The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) prepares SSC CGL Syllabus and examination pattern for Combined Graduate Level examination each year. The candidates who are going to appear in the SSC CGL 2020-21 exams must be aware of the prescribed syllabus and examination pattern. Information about the syllabus and exam pattern will help in preparation of the exam. Candidates can make a strategy to crack the exam. It is well known fact that after qualifying the SSC CGL exam, candidates can achieve their goal of joining Government services at various reputed department and organization under Government of India.
There are four tiers of SSC CGL Exam and candidates have to clear each one of them. Here candidate can get information about exam pattern and syllabus of the every tier. Check information carefully and prepare accordingly.
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SSC SGL 2020-21 Exam Pattern
As stated above, SSC CGL is a four tier exam and qualifying each exam is mandatory for getting the job. Here candidates can check SSC CGL exam patter for all Tier I, II, III & IV exams:
| SSC CGL Tier | Exam Mode/Type | CGL Syllabus Subjects/Topics |
| Tier I | Online/ Objective Type Questions | Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, General Intelligence & Reasoning and English Comprehension |
| Tier II | Online/ Objective Type Questions | Quantitative Aptitude, English Language & Comprehension, Statistics, General Studies – Finance & Economics |
| Tier III | Offline/ Descriptive Type Exam | Statistics, Data Analysis |
| Tier IV | Wherever Applicable | Data Entry Speed Test, Computer Proficiency Test, Document Verification |
SSC CGL Syllabus 2020-21
The candidates can check here crucial information about SSC CGL syllabus 2020-21. Every exam has different pattern and syllabus hence, candidates must check tier wise information about syllabus and exam pattern. After analyzing the pattern and syllabus, prepare a strategy for routine study. Candidates can check previous year questions paper for understanding the syllabus and exam pattern. Solving mock tests will also be helpful to understand the nature of exam.
SSC CGL Syllabus: Tier I Exam
The SSC CGL Tier I exam is an online test held on computer systems. All the questions in this exam are objective type in nature. The exam comprises four sections and each section will contain 25 questions. Total 100 questions are asked in this exam. SSC CGL Tier I Exam will be of 200 marks and the duration of exam will be 60 minutes and 80 minutes (for physically handicapped persons). The four sections under Tier I exam are as below:
- General Intelligence & Reasoning
- General Awareness
- Quantitative Aptitude &
- English Comprehension
The detailed syllabus of the SSC CGL Tier I exam is as below:
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | General Awareness | Quantitative Aptitude | English Comprehension |
| Number Analogy/ Symbolic | Vedic culture, History- Harappa Civilization, India’s freedom movement and their leaders, Medieval India and their important systems; | Averages,
Percentage, Proportion, Number System Problems, Ratio & Interest Square roots,
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One Word Substitution, Synonyms &
Antonyms, spelling error, grammar skills, comprehension passages |
| Symbolic/Number Classification, Semantic Classification
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Famous Seaport and Airport and their location, Geography- about countries and their geographical details | Discount,
Profit and Loss, Mixture |
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| Number Series, Semantic Series,
Figural Classification, Figural Series |
Election, Important constitutional bodies like CAG, Symbols of political parties, duties & responsibilities of the major persons in the Parliament,
Polity- Administrative, Legislative and judiciary of our Country |
Time & Work,
Time and distance, Graphs of Linear Equations, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds
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| Coding & decoding, Word Building,
Problem Solving |
Important persons involved in Economy of the Country and monetary institutions, Economy-Budget related information and terminologies | Congruence and similarity of triangles,
Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Circles |
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| Venn Diagrams,
Space Visualization, Drawing inferences |
Major Inventions and Discoveries Physics- Laws | Right Prism, Regular Polygons,
Right Circular Cylinder, Right Circular Cone, Sphere, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Hemispheres, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base |
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| Indexing, Date & city matching,
Address matching, Classification of centre codes/roll numbers |
atoms, Chemistry- Characteristics of gases, molecules
Chemistry in everyday life. |
Heights and Distances,
Complementary angles, Data analysis, Histogram,
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| Critical thinking,
Social Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence
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Biology- Interesting facts about human body parts, Diseases and their causes ,
Important discoveries, Nutrition in Animals and Plants. |
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| Current Affairs, General Knowledge |
SSC CGL Exam Pattern: Highlights
- The candidates should go through the SSC CGL exam pattern in order to understand the examination scheme.
