Mohit Dhulia
SSC CGL exam stands for Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level exam. SSC CGL is considered as very much popular and most awaited exams for all the graduates who want to become a government employee. It offers various reputed posts under the ministry/ department of the Central Government of India. If offers recruitment for Group A, Group B, and Group C level posts. After the UPSC CSE, this is the second most popular choice of the candidates to get a reputed post under different ministries of GOI (Government of India).
The best part of this recruitment is, it requires no percentage limit (except JSO post) of the qualifying degree. The selection of the candidates will be based on the marks secured in all three tiers i.e. Tier-I, Tier-II, and Tier-III. The application will be processed in online mode. Tier-I and Tier-II will be held in online mode however Tier-III will be held in offline mode.
All the major and minor details of the SSC CGL exam have been given in this article below. Read this article carefully, to not miss any information.
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| Name of Examination | Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) |
| Popularly Known As | SSC CGL |
| Conducted By | Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
| Offered Posts | All Group B and Group C that comes under the Central Government |
| Exam-Level | National |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Medium of Exam | Bilingual i.e.English and Hindi |
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| Marking Scheme | Tier-I & Tier-II: 2 marks will be given for every correct answer |
| Negative Marking | Tier-I & Tier-II: 1/4 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer |
| Official Website | ssc.nic.in |
All the important dates regarding the SSC CGL exam is given below in the following table. The notification of this exam will be released soon.
| Event | Dates |
|---|---|
| Application/ Registration of SSC CGL releases on | To be announced |
| Last date of submission of the application form | To be announced |
| Admit Card releasing date for Tier-I Exam | To be announced |
| Tier-I Exam date | To be announced |
| Tier-I Result date | To be announced |
| Admit Card releasing date of Tier-II | To be announced |
| Tier-II Exam date | To be announced |
| Tier-II Result date | To be announced |
| Admit Card releasing date of Tier-III | To be announced |
| Tier-III Exam date | To be announced |
| Tier-III Result date | To be announced |
SSC will release the notification of the CGL exam and according to the latest updates, SSC will announce to conduct CGL exam for 6500+ (Tentative) vacancies for Grade A, Grade B, and Grade C level posts. Since the no. of vacancies are tentative so it can be expected that the vacancy is going to increase up to the range of 7000-8000 vacancies.
For all the latest news about vacancies keep visiting the website ssc.nic.in.
The salary depends on the level of the posts. Here we have given the expected salary as per the level of different posts.
| Level of Posts | Amount or Salary (INR) |
|---|---|
| Level-IV | INR. 25,500 – 81,100 |
| Level-V | INR. 29,200 – 92,300 |
| Level-VI | INR. 35400 – 1,12,400 |
| Level-VII | INR. 44,900 – 1,42,400 |
| Level-VIII | INR. 47,600 – 1,51,100 |
The SSC CGL application form window will open soon. Candidates are strictly advised that do not do delay in filling the application form, fill the form as soon as possible. Because the website of SSC gets crash in the last moment due to high no. of traffic. Here we have given the process to fill the application form.
| Category | Fees |
|---|---|
| General /OBC/ EWS Male | Rs. 100/- |
| All Female/ SC/ ST/ PWD/ Ex-servicemen candidates | Exempted |
| Relevant Links | ||
|---|---|---|
| SSC GD | JKSSB | HPSSSB |
| UPSSSC | SSC JHT | SSC CPO |
Before going to apply for the SSC CGL exam, candidates have to check all the eligibility criteria such as Qualification, Age limit, etc. Here we have given a brief detail about the eligibility needed to apply for SSC CGL. For more and detailed informations about eligibility criteria, visit the official website of SSC.
