SSC GD Previous Year Question Paper with Answers PDF

SSC GD Previous Year Question Paper with Answers PDF: Quick Answer

You can attempt 5 SSC GD 2025 previous year papers right here on BookOfExams: 1 full paper of 80 questions and 4 section papers of 20 questions each, all from Shift 1 of 7 February 2025, each with the official answer key as labelled on this site. Every paper is playable with a timer, instant scoring and explanations, so you do not need to download anything to practise a real shift. As of 7 November 2026, no playable paper from the 2026 cycle is hosted on this site: the 2026 cycle's result write-up is dated 12 October 2026 and its papers are not available here as previous year papers yet. Do not confuse the two cycles — the playable papers below are from the 2025 cycle, and cut-offs and difficulty from the 2026 cycle do not apply to them directly.

Read this first (as of 7 November 2026): SSC does not publish a single official PDF of each GD shift paper on its website. Candidates get a response sheet and answer key through their own login, and shift papers then circulate through preparation sites. On this site, the 2025 papers below are stored as files marked "official" with the official answer key. Treat the playable papers as the real 7 February 2025 Shift 1 papers as labelled on this site, and treat every external link below as a third-party copy that you should check against the answer key before trusting it. The date inside the paper header, not the page heading, is what tells you which shift you are looking at.

SSC GD Constable Exam Pattern for Previous Year Papers

Practise PYPs in the 80Q/60-min shape — full pattern: SSC GD exam pattern 2026.

Every GD previous year paper follows the same pattern. Knowing it before you open a paper stops you from wasting a timed attempt on the wrong settings.

The paper runs for 60 minutes as one test with no sectional timers. Each correct answer carries 2 marks and each wrong answer loses 0.25 marks. Questions are of Matriculation (Class 10) level. Candidates who qualify the computer-based test are shortlisted for the PET (race) and PST (height and chest), followed by medical examination and document verification. For the full current pattern, including the PET and PST standards, read the SSC GD syllabus 2026 note, and for the shortlisting marks read the SSC GD cut off note, which is built from SSC's official write-up dated 12 October 2026.

SSC GD 2025 Full Paper: Attempt Online

This is the complete 80-question paper from 7 February 2025, Shift 1 (9:00 AM). Attempt it only when you can sit for 60 uninterrupted minutes, because the real examination gives you no sectional breaks and no extra time.

The full paper carries the official answer key as labelled on this site. After you finish, read every explanation for the questions you got wrong and for the questions you guessed right. A guessed-right answer is a gap you have not found yet, and in an 80-question paper with negative marking it is the gap most likely to cost you marks on exam day. Compare your score with the SSC GD cut off note only after you have attempted at least three papers, because a single shift can be easier or harder than the average, and normalised scores decide shortlisting.

SSC GD 2025 Section Papers: Practise One Section at a Time

If a full paper feels too long, or if one section is clearly weaker than the rest, use the section papers. Each one is 20 questions from the same 7 February 2025 Shift 1 paper. Use them for daily drills: one section a day, same time every day, with a short review immediately after.

A common mistake is to attempt the same section from every available source in one sitting. That trains recognition, not recall. Spread your section practice across days, and mix in the full paper at the end of the week so the sections stay connected in your head the way they are connected in the examination. If mathematics is your weak section, the SSC GD time and distance questions note solves real 2025 questions with full working.

SSC GD Previous Year Papers from Other 2025 Shifts (PDF)

The 2025 GD examination ran from 4 to 25 February 2025, in several shifts a day. Only the 7 February Shift 1 paper is hosted as a playable test on this site. Papers from other shifts circulate as PDFs and attempted-paper pages on preparation sites. The collection pages below were listed in search results checked on 2 November 2026 and describe shift-wise 2025 papers. They are third-party copies, not files on ssc.gov.in, so use them only if you need a shift this site does not host, and cross-check any doubtful answer against the official answer key for that shift.

Some of these pages reuse a 2025 heading for an older paper, and some pages labelled "2026" are memory-based compilations rather than the official shift paper. Before you trust any downloaded paper, check the date and shift printed inside the paper itself, and check at least two answers against the official key. Do not pay for a "complete PDF bundle" without checking a sample shift first: many bundles mix GD papers with other examinations, drop the answer key, or include questions that were never in a GD paper.

