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The office of the Staff Selection Commission has released the official SSC CGL 2024 Notification on the official website and will be accepting online application forms till 24th July 2024. The selection process for the 17727 vacancies announced for the various Group B and Group C posts in government departments will be carried out in two stages i.e. Tier 1 and Tier 2. The commission has excluded the AAO post from the recruitment process and thus the pattern for the SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam has been updated.
The SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam will be conducted in September-October 2024 and the Tier 2 Exam is scheduled to be conducted in December 2024. Candidates who meet the requirements of stage 1 will be promoted to stage 2 of the examination. Aspiring candidates must understand the detailed exam pattern which includes subjects, the number of questions in each section, and the exam duration. Candidates must note that the SSC CGL Tier 1 is qualifying in nature and compulsory for all posts and Tier 2 is scoring in nature.
SSC CGL Exam Pattern 2024
The SSC CGL 2024 Tier-1 exam will be conducted online and composed of 4 sections with a maximum mark of 200. The SSC CGL Tier-2 exam will be conducted in 2 phases – Paper 1 & Paper 2. Candidates must go through the updated Tier-wise exam pattern mentioned below.
SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Pattern
SSC will hold a computer-based examination with 100 multiple-choice questions. There are 4 sections in the Tier 1 exam of SSC CGL, with 100 questions that account for 200 marks. The subject-wise SSC CGL Exam Pattern 2024 details are given below:
The sections asked in the SSC CGL Tier-I Exam are:
- General Intelligence & Reasoning
- General Awareness
- Quantitative Aptitude
- English Comprehension
There is a negative marking of 0.50 Marks for each wrong answer. There is no sectional cut-off. No mark will be deducted if the question is left blank or unattempted by a candidate.
| SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Pattern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Subject | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Exam Duration |
| 1 | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 50 | 60 minutes(For VH & Candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 80 minutes) |
| 2 | General Awareness | 25 | 50 | |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 50 | |
| 4 | English Comprehension | 25 | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | 200 | ||
SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Pattern 2024
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the CGL exam in two distinct phases: Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper I is mandatory for all candidates, providing a comprehensive assessment for various posts. Paper II, on the other hand, is exclusive to candidates applying for Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) positions in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
- Tier 2 includes 2 papers i.e. Paper-I and Paper-II further in separate shifts on separate days.
- The Data Entry Speed Test has been included in Section III of Paper 1 for 15 minutes in Module II as a Data Entry Task.
Candidates must recognize the tailored nature of these papers based on their applied positions. Additionally, candidates should be mindful of the negative marking system, with a deduction of 1 mark for each incorrect answer in Paper I, and 0.50 marks for each incorrect response in Paper II.
| SSC CGL Exam Pattern for Tier 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No. | Papers | Exam Duration | |
| 1 | Paper-I: (Compulsory for all posts) | 2 hours 30 minutes | |
| 2 | Paper-II: Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) | 2 hours | |
SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Pattern for Paper 1 & Paper 2
The candidates who clear the Tier 1 Cutoff will be eligible to appear for the Tier 2 Exam. The paper 1 of this stage of the selection process will consist of three sections each containing two modules. The Section I and Section II will be scoring and the Section II will be qualifying in nature. The detailed SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam pattern with the total no. of questions, maximum marks, and exam duration is explained in the table given below:
| SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Pattern for Paper 1 | |||||
| Sections | Module | Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Section I | Module-I | Mathematical Abilities | 30 | 90 | 1 hour |
| Module-II | Reasoning and General Intelligence | 30 | 90 | ||
| Section II | Module-I | English Language and Comprehension | 45 | 135 | 1 hour |
| Module-II | General Awareness | 25 | 75 | ||
| Section III | Module-I | Computer Knowledge Test | 20 | 60 | 15 minutes |
| Module-II | Data Entry Speed Test | One Data Entry Task | 15 minutes | ||
The candidates who clear the Tier 1 cutoff for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) will be eligible to attempt the second paper in the Tier 2 Exam. The detailed SSC CGL Tier 2 Paper 2 Exam pattern with the total number of questions, maximum marks, and exam duration is explained in the table given below:
| SSC CGL Tier 2 Paper 2 Exam Pattern | ||||
| Paper | Section | No. of question | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Paper II | Statistics | 100 | 200 | 2 hours |
SSC CGL 2024 Syllabus
The SSC CGL Complete syllabus of Tier 1 & 2 has been provided in the link below. For the candidate’s convenience, the detailed Tier-wise SSC CGL Syllabus 2024 is provided here. Candidates are advised to go through the detailed SSC CGL Syllabus for the various phases of the online exam and plan their preparation accordingly.
Points to be remembered for SSC CGL Exam 2024
In addition to the detailed examination pattern for both the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Examinations, the candidates preparing for SSC CGL 2024 should keep some points as guidelines for the strategy they decide to follow.
- There are negative markings in Tier 1 as well as Tier 2 exams for 0.50 Marks and 1 mark for every wrong answer respectively.
- The Tier 1 Exam is qualifying in nature.
- Any electronic device or calculator is not allowed in Tier-1 and Tier-2 exams.
- Candidates can apply for multiple posts under the SSC CGL Recruitment 2024 through a single application.
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