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The Staff Selection Commission holds an open Competitive Examination for recruitment to the posts of Constable (General Duty) in Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Secretariat Security Force (SSF) and Rifleman (General Duty) in Assam Rifles. This is the next best exam after SSC CPO (SI) for recruitment to the armed forces of India.

Basics

Exam Calendar

The process of Constable (GD) is a relatively simple process of examination.

DATE	EVENT
	Release of notification/announcement
	Start of application
	End of application
	Tier 1 examination
	Result of tier 1 examination available
	Physical standard test/ Physical endurance test
	Result of PET/PST available
	Detailed Medical Examination

Posts to be filled

SSC Constable (GD) hires candidates for several sections of the armed forces on the single post of Constable (General Duty). List of exact number of vacancies of each post is revealed in the notification

List of Forces that recruit for this post is as follows -

• BSF

• CISF

• ITBP

• CRPF

• SSB

• AR

• NIA

• SSF

Procedure of application

1. Visit ssc.nic.in

2. Click Apply

3. Go to Constable (GD) tab

4. From here, login and register.

5. Follow the given steps to fill out the basic information and the application form.

6. Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.

7. Application Fee: payable: Rs 100/- (Rs one hundred only).

8. Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Ex-Servicemen eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee.

Eligibility and qualifications

Age limit (as on Prescribed date)

Age limitation in Constable (GD) 18-23 years as on prescribed date.

Age relaxations

Permissible age relaxation for reserved categories is as follows -

Category	Permissible age relaxation (in years)
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
Ex-Servicemen	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the date of reckoning.
Children and dependent of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (Unreserved)	5 years
Children and dependent of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC)	8 years
Children and dependent of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (SC/ST)	10 years
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st Jan 1980 to 31st Dec 1989.	5 years

Essential educational qualification (as on 1 January year 2)

Matriculation or 10th class pass from a recognized Board/ University.

NOTE : Candidates who have not acquired the essential educational qualification as on 01.08.2018 will not be eligible and need not apply.

Scheme and Pattern

The Examination will be conducted in four tiers as indicated below

1. Tier-I: Computer Based Examination

2. Tier-II: Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test (PET)

3. Tier III: Detailed Medical Examination and document verification

Tier 1 (Pre)

• Tier-1 will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English language.

• Test will be conducted in online mode.

• Each question will carry 1 mark and total time allowed will be 90 minutes

Subject	Number of question	Maximum marks
General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	25
General Knowledge and General Awareness	25	25
Elementary mathematics	25	25
English/ Hindi	25	25

Tier 2 (PET/PST)

This phase of examination does not carry any marks but is of QUALIFYING/ ELIMINATION nature.

Physical Standard Test

Physical standards for MALE candidates -

Category of candidates	Heights (in cms)	Chest (Unexpanded)	Chest (Expanded)
For candidates from General, SC and OBC Categories	170	80	85
The Minimum height for the candidates falling in the categories of Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the States of Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir	165	78	83
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes	162.5	76	81
The minimum height for all Schedule Tribe candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripura and Naxal/ Left Wing Extremism affected Districts	160	76	81
The minimum height for the candidates hailing from North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura	162.5	77	82
The minimum height for the candidates hailing from Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) comprising of the three Sub-Division of Darjeeling District namely Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong and includes the following “Mouzas” Sub-Divisions of these Districts: (1) Lohargarh Tea Garden (2) Lohagarh Forest (3) Rangmohan (4) Barachenga (5) Panighata (6) Chota Adalpur (7) Paharu (8) Sukna Forest (9) Sukna Part-I (10) Pantapati Forest-1 (11) Mahanadi Forest (12) Champasari Forest (13) Salbari Chhatpart-II (14) Sitong Forest (15) Sivoke Hill Forest (16) Sivoke Forest (17) Chhota Chenga (18) Nipania.	157	77	82

Physical Standards for FEMALE candidates -

Category of candidates	Heights (in cms)
For candidates from General, SC and OBC Categories	157
The Minimum height for the candidates falling in the categories of Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the States of Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir	156
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes	150
The minimum height for all Schedule Tribe candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripura and Naxal/ Left Wing Extremism affected Districts	147.5
The minimum height for the candidates hailing from North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura	152.5
The minimum height for the candidates hailing from Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) comprising of the three Sub-Division of Darjeeling District namely Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong and includes the following “Mouzas” Sub-Divisions of these Districts: (1) Lohargarh Tea Garden (2) Lohagarh Forest (3) Rangmohan (4) Barachenga (5) Panighata (6) Chota Adalpur (7) Paharu (8) Sukna Forest (9) Sukna Part-I (10) Pantapati Forest-1 (11) Mahanadi Forest (12) Champasari Forest (13) Salbari Chhatpart-II (14) Sitong Forest (15) Sivoke Hill Forest (16) Sivoke Forest (17) Chhota Chenga (18) Nipania.	152.5