How to Use SSC GD Previous Year Papers

Attempt a paper the way you will attempt the examination. Sit with a timer, no phone and no notes, and work through the four parts in order. Mark every question you are unsure about as you go, so your review afterwards is about decisions, not memory. When the 60 minutes end, stop, even if two questions are left. The score that matters is the score under time pressure, not the score you could reach with an extra half hour.

Review in three passes. First, re-solve every wrong answer without looking at the explanation, and write down why your first method failed. Second, check the explanations for the questions you guessed right. Third, list the topics where you lost more than two marks in a single part, and practise those topics with the section papers above before you attempt another full paper. A second full paper attempted before the review is finished usually repeats the same mistakes at the same speed.

Track only three numbers across papers: total score out of 160, marks lost to wrong answers, and marks left unattempted. If wrong-answer losses are rising, you are guessing too much for a paper where each wrong answer costs only 0.25 against a 2-mark reward — even so, a blind guess gains +0.3125 marks on average ((1/4 × +2) + (3/4 × −0.25) = 0.50 − 0.1875 = +0.3125), so the problem is not expectation but variance and time: a run of wrong guesses still costs marks, and guessing is no substitute for knowing the section. If unattempted marks are rising, your speed in one part is the problem, and the section papers are the fix. After the written test, the next stage is physical: the SSC GD PET 2026 note explains the race, height and chest standards you must also clear.

SSC GD Previous Year Question Paper FAQs

Are the papers on this page official SSC papers?

The 5 playable papers are the 7 February 2025 Shift 1 papers as stored on this site, each marked with the official answer key. SSC itself gives candidates a response sheet and answer key through its login system rather than publishing one combined PDF per shift, so the playable papers and the third-party links above are the practical way to practise real shifts. Nothing on this page is a mock test relabelled as a previous year paper: mock tests live on the SSC GD mock test hub and are labelled as practice there.

Where is the SSC GD 2026 previous year paper?

It is not hosted here yet. The 2026 cycle's result write-up is dated 12 October 2026, and its shift papers have not been added as playable tests on this site. Any page offering a "2026 paper PDF" today is usually offering a 2025 paper, a memory-based compilation, or a mock test. This page will be updated when 2026 papers are added.

How many questions are in the SSC GD previous year paper?

80 questions for 160 marks in 60 minutes: 20 questions each of Reasoning, General Awareness, Elementary Mathematics and English or Hindi. Each question carries 2 marks and each wrong answer loses 0.25 marks.

Is there a PDF download for the papers on this site?

The playable papers are designed to be attempted online with a timer and instant scoring. For offline practice, use the third-party collection links above, or print a section paper's questions from your browser after opening it. Do not download PDFs from unfamiliar sites that ask for payment or personal details first.

Do these papers cover the PET and PST?

No. The papers cover only the computer-based test. The PET (race) and PST (height and chest) are separate physical stages after shortlisting. The SSC GD PET 2026 note gives the standards, and the SSC GD syllabus 2026 note covers the full selection process.

What score should I aim for in a previous year paper?

Aim for a consistent score across three papers rather than one high score. Check the state-wise and category-wise tables in the SSC GD cut off note for the force and category you are targeting, then add a margin of 8 to 10 marks for safety, because cut-offs move with vacancies and normalisation. A single paper 20 marks above the last cut-off does not mean you are safe; three papers in a narrow band above it do.

Sources

• Staff Selection Commission portal, ssc.gov.in — result, answer key and response sheet notices (candidate login; no combined shift-paper PDF published); GD 2026 PET/PST shortlisting write-up dated 12.10.2026.
• Prepp, Adda247 and Oliveboard SSC GD previous year paper collection pages (links in the table above; listed in search results checked 2 November 2026; third-party copies, not verified question by question).
• This site's own test files on the working tree, verified 2 November 2026: 5 files, full paper 80 questions / 60 minutes, section papers 20 questions each, all dated 7 February 2025 Shift 1, each marked official with the official answer key.

Last checked: 7 November 2026. This page will be updated when further GD shifts are added as playable papers on this site, and when the 2026 cycle papers become available.

Related SSC GD Notes and Tests

• Notes: SSC GD syllabus 2026, SSC GD cut off, SSC GD PET 2026, SSC GD vs SSC MTS, SSC GD time and distance questions.
• Tests: SSC GD mock test hub, SSC GD exam page.