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.