CG Forest Guard Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

One objective paper, 100 questions of one mark each, 2 hours. A wrong answer costs a quarter mark; a blank costs nothing.

Chhattisgarh: history, geography, polity, economy, government schemes, awards, traditions, folk songs and music, notable people, current events.

Hindi: spelling, gender, number, tense, parts of speech, compounds, sandhi, rasa and alankar, doha and soratha, common errors, prefixes and suffixes, tatsam and tadbhav words, synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitutes, idioms and proverbs.

English: number, gender, articles, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, synonyms and antonyms, one-word substitution, spelling, idioms and phrases.

Chhattisgarhi: the language, its history and literature, major writers, grammar, and the Hindi-Chhattisgarhi administrative glossary.

General knowledge: Indian polity and the Constitution, Indian history and the freedom struggle, geography of Chhattisgarh, India and the world, the Indian economy, all to the Class 10 level of the state board; national and international events and sport.

Maths: number system, squares, cubes, roots and indices, HCF and LCM, fractions, averages, speed-time-distance, basic algebra, linear equations in one and two variables, ratio and proportion, percentage, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, lines and angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, sphere, cylinder, cone and cube.

General science: physics, chemistry, biology and botany basics to Class 10 level.

• Domicile: local resident of Chhattisgarh.
• Education: Class 12 (10+2) from a recognised board.
• Age (1,484-post cycle): 18 to 40 on 1 January 2023 for local residents. The 40 includes a five-year state relaxation that ran to 31 December 2023. SC, ST and OBC (non-creamy layer) get five more years, local women ten.

Physical standards

The chest condition is relaxed in the Naxal-affected areas.

1. Document check and physical measurement by the forest division.
2. Physical efficiency test, 100 marks: 200 m run, 800 m run, long jump and shot put, 25 marks each. You need some marks in every event.
3. Written exam, 100 marks, set by the exam board. Up to 15 candidates per post are called, plus everyone tied on the cut-off mark.
4. Walking test: 25 km in 4 hours for men, 14 km in 4 hours for women. Qualifying only, one attempt.

The merit list adds the PET, the written score and up to 10 bonus marks (5 for an NCC C certificate with at least B grade, 5 for a first-three finish or a team win in a national-level event of an Olympic or Asian Games sport), so the total is out of 200 plus bonus. Ties go to the older candidate. A wait list of 25% of the posts stays valid for one year.

Pay Matrix Level 4 (the old scale of ₹5,200 to ₹20,200 with grade pay ₹1,900), plus allowances.

Applications for the recruitment itself are taken by the forest department on its own portal. Only candidates who clear the PET then register with the exam board for the written paper, using the application ID and date of birth the department gave them. For the 13 December 2026 paper that step is on cgssb.cgstate.gov.in from 30 September to 26 October 2026, 5 pm. Miss it and you cannot sit the exam.

The exam fee is paid online; Chhattisgarh residents who turn up for the exam get it refunded to the same bank account.

The admit card for the written exam is due on 7 December 2026 on the CGSSB portal, issued against the registration number. Carry a photo ID as well.

Division-wise PET results and the list of candidates called to the written exam are on the forest department notice. The board posts model and final answer keys after the paper; the final merit list comes from the department.

• The PET carries as many marks as the written paper, so train for the runs and jumps as seriously as the books.
• Chhattisgarh GK and the Chhattisgarhi language section together make up a big share of the paper. Locals who read the language have an edge here.
• Maths and science are at Class 10 level; school textbooks of the state board are enough.
• The FDFG24 paper and its answer key are on the board site and show the level well.

• Forest department: written exam notice for the 1,484 posts
• Department notice with the 2026 schedule (PDF)
• CGSSB press note for the second-level written exam (PDF)
• CGSSB portal (registration and admit card)
• Forest Guard Recruitment 2023 portal
• Vyapam FDFG24 page: rules, syllabus, instructions
• FDFG24 final answer key (PDF)

When is the CG Forest Guard written exam?

13 December 2026, 10 am to 12:15 pm, in Raipur.

How many posts are there?

1,484 in the current recruitment.

Can I apply now if I did not apply in 2023 or 2024?

No. Only those who cleared the physical tests can register for the written paper.

Is there negative marking?

Yes, a quarter of a mark for each wrong answer.

What is the walking test?

25 km in 4 hours for men and 14 km for women, after the written exam. It is pass or fail.