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The Staff Selection Commission has released the official notification for the Combined Graduate Level Exam (CGLE) 2024 for 17727 vacancies on ssc.gov.in. The recruitment will be conducted for various Group B and Group C posts across multiple government departments and ministries. This year SSC has made some changes in the selection process in comparison to previous years. This change is quite significant as it comes as an exemption of an important post from the recruitment. This will have an impact on the overall number of applicants and the competition level in SSC CGL 2024.
Which Post was Removed from SSC CGL 2024?
The commission surprised the candidates when it was observed that the post of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer has not been mentioned in the official SSC CGL Notification 2024. It means that the Group B (Gazetted) posts, Pay Level 8, of AAO in C&AG have not been included in the recruitment process. This is a very big change in the recruitment process and will produce many subsequent changes in the entire CGL cycle for 2024.
SSC CGL 2024 Exam Pattern Changed
The removal of the AAO post from SSC CGL 2024 has the most obvious impact on the exam pattern for the Tier 2 exam. The decision by the commission has resulted in the removal of the entire Paper III from the Tier 2 stage of the exam. Earlier, the cutoff list released for the Tier 1 exam used to have a separate cutoff for the AAO post and this cutoff mark would be higher than the other Group B posts. Now, with the latest changes, the paper for the General Studies (Finance and Economics) will not be conducted.
SSC CGL 2024 Posts
The office of SSC has announced a total of 17727 vacancies for the various Group B and C posts offered under the Combined Graduate Level Recruitment 2024. As the AAO post has been removed from the exam, it is important that the candidates should be aware of the posts offered in the SSC CGL 2024 recruitment. Given below are posts among which the tentative 17727 vacancies have been distributed.
| SSC CGL 2024 Group B Posts | |
| Post | Ministry/Department/Office/ Cadre |
| Assistant Section Officer | Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG, Central Secretariat Service, IB, Ministry of Railway, MEA, AFHQ, Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations |
| Assistant | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations |
|
CBIC |
| Assistant Enforcement Officer | Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue |
| Sub Inspector | Central Bureau of Investigation, National Investigation Agency (NIA) |
| Inspector | Department of Post, Central Bureau of Narcotics |
| Assistant Superintendent | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations |
| Divisional Accountant | Offices under C&AG |
| Junior Statistical Officer | M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation |
| Statistical Investigator Grade-II | Registrar General of India |
| SSC CGL 2024 Group C Posts | |
| Post | Ministry/Department/Office/ Cadre |
| Inspector of Income Tax | CBDT |
| Auditor | Offices under C&AG, Offices under CGDA, Other Ministry/ Departments |
| Accountant | Offices under CGDA |
| Accountant/ Junior Accountant | Other Ministry/ Departments |
| Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks | Central Govt. Offices/ Ministries other than CSCS cadres |
| Tax Assistant | CBDT, CBIC |
| Upper Divisions Clerk | Dte. Gen Border Road Organisation (MoD) |
SSC CGL 2024 Updated Exam Pattern
As a result of the removal of the AAO post and Paper III from the Tier 2 exam, the SSC CGL Exam Pattern stays updated. With the Tier 1 exam scheduled to be conducted in September-October 2024, the candidates need to be aware of the exam pattern in order to begin their preparations as soon as possible. The table below will provide them with the pattern of both Tier 1 and Tier 2 exams.
| 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 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 | ||
| SSC CGL Tier 2 Paper 2 Exam Pattern | ||||
| Paper | Section | No. of question | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Paper II | Statistics | 100 | 200 | 2 hours |
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