All about SSC – CGL EXAM

SSC CGL EXAM- Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam conducts by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) for the appointment of candidates in Grade “B” and “C” category posts at various Government Ministries, Departments and Offices.

The Staff Selection Commission was established in 1975. The Headquarter of the Commission is located at New Delhi.

The SSC conducts the CGL exam every year. The complete process of registration and form filled through online mode at the official website of SSC CGL. The SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam has a four-tier system. There is must qualify each phase (tier) of the SSC CGL exam to go on to the next one tier.

Exam Highlight:

The SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam has a four-tier system, in which tier I and tier II are computer-based, while in tier III is a descriptive paper and tier IV is a computer proficiency test or skill test & document verification.

Tier	Type	Mode
Tier – I	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer-Based Examination(online)
Tier – II	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer-Based Examination(online)
Tier – III	Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi	Pen and Paper mode
Tier – IV	Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test/ Document verification.	Computer-Based (if applicable)

Posts in SSC CGL:

SSC CGL Post	Department/Ministry	Classification of Post
Assistant Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG	Group “B” Gazetted (Non-Ministerial)
Assistant Accounts Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG	Group “B” Gazetted (Non-Ministerial)
Assistant Section Officer	Central Secretariat Service, Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Railway, Ministry of External Affairs, AFHQ	Group “B”
Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Group “B”
Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	Group “C”
Inspector (Central Excise)	CBIC	Group “B”
Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Group “B”
Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	Group “B”
Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	Group “B”
Junior Statistical Officer	M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation	Group “B”
Statistical Investigator Grade-II	Registrar General of India	Group “B”
Auditor	Offices under C&AG, CGDA	Group “C”
Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Other Ministry/ Departments	Group “C”
Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks	Central Govt. Offices/ Ministries other than CSCS cadres	Group “C”
Tax Assistant	CBDT/ CBIC	Group “C”
Upper Division Clerks	Government Departments	Group “C”

SSC CGL EXAM- Combined Graduate Level (CGL)

SSC CGL Exam Pattern:

SSC CGL Tier I – Exam Pattern:

SSC CGL Tier I is necessary for all the posts and its marks are added for further process as well. It is necessary to clear the cut-off of the Tier I Exam then you will be eligible for next tier (Tier II & III).

Sr. No.	Subject	No of Questions	Max Marks	Exam Duration
1	General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50	60 minutes
2	General Awareness	25	50	(For VH & Candidates  suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 80 minutes)
3	Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
4	English Comprehension	25	50
Total		100	200

Important Points:

• Tier I is an objective type exam which is holds in online mode.
• There will be 100 Questions in 4 sections in Tier I exam
• Each question will carry 2 marks.
• SSC CGL tier-I exam holds a weightage of 200 marks
• CGL Tier 1 Exam have negative marking. One wrong answer to a question will deduct 1/4 marks from the total of all sections.
• For visually handicapped candidates the exam duration is 80 minutes.

 

SSC CGL Exam Pattern for Tier-II

• The tier-II exam is an objective exam which will be conducted online.
• In CGL Tier II two papers will be conducted on the same day.
• Paper I is Quantitative Aptitude and Paper II is English. In addition, for the posts of JSO and AAO, Paper 3 and Paper 4 are conducted respectively.

Paper	Subject	No of Questions	Max Marks	Exam Duration
1	Quantitative Abilities	100	200	2 Hours
2	English Language and Comprehension	200	200	2 Hours
3	Statistics	100	200	2 Hours
4	General Studies (Finance & Economics) (Only for Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer)	100	200	2 Hours

• In Tier-II, Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the posts.
• For visually handicapped candidates the exam duration is 2 hours 40 minutes.
• In Tier-II, there will be a negative marking of 1/4 for each wrong answer in every section.
• Paper-III of Tier-II is only for those candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for these posts.
• In Tier-II, Paper-IV will be for only those candidates who are shortlisted in Tier-I for Paper-IV and who apply for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.

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SSC CGL Tier III Exam Pattern

Subject	Marks	Time
Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi (Writing of Essay, Precis, Letter, Application, etc.)	100 marks	60 minutes

• This is a descriptive exam with the purpose of testing the writing skills of the candidates in English or Hindi.
• It is held offline.
• The candidates are required to write an essay/letter/application/precis. In order to prepare for this section, one needs to read lots of articles from various newspapers and magazines.
• For visually handicapped candidates the exam duration is 1 hour 20 minutes.
• Tier-I, Tier-II & Tier-III exams are compulsory for all posts mentioned in the SSC CGL 2019 notification.

