Staff Selection Commission
Staff Selection Commission is an organisation under Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various ministries and departments of the government of India and in subordinate offices.
This commission is an attached office of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) which consists of chairman, two members and a secretary-cum-controller of examinations. His post is equivalent to the level of additional secretary to the government of India.
Staff Selection Commission has its headquarters located at New Delhi.
At present, it has seven Regional offices at Prayagraj, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi. It also has two Sub- Regional offices at Raipur and Chandigarh.
Exams Conducted by SSC
- Combined Graduate Level Examination(CGL)
- Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam(CHSL)
- Junior Engineer
- Junior Hindi Translator
- GD Constable
- Multitasking Staff
- SI (Central Police Organization)
- Stenographer C &
Age Limit
General: 18-32years (unlimited attempts)
OBC:18-35years (unlimited attempts)
SC/ST:18-37years (unlimited attempts)
Syllabus
The CGL Exam will be conducted in four tiers as indicated below:
- Tier I- Computer Based Examination
- Tier II- Computer Based Examination
- Tier III- Pen and Paper Mode (Descriptive paper)
- Tier IV- Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification.
The table below gives an idea about the SSC CGL Exam Pattern:
| Tier | Subject | No. of questions | Maximum Marks | Time allowed | ||||
| Tier I | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 50 | 60 Minutes (Total) For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- 80 Minutes. | ||||
| General Awareness | 25 | 50 | ||||||
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 50 | ||||||
| English Comprehension | 25 | 50 | ||||||
| Tier II | Paper 1- Quantitative abilities | 100 | 200 | 120 Minutes (for each Paper) For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- 160 Minutes | ||||
| Paper 2- English language & Comprehension | 200 | 200 | ||||||
| Paper 3- Statistics | 100 