Constable (GD) in CAPFs, NIA, SSF and Assam Rifles

SSC GD Constable Reasoning

SSC says Part-A is "principally of non-verbal type": shapes and patterns, not facts.

Forty marks of the paper test whether you can see a pattern quickly. That's not knowledge. It's an eye, and an eye can be trained.

For matriculation-level candidates preparing for Constable (GD) posts.

Eighty questions in sixty minutes, no calculator. At Class 10 level, the paper isn't testing what you know. It's testing how fast you see it. Source: SSC Notice of Examination, Constable (GD) 2026, paras 12.1 and 12.1.8. Confirm the current cycle at ssc.gov.in ↗

Part-A, in numbers

20
reasoning questions
40
marks, a quarter of the paper
~45 sec
per question, across the paper
0.25
deducted for a wrong answer
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"Principally of non-verbal type." That's SSC describing the section, and describing this app.

Non-verbal reasoning is shapes, figures, patterns, mirror images, series, spatial rotation. There is no chapter to read and no list to memorise. Either the pattern appears to you in a few seconds or it doesn't.

What makes it appear is practice: a lot of small, spaced, deliberate practice, the kind that changes what your eye notices automatically. That takes months, not a fortnight.

The paper is at Class 10 level, and forty of its marks test how fast you see a pattern, not what you know. Start training the part that's actually being tested.

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What · the exam

Four parts. One of them isn't a subject.

Eighty questions, 160 marks, sixty minutes. Then the physical tests, which no app prepares you for.

What you know

Parts B, C and D

60 questions · 120 marks · revisable
  • General Knowledge & Awareness: 20 questions
  • Elementary Mathematics: 20 questions
  • English / Hindi: 20 questions
Prepared from books, in the ordinary way.
How you see

Part-A · General Intelligence & Reasoning

20 questions · 40 marks · 0.25 negative
  • Non-verbal series and figural classification
  • Analogies, similarities and differences
  • Spatial visualization and orientation
  • Coding-decoding, number series
SSC's words: "principally of non-verbal type".

Concepts this exam tests

From the official syllabus, SSC GD 2026 notice, ¶12.1.11.1: “coding and decoding”, “arithmetic number series”.

Topics its syllabus names, in the app

From the official syllabus, SSC GD 2026 notice, ¶12.1.11.1: “arithmetic number series”, “coding and decoding”.

How · train the section

You can't read your way to it.

The reasoning syllabus is a list of question types, not chapters to read. It's a thinking skill, built by practising the right questions, the right amount, over time. That's exactly what Master Mental Ability does, and SSC's own syllabus calls Part-A "principally of non-verbal type", listing analogies, spatial visualization, figural classification and non-verbal series, which is precisely what the app trains.

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Adapts to you

Harder as you improve, easier when you slip. No time wasted on what you've already got.

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Back before you forget

Spaced repetition returns a question right as it's about to fade, so it's still there on exam day.

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Solve first, then see

You reason it out before the answer shows. That effort is where recognition gets built.

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Calm before the clock

A moment to settle before each session. The same calm sixty minutes on a clock takes away.

What this doesn't cover: the GD paper is four parts. We train one: General Intelligence and Reasoning. General Knowledge, Elementary Mathematics and the English/Hindi part need their own preparation. And the PST/PET is physical: nothing on a phone prepares you for that. What we do train is exactly what SSC describes: patterns, figures, analogies, series, coding and spatial questions.
Works offline on Android

Practice anywhere. On Android, practice itself needs no internet.

On Android, all the questions live on your phone, so after install, daily practice costs zero data. The app needs the internet once to start, then at least once a week. In the web app, on a phone or computer, you practise in the browser while you are online.

Android works offline Full-screen web practice Progress saved online Zero data during practice
Try without an account

In the browser: no account, no card, no install. Solve one full session, then decide.

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In 2007, in his second year at IIT Delhi, Vineesh wrote a book: Master Mental Ability in 30 Days. It has sold year after year ever since, without the publisher ever marketing it.

In the years since, he built other learning products and spent a decade working with children of every background in a holistic learning centre.

This app goes far beyond that book: everything he's learned about how people actually learn, built into something you practise, not just read.

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Fifteen minutes a day on figure series, mirror imaging and analogies: 20 questions worth 40 marks, a quarter of the paper.

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Your questions

Common questions

Is it really free? Will money get taken from my account?

Free to try: no signup to start, no card, no auto-debit, nothing taken silently. When you want the full library there are three plans, by length: ₹499 for three months, ₹699 for six, ₹999 for a year. Each is a single payment for that period, not a subscription. When it ends we ask you, and nothing is ever taken automatically. You can also keep learning free by sharing the app, and you can always try before paying anything.

Is this app enough to clear SSC GD?

No. It trains Part-A. General Knowledge, Elementary Mathematics and the language part need their own work, and the physical tests need the ground. What we do, we do properly.

Why is the reasoning section so hard to prepare from a book?

Because SSC sets it "principally of non-verbal type": figures and patterns rather than text. Reading about patterns doesn't make you see them faster. Solving a lot of them, spread over time, does.

I have very little time before my exam. Is this any use?

Some. A little practice is still more than none. But be honest with yourself about what 45 seconds a question means: recognition is built over months, not in a week. Start anyway. What you build now carries to the next cycle.

Is the app in Hindi?

Yes, fully. Choose Hindi and the whole app is Hindi: the questions themselves, the options, and the explanation after each one, not an English app with Hindi labels around it. Worth knowing either way: SSC sets this paper in English, Hindi and 13 regional languages.

How much internet does it need?

On the Android app, very little. The questions are on your phone, so you can practise on a train, in a village with no signal, on a phone with no data pack. It needs the internet once to start, then at least once a week to keep your access active; that is also when your progress is saved online. If it goes longer than a week without connecting, practice pauses until it does, and nothing is lost. The web app needs a connection while you practise.

When is the next SSC GD, and where do I apply?

Only on the Staff Selection Commission's own website, ssc.gov.in. Never through an agent and never through us. The Constable (GD) 2026 cycle closed on 31 December 2025, with the CBE held between April and May 2026. SSC has not yet announced the next Constable (GD) cycle. Check ssc.gov.in for the current notice.

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