SSC releases examination dates of SSC GD Constable and SI; check details here

NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 27: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has announced the exam dates of SSC GD Constable and SSC SI on December 27. The computer-based examination of  SSC GD Constable will be held from February 11 to March 11, 2019. As per the notification, SSC SI paper 1 exam will be held from March 12 to 16, 2019.

The admit card of SSC GD Constable is expected to be released in January 2019 whereas the admit card of SSC SI may be available in February 2019. SSC GD Constable computer-based examination (CBE) comprises four sections - General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and General Awareness, Elementary Mathematics and English/Hindi. The exam will be conducted for 90 minutes carrying 100 questions. The total marks allotted to CBE is 100. Candidates qualifying CBE will be eligible to appear for PET/PST.

The paper 1 of SSC SI consists of General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English Comprehension. The exam will be conducted for 2 hours carrying 200 marks. There will be total 200 questions asked from four sections where each section comprises 25 questions. Shortlisted candidates in this stage will have to appear for paper 2. Paper 2 of SSC SI is English Language and Comprehension test conducted for 200 marks.

SSC conducts GD Constable exam for the recruitment of General Duty (GD) Constable in BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, NIA, SSF and Rifleman in Assam Rifles. For the year 2019, SSC has announced as many as 54953 vacancies for SSC GD Constable 2018, out of which 47307 vacancies are for male candidates while 7646 for females. SSC SI exam is conducted for the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police, Sub Inspector in CAPFs and Assistant Sub Inspector in CISF. As many as 1223 vacancies have been announced by SSC.