SSC GD 2023 Notification Important Dates

Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), SSF, Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles and Sepoy in Narcotics Control Bureau Examination, 2022

Dates for submission of online applications

24-11-2023 to 28-12-2023

Last date and time for receipt of online applications

31-12-2023 (23:00)

Last date and time for generation of offline Challan

31-12-2023 (23:00)

Last date and time for making online fee payment

01-01-2024(23:00)

Last date for payment through Challan (during Working hours of Bank)

01-01-2024

Schedule of Computer Based Examination

February, 2024

SSC GD Exam 2023

SSC GD 2023 Notification has been released on official site ssc.nic.in.

Staff Selection Commission conducts the recruitment process for the recruitment of the General Duty post of Constables (GD) in BSF, CISF, ITBP, CRPF, and Rifleman in AR.

The total number of vacancies released by the Commission for recruitment is 26,146 for male and female constables.

SSC conducts the General Duty (GD) exam for the post of Constable in different Central Police Organizations.

 

SSC GD 2023 Salary

This is a great opportunity for all the candidates preparing for various exams under SSC.

SSC GD is one of the most awaited exams for Govt. aspirants.

The candidates recruited will be offered a salary of Rs. 24387/- at the time of training and Rs. 69,100/- at the time of service with additional perks and allowances also.

SSC GD Vacancy 2023

SSC released a total of 26,146 vacancies for the SSC GD Recruitment. In this pandemic scenario, this are a good number of vacancies for those who are willing to work for SSC. Below is the table for current vacancies for SSC GD Constable.

SSC GD Vacancy 2023

Forces

Vacancies

BSF

6174

CISF

11025

CRPF

3337

SSB

635

ITBP

3189

AR

1490

SSF

290

Total

26146

Staff Selection Commission has announced 23347 vacancies for males in BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP, AR, and SSF forces. The maximum vacancy is released for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) i.e 11025 and the least for the Secretariat Security Force (SSF) i.e 296

SSC GD Vacancy 2023 (Male)

Forces

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

UR

Total

Border Security Force (BSF)

735

467

1028

1025

1956

5211

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

1506

974

2196

1086

4151

9913

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

461

294

688

509

1314

3266

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

103

45

125

94

226

593

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

380

306

523

285

689

2694

Rifleman (General Duty) in Assam Rifles (AR)

116

252

156

235

689

1448

Secretariat Security Force (SSF)

33

16

60

23

90

222

Total

3334

2354

4776

3257

9626

23347

This year, 2799 vacancies are announced for females in BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP, AR, and SSF forces. Check force-wise vacancy from the below table

SSC GD Vacancy 2023 (Female)

Forces

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

UR

Total

Border Security Force (BSF)

138

83

199

181

362

963

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

164

103

244

125

476

1112

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

02

01

13

10

45

71

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

16

01

06

0

19

42

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

74

54

99

38

230

495

Rifleman (General Duty) in Assam Rifles (AR)

03

0

03

15

21

42

Secretariat Security Force (SSF)

11

06

20

07

30

74

Total

408

248

584

376

1183

2799

 

SSC GD 2023 Application Fee

General Male

Rs. 100

Female/SC/ST/Ex-serviceman

No Fee

SSC GD 2023 Exam Pattern

The selection of the candidates will be done on the basis of their performance in the following tests – Physical, Written, Medical Fitness. The final list will be prepared according to the performance in the SSC GD written examination.

 

The written exam consists of four sections – GK, Reasoning, Mathematics, and English/Hindi of 25 marks each. Total time of 90 minutes is given to the candidates.

Parts

Name of Disciplines

Questions

Marks

Duration

Part-A

General Intelligence and reasoning

20

40

60 minutes

Part-B

General Awareness and General Knowledge

20

40

Part-C

Elementary Mathematics

20

40

Part-D

English/Hindi

20

40

 

Total

80

160

 

Candidates have to clear the race within the following time limits:-

Male

Female

 

5 km in 24 min

1.6 km in 8½ min

For candidates other than those belonging to Ladakh region

1.6 km in 7 min

800 m in 5 min

For candidates of Ladakh region

Criteria for PST Test 2022

Height:-

Male-> 170 cm

Female-> 157 cm

Chest:- Male candidates should have the following standards of chest measurements

  • Un-expanded-> 80cm
  • Minimum Expansion-> 5cm

Category of Candidates

Height (in cms)

Chest (in cms)

Un-expended

Expended (Min of 4 cms)

Only GENERAL/ OBC

170

81

85

Scheduled Castes (SC)

170

81

85

Scheduled Tribes (ST)

165

76

80

Residents of hill areas i.e. Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, and candidates belonging to states of Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, and Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K.