- There will be negative marking and 0.5 marks will be deducted for every wrong attempt.
- The applicants must go through previous exam papers to be conversant with type of questions, difficulty level etc.
- We recommend the candidates to cover entire SSC CGL syllabus for Tier I exam.
- Candidates can purchase some good books for SSC CGL preparation.
SSC CGL Syllabus: Tier II Exam
The SSC CGL Tier II exam has four papers which are as under:
- Quantitative Aptitude: The paper of quantitative aptitude will be of 200 marks. The duration of this exam will be 2 hours.
- English Language & Comprehension: This paper will be of 200 marks. Test duration will be 2 hours.
- Statistics: It will have 200 marks and 2 hours duration.
- General Studies- Finance & Economics: This paper will be of 200 marks and 2 hours duration.
The SSC CGL Tier II Syllabus complete details are given in the table below:
| Quantitative Aptitude | Ratio & Proportion,
Square roots, Number System Problems, Percentage, Averages |
Time & Work,
Profit and Loss, Discount, Time and distance, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra |
Triangles, polygons, circles, cylinders |
| English Language & Comprehension | Idioms & Phrases, One Word Substitution, Improvement of sentences,
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Spot the Error, Synonyms /Antonyms, Spelling, | The active/ passive voice of verbs,
Conversion into Direct/ indirect narration Shuffling of sentence parts in passages, Comprehension passage. |
| Statistics | Mean, mode and median, Deviation, dispersion, Co-relation, regression | Data distribution, calculation, a diagrammatic representation of data | Moments and relationships- skewness, kurtosis |
| General Studies- Finance & Economics | Finance-Fundamentals of Finance & Accounting | Indian Economy,
Economic reforms, Money and banking,
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Economics-Macro & Micro Economics, Growth & Development
Market analysis- production, demand, supply, Role of Technology in reforming the Economic domain
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Highlights of the SSC CGL Tier II Exam Pattern
- Paper I and Paper II are mandatory for all the posts.
- Paper III will be for those who are appearing for Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for this particular post/paper.
- Paper IV will be for the candidates who are appearing for the post of Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer. Candidates must qualify the Tier I exam.
- Negative marking is applicable in this exam. There will be deduction of 0.25 marks for every wrong attempt for Paper II and 0.50 marks for Paper I, Paper III and Paper IV.
SSC CGL Tier III Syllabus
The SSC CGL Tier III exam is a descriptive type papers which will be held through offline mode. The candidates must understand the Tier III syllabus as it requires a good command on subject for explaining things in good manner. Candidate’s writing skill in English/Hindi, language proficiency, grammar knowledge and vocabulary usage etc. will be evaluated in Tier III exam.
There will be Essay writing, précis, application writing and letter etc. in this section. The duration of Tier SSC CGL Tier III exam is 60 minutes.
Highlights of SSC CGL Tier III Exam Pattern
- The candidates should have good writing skill in English/Hindi.
- Candidates should fill choice of language very carefully.
- The applicants should score minimum 33% marks in order to qualify the exam.
- Candidates are recommended to write with good hand writing and ensure each word is readable.
SSC CGL Tier IV Syllabus
The SSC CGL Tier IV exam consists of skill test which is required for some government posts. The applicants must qualify all the previous exams (Tier I, II, III) for appearing in the Skill Test.
The syllabus of SSC CGL Tier IV exam is as under:
| SSC CGL Tier IV Tests | Description | Posts Name |
| Data Entry Speed Test | 8000 Key Depression per hour on the computer system | Tax Assistant (Central & Excise) |
| A passage of 2000 key depression for a duration of 15 minutes | ||
| Computer Proficiency Test | Word Processing
Spreadsheet General of Slides |
Assistant Section Officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Assistant Section Officer (MEA), Assistant in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Assistant (GSI) in the Ministry of Mines. |
Important Points
- Orthopedically Handicapped (OH) applicants for the post of Tax Assistant in CBDT need not appear for the Skill test.
- OH Candidates opting for the post of Tax Assistant in CBEC have to attend the skill test.
The candidates after reading the entire syllabus must identify the important topics. Make a time table for study keeping in mind all the important sub topics of the subjects. However, it is important to mention here that candidates must cover entire syllabus. We recommend the applicants to access official notification and check examination scheme including complete syllabus and read all the information carefully. Accordingly, make your study plan and prepare as per prescribed SSC CGL syllabus.
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