SSC GD Eligibility 2022: Nationality, Age Limit, Educational Qualification & Relaxation

SSC GD 2022 notification will chalk out all the eligibility criteria for the exam. The eligibility criteria include nationality, age limit, educational qualification and physical eligibility for the exam. The candidates planning to become a Constable in Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Riffles (as rifleman) can check here the SSC GD eligibility 2022.

SSC GD 2022 notification will be released on January 9, 2023. It is high time to know all the eligibility criteria for the exam and prepare accordingly for the exam. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) prescribes the detailed eligibility criteria for candidates seeking recruitment through the General Duty (GD) Constable exam. The candidates should know all the components of SSC GD eligibility criteria so that they can fill out the application without any hesitation. Candidates should fill out the application 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. In case there is any deviance from the eligibility criteria, the candidature will be cancelled even at the last stage.

The commission prescribes SSC GD eligibility in terms of nationality, age limit and educational qualification. Given below is a detailed explanation of each criterion for the reference of candidates.

SSC GD 2022 Eligibility: Nationality/Citizenship

To fulfil SSC GD eligibility criteria 2022, a candidate must be a citizen of India. It may be noted here that a person of Indian origin, subject of Nepal or Bhutan is not eligible to apply for the exam. The candidates must understand that the SSC GD vacancies are released state/UT-wise manner; therefore, a candidate must submit domicile/PRC against his/her state/UT, informs the official website.

SSC GD 2022 Eligibility: Educational Qualification

Candidates who have cleared Class 10 from a recognised board/university as of the prescribed date are eligible to apply for SSC GD recruitment exam. 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.

SSC GD 2022 Eligibility: Age Limit and Relaxations

Candidates should be aged between 18 and 23 years as of January 1 of the year SSC GD recruitment notification is released. However, the commission provides relaxation in the upper age limit to reserved category candidates as mentioned below:

Categories	SSC GD Constable Age Relaxations (in years)
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)	5
Other Backward Class (OBC)	3
Ex-Servicemen (ExS)	3 (after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the date of reckoning)
Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (Unreserved)	5
Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1,984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC)	8
Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1,984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (SC/ST)	10
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989	5

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 Central Government in Group-C posts on regular basis after availing of the reservation benefits given to them for their re-employment are not eligible for reservation benefits under Ex-Serviceman category for 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 the purpose of age relaxation.

SSC GD Physical Eligibility 2022

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). The candidates need to clear the following race in the given time limit:

Male	Female	Remarks
5 Kms in 24 minutes.	1.6 kms in 8 ½ minutes	For candidates other than those belonging to Ladakh Region.
1.6 Kms in 6 ½ minutes	800 metres in 4 minutes	For candidates of Ladakh Region.

Pregnancy Guidelines in SSC GD Physical Examination

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 in accordance with the instructions of the government, as amended from time to time.

SSC GD 2022: Physical Standard Test (PST)

The candidates need to possess the following Physical Standards:

Category	Height Required
Male	170 cms
Female	157 cms

SSC provided relaxation to certain categories for the height standard:

Relaxation for	Male (Cms)	Female (Cms)
All candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes	162.5	150.0
All Scheduled Tribe candidates of North Eastern States (NE States)	157.0	147.5
All Scheduled Tribe 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) comprising of the three Sub-Divisions of Darjeeling District namely Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong and includes the following “Mouzas” Sub-Division of these Districts : (1)Lohagarh Tea Garden (2) Lohagarh Forest (3) Rangmohan (4) Barachenga (5) Panighata  (6) ChotaAdalpur (7) Paharu (8) Sukna Forest (9) Sukna Part-I (10) Pantapati Forest-I (11) Mahanadi Forest (12) Champasari Forest (13) SalbariChhatpart-II (14) Sitong Forest (15) Sivoke Hill Forest (16) Sivoke Forest (17) ChhotaChenga (18) Nipania.	157.0	152.5

Chest Requirement for SSC GD Exam

SSC GD notification mention the chest requirement for the candidates as per the following criteria:

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

Minimum Un-expanded Chest - 80 cms

Minimum expansion required - 5 cms.

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

Relaxation for	Unexpanded (cms)	Minimum Expansion (cms)
All candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes	76	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 will be	78	5
Candidates hailing from Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) comprising of the three Sub-Divisions of Darjeeling District namely Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong and includes the following “Mouzas” Sub-Division of these Districts : (1) Lohagarh Tea Garden (2) Lohagarh Forest (3) Rangmohan (4) Barachenga (5) Panighata  (6) ChotaAdalpur (7) Paharu (8) Sukna Forest (9) Sukna Part-I (10) Pantapati Forest-I (11) Mahanadi Forest (12) Champasari Forest (13) SalbariChhatpart-II (14) Sitong Forest (15) Sivoke Hill Forest (16) Sivoke Forest (17) ChhotaChenga (18) Nipania.	77	5

Weight Requirement for SSC GD Exam

The weight of the candidate should be proportionate to height and age as per medical standards.

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.

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.

Minimum Qualifying Marks for SSC GD CBE

The candidates need to score the following minimum qualifying marks in the Computer-Based Exam (CBE). 

Candidates scoring the below-mentioned cut-off marks (without adding bonus marks to NCC certificate holders) will be considered eligible for shortlisting to the next stage i.e. PET/ PST:

Sr.No	Category	Marks
1	EWS/ ESM/ UR	35%
2	SC/ ST/ OBC	33%

Incentive to NCC Certificate Holders:

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

Certificate Category	Incentive/ Bonus marks
NCC ‘C’ Certificate	5% of the maximum marks of the examination
NCC ‘B’ Certificate	3% of the maximum marks of the examination
NCC ‘A’ Certificate	2% of the maximum marks of the examination

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

Above we have explained the SSC GD 2022 eligibility conditions based on the previous year's notification. We will change the above details in case SSC GD 2022 advertisement notify any change in the official notification.