 

SSC CGL Tier IV Exam Pattern:

Tier IV Exam of SSC CGL Exam have skill tests that are necessary for certain SSC CGL posts. Tier 4 is basically Skill Test comprising of two tests.

Type of Test

Details

Post

Data Entry Speed test       (DEST)	8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depression per hour on the Computer. A passage of about 2000 (two thousand) key depressions for the duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes.	Tax Assistants  (Central & Excise)
Computer Proficiency Test ( CPT)	Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Generation of slides.	Assistant Section Officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Assistant Section Officer (MEA), Assistant in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Assistant (GSI) in the Ministry of Mines.

 NOTE:

• OH candidates opting for post of Tax Assistant in CBEC are required to attend the Skill Test.
• Orthopedically Handicapped (OH) candidates for the post of Tax Assistant in CBDT need not appear for the skill test

1) DEST (Data Entry Speed Test): It is a qualifying skill test for all the posts, except to Compiler. It is held to test the typing speed of the candidate. In this test, the candidates are given the printed text in English which they should type accurately on a computer with a minimum of 2000 key depressions. The duration of this test is 15 minutes.

2) CPT (Computer Proficiency Test):  SSC will hold CPT in three modules – Word Processing, Spread Sheet and Generation of Slides. CPT is a test for the posts of Assistant Section Officer in CSS, MEA & AFHQ, Assistant in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Assistant (GSI) in the Ministry of Mines, Inspector (Central Excise), Inspector (Preventive Officer) & Inspector (Examiner) in CBIC.

3) Document Verification: The last step of the final selection would be document verification.

SSC CGL Exam Eligibility:

The eligibility criteria for SSC CGL has three important features:-

1. Educational Qualifications
2. Age Limit
3. Citizenship

1) Educational Qualification– 

SSC CGL Post	Educational Qualification
Assistant Audit Officer	Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University.                                            OR Desirable Qualification: CA/CS/MBA/Cost & Management Accountant/ Masters in Commerce/ Master’s in Business Studies.
Statistical Investigator Grade – II Post	Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with minimum 60% in Mathematics in Class 12th                                           OR Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with Statistics as one of the subjects in graduation.
Compiler Posts	Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as Compulsory or Elective Subject.
All Other Posts	Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a Recognized University or equivalent.

 

2) Age Limit –
Candidates can claim age relaxation if he/she falls under and considered category. The age limits mentioned here are applicable to general category candidates.

• Preventive Officer ,Assistant/Inspector in Central Excise, Examiner in CBEC & Department of Post, ,Central Bureau of Narcotics: 18-27 years
• Assistant Audit Officer, Assistant Accounts Officer, Inspector of Income Tax in CBDT, Divisional Accountant under CAG: Not exceeding 30 years
• Assistant Section Officer in CSS, IB, Railway, External Affairs, AFHQ : 20-30 years
• Statistical Investigator Gr.II : Upto 32 years
• Assistant/Sub Inspector in CBI : 20-30 years

Sr. No	Category	Age Relaxation
1	OBC	3 years
2	ST/SC	5 years
3	PH + Gen	10 years
4	PH + OBC	13 years
5	PH + SC/ST	15 years
6	Ex-Servicemen (Gen)	3 years
7	Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	6 years
8	Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)	8 years

 

3) Nationality/Citizenship-

• A citizen of India, or
• A subject of Nepal, or
• A subject of Bhutan, or
• A Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
• a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania ( Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar ), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

 

Physical Standard –
The physical requirements vary from post to post and are also different for male and female candidates. Candidates are advised to go through the notification thoroughly before opting the post category as the onus of fulfilling the physical standard criterion will be exclusively be on the candidate opting for such posts. There are certain requisite Physical Standards for Inspector (Central Excise/ Examiner/Preventive Officer), Sub-Inspector in CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) and Sub-Inspector in NIA (National Investigation Agency).

 Fee:

For General /OBC candidates	Rs.100/-
For SC/ST/PH candidates	Nill
For Female candidates	Nill

 

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