NOTE : Weight will be measured corresponding to height (for all posts)

Physical Endurance/(Efficiency) Test

Physical endurance test or Physical efficiency test will consist only of a race for both male and female candidates.

For all candidates (Male)	For all candidates (Female)	For candidates of Ladakh region (Male)	For candidates of Ladakh region (Female)
5 Kms in 24 minutes.	1.6 Kms in 8 ½ minutes	1 Mile in 6 ½ minutes	800 metres in 4 minutes

NOTE : The Ex-servicemen who will be shortlisted in Computer Based Examination will have to appear in PET/PST stage for recording measurement of height, chest and weight only. PET will not be held for these Ex-servicemen candidates. Further, they will have to qualify medical Examination (DME).

Detailed medical examination and document verification

• The list of documents that the candidate is required to present to support his candidature and reservation qualification will be verified on this stage of the examinations

• Apart from document verification, candidates will also go through a detailed medical examination.

Eye Sight

Near Vision(Better eye)	Near Vision (Worse eye)	Distant Vision (Better eye)	Distant Vision (Worse eye)	Color Vision
N6	N9	6/6	6/8	CP-III by Isihara

General Medical Guidelines

• The purpose of medical standards is to ensure that medically fit candidates are accepted into the CAPFs.

• Refusal to undergo medical examination at any stage or absenting/ deserting oneself from the same will render the candidate unfit.

• At some stages of medical examination male candidates will require to be examined in nude. Loin cloth is to be permitted except for, when genitalia and perineum is being examined.

• The final decision of fitness/ unfitness in weight will be decided by the medical board at the time of medical examination based on the height and age chart on the day of medical examination and as per the height measured by the PST/ PET Board & as per guidelines for the same.

• Medical Test (X-Ray) chest-PA view, Haemoglobin, Urine routine/ microscopic examination will be must for all candidates under medical examination.

• The candidate must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes.

• Any surgery conducted between the period of DME & RME for corrective measure of unfitness will not be accepted and be considered as ‘unfit’.

Syllabus

Tier 1

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 decoding, etc.

General Awareness

• History

• Culture

• Geography

• General Policy & Scientific Research

• Economic Scene

• Current Affairs

Elementary Mathematics

• Whole Numbers

• Decimals and Fractions and relationship between Numbers

• Fundamental arithmetical operations

• Percentages

• Ratio and Proportion

• Averages

• Interest

• Profit and Loss

• Discount

• Mensuration,

• Time and Distance

• Ratio and Time

• Time and Work, etc.

English/ Hindi

Candidates’ ability to understand basic English/ Hindi and his basic comprehension would be tested.

Tier 2

All tier 2 details provided above under Schem of examination (Tier 2)

Salary, perks and other benefits

Pay level and grade pay

The candidates who clear the examination and qualify for the post of constable (GD) are all offered the same pay scale irrespective of the armed force they are enlisted in.

The Pay Scale is INR 21700-69100

Allowances

House rent allowance

The house rent allowance given is INR 2538.

Transport allowance

The TA for a newly joined constable is INR 1224

Dearness allowance

This is the cost of living allowance. Currently this is valued at 17% of basic pay.

Dearness Allowance (DA) of Rs. 434 is provided out of the total salary.

Diet allowance/Ration Money

Diet Allowance or Ration money is provided to the Constable (GD) employees to cater to their diet needs. The Diet allowance of Rs 101.5 is provided to SI in Delhi Police. Ration money of Rs.97.85 per head per day is admissible to SI in CISF.

Other allowances

Other than the common allowances, the constable post is also offered the following additional perks -

• Medical facilities

• Annual paid leaves

• Security allowances

• Field allowances

Pension

Pension is based on the amount of money that gets deducted from the salary the the employee every month. This gets rewarded after retirement when the employee gets a handsome amount every month.

In-hand salary

FA Constable (GD) aspirant will approximately get INR 23,527 after all deductions and allowances when he joins the force.