The age limit of the candidates for different posts lies between 18-32 years. Here we have given a post-wise age limit for different posts of SSC CGL.
| Department | Posts | Age Limit |
|---|---|---|
| CSS | Assistant Section Officer | 20-30 years |
| NIA | Sub Inspector | Up to 30 years |
| Narcotics | Sub Inspector | 18-25 years |
| CBEC | Tax Assistant | 18-27 years |
| Intelligence Bureau | Assistant Section Officer | Not exceeding 30 Years |
| M/o of Statistics & Prog. Implementation | Junior Statistical Officer | Up to 32 years |
| Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue | Assistant Enforcement Officer | Up to 30 years |
| CBI | Sub Inspector | 20-30 years |
| Other departments | All other posts | 18-27 years |
The age relaxation will only be given to the candidates of the reserved category as per the central government norms.
| Category | Relaxation |
|---|---|
| OBC | 3 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (Gen) | 3 years |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (OBC) | 6 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST) | 8 years |
| Physically Handicapped (PH) | 10 years |
| PH + OBC | 13 years |
| PH + SC/ST | 15 years |
SSC CGL exam will be completed in 4 tiers namely Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, and Tier IV. The paper pattern is different for all the tiers. Tier I and Tier II are conducted virtually (CBT) whereas Tier III is of descriptive nature (offline). Tier IV is basically a Typing test/ Document verification, depending on the preference of the posts.
| Tiers | Tier-I | Tier-II | Tier-III | Tier-IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects | Reasoning General Awareness Quantitative Aptitude English Language | Quantitative Aptitude English Language Statistics (Only for JSO Post) Finance & Accounting/Economics & Governance (Only for AAO post) | Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi language (Writing of Essay, Precis, Letter, Application, etc.) | Computer Proficiency Test (required for some posts only)/ Documents Verification. |
| Type of Questions | Objective type | Objective type | Descriptive Type | Skill Test |
| Mode of Exam | Online | Online | Offline | Offline and Online |
| Exam Duration | 1 hour | 2 hour | 1 hour | – |
| Total Questions | 100 | 200 | 100 | – |
| Marking Scheme | + 2 marks for every correct answer | + 2 marks for every correct answer | – | – |
| Negative Marking | 1/4th mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer | 1/4th mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer | No negative marking | – |
| Total Marks | 200 | 400 | 100 | – |
To get the detailed syllabus, go to the official website and download the syllabus for each Tier. Here we have given a brief syllabus for each Tier.
There is no syllabus preferred by the SSC. In this tier, only the computer/data entry skills of the candidates will be tested based on their speed and computer knowledge.
For the CGL exam, there is no one specific book. Candidates have to cover each section from different books that are designed for the specific purpose of the CGL exam. Here we have listed some books which are considered to be special for the SSC CGL exam.
Here are some awesome tips and strategies shared by the previous year’s toppers of SSC CGL.
The examination center allotted to the candidates will be based on their preferences filled at the time of filling application form detail. The SSC CGL exam is conducted across 100 + cities around the country. Here we have given the name of examination centers along with their code and region.
| SSC Region and States/ UTs under the jurisdiction of the Region |
Address of the Regional Offices/ Website |
Examination Centers & Center Code |
|---|---|---|
| Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala |
Regional Director (KKR), Staff Selection Commission, 1st Floor, “E” Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560034 (www.ssckkr.kar.nic.in) |
Bangalore(9001), Dharwar(9004), Gulbarga(9005), Mangalore(9008), Mysore(9009), Kochi(9204), Kozhikode(Calicut)(9206), Thiruvananthapuram(9211), Thrissur(9212) |
| Northern Region (NR)/ NCT of Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand |
Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 (www.sscnr.net.in) |
Almora(2001), Dehradun(2002), Haldwani(2003), Srinagar (Uttarakhand)(2004), Haridwar(2005), Delhi(2201), Ajmer(2401), Alwar(2402), Bharatpur(2403), Bikaner(2404), Jaipur(2405), Jodhpur(2406), Kota(2407), Sriganganagar(2408), Udaipur(2409) |
| Western Region (WR)/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra |
Regional Director (WR), Staff Selection commission,1st Floor, South Wing, Pratishtha Bhawan, 101, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400020 (www.sscwr.net) |
Ahmedabad(7001), Vadodara(7002), Rajkot(7006), Surat(7007), Bhavnagar(7009), Kutch(7010), Amravati(7201), Aurangabad(7202), Kolhapur(7203), Mumbai(7204), Nagpur(7205), Nanded (7206), Nashik(7207), Pune(7208), Thane(7210), Bhandara(7211), Chandrapur(7212), Akola(7213), Jalgaon(7214), Ahmednagar(7215), Alibaug(7216), Panaji(7801) |
| Eastern Region (ER)/ Andaman & The Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal |
Regional Director (ER), Staff Selection Commission, 1st MSO Building,(8th Floor), 234/4, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal-700020 (www.sscer.org) |
Gangtok(4001), Ranchi(4205), Barasat(4402), Berhampore (WB)(4403), Chinsurah (4405), Jalpaiguri(4408), Kolkata(4410), Malda(4412), Midnapur(4413), Siliguri(4415), Berhampore(Odisha) (4602), Bhubaneshwar(4604), Cuttack(4605), Keonjhargarh(4606), Sambalpur(4609), Port Blair (4802) |
| Central Region (CR)/ Bihar and Uttar Pradesh |
Regional Director (CR), Staff Selection Commission, 21-23, Lowther Road, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-211002. (http://www.ssc-cr.org) |
Agra(3001), Allahabad(3003), Bareilly(3005), Gorakhpur(3007) , Kanpur(3009), Lucknow(3010), Meerut(3011), Varanasi(3013), Bhagalpur(3201), Muzaffarpur(3205),Patna(3206) |
| Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region (MPR)/ Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh |
Dy. Director (MPR), Staff Selection Commission, J-5, Anupam Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492007 (www.sscmpr.org) |
Bhopal(6001), Chindwara(6003), Guna(6004), Gwalior(6005), Indore(6006), Jabalpur(6007), Khandwa(6009), Ratlam(6011), Satna(6014), Sagar(6015), Ambikapur(6201), Bilaspur(6202) Jagdalpur(6203), Raipur(6204), Durg(6205) |
| North Western Sub-Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab |
Dy. Director (NWR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 3, Ground Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sector-9, Chandigarh160009 (www.sscnwr.org) |
Anantnag(1001), Baramula(1002), Jammu(1004), Leh(1005), Rajouri(1006), Srinagar(J&K)(1007), Kargil(1008), Dodda (1009), Hamirpur(1202), Shimla(1203), Bathinda (1401), Jalandhar(1402), Patiala(1403), Amritsar(1404), Chandigarh(1601) |
| Southern Region (SR)/ Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. |
Regional Director (SR), Staff Selection Commission, 2nd Floor, EVK Sampath Building, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600006 (www.sscsr.gov.in) |
Guntur(8001), Kurnool(8003), Rajahmundry(8004), Tirupati(8006), Vishakhapatnam(8007), Vijaywada(8008), Chennai(8201), Coimbatore(8202), Madurai(8204), Tiruchirapalli(8206), Tirunelveli(8207), Puducherry(8401), Hyderabad(8601), Nizamabad(8602), Warangal(8603) |
| North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. |
Regional Director (NER), Staff Selection Commission, Housed Complex, Last Gate-Basistha Road, P. O. Assam Sachivalaya, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam781006 (www.sscner.org.in) |
Itanagar(5001), Dibrugarh(5102), Guwahati(Dispur)(5105), Jorhat(5107), Silchar(5111), Kohima(5302), Shillong(5401), Imphal(5501), Churachandpur(5502), Ukhrul(5503), Agartala(5601), Aizwal(5701) |
To learn everything in a very concise manner, candidates can join coaching for the SSC CGL exam if they are good enough to afford the coaching fee, although coaching is not compulsory to prepare for the SSC exam if can can’t afford it. Here we have given the name and address of offline coaching centers for SSC CGL in different cities.
Note: Coaching is neither enough nor mandatory to crack the SSC CGL exam.
