You are reading this article may mean you are curious to crack the SSC GD 2022 exam. So for this you have to first understand the syllabus. And you have to make the best strategy to cover the syllabus for that. And for that you’ll have to craft the best preparation strategy to cover the each and every topic of the SSC GD 2022 exam syllabus. Recently, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the SSC GD Syllabus & Exam Pattern for the post of constables along with the official notification. As the notification will be released on 22nd February 2023, the candidates who want to appear for the recruitment process should start covering the updated SSC GD Exam Pattern and Syllabus right away.
The blog will take a look at the latest SSC GD Constable syllabus which was published in the official notification of SSC GD.
Have a glimpse of the SSC GD Constable Syllabus and Exam Pattern from the below table.
| Name of Examination | SSC GD 2022 |
| Post Name | General Duty Constable |
| Type of Exam | • CBE – Online Test • PET, PST & DME – Offline/ Physical Test |
| Duration of Online Exam | 90 minutes (1 hour 30 minutes) |
| Language of Online Exam | • English • Hindi |
| Maximum Marks (Online Exam) | 100 marks |
| Selection Process | Computer-Based Examination (CBE) Physical Efficiency Test (PET) Physical Standard Test (PST) Detailed Medical Examination (DME) |
| Type of Questions (Online Exam) | All questions of CBE will be of Objective type (MCQs) |
| Marking Scheme | 1 mark for each correct answer |
| Negative Marking | 0.25 negative marking for wrong answers |
As per the SSC GD Constable Exam pattern, the Tier 1 exam is an online, multiple-choice based exam. You should not forget that:
| Subject | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Exam Duration |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 25 | 25 | 90 minutes (1 hour 30 minutes) |
| General Knowledge & General Awareness | 25 | 25 | |
| Elementary Mathematics | 25 | 25 | |
| English/ Hindi | 25 | 25 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
It is crucial to understand the SSC GD Constable 2022 syllabus in totality, which has been explored topic-wise just below:
This section will entertain questions that will test the your analytical aptitude and your ability to observe and distinguish patterns of non-verbal type.
The topics that come under this section are:
This section will check your General Awareness or GK. Therefore, you must possess sufficient knowledge of current affairs (events) and of such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person.
The test will also entertain questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries. Some of the topics that you will have to cover are:
The part of the test will include topics that will be of high school level (Difficulty level). You need to practice a lot and maintain speed and accuracy to solve tricky questions that come under this head. The topics that you would have to deal with are:
SSC GD Syllabus (English)
The candidates’ ability to understand basic English and its basic comprehension would be tested. Whether you choose to appear in English or Hindi language, this section will be in English language only for all candidates.
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The candidates who have been planning to appear in SSC GD 2022 Exam in the Hindi language can go through the subject-wise topics from the below section.
This section will be only in Hindi language to assess the candidate’s knowledge for the language. The topics covered under this section are listed below.
Given below are the topics for General Knowledge and General Awareness topic (Hindi Language):
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Here are the topics covered in Elementary Mathematics in SSC GD Syllabus 2022 has been listed below in Hindi language.
Given below is the SSC GD Syllabus for Reasoning and General Intelligence section in Hindi:
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If you’ll score more marks than the cut-off marks for the SSC GD Online exam, you’ll get eligible to appear in the Physical Efficiency Test as per the standards have been set by SSC.
For Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
| Type | For Male Candidates | For Female Candidates |
| Race | 5 km in 24 minutes | 1.6 Km in 8(1/2) minutes |
Note:
Pregnancy at the time of PET will be considered a disqualification and pregnant female candidates shall be rejected at this stage. Also, 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 for medical Examination (DME).
The PET (Physical Efficiency Test) will be followed by the PST (Physical Standard Test). In it, the the candidates will shortlisted on the basis of physical parameters including height, chest size, vision. The candidates qualifying this stage will be called for medical examination. The details have been discussed below:
Physical standards set for the post of Constable/Rifleman are:
| Minimum Height Required for SSC GD Constable | For Male Candidates | For Female Candidates |
| General, SC & OBC | 170 | 157 |
| Scheduled Tribes | 162.5 | 150 |
| 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 | 147.5 |
| Candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripura | 162.5 | 152.5 |
| Candidates falling in the categories of Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the States of Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir | 165 | 155 |
| Minimum Chest Required for SSC GD Constable | For Male Candidates | For Female Candidates |
| General, SC & OBC | 80/ 5 | N/A |
| Scheduled Tribes | 76 / 5 | N/A |
| Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the States of Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir | 78 / 5 | N/A |
| candidates hailing from North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura | 77 / 5 | N/A |
| Visual Acuity Unaided | Uncorrected Visual Acuity | Refraction | Color Vision | ||
| Near Vision | Distant Vision | ||||
| Better Eye | Worse Eye | Better Eye | Worse Eye | ||
| N6 | N9 | 6 / 6 | 6 / 9 | Visual correction of any kind is not permitted even by glasses | CP-2 |
Note: Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Detailed Medical Examination (DME)/ Review Medical Examination (RME) will be scheduled and concluded by CAPFs.
Q1. How many subjects does SSC GD Syllabus 2022 covers?
Ans. SSC GD Constable Syllabus covers General Intelligence & Reasoning, Elementary Mathematics, English/ Hindi and General Knowledge & General Awareness subjects for SSC GD online examination.
Q2. How many questions will be asked in SSC GD online exam?
Ans. The online SSC GD online examination consists of 4 sections. And all the sections entertain a total of 100 questions.
Q3. What is the minimum height required for SSC GD Constable?
Ans. As per SSC’s standards, the minimum height required for male candidates of General, SC & OBC categories is 170 cms and 157 cms for female candidates.
Q4. What are the posts in SSC GD?
Ans. SSC GD Recruitment is released for the posts of Constable (General Duty) and Rifleman (General Duty).
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