SSC CGL Exam pattern

SSC has been one of the most desirable organisations for govt. exams in India. Every year thousands of vacancies are filled by SSC in govt. departments. Many of students want to crack the exam of SSC and want to get a most respected job. There for I Provide you all the exam pattern and process of SSC CGL 2020.

SSC CGL Exam Pattern

The Examination will be conducted in four tiers as indicated below:

1 Tier-I: Computer Based Examination

2 Tier-II: Computer Based Examination

3 Tier-III: Pen and Paper Mode (Descriptive paper)

4 Tier-IV: Computer Proficiency Test/ Data Entry Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification.

Scheme of Tier-I Exam:

Subject	Questions	Marks	Time
A. General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50	60 Minutes
B. General Awareness	25	50
C. Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
D. English Comprehension	25	50
Total	100	200	60 Minutes

In Tier-I, there will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer.

Tier-I and Tier-II will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions only. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English Comprehension in Tier-I and Paper-II in Tier-II.

After this exam SSC Published Cut off list of SSC CGL Tier-I category wise.

After clearing this stage i.e Tier-I now you are eligible for next stage Tier-II .

Scheme of Tier-II Exam:

Subject	Questions	Marks	Time
Paper-I: Quantitative Abilities	100	200	120 Minutes  (for each Paper)
Paper-II: English Language and Comprehension	200	200
Paper-III: Statistics	100	200
Paper-IV: General Studies (Finance and Economics	100	200

In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension) and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I, Paper-III and Paper-IV.

In Tier-II, Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the posts

Paper-III of Tier-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, India (M/o Home Affairs) 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 i.e. for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer

After this exam SSC Published Combined Cut off  of SSC CGL Tier-I+II category wise.

After clearing theses stages i.e Tier-I&II now you are eligible for next stage Tier-III . Which is descriptive in nature.

Scheme of Tier-III Exam:

Mode of Exam	Scheme of Examination	Marks	Time Allowed
Pen&Paper mode	Descriptive Paper in English or Hindi (Writing of Essay/ Precis/ Letter/ Application etc.)	100	60 Minutes

The Paper in Tier-III will have to be written either in Hindi or in English. Part paper written in Hindi and part in English will be awarded zero marks.

Candidates are strictly advised not to write any personal identity e.g. name, roll number, mobile number, address, etc inside the Answer Book (Tier-III). The candidates who fail to adhere to these instructions will be awarded zero marks even if marks are awarded during the evaluation process.

After this exam SSC Published Combine Cut off  of SSC CGL Tier-I+II+III  category wise.

After clearing this stage i.e Tier-III now you are eligible for next stage Tier-IV i.e Skill Test(If required) /Document Verification.

Scheme of Tier-IV Exam(Skill Test):

In the Tier-IV, Computer Proficiency Test and Data Entry Skill Test will be conducted

After this SSC call candidates for Documents Verification.

It is not necessary that all post given in Notification has Skill Test. Only some posts requires Skill Test I given below the list of post that requires the Skill Test:-

Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) :-

For the post of

Tax Assistants (Central Excise & Income Tax) :

Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) at 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depression per hour on Computer.

Computer Proficiency Test (CPT):-

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

Computer Proficiency Test (CPT), comprising of three modules:

(i) Word Processing,

(ii) Spread Sheet and

(iii) Generation of Slides,

Document Verification:- This the last process of SSC CGL requirement in this stage only those candidates are appear who are qualified all their tiers as well as skill test. At the time of your Document Verification you will be fill the post preference order of those are given in SSC CGL Notification.

While giving preference of the posts/ Departments either online before DV or at the time of Document Verification, You  may note that the following posts have specific requirements of Physical Standards, Physical Tests and Medical Standards:

1 Inspector (Central Excise)-CBIC

 2 Inspector (Examiner)-CBIC

 3 Inspector (Preventive Officer)-CBIC

 4 Inspector-CBN

 5 Sub-Inspector-CBN

 6 Sub-Inspector-CBI

 7 Sub-Inspector-NIA

 8 Upper Divisional Clerk-BRO

After this process SSC publishes the final merit list and final cut off of all the posts.

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