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The SSC Combined Graduate Level exam is conducted to hire qualified candidates for posts like Assistant Audit Officer, Assistant Accounts Officer, Assistant Section Officer, Inspector of Income Tax, Inspector (Central Excise), Assistant Enforcement Officer, Sub Inspector, etc


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SSC CGL Syllabus


Tier I

General intelligence and reasoning

  • Analogies
  • Similarities and differences
  • Space visualization
  • Spatial orientation
  • Problem solving
  • Analysis
  • Judgment
  • Decision making
  • Visual memory
  • Discrimination
  • Observation
  • Relationship concepts
  • Arithmetical reasoning and figural classification
  • Arithmetic number series
  • Non-verbal series
  • Coding and decoding
  • Statement conclusion
  • Syllogistic reasoning
  • Semantic analogy
  • Symbolic/ Number Analogy
  • Figural analogy
  • Semantic classification
  • Symbolic/ number classification
  • Figural classification
  • Semantic series
  • Number series
  • Figural series
  • Word building
  • Numerical operations
  • Symbolic operations
  • Trends
  • Space orientation
  • Venn diagrams
  • Drawing inferences
  • Punched hole/ pattern-folding and unfolding
  • Figural pattern folding and completion
  • Indexing
  • Address matching
  • Date and city matching
  • Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers
  • Small and capital letters/ numbers coding
  • Decoding and classification
  • Embedded figures
  • Critical thinking
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Social intelligence

General awareness

  • India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research
  • Science
  • Current Affairs
  • Books and Authors
  • Sports
  • Important Schemes
  • Important Days
  • Portfolio
  • People in News
  • Static GK

Quantitative aptitude

  • Computation of whole numbers
  • Decimals
  • Fractions and relationships between numbers
  • Percentage
  • Ratio and proportion
  • Square roots
  • Averages
  • Interest
  • Profit and loss
  • Discount
  • Partnership business
  • Mixture and allegation
  • Time and distance
  • Time and work
  • Basic algebraic identities of school algebra and elementary surds
  • Graphs of linear equations
  • Triangle and its various kinds of centres
  • Congruence and similarity of triangles
  • Circle and its chords
  • Tangents
  • Angles subtended by chords of a circle
  • Common tangents to two or more circles
  • Triangle
  • Quadrilaterals
  • Regular polygons
  • Circle
  • Right prism
  • Right circular cone
  • Right circular cylinder
  • Sphere
  • Hemispheres
  • Rectangular parallelepiped
  • Regular right pyramid with triangular or square base
  • Trigonometric ratio
  • Degree and radian measures
  • Standard identities
  • Complementary angles
  • Heights and distances
  • Histogram
  • Frequency polygon
  • Bar diagram and pie chart

English comprehension

  • Idioms and Phrases 
  • One word Substitution
  • Sentence Correction
  • Error Spotting
  • Fill in the Blanks
  • Spellings Correction
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Synonyms-Antonyms
  • Active Passive
  • Sentence Rearrangement
  • Sentence Improvement
  • Cloze test

Tier II

Paper-I-section-I Mathematical abilities (module-I)

  • Number systems
  • Fundamental arithmetical operations
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Mensuration
  • Trigonometry
  • Statistics and probability

Paper-I-section-I Reasoning and general intelligence (module-II)

  • Semantic analogy
  • Symbolic operations
  • Symbolic/ Number Analogy
  • Trends
  • Figural analogy
  • Space orientation
  • Semantic classification
  • Venn diagrams
  • Symbolic/ number classification
  • Drawing inferences
  • Figural classification
  • Punched hole/ pattern-folding and unfolding
  • Semantic series
  • Figural pattern folding and completion
  • Number series
  • Embedded figures
  • Figural series
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Word building
  • Social intelligence
  • Coding and decoding
  • Numerical operations
  • Other subtopics if any

Paper-I-section-II English language and comprehension awareness (module-I)

  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar
  • Sentence structure
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms and their correct usage
  • Spot the error
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Synonyms/ Homonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Spelling/ detecting misspelled words
  • Idioms and phrases
  • One word substitution
  • Improvement of sentences
  • Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
  • Conversion into Direct/ Indirect Narration
  • Shuffling of sentence parts
  • Shuffling of sentences in a passage
  • Cloze passage and comprehension passage
  • Comprehension Passage

Paper-I-section-II General awareness (module-II)

  • General awareness of the environment around us and its application to society
  • Knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect
  • India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to history, culture, geography, economic scene, general policy and scientific research

Paper-I-section-III Computer knowledge module (module-I)

  • Computer basics
  • Software
  • Working with internet and emails
  • Basics of networking and cyber security

Paper-I-section-III Data entry speed test module (module-II)

  • Passage of about 2000 key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes

Paper-II-Statistics

  • Collection, classification, and presentation of statistical data
  • Measures of central tendency
  • Measures of dispersion
  • Moments, skewness and kurtosis
  • Correlation and regression
  • Probability theory
  • Random variable and probability distributions
  • Sampling theory
  • Statistical inference
  • Analysis of variance
  • Time series analysis
  • Index numbers

Paper-III-General studies (finance and economics)

  • Finance and accounts
  • Economics and governance