SSC CGL EXAM FULL SYLLABUS

Staff Selection Commission (SSC)’s Combined Graduate Level Exam will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:

• Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -III -- Personality Test /Interview/Computer Proficiency Test or Skill Test 

SSC CGL tier-I SYLLABUS:-

Tier I will consist of 4 sections

  

  1.General intelligence

  2.English language

  3.General awareness

  4.quantitative apTitute

 

1.General Intelligence and reasoning:

This section is based on Figure Series, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Analogy, Symbolic operations,
Symbolic/Number Analogy, Number Series, Embedded figures etc.
the syllabus of this section is below:
similarities and differences, analogy, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgement, 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 & de-coding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, folding & un-folding of Punched hole/pattern, Figural Pattern – folding and completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence etc.
Best Book for Reasoning
Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning - by R.S.Aggarwal

2.English Language:

Through this section, a candidate's ability to understand correct English etc. would be tested. The syllabus of this section is below:
Fill in the Blanks, Idioms & Phrases, One word substitution, Synonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/Detecting Mis-spelt words, Active/Passive Voice of Verbs etc.

3.General Awareness:

This section will have questions on current events, India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining History, Geography, Economic Scene,Culture, General Policy & Scientific Research.
SSC CGL exam syllabus of general awareness section is vast and comes from various subjects including history, geography, polity, economics, physics, chemistry, current affairs etc.
Best book :-Lucent general knowledge 
4.Quantitative Aptitude:

This section is based on questions on Numbers, Fractions, algebra, Time and distance, Time and work, Averages, Simple interest and Compound interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Geometry etc.
The complete syllabus of this section is below:

Whole numbers, decimals ,fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage. Ratio & Proportion, Basic algebraic, surds, Square roots, Averages, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time & Work, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its centres, Triangle's congruence and similarity, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, 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, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons , Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Parallelepiped.
syllabus contd. after the books...

SSC CGL Tier-II Syllabus:-

Paper-I :

Quantitative Ability :-

The paper will be questions based on Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions, Ratio and Proportion, Average, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, relationship between Numbers, Fundamental Arithmetical Operations, Percentage, , Use of Table and
Graphs, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Ratio and Time etc.

Paper-II :

English Language & Comprehsion : 

This section will be based on Error recognition, fill in the blanks, preposition, articles,
Vocabulary, Spellings, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Sentence Completion etc.
SSC CGL 2014 complete syllabus of English is below:
Spot the error, questions on filling blanks, synonyms and antonyms, spelling error detection,  shuffling of sentence parts,  cloze & comprehension passage, idioms & phrases, 1 word substitution, sentence improvement, verbs active & passive, narration

Paper-III :-

Statistics for Investigator Grade-II, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation & Compiler in RGI.


IMPORTANT NOTE:-

The questions in Paper 1 of exam will be of 10th standard level, Paper-II of 10+2 level and Paper-III of graduation level.

TIER III:

personality test & interviewMarks for Interview cum Personality Test - 100 marks.
Skill Test: FOR TAX ASSISTANTS POSTS ( Central Excise & Income Tax):
CPT for Assistants in CSS.
Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) at 8,000 Key Depression/hr. on Computer.
Data Entry Speed Skill Test at 2000 key depressions for 15 min. will be of qualifying nature.

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SSC CGL exam pattern and cut-off Details.

Staff Selection Commission (SSC)’s Combined Graduate Level Exam will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:

• Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -III -- Personality Test /Interview/Computer Proficiency Test or Skill Test                                                                                                                                                                                                  TIER I
  • Tier –I exam consist of only one paper that would be common for all categories of posts and will be held in one session.

  Part	Subject	Maximum Marks / Questions	Total Duration (GE)	Total Duration for  visually handicapped candidates
  A.	General Intelligence & Reasoning	50	2 hours	2 hours 40 min
  B.	General Awareness	50
  C	Numerical Aptitude	50
  D	English Comprehension	50
  	Total Marks	200

  • There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
  • The questions will be set both in Hindi and English in respect of Parts A, B and C.
  TIER II
  • Tier-II consists of three different papers/subjects and depending upon the category of posts applied for, the candidates are needed to appear in two or three papers.