165

76

80

Sons of serving, deceased, retired police personnel/ Multi-Tasking Staff (Formerly group ‘D’ employees) of Delhi Police.

165

76

80

SSC GD Physical Eligibility (Female Candidates)

Only GENERAL/ OBC

157

Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST)

155

Residents of hill areas i.e. Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, and candidates belonging to the states of Sikkim, 155 – – 11 Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, and Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K.

155

Daughters of serving, deceased, retired police personnel/ Multi-Tasking Staff (Formerly group ‘D’ employees) of Delhi Police.

152

 

SSC GD Syllabus 2023

SSC GD Constable Paper comprises four Sections/Subjects that are mentioned below:

  • General Intelligence and Reasoning
  • General Knowledge and General Awareness
  • Elementary Mathematics
  • English/ Hindi

The SSC GD syllabus contains Computer Based Examination which includes an objective-type paper carrying 100 marks for 100 questions

This section consists of both verbal and non-verbal types of logical questions. This test particularly includes questions that test the candidate’s analytical and logical reasoning skills and his/ her ability to observe and distinguish patterns. The topics include in the syllabus are as follows:

  1. Reasoning Analogies
  2. Arithmetic Number Series
  3. Arithmetical Reasoning
  4. Coding-Decoding
  5. Discrimination
  6. Figural Classification
  7. Non-verbal Series
  8. Observation
  9. Relationship Concepts – Blood Relations
  10. Similarities and Differences
  11. Spatial Orientation
  12. Spatial Visualization
  13. Visual Memory



This section totally depends on the current news affairs and some general knowledge. These questions do not require the candidate to have special knowledge of any particular discipline. The questions in this component revolve around matters of everyday life observations and test the candidate’s knowledge of the environment around him/ her and topics related to India and its neighboring countries such as:

  1. Culture
  2. Economic Scene
  3. General Polity
  4. Geography
  5. History
  6. Indian Constitution
  7. Scientific Research
  8. Sports

This section is based on high-school-level mathematical problems. According to the SSC GD syllabus, the following topics are:

  1. Averages
  2. Computation of Whole Numbers
  3. Decimals and Fractions
  4. Discount
  5. Fundamental Arithmetical Operations
  6. Interest
  7. Mensuration
  8. Number Systems
  9. Percentages
  10. Profit and Loss
  11. Ratio and Proportion
  12. Ratio and Time
  13. Relationship between Numbers
  14. Time and Distance
  15. Time and Work

 

This section is to check the basic knowledge of candidates in Hindi or English. The syllabus is as follows:

  1. Error Spotting
  2. Fill in the Blanks: Articles, Prepositions, etc.
  3. Phrase replacements
  4. Cloze test
  5. Synonyms & Antonyms
  6. Phrase and idioms meaning
  7. One Word Substitution
  8. Spellings
  9. Reading comprehension

SSC GD Exam Eligibility Criteria

18-23 years as on 01-01-2023. Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02-01-2001 and later than 01-01-2006 in normal course. However, after relaxation of three (03) years in upper age, the candidate should not have been born earlier than 02-01-1997.

Note: Due to unprecedented ‘Covid Pandemic’, it has been decided by the Government to grant three (03) years age relaxation beyond respective prescribed upper age limit for all categories of the candidates as one-time measure for this recruitment.

The relaxation in Age Limit will also be given to the candidates of backward categories as per according to government rules and regulations which is 3 years for the candidates of OBC category and 5 years for the applicants of SC/ST Categories.

S. No.

Category

Age-relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit

1

OBC

3 years

2

ST/SC

5 years

3

Ex-Servicemen

3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the date of reckoning.

4

Children and dependent of victims KILLED in the 1984 riots OR communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (GEN)

5 years

5

Children and dependent of victims KILLED in the 1984 riots OR communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC)

8 years

6

Children and dependent of victims KILLED in the 1984 riots OR communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (SC/ST)

10 years

SSC GD Educational Qualification Required (As on 01-01-2023)

To be eligible for the SSC GD recruitment, candidates must hold the matriculation or 10th class pass from a recognized Board/ University before applying for the GD post.

 

SSC GD Cutoff : Check GD Constable Cutoff

The SSC GD constable cut-off is released for various forces and areas namely SSF, NIA, General District Area, Border District Area, and Naxal/Militancy Affected Area. We have provided the Force-wise distribution of the Constable cutoff. Click on the below link to check SSC GD Cutoff

SSC GD Cut-Off was declared after the SSC GD Result to have an idea of the overall Cut-Off for SSC GD Exam, let’s have a look at the last year’s cut-off for SSC GD Exam.

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

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