Staff selection commission (SSC) Combined graduate level examination dates are out. SSC CGL exam will be conducted between 9th of September to 26th of September. Candidates can download admit cards 7 days prior to examination. Candidates who have applied for the SSC CGL exam need to speed up their revision and be prepared for the examination. You can check the syllabus and exam pattern from below in this page.
SSC CGL Tier-1 syllabus
Candidates appearing for SSC CGL tier-1 examinations should have knowledge of this 4 section and their sub topic. Tier-I:
General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. This component may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning etc. The topics are, Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series, Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding & decoding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/ pattern-folding and unfolding, Figural Pattern-folding and completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of center codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence.
General Awareness: Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidates’ general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research.
Quantitative Aptitude: The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the SSC CGL candidate's. The scope of the test will be computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage. Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centers, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart.
English Comprehension: In this section SSC CGL examination Candidates’ ability to understand correct English, his basic comprehension and writing ability, etc. would be tested.
SSC CGL exam pattern
SSC CGL examination will be conducted in two phases: Tier-1 and Tier-2.
Tier-I will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions from four sections : General awareness, General English, Numerical ability, Reasoning. Each section will consist of 25 questions and 50 marks. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English Comprehension. There will be a negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer.
SSC CGL Tier-II will include conducting of Paper-I & Paper-II in separate shift(s)/ day(s). Paper-I is compulsory for all the posts. Paper-II will be for only those candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Statistical Investigator Grade-II in the office of Registrar General of India (M/o Home Affairs) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for These Posts.
Paper-I will include following three sections having two modules each:
Section-I:
Module-I: Mathematical Abilities
Module-II: Reasoning and General Intelligence.
Section-II:
Module-I: English Language and Comprehension
Module-II: General Awareness
Section-III:
Module-I: Computer Knowledge Test
Module-II: Data Entry Speed
Test Paper-I will be conducted in two sessions - Session –I & Session-II, on the same day. Session-I will include conducting of Section-I, Section-II and Module-I of Section-III. Therefore, the duration of Session-I will be 2 hours and 15 minutes. Section-I has two modules Module-I (Mathematical Abilities) and Module-II (Reasoning and General Intelligence). The candidates will get one hour to complete this section. On completion in one hour, this section will automatically close.
Immediately after completion of Section-I, the two modules of Section-II viz. Module-I (English Language and Comprehension) and Module-II (General Awareness), will start. Section-II will also be for one hour and immediately on completion of one hour, this section will get automatically closed. Section-III will have two modules. Module-I (Computer Knowledge Test) will commence immediately after completion of Section-II and will be for a duration of 15 minutes. On completion of Module-I of Section-III, Session-I will come to an end.
After the completion of Session-I, the candidates will get a break for re-registration for Session-II. Session-II will include conducting of Module-II of Section-II Data Entry Speed Test. Therefore, the duration of Session-II will be 15 minutes only. It will be mandatory for the candidates to qualify all the sections of Paper-I. Tier-II (Paper-I & Paper-II) will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions, except for Module-II of Section-III of Paper-I.
The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English Language and Comprehension module in Section-II of Paper-I. There will be negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer in Section-I, Section-II and Module-I of Section-III of Paper-I and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-II. Module-II of SSC CGL exam Tier -2 of Section-III of Paper-I i.e. Data Entry Speed Test (DEST): Module-II of Section-III of Paper-I will include conducting of a Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) for a duration of 15 minutes in Session-II on the same day.
The “Data Entry Speed Test” (DEST) Skill Test will be conducted for a passage of about 2000 (two thousand) key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes. Detailed instructions regarding Skill Test will be provided by the Regional Offices of the Commission. Information about evaluation of Typing Test/DEST are available on the Commission’s new website https://ssc.gov.in (‘For Candidates’). DEST will be mandatory for all the posts; however, it will be qualifying in nature.
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