  Paper No.	Subject / Paper	Max. Marks/Questions	Duration & Timings for General candidates	Duration & Timings for VH candidates
  I	Arithmetical Ability	200 (100 Questions)	2Hours	2 Hours and 40 Min.
  II	English Language & Comprehension	200 (100 Questions)	2Hours	2 Hours and 40 Min.
  III	Commerce/ Mathematics Statistics/Economics	200 (100 Questions)	2Hours	2 Hours and 40 Min.

  • Paper-I & II are compulsory for all the categories of posts.
  • Paper-III is compulsory only for those candidates who apply for the posts of Statistical Investigators Group II & Compiler.
  • There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
  TIER III
  INTERVIEW
  • Personality Test/ interview will carry a maximum of 100 marks.
  • Candidates applying for Auditor, Accountant, UDCs, Tax Assistant, and Compiler are not required to appear for an interview.
  SKILL TEST
  • Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) for post of Assistant in CSS only. This test is of qualifying nature and has components of Word Processing, Spread Sheets and generation of slides.

Skill Test is applicable for the post of Tax Assistants (Central Excise and Income Tax). To get qualified, one should score Data Entry Speed Skill Test at 2000 (two thousand) key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes.

Cut- offs of  CGL Exams

Tier-1 Cut-off :-

Cut off for recently declared result of Tier-1 exam of CGLE-2013 is following -

	General	OBC	SC	ST	OH	Ex.S	VH	HH	Total
Cut-off for all posts	96	81.5	75.25	70.25	70.25	60.75	48	30	Out of 200 marks
Candidates passed	31309	46279	18544	8735	1865	5032	1038	954	1,13,756
Cut-off for Tax Asst.	92.5	79.25	72.25	67.25	67.25	53	42.50	25
Candidates passed	5671	5270	3509	1409	290	1160	207	76	17,592

Tier 2 Cut-off :-

There is no separate cut-off for Tier II. It is calculated on the basis of total sum of Tier I + Tier II marks. So, if you secure better marks in Tier I, it can give you some leeway in Tier II. 

	General	OBC	SC	ST	OH	Ex.S	VH	HH	Total
Cut-off for all interview post excluding stats/complier	349	319	284	282	274	308	261	191	Out of 600 marks
Candidates passed	1785	851	519	230	524	54	34	11	3385
Cut-off forstats inv/compiler	333	305	269	256	-	-	-	-
Candidates passed	353	568	107	120	-	-	-	-	1443
Cut-off fornon-interview posts	313.5	281.5	251	242	227	211	225	123
Candidates passed	6355	6577	2722	1436	422	1494	230	70	19306
Cut-off forTax Assistant	298	227	236	227	218	199	185	100
Candidates Passed	9238	8858	4095	2110	522	1932	316	151	27222

Interview cut-off -  cut off for interview was 25 marks for General and 20 for all others in 2012 exam. You had to secure these marks to get any interview post.

Cut-off for CPT - Computer Proficiency Test(CPT) and Data Entry Speed Test(DEST) are basically elimination techniques. 

• For Module-1 (MS Word/Typing test) Cut-off means that upto this percentage, mistakes are allowed by candidates. 

  	Genral	OBC	SC	ST	OH,VH,HH	Ex.S
  Cut-off	5%	7%	7%	15%	15%	-

• For Module 2 and 3 (Powerpoint and Excels sheet) minimum marks have to be secured. Cut-off for General candidates was 120 and for all other candidates was 100 marks. These marks are total marks obtained in Module 2 and 3, not separately.

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SSC CGL EXAM DETAIL , QUALIFICATION , AGE LIMITATION AND PAY SCALE AND POST .

Staff Selection Commission (SSC)’s Combined Graduate Level Exam is becoming more & more popular every year, among unemployed young graduates . SSC advertise these vacancies through different categories & posts ( Pay Scale,Departments, Grouping etc. )  

SSC Exam held in every year in three tier 
Tier-1(preliminary):-Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
Tier-2(main)-Written:- Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
Tier-3(PT/Interview):- Personality Test /Interview/Computer Proficiency Test or Skill Test

Date for registration:-january & february                                                                                                       

Date of examination:-

Tier I -april & may

Tier II - August & september

Tier-III - Calling or annouced

Application fee:-

• The amount of Rs 100 (One Hundred Only) will be payable as application fee.

