100 which is to be paid during the application process. However, women/SC/ST/PwD/ESM candidates are exempted from payment of application fees.

General Male	Rs. 100
Female/SC/ST/Ex-serviceman	No Fee

SSC GD Constable 2022 Exam Centre

The candidates applying for SSC GD Constable 2022 exam have to select their choice of examination centers while filling their application form. Have a look at the below table depicting the list of region-wise exam centres notified by the Staff Selection Commission.

SSC Region (State Names)	SSC GD Exam Centres & Codes
Central Region (CR)/Bihar and Uttar Pradesh	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)
Eastern Region (ER)/Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal	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)
Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala	Kavaratti (9401), Bengaluru (9001), Hubballi (9011), Mangaluru (9008), Ernakulam (9213), Thrissur (9212), Thiruvananthapuram (9211)
Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region (MPR)/Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh	Bilaspur (6202), Raipur (6204), Durg-Bhilai (6205), Bhopal (6001), Gwalior (6005), Indore (6006), Jabalpur (6007), Satna (6014), Sagar (6015), Ujjain (6016)
North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura	Itanagar (5001), Dibrugarh (5102), Guwahati (Dispur) (5105), Jorhat (5107), Silchar (5111), Imphal (5501), Churachandpur (5502), Ukhrul (5503), Shillong (5401), Aizwal (5701), Kohima (5302), Agartala (5601)
Northern Region (NR)/Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand	Delhi (2201), Ajmer (2401), Alwar (2402), Bharatpur (2403), Bikaner (2404), Jaipur (2405), Jodhpur (2406), Kota (2407), Sriganganagar (2408), Udaipur (2409), Sikar (2411), Dehradun (2002), Haldwani (2003), Haridwar (2005), Roorkee (2006)
North Western Sub-Region (NWR)/Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab	Chandigarh/Mohali (1601), Hamirpur (1202), Shimla (1203), Jammu (1004), Samba (1010), Srinagar (J&K) (1007), Leh (1005), Amritsar (1404), Jalandhar (1402), Ludhiana (1405), Patiala (1403)
Southern Region (SR)/Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.	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)
Western Region (WR)/Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra	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)

SSC GD Constable 2022 Admit Card

The Admit Card for SSC GD 2022 will be released at the official website of SSC i.e. www.ssc.nic.in, post the application process for the same has been completed. Candidates are requested to visit the in order to download the SSC GD 2022 Admit Card. The link to the Admit Card will be provided on this page.

SSC GD Result 2022

SSC GD 2022 Result will be declared separately for Physical Test/Medical test, Written Test and the Computer Proficiency Test. Candidates can check their results after the exam has been conducted. The dates for the declaration of the result will be notified soon by the Staff Selection Commission of India.

SSC GD Constable Cut-Off

SSC GD Constable 2022 Cut-Off will be released after the result for the same has been declared. To get a fair idea of SSC GD 2022 Cut-Off, let’s have a look at 2020 cut-off for SSC GD Exam:

State Wise Cut Off (Male Candidate)

State Code	STATE/UTs	CUT-OFF
GEN	OBC	SC	ST	Ex.S
1	Andaman & Nicobar	36	33	*	*	35
2	Andhra Pradesh	49	45	33	42	35
3	Arunachal Pradesh	35	33	33	33	35
4	Assam	44	38	37	40	35
5	Bihar	75	72	58	70	35
6	Chandigarh	54	46	41	*	35
7	Chhattisgarh	52	50	50	48	35
8	Dadar& Nagar Haveli	35	*	*	35	35
9	Daman & Diu	37	37	*	*	35
10	Delhi	68	62	60	56	35
11	Goa	35	33	*	*	35
12	Gujarat	46	39	38	40	35
13	Haryana	80	77	70	*	35
14	Himachal Pradesh	66	60	60	62	35
15	Jammu & Kashmir	43	33	40	35	35
16	Jharkhand	62	58	40	54	35
17	Karnataka	42	36	33	39	35
18	Kerala	35	33	33	33	35
19	Lakshadweep	32	*	*	*	35
20	Madhya Pradesh	67	64	57	54	35
21	Maharashtra	55	49	47	47	35
22	Manipur	43	37	37	34	35
23	Meghalaya	35	33	33	33	35
24	Mizoram	35	33	33	33	35
25	Nagaland	44	33	33	33	35
26	Orissa	46	43	33	41	35
27	Pondicherry	35	33	33	*	35
28	Punjab	54	48	48	*	35
29	Rajasthan	78	76	68	71	35
30	Sikkim	35	33	*	33	35
31	Tamil Nadu	35	33	33	33	35
32	Telangana	46	40	33	44	35
33	Tripura	42	41	37	33	35
34	Uttar Pradesh	77	74	66	68	35
35	Uttarakhand	67	63	60	65	35
36	West Bengal	53	45	45	46	35

State Wise Cut Off (Female Candidate)

State Code	STATE/UTs	CUT-OFF
GEN	OBC	SC	ST	Ex.S
1	Andaman & Nicobar	48	*	*	*	35
2	Andhra Pradesh	35	33	33	33	35
3	Arunachal Pradesh	35	33	33	33	35
4	Assam	35	33	33	33	35
5	Bihar	55	49	66	52	35
6	Chandigarh	51	47	*	*	35
7	Chhattisgarh	51	49	44	47	35
8	Dadar& Nagar Haveli	*	*	*	*	*
9	Daman & Diu	*	*	*	*	*
10	Delhi	60	53	52	49	35
11	Goa	35	33	*	*	35
12	Gujarat	38	33	33	35	35
13	Haryana	70	67	58	*	35
14	Himachal Pradesh	62	57	54	54	35
15	Jammu & Kashmir	35	33	33	33	35
16	Jharkhand	52	46	33	50	35
17	Karnataka	35	33	33	33	35
18	Kerala	35	33	33	35	35
19	Lakshadweep	*	*	*	*	*
20	Madhya Pradesh	58	54	48	50	35
21	Maharashtra	45	37	39	39	35
22	Manipur	42	36	*	39	35
23	Meghalaya	35	33	*	33	35
24	Mizoram	35	*	*	33	35
25	Nagaland	35	*	*	33	35
26	Orissa	41	38	33	38	35
27	Pondicherry	35	33	*	*	35
28	Punjab	53	48	49	*	35
29	Rajasthan	66	64	54	58	35
30	Sikkim	35	*	33	33	35
31	Tamil Nadu	35	33	33	33	35
32	Telangana	35	33	33	33	35
33	Tripura	35	*	33	33	35
34	Uttar Pradesh	65	62	55	53	35
35	Uttarakhand	56	53	49	55	35
36	West Bengal	43	36	37	40	35

Conclusion

This article discusses SSC GD 2022 Exam in detail. Every candidate is suggested to go through the aforementioned information very carefully. It is hoped that the contents of this article result to be helpful to all the candidates. Go through the complete article to know about The SSC GD Exam in detail about Exam Pattern and Syllabus.

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