SSC GD Eligibility 2026 OUT: Age Limit, Educational Qualification, Physical Height & Weight

SSC GD Eligibility 2026: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) announced SSC GD eligibility. Candidates aged between 18 and 23 can apply for the exam. The qualification given for SSC GD Constable 2026 is Class 10 pass. Candidates must check SSC GD eligibility shared here for unreserved and reserved categories male and female candidates. Also check the SSC GD Physical Eligibility 2026 to know the weight and height requirements.

SSC GD Eligibility

SSC GD Eligibility Criteria 2026: Staff Selection Commission released SSC GD application form on December 1. The last date to fill the application form is December 31. Before applying, candidates must check SSC GD eligibility. Candidates should fill out the SSC GD application form only when they fulfil all the criteria mentioned in the official notification, because the candidature of the candidate remains provisional till the final document verification by the Commission's officials. SSC GD 2026 eligibility conditions include nationality, age limit and educational qualification. Go through the eligibility conditions below for the SSC GD Constable exam.

Also Read: SSC GD Exam Date

SSC GD 2026 Eligibility: Nationality/Citizenship

To fulfil the SSC GD eligibility criteria, a candidate must be a citizen of India. It may be noted here that a person of Indian origin, a subject of Nepal or Bhutan is not eligible to apply for the exam. Candidates must understand that the SSC GD vacancy is released state/UT-wise; therefore, a candidate must submit their domicile/PRC against his/her state/UT, as informed on the official website.

SSC GD Eligibility 2026: Educational Qualification (As on 01-01-2026)

Candidates who have cleared Class 10 from a recognised board/university as of the prescribed date are eligible to apply for SSC GD recruitment. It may be noted that candidates should be able to prove, by documentary evidence, that their Class 10 result was declared on or before the cutoff date prescribed by SSC.

Candidates who have not acquired the essential educational qualification as on the stipulated date will not be eligible and need not apply. 

Note: All the candidates who are called for Document Verification will be required to produce the relevant Certificates, such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificates, etc. for completion of Matriculation in original as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before the cut-off date, failing which the candidature of such candidates will be cancelled by the Commission.

Also Read: SSC GD Physical Date

SSC GD Constable Age Limit 2026 as on January 1, 2026

Candidates should be aged between 18 and 23 years as of January 1 of the year the SSC GD notification is released. They must have born not before January 2, 2003 and not later than January 1, 2008. The commission provides relaxation in the upper age limit to reserved category candidates as mentioned below.

SSC GD Age Limit: Relaxation for OBC, SC, ST, ExS, Others

Note: Only the date of birth and name as recorded in Class 10 or equivalent certificate will be accepted by Staff Selection Commission for determining the age and name of candidates.

Ex-servicemen who have already secured employment on the civil side under the Central Government in Group-C posts regularly after availing of the reservation benefits given to them for their re-employment are not eligible for reservation benefits under the Ex-Serviceman category for the SSC GD exam. However, they are eligible for age relaxation, states the official website.

• It may be noted that SSC GD age relaxation is not valid for candidates who are sons, daughters or dependents of ex-servicemen.
• The period of "Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for age relaxation.

Also Read: SSC GD Exam Pattern

SSC GD Physical Eligibility 2026: Height and Weight for Female

Female candidates need to possess the following SSC GD Physical Standards in terms of height and weight:

SSC GD Height 2026: Relaxation for Female Candidates

The Commission provides relaxation to female candidates belonging to certain categories for the height standard:

Also Read: SSC GD Post Preference: GD Constable Post Code List of CAPFs

SSC GD Physical Eligibility 2026: Height and Weight for Male

Male candidates need to possess the following Physical Standards in terms of weight and SSC GD height eligibility conditions:

SSC GD Constable Height Eligibility: Relaxation for Male Candidates

The Commission provides relaxation to male candidates belonging to certain categories for the SSC GD height eligibility standard:

Also Read: SSC GD Syllabus

SSC GD Physical Eligibility for Males: Chest Requirement

Male candidates need to have the Chest measurement as per the following measurements:

• Minimum Un-expanded Chest - 80 cms
• Minimum expansion required - 5 cms.

However, the Commission provides the relaxations to the above requirement as per the following details:

Note: Scrutiny of eligibility of candidates for relaxations i.e. height and chest measurement, will be carried out after qualifying PET (race) and before PST by CAPFs PET/ PST Boards.

Also Read: SSC GD Marks 

SSC GD Running Time: PET/ PST

SSC GD exam recruits the candidates for the CAPFs and hence it requires the candidates to undergo the Physical Efficiency Test (PET) /Physical Standard Test(PST). Candidates need to clear the following SSC GD Physical tests, that is, race in the given time limit:

The conduct of PET/ PST and DME/ RME will be the sole responsibility of the CAPFs. The Commission will not entertain any representation/ appeal/ RTI Applications/ CPGRAMs against the decision of the PST/ PET and DME/ RME Board.

Pregnancy Guidelines in SSC GD Physical Exam 

A women candidate, who as a result of tests is found to be pregnant of 12 weeks standing or over, shall be declared temporarily unfit and appointment is held in abeyance until the confinement is over.  The vacancy against which a woman candidate was selected will be kept reserved for her. She will be re-examined for the Physical Efficiency Test (PET) six weeks after the date of confinement, subject to the production of a medical certificate of fitness from a registered medical practitioner. If she is found fit, she may be appointed to the post kept reserved for and allowed the benefit of seniority under the instructions of the government, as amended from time to time.

Also Read: SSC GD Cut Off

SSC GD: Minimum Qualifying Marks for CBE

The candidates need to score the minimum qualifying marks in the Computer-Based Exam (CBE) of the SSC GD Constable exam. Candidates scoring the below-mentioned marks (without adding bonus marks to NCC certificate holders) will be considered eligible for shortlisting to the next stage i.e. PET/ PST:

Also Read: SSC GD Constable Result

SSC GD 2026: Incentives to NCC Certificate Holders:

Candidates having a certificate in any of the branches of NCC will be incentivised as per the following scale:

Note: The benefit to NCC certificate holders will only be given on the production of the original certificate supporting their claims at the time of document verification. 

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