Staff Selection Commission conducts Combined Graduate Level Examination (SSC – CGL) for recruitment to different Central Civil posts - Assistant / Inspector /SI / Divisional Accountant /Statistical Officer/ Auditor/Accountant/Junior Accountant /UDC / Tax Assistant / Compiler, for which Graduation from a recognized University is the minimum Educational Qualification required. The recruitment for these posts is done in departments of Central Secretariat Service / Central Vigilance Commission / Intelligence Bureau / Ministry of Railways / Ministry of External Affairs / Ministry of Defense / CBI and a few other Ministries / Departments / Organizations of the Central Govt.
Eligibility Conditions:
Nationality/ Citizenship:
A candidate must be either :
- (a) a citizen of India, or
- (b) a subject of Nepal, or
- (c) a subject of Bhutan, or
- (d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the Ist January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
- (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania ( Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Category of posts |
Age limit |
Inspector of Income Tax/ Inspector (Central Excise)/ Inspector (Preventive Officer)/ |
18-27 years (He/ She must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1988 and not later than 01-08-1997). |
Statistical Investigator Gr.II |
Up to 32 years (He/ She must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1993 and not later than 01-08-1997). |
Assistant & Tax Asst (CBEC) |
20-27 years (He/ She must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1988 and not later than 01-08-1995). |
Assistant (Intelligence Bureau) |
21-27 years (He/ She must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1988 and not later than 01-08-1994). |
Sub Inspector in CBI |
20-30 years (He/ She must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1985 and not later than 01-08-1995). |
Assistant Enforcement Officer & Sub Inspector (NIA) |
Up to 30 years (He/ She must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1985 and not later than 01-08-1997). |
Sub Inspector (Group C) |
18-25 years (He/ She must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1990 and not later than 01-08-1997. |
I. Compiler : Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as compulsory or Elective subject.
II. Statistical Investigator Grade – II : Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% in Mathematics at 12th standard level:
OR
Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.
Note-: “Statistics” means any branch of Statistics, applied or otherwise.III. All other Posts : Bachelor‟s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.
Note I: For posts of Assistants (CSS), Computer Proficiency has also been prescribed as an Essential Qualification
SSC CGL Exam Pattern: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGL) details and Scheme of Examination are given below….
Examination Pattern: The Examination 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 cum Interview/ Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification.
There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Tier-I. In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks in Paper-II and 0.50 marks in Paper-I and Paper-III for each wrong answer.
1. Combined Graduate Level (Tier-I) Examinationb Tier, I of the Combined Graduate level Examination will be common for all categories of posts.
Part |
Subject |
Max. |
Total Duration/ |
Total Duration/ Timing for visually Handicapped and |
A |
General Intelligence & Reasoning |
50 |
2 Hours 10.00 A.M. to 12.00
Noon |
2 Hours 40 mins 10.00 A.M. to 12.40 PM OR 2.00 P.M. to 4.40 P.M. |
B |
General Awareness |
50 |
||
C |
Quantitative |
50 |
||
D |
English |
50 |
Questions will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice, set both in Hindi and English in respect of Parts A, B and C.
2. Combined Graduate Level (Tier-II) Examination: Tier-II of the Combined Graduate Level Examination -2014 will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice and will be conducted over a period of two days.
Scheme of Tier-II Written Examination (Tier-II)
Paper |
Subject / Paper |
Max. |
Number |
Duration & Timings for |
Duration & Timings |
III |
Statistics |
200 |
100 |
2 Hours |
2 Hours and 40 Min |
I |
Quantitative |
200 |
100 |
2 Hours |
2 Hours and 40 Min |
II |
English |
200 |
200 |
2 Hours |
2 Hours and 40 Min |
Note I: Paper-I & II are compulsory for all the categories of posts. Paper-III is only for those candidates who apply for the post of Statistical Investigator Gr.II & Compiler.
Note-II: Questions in Paper-I will be of 10th standard level, Paper-II of 10+2 level and Paper-III of graduation level.
