SSC GD Constable offers the largest recruitment volume in India for Matriculation (10th pass) candidates desiring to serve in India's border and internal security forces.
1. Overview: The SSC GD Examination
The Staff Selection Commission General Duty (SSC GD) Constable examination recruits soldiers and constables for India's border guarding forces, industrial security units, and central armed police battalions under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Because selection balances written academic skills with physical stamina and medical fitness, preparation requires equal dedication to daily running exercise and computer-based question solving.
2. Participating Paramilitary Forces
Guarding India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh across deserts, rivers, and mountains.
Securing airports, sea ports, Delhi Metro, nuclear power plants, and public enterprises.
Internal security, counter-insurgency operations, riot management, and election security.
Securing India's open, friendly borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
High-altitude mountain warfare and border vigil along the Indo-China frontier.
Counter-insurgency and border security in India's Northeast regions.
3. Four Stages of Selection Process
80 questions, 160 marks in 60 minutes covering Intelligence & Reasoning (20 Qs), General Knowledge (20 Qs), Elementary Mathematics (20 Qs), and English/Hindi (20 Qs).
Measurement of height, chest expansion (for males), and weight according to medical standards.
Time-bound running race (5 km in 24 mins for male; 1.6 km in 8.5 mins for female). Qualifying nature.
Thorough medical checkup in designated CAPF base hospitals and verification of original certificates.
Read our specialized guide on SSC GD Physical Standards & Measurements.