                                                       

Name of the Various POSTS:

1. Assistant
2. SI in CBI
3. Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer, Examiner)
4. Inspector of Income Tax/ AEO in DoE
5. Inspector of Posts/ Divisional Accountant
6. Auditor/ Accountant/ Junior Accountant
7. Tax Assistant/ UDC
8. Statistical Investigator

Educational Qualification:-

Educational qualification for SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL 2014) exam is given below. Candidates must possess the following qualifications.

• For Assistant Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.
• For SI in CBI Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.
• For Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer, Examiner) Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.
• For Inspector of Income Tax/ AEO in DoE Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.
• For Inspector of Posts/ Divisional Accountant Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.
• For Auditor/ Accountant/ Junior Accountant Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.
• For Compiler Posts: Bachelors Degree from any recognized University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as compulsory or Elective subject.
• For Tax Assistant/ UDC Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University.
• For Statistical Investigator Posts: Candidates must possess Bachelor’s Degree with Statistics as one of the main subjects or Bachelor’s Degree with Mathematics with Statistics as a papers studied in one year year/two years/all three years as the case may be) as one of the main subjects or Bachelor‟s Degree with Economics ( with Statistics as a paper studied in one year/two years/all the three years as the case may be) as one of the main subjects or Bachelor’s Degree with Commerce (with Statistics as a paper studied in one year/two years/all the three years as the case may be) as one of the main subjects.

Age Limitations:-

Following is the Age limit for SSC CGL 2014 examination for below listed posts. There is age relaxation of 3 year for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ ST category candidates.

• For Assistant Posts: 20 Years to 27 Years.
• For SI in CBI Posts: 20 Years to 25 Years.
• For Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer, Examiner) Posts: 18 Years to 27 Years.
• For Inspector of Income Tax/ AEO in DoE Posts: 18 Years to 27 Years.
• For Inspector of Posts/ Divisional Accountant Posts: 18 Years to 27 Years.
• For Auditor/ Accountant/ Junior Accountant Posts: 18 Years to 27 Years.
• For Tax Assistant/ UDC Posts: 18 Years to 27 Years.
• For Statistical Investigator Posts: 18 Years to 27 Years.

SSC CGL Post Details and Pay Scale

Pay Scale and Details of Post for SSC Combined Graduate Level is not similar for all the posts. There is different pay scale and post through SSC Graduate Level Examination 2014. The selection of the candidates is done based on the their performance in written examination (Tier I and Tier II exam) and interview/personality test/aptitude test. Check out the Post Details as well as Pay Scale for SSC CGL 2014.

Post	Department	Grade Pay
Assistant	Central Vigilance Commission	4600
Assistant	Intelligence Bureau Group	4600
Assistant	Ministry of Railway Group	4600
Assistant	Ministry of External Affairs Group	4600
Assistant	AFHQ Group	4600
Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/Organisations	4600
Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/Organisations	4600
Inspector of Income	Tax CBDT	4600
Inspector (Central Excise)	CBEC	4200
Inspector (Preventive Officer)	CBEC	4600
Inspector (Examiner)	CBEC	4600
Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	4600
Sub Inspectors	Central Bureau of Investigation	4200
Inspector of Posts	Department of Post	4200
Divisional Accountant	Offices under CAG	4200
Divisional Accountant	Offices under CAG	4200
Statistical Investigator	Gr.II M/Statistics & Prog Implementation	4200
Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics Group “B”	4200
Auditor	Offices under C&AG	2800
Auditor	Offices under CGDA	2800
Auditor	Offices under CGA & others	2800
Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Offices under C&AG	2800
Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Offices under CGA & others	2800
Upper Division Clerk	Central Govt. Offices/Ministries other than CSCS cadres	2400
Tax Assistant	CBDT	2400
Tax Assistant	CBEC	2400
Compiler	Registrar General of India	2400
Sub-Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	2400

Pay Scale:-

• For Assistant Posts: Rs. 9300-34800
• For SI in CBI Posts: Rs. 9300-34800
• For Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer, Examiner) Posts: Rs. 9300-34800
• For Inspector of Income Tax/ AEO in DoE Posts: Rs. 9300-34800
• For Inspector of Posts/ Divisional Accountant Posts: Rs. 9300-34800
• For Auditor/ Accountant/ Junior Accountant Posts: Rs. 5200-20200
• For Tax Assistant/ UDC Posts: Rs. 5200-20200
• For Statistical Investigator Posts: Rs. 5200-20200

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