SSC GD Constable CBT Exam Dates 2026 Out, Check Exam Schedule, Exam Starts from 27 April

SSC GD Constable CBT Exam Dates 2026 have been officially announced by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) for the selection process of General Duty (GD) Constables position in BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP, AR, SSF and NCB through its SSC website. The first phase (CBT Exam) of the SSC GD Constable Selection Process 2025 will be conducted from 27 April 2026 till end of May 2026 as per the SSC GD Constable CBT Exam Schedule 2026 for a total of 25487 GD Constable vacancies in Central Armed Police Forces, SSC, SSF and Assam Riffles. Candidates who have registered for the SSC GD Constable 2026 can log in to their respective SSC accounts on the designated portal and indicate preference for the SSC GD 2026 window. Candidates can also get detailed direct updates to know more information on the SSC GD Constable Exam Dates 2026 along with the SSC GD Constable Selection Process, Exam Pattern, Exam Schedule and SSC GD Constable Mains Admit Card Updates from this Veranda RACE SSC GD article.

SSC GD Constable Exam Dates 2026 Out

The SSC GD Constable Exam is a national level recruitment conducted on a yearly basis by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to directly recruit eligible candidates for the posts General Duty (GD) Constable in Central Armed Police Forces such as CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB and SSF and Rifleman (GD) post in Assam Rifles (AR). The SSC GD Constable Stands for Staff Selection Commission General Duty Constable.

The SSC GD Constable CBT Exam Dates in 2026 have been announced officially by the Staff Selection Commission on its official SSC website (https://ssc.gov.in/). The SSC GD Constable CBT 2026 will be held officially by the Staff Selection Commission in designated SSC GD Constable CBT Exam Centres across various states and union territories starting from 27 April 2026. The SSC GD Constable CBT Exam is schedule to be held from 27th April 2026 to 30^th May 2026 at various exam centres across the country as per the recent SSC announcement.

Along with the CBT exam dates for SSC GD Constable Recruitment, SSC has also introduced the new ‘Week Preference Facility’ (Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4) for candidates to select their preferred exam window.

The SSC GD Constable Recruitment is one of the most popular Central Government Recruitment Exam conducted by the SSC in India after the SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and SSC MTS Exams. It is the most sought-after Central Government exam as the vacancies will be very high and the educational qualification to the GD Constable / GD Rifleman recruitment is Pass in Matriculation / Class 10 exam.

The SSC had officially released the SSC GD Constable Recruitment Notification PDF 2026 on 1 December 2025 for the direct recruitment of 25487 GD Constable and GD Rifleman vacancies on the official SSC website.

Candidates can check this article to know more about the SSC GD Constable CBT Exam Dates 2026, SSC GD Constable Exam Centres 2026, etc.

SSC CGD Constable Exam Dates 2026: Overview

SSC GD Constable 2026 candidates can find the comprehensive overview for the exam dates and week preference window facility for the recruitment of 25487 GD Constable & GD Rifleman vacancies in CAPFs, SSF and Assam Rifles here in this Veranda RACE blog post:

Candidates are advised to visit the SSC official website (https://ssc.gov.in/) and indicate their order of preference for all the windows (Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4) based on their convenience for the SSC GD Constable CBT Exam.

SSC GD Constable Exam Dates 2026

The SSC has officially announced the SSC GD Constable Exam Dates for the computer-based test phase of the SSC GD Selection Process in 2026.

In the latest announcement by the Staff Selection Commission released on 11 April 2026, it has been announced that the SSC GD Constable 2026 for the direct recruitment of 25487 GD Constable & GD Rifleman vacancies will be held from 27 April 2026 until 30 May 2026 across various exam centres in the country. The announcement also has a week preference details for the candidates registered for the SSC GD Constable Recruitment 2026.

The SSC GD Constable 2026 is expected to be held in 4 shifts each day.

The exam period will be held over the following four windows:

Week 1 (27 April 2026 to 2 May 2026)

Week 2 (4 May 2026 to 9 May 2026)

Week 3 (18 May 2026 to 23 May 2026)

Week 4 (25 May 2026 to 30 May 2026)

Candidates can check the week numbers and the exam dates using the Veranda RACE table below:

Candidates can also download the official SSC GD Constable Exam Date 2026 announcement PDF here using the link below:

SSC GD Constable Exam Date 2026: Official Announcement PDF

SSC GD Constable 2026: Exam Preference Window

SSC has advised candidates who have registered for the SSC GD Constable 2026 with an option to exercise ‘preference for weeks’. Under this facility, SSC GD Constable candidates will be required to log in to their respective accounts on the designated SSC portal using their credentials and indicate their preferences for the SSC GD Constable CBT Exam 2026.

