Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam is very important exam in India. Syllabus and pattern is given below.

SSC CGL Exam Pattern:

The SSC CGL exam consists of four tiers:

Tier-I: Preliminary Examination
⚫ Objective type questions
⚫ Total time: 60 minutes

Subjects:
⚫ General Intelligence and Reasoning
⚫ General Awareness
⚫ Quantitative Aptitude
⚫ English Comprehension

Tier-II: Main Examination
⚫ Objective type questions
⚫ Total time: 2 hours for each paper

Subjects:
⚫ Paper I: Quantitative Abilities
⚫ Paper II: English Language and Comprehension
⚫ Paper III: Statistics (For Statistical Investigator Grade-II & Compiler posts)
⚫ Paper IV: General Studies (Finance and Economics) (For Assistant Audit Officer in C&AG)

Tier-III: Descriptive Paper
⚫ Descriptive type questions in English or Hindi
⚫ Total time: 1 hour
⚫ Topics: Essay writing, Letter/Application writing, Precis Writing, etc.

Tier-IV: Skill Test/Computer Proficiency Test (CPT)
⚫ Skill Test: Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) at 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depression per hour on the computer.
⚫ Computer Proficiency Test (CPT): Word Processing, Spreadsheet, and Generation of Slides.

SSC CGL Syllabus:
The syllabus for SSC CGL can broadly be categorized into the following sections:

General Intelligence and Reasoning:
⚫ Analogies
⚫ Classification
⚫ Series
⚫ Coding-Decoding
⚫ Blood Relations
⚫ Directions and Distances
⚫ Ranking
⚫ Alphabet and Word Test
⚫ Venn Diagrams
⚫ Non-Verbal Reasoning


General Awareness:
⚫ Current Affairs
⚫ Static GK (History, Geography, Polity, Economy, etc.)
⚫ Science
⚫ Books and Authors
⚫ Sports and Games
⚫ Awards and Honors

Quantitative Aptitude:
⚫ Arithmetic
⚫ Algebra
⚫ Geometry
⚫ Trigonometry
⚫ Mensuration
⚫ Data Interpretation

English Comprehension:
⚫ Reading Comprehension
⚫ Grammar and Vocabulary
⚫ Sentence Structure
⚫ Synonyms and Antonyms
⚫ Idioms and Phrases

Statistics (For Statistical Investigator Grade-II & Compiler posts):
⚫ Collection and Representation of Data
⚫ Measures of Dispersion and Central Tendency
⚫ Moments, Skewness, and Kurtosis
⚫ Correlation and Regression
⚫ Probability Theory

General Studies (Finance and Economics) (For Assistant Audit Officer in C&AG):
⚫ Finance and Accounting
⚫ Economics and Governance

It's crucial to refer to the latest official SSC notification for the most accurate information.