The Staff Selection Commission conducts an exam every year for the recruitment to the posts of Constable (GD) in CAPF, NIA & SSF and Rifleman. The Application form for SSC GD Constable was available from 23rd December 2017 and the last date to apply was 23rd January 2018. The date of the exam is 18th – 28th June 2018, applicants who have filled up their Application Form in completion will be eligible to appear for the exam.
The candidates interested in government jobs can appear for this exam. The minimum eligibility criteria for SSC GD Constable Exam 2018 is Matriculation in any stream from any recognized board or University.
Candidates for GD Constable Post will be selected through the mode of the written exam, Medical exam, Physical Standard Test and Physical Endurance Test. Female Candidates will be considered for posts earmarked for them in different CAPFs.
SSC GD Constable Exam Pattern 2018
The recruitment of SSC GD Constable will be done on the basis of Physical Standard Test (PST), Physical Endurance Test (PET), Written Examination and Medical Examination. The Physical Standard Test (PST), Physical Endurance Test (PET) and Medical examination will be conducted by The Central Armed Police Force while the written examination will be organized by The Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
SSC will conduct the following phases in the selection process:
- Written examination (objective type)- Merit is prepared based on written exam
- Physical Standard test/Physical Eligibility Test (Qualifying in nature)
- Medical test- (Qualifying in nature)
Written Test SSC GD Constable Exam
The SSC GD Constable exam pattern is provided in the tabular format below. Few of the important points are:
- The test will contain 100 questions of total 100 marks.
- The question format will be objective type.
- Each question will be Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
- The time duration of the examination is 2 Hours.
- Online examination will be conducted in Hindi and English language.
- There will be 4 sections in the question paper.
| Part | Section | Number of Questions | Marks |
| Part A | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| Part B | General Knowledge and General Awareness | 25 | 25 |
| Part C | Elementary mathematics | 25 | 25 |
| Part D | English/Hindi | 25 | 25 |
Candidates for GD Constable Post will be selected through the mode of the written exam, Medical exam, Physical Standard Test and Physical Endurance Test. Female Candidates will be considered for posts earmarked for them in different CAPFs.
Physical Standard Test/Physical Endurance Test
The physical standard is as follows:
| Height | Chest | Weight |
| For Males: 170 cms For Females: 150 cms | For Male: Expanded 80 cms and minimum expansion 5 cms No criteria for women | Proportionate as per the height and medical standard for male and female. |
Note 1: In Physical Efficiency test, candidates have to take part in a race which is also qualifying in nature and will not carry any marks. Criteria for both male and Female is given below:
- For Male Candidates: 5kms in 24 minutes
- For Female Candidates: 1.6kms in 8 minutes
Note 2: Candidates from Ladakh Region
- For Male Candidates: 1.6 kms or 1 mile in 6 minutes
- For Female Candidates: 800 meters in 4 minutes
Medical Test For SSC GD Constable 2018
This test is also qualifying in nature and candidates who are shortlisted after PST/PET and written exam will be called for the medical test. Tests conducted in this stage are mentioned below:
Eye Sight:
| Visual Acuity Unaided | Near Vision | Better eye- N6 and worse eye- N9 |
| Uncorrected Visual Acuity | Distant Vision | Better eye- 6/6 and worse eye- 6/9 |
| Refraction | Visual correction of any kind is not permitted even by glasses | |
| Color vision | CP- 2 |
Important point: A candidate must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein and squint eye. After passing in the above medical test, X-ray and blood test will be conducted.
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SSC GD Constable 2018 Syllabus
The syllabus of SSC GD Constable 2018 is mentioned below in the tabular format. The candidates can go through the syllabus of the SSC GD Constable exam in detail and can follow the topics of different subjects to prepare themselves for the exam.
| Topic | Syllabus |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | Analogies Similarities and differences Spatial Visualization Spatial Orientation Visual Memory Discrimination Observation Relationship Concepts Arithmetical Reasoning and figural classification Arithmetic Number series Non-verbal series Coding and De-coding |
| General Knowledge and General awareness | Sports History Culture Geography Economics General polity Indian Constitution Scientific Research |
| Elementary mathematics | Number systems Computation of whole numbers Decimals and fractions and relationship between numbers Fundamental arithmetical operations Percentages Ratio and Proportions Averages Interests Profit and Loss Discount Mensuration Time and distance Ratio and Time Time and work |
| English Comprehension | Spot the error Fill in the blanks Synonyms Antonyms Spellings/Detecting Mis-spelt words Idioms and phrases One word substitution Improvement of Sentences Active/Passive Voice of Verbs Direct/Indirect Narration Shuffling of Sentence parts Shuffling of sentences in the passage Cloze passage Comprehension Passage |
| English/Hindi | Questions will be based to test the understanding of the candidate in both the languages. |
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