The exam period will be held over four weeks: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4.

Candidates will be required to indicate their order of preference for all the windows, based on their convenience. The facility for submission of exam week preferences will be made available to candidates starting from 3:00 PM on 11 April 2026 to 5:00 PM on 15 April 2026.

SSC GD Constable Admit Card 2026

Candidates who have applied for the SSC GD Constable 2026 can download their admit cards once it is released by the SSC.

Candidates awaiting to attend the Computer Based Test can download their SSC GD Constable Admit Card 2026 PDF for the first phase call letter from the official SSC website for the direct recruitment of 25487 GD Constable and GD Rifleman vacancies in CAPFs, SSF and Assam Rifles.

The SSC GD Constable Admit Card Hall Ticket PDF 2026 will be released on the official SSC website and can be downloaded by the candidates starting from the last week of April 2026.

Candidates can find the direct link to download the SSC GD Constable Admit Card PDF 2026 Call Letter from last week of April 2026 on the official SSC website itself.

SSC GD Constable Exam Pattern 2026

SSC GD Constable 2026 Recruitment is conducted in a series of stages for the selection process including Computer Based Exam, Physical Standard & Efficiency Tests and Detailed Medical Examination and Document Verification.

Candidates can find all the essential details regarding the exam pattern for Computer Based Exam for the SSC GD Constable Selection Process 2026 here:

The SSC GD Constable Exam 2026 consists of four sections: General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Knowledge & Awareness, Elementary Mathematics and English / Hindi.

This exam will be a computer-based exam and will consist of objective type MCQ questions. It will consist of 80 questions for 160 marks and the total time duration will be 1 hour / 60 minutes.

There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. The Computer Based Exam of the SSC GD Constable 2026 will be conducted in English, Hindi and 13 regional languages viz. Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

NCC certificate holders will be given bonus marks in Computer Based Exam which will be added to the normalised scores of such candidates as the scheme announced in SSC GD Constable Notification PDF 2025.

SSC GD Constable 2026: Vacancies

The SSC GD Constable Notification PDF 2026 released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is mainly for the direct recruitment to the posts of GD Constable in Central Armed Police Forces such as CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB and Secretariat Security Force (SSF) and GD Rifleman in the Assam Rifles (AR).

The number of SSC GD Constable Vacancies 2026 was officially announced in the SSC GD Constable Exam Notification 2026 PDF. A total of 23781 GD Constable Vacancies in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Secretariat Security Force (SSF) and 1706 GD Rifleman vacancies in the Assam Rifles was announced by the SSC. A total of 25,487 GD Constable and GD Rifleman vacancies was announced in the SSC GD Constable Notification 2025 PDF.

The vacancies are divided across various categories such as Unreserved, OBC, SC, ST, EWS candidates. Candidates can check the detailed category-wise vacancy distribution for the SSC GD Constable Exam to understand the opportunities available for each post.

Candidates can find the category-wise vacancies for the SSC GD Constable Selection Process here using this table below:

Candidates can find the vacancies according to various forces as mentioned in the SSC GD Constable Notification 2026 PDF:

SSC GD Constable Salary 2026

Candidates who clear the SSC GD Constable 2026 Selection Process and get posted as a GD Constable / GD Rifleman will get the SSC GD Constable Salary as structured according to the 7^th Pay Commission. Candidates can know the SSC GD Constable Salary 2026 using the below table:

The SSC GD Constable In-hand salary would be ₹32,985 to ₹37,325 per month.

They will also be entitled to transport allowance, house rent allowance, dearness allowance, contribution to NPS, etc.

SSC GD Constable Exam Centres 2026

The computer-based exam centres for the SSC GD Constable 2026 under the nine regional offices of the Staff Selection Commission are given below in this table collated by Veranda RACE:

Each candidate has the option to give the preference of three exam centres anywhere in India for appearing in the Computer-based examination, in order or priority.

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