By: Urvi on September 12, 2017
SSC CGL notification was released on 15th May 2017. A lot of major changes have been introduced in the SSC CGL Exam Pattern 2017. With a vacancy count of 4733, the time duration of Tier I Exam has been changed from 75 to 60 mins.
SSC CGL Tier I is a Computer Based Test scheduled for 200 marks to be solved in a duration of 60 minutes. There is a negative marking of 0.5 for every incorrect answer. No sectional cutoffs exist.
Subject |
Question and Marks |
Time |
General Intelligence & Reasoning |
25 Q - 50 |
60 Mins (VH and Cerebral palsy - 80 minutes) |
General Awareness |
25 Q - 50 |
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QA |
25 Q - 50 |
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English |
25 Q - 50 |
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Total |
100Q -200 marks |
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SSC CGL Tier 2 is an online examination consisting of 4 papers.Every paper is for a duration of 2 hours. Out of the 4 papers given, only two are compulsory for students. Paper 3 is for the post of the Statistical Investigator and Paper 4 is for Asst Audit Officer Gazetted Group B Post.
Paper I, III and IV - 0.5 Negative Marking
Paper II - 0.25 Negative Marking
Subject |
Question and Marks |
Time |
Quantitative Ability |
100 Q - 200 |
120 Mins (VH and Cerebral palsy - 160 minutes) |
English |
200 Q - 200 |
120 Mins (VH and Cerebral palsy - 160 minutes) |
Total |
300 Q - 400 |
240 Mins (VH and Cerebral palsy - 280 minutes) |
Statistics (Statistical Investigator and Compiler) |
100 Q - 200 |
40 Mins (VH and Cerebral palsy - 160 minutes) |
General Studies (Finance and Economics) |
100 Q- 200 |
40 Mins (VH and Cerebral palsy - 160 minutes) |
SSC CGL Tier 3 is a descriptive paper for 100 marks and would be conducted in a pen and paper mode.
Subject |
Question and Marks |
Time |
Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi |
100 |
60 Mins (VH and Cerebral palsy - 80 minutes) |
SSC CGL Tier 4 is usually a Computer Proficiency test/Skill Test/Document Verification qualifying in nature.
Computer Proficiency Test - Asst Section Officer in CSS and MEA
Data Entry Skill Test - Tax Assistant
SSC Tier 4 |
Duration |
Portion |
Computer Proficiency Test (Assistant Section Officer) |
45 minutes |
Word/Excel/PPT |