To boost your preparation and to get an idea about where you stand in this competition, candidates are advised to give mock tests and quizzes by the experts and toppers of the SSC CGL exam. Since the Tier-I and Tier-II will be held in online mode so it is advised to give mock tests and quizzes online for each section and in aggregate as well.
Here we have given some online test series name which provides the mocks, quizzes, test series based on the level and pattern of the SSC CGL exam:-
You can choose any two or three of the above to give mocks and quizzes to make your preparation better. Note that only giving mocks will not going to help you, you have to analyze each and every mock.
The hall ticket/ admit card of the SSC CGL exam will be released separately for all the tiers on the official website of SSC in online mode.
The commission will first release the provisional answer key for the candidates to check their answers marked in the exam paper. It will help you to take an idea about your tentative score. The answer key will be released in online mode on the official website in pdf form. Candidates can download the pdf to check their answers.
If someone found a wrong or suspicious answer then he/she has given the right to file a challenge against the answer key. To challenge an answer key, candidates have to pay Rs. 100/-. After the correction made on the basis of challenges filed by the candidates (if any) the commission will release the final answer key.
SSC will release the result of the CGL exam virtually on the official website for all the tiers separately. The result will be uploaded in pdf form. After the completion of all tiers, the commission will release the final merit list based on the marks obtained in all the tiers. The final merit list will also be released virtually on the website of SSC. Here we have given proper guidance in the following that how you can download the result for any tier.
The details mentioned on the result of SSC CGL are mentioned below:-
The cut off for SSC CGL will be published separately for all the tiers. Candidates have to clear the cutoff of each tier set by the commission in order to sit for the next tier. The commission will also release the final cut-off for the SSC CGL exam based on the conclusive marks obtained in all the tiers. The cut off of each tier will be based on the different factors as mentioned below.
Here we have given the previous year’s cut off to get an idea about the level and score of the exam. The tier wise previous year’s cutoff is tabulated below:
| Category | Unreserved (UR) | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | Orthopaedically Handicapped (OH) | Schedule Caste (SC) | Scheduled Tribe (ST) | Hearing Handicapped (HH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut-Off Marks | 152.5 | 140.5 | 113.5 | 129.5 | 123 | 79 |
| Category | Unreserved (UR) | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | Orthopaedically Handicapped (OH) | Schedule Caste (SC) | Scheduled Tribe (ST) | Hearing Handicapped (HH) | Visually Handicapped (VH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut-Off Marks | 151 | 140 | 104.5 | 127.5 | 117 | 62 | 116 |
| Category | Unreserved (UR) | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | Scheduled Tribe (ST) | Schedule Caste (SC) | Visually Handicapped (VH) | Orthopaedically Handicapped (OH) | Ex-Servicemen | Hearing Handicapped (HH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut-Off Marks | 131 | 115 | 93 | 103 | 89.5 | 87 | 73.5 | 40 |
The selection of the candidates for the different posts (Of Group A, Group B, and Group C) under the Central Government Ministries/ Departments / Organisations will be based on the All India Rank secured by the candidates. The selection will be processed based on the performance in all the tiers: Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, and Tier IV.
If you have any issue or query regarding the SSC CGL exam then it is advised to contact the authority to resolve your queries. Below given details are of the western region of SSC (Mumbai Office of SSC). Candidates from another region can get the details of their regional offices under the “Contact Us” section of the official website.
Official Website: https://ssc.nic.in/
Email Address: rdsscwr@gmail.com
Fax Number: 022-22018527
Telephone Number: 022-22019118
Address: Staff Selection Commission,1st Floor, South Wing, Pratishtha Bhawan,101, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400020
Any graduate from any subject (except AAO, JSO Posts) can apply for the SSC CGL exam.
Staff Selection Commission conducts the SSC CGL exam.
There will be four stages namely Tier-I, Tier-II, Tier-III, and Tier-IV in the SSC CGL exam.
Tier-I, Tier-II will be held online while Tier-III will be held offline.
No, there is no such reservation for the gender-specific however the age relaxation will be entertained only based on the category of candidates.
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