Staff Section Commission.
Last Date: 31/12/2025.
📰 SSC Constable (GD) Recruitment 2024 Notification
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has officially announced a major recruitment drive for the position of Constable (General Duty) and Rifleman (General Duty).
A total of 25,487 vacancies are available across various central armed police forces and security organizations.
Available Positions:
Assam Rifles (AR)
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)
Secretariat Security Force (SSF)
Rifleman (General Duty) in:
SSC Constable Recruitment 2026
1Name of post: Constable (General Duty)
Name of exam: Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and SSF, and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination, 2026
No of posts: 25,487 posts
# Male: 23,467 posts
# Female: 2,020 posts
Organization-wise vacancy details:
| Organization | No of posts |
| BSF | 616 |
| CISF | 14595 |
| CRPF | 5490 |
| SSB | 1764 |
| ITBP | 1293 |
| Assam Rifles | 1706 |
| SSF | 23 |
| Total | 25487 |
Pay scale: Pay Level – 3 (₹21,700/- to ₹ 69,100/-) for all the posts.
Eligibility Criteria of SSC Constable GD Recruitment
Nationality: The candidate must be a citizen of India. Vacancies in CAPFs & AR are State/UT/area wise, hence a candidate must submit a domicile certificate/ PRC against his domiciled state/ UT.
Age Limit: Candidate age must be between 18 to 23 years as on 1st January 2026. Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02-01-2003 and later than 01-01-2008.
Age Relaxation: Permissible relaxations in upper age limit for different categories are as under:
# SC/ ST: 5 years
# OBC: 3 years
# Ex-Servicemen: 3 years
Educational Qualification: The candidates must have passed the Matriculation or 10th Class Examination from a recognized Board/ University as on or before the cut-off date i.e., 01-01-2026.
Domicile/ Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC): Since the vacancies within the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are reserved based on specific States/Union Territories (UTs), candidates must strictly adhere to the following requirement:
- Domicile/PRC Requirement: You are required to present a Domicile Certificate or Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC) from the State/UT that you indicated in your Online Application Form.
- Verification: This certificate must be submitted during the Detailed Medical Examination (DME) and Document Verification process.
- Consequence of Failure: Failure to produce the correct Domicile/PRC will result in the immediate cancellation of your candidature, and you will not be permitted to proceed with the Detailed Medical Examination.
- No State Change Allowed: If you produce a Domicile/PRC issued by a State/UT different from the one you declared in your online application, you will not be allowed to change your State/UT during the Document Verification, and your candidature will be cancelled immediately.
Application Fee:
Candidates have to pay a certain amount as application fee depending up on their category. The details are as given below:
| Category | Fee |
| UR | Rs 100/- |
| OBC/MOBC | Rs 100/- |
| SC/ ST/ Women/ | Nil |
| Ex-Servicemen | Nil |
Payment Mode: BHIM UPI, Net Banking, by using Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or through cash in SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan.
SSC Examination Centres in Assam and Other North East States
A candidate must indicate the Centre(s) in the online Application Form in which he/ she desires to take the examination. Here’s the list of centres available under North Eastern Region (NER).
| Itanagar (5001) | Dibrugarh (5102) | Guwahati (Dispur) (5105) |
| Jorhat (5107) | Silchar (5111) | Tejpur (5112) |
| Imphal (5501) | Shillong (5401) | Agartala (5601) |
| Aizwal (5701) | Dimapur (5301) | Kohima (5302) |
| Churachandpur (5502) |
How to Apply SSC Constable GD Recruitment?
Interested and eligible candidates may apply online for these vacancy through online mode by visiting official SSC Recruitment Portal. Candidates may follow below mentioned steps to apply for SSC Constable GD recruitment.
# Scroll down, go to Important Web-Links section .
# Click on the “Online Application Form” and complete the registration process by clicking “New User ? Register Now“.
# In the next stage, click on “Online Application Form” Link and Login.
# Fill your all personal and educational details and upload necessary documents.
# Make payment of application fee as per your category and submit the form.
# At the end, take a print out of the application form .
Important Dates of SSC Constable Recruitment 2026
# Starting date to apply online: 1st December 2025
# Last date to apply online: 31st December 2025
# Schedule of Computer Based Examination: Feb- April, 2026
Important Web-Links of SSC Constable Recruitment
| Online Application Form | Register | Login |
| Advertisement Details | Click Here |
| SSC Constable GD Guidebook | Click Here |
| Official Website | Click Here |
Selection Process of SSC Constable GD Vacancy
The selection process of SSC Constable GD will consist of following stages:
a) Computer Based Examination (CBE)
b) Physical Standard Test (PST)
c) Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
d) Detailed Medical Examination (DME)/ Review Medical Examination (RME) and
e) Document Verification
Computer Based Examination
Candidates who submitted online applications for 25,487 vacancy as Constable (General Duty) must first appear in Computer Based Examination (CBE). The detail structure of Computer Based Examination (CBE) is as mentioned below.
No of questions: 80 MCQs
Total marks: 160 marks
Duration: 60 minutes
Type of exam: Online (CBE)
Level of questions: Matriculation level
Negative marking: 0.25 marks for each wrong answer
Language: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Exam pattern:
| Part | Subject | No of MCQs | Marks |
| A | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 20 | 40 |
| B | General Knowledge and General Awareness | 20 | 40 |
| C | Elementary Mathematics | 20 | 40 |
| D | English/ Hindi | 20 | 40 |
| Total | 80 | 160 |
Syllabus of Computer Based Test (CBT)
The syllabus for the Examination will be as follows:
A) General Intelligence and Reasoning:
Analytical aptitude and ability to observe and distinguish patterns will be tested through questions principally of non-verbal type. This component may include questions on 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.
B) General Knowledge and General Awareness:
Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, and scientific Research etc. These Questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
C) Elementary Mathematics:
This paper will include questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of 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.
D) English/ Hindi:
Candidates’ ability to understand basic English/ Hindi and his basic comprehension would be tested.
Physical Standard Test (PST)
Based on the performance in CBE, candidates will be shortlisted for PST/ PET by the Commission. Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) will be conducted at various centres finalized by the CAPFs.
Physical Standards for the posts are as follows:
Height
| Category | Height |
| Male | 170 cms |
| Female | 157 cms |
Relaxation in Height
| Relaxation for | Male (Cms) | Female (Cms) |
| ST | 162.5 | 150.0 |
| ST candidates of NE States | 157.0 | 147.5 |
| ST candidates of Left Wing Extremism affected districts | 160.0 | 147.5 |
| Candidates falling in the categories of Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the States/ UTs of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh | 165.0 | 155.0 |
| Candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura | 162.5 | 152.5 |
| Candidates hailing from Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) | 157.0 | 152.5 |
Chest
Male candidates should have following standards of chest measurement:
| Status | Expansion |
| Un-expanded | 80 cms |
| Minimum expansion | 5 cms |
Relaxation in chest
| Relaxation for | Un-expanded (cms) | Minimum Expansion (cms) |
| ST | 76 | 5 |
| Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the States/ UTs of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh | 78 | 5 |
| North-Eastern Sates of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) | 77 | 5 |
# Chest measurement for female candidates will not be taken. However, it will be ascertained that the chest is well developed.
Weight
Weight must be proportionate to height and age as per medical standards.
Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
Candidates have to clear the race within the following time limits:
| Region | Male | Female |
| Other region | 5 Kms in 24 minutes. | 1.6 Kms in 8 ½ minutes |
| Ladakh region | 1.6 Kms in 7 minutes | 800 metres in 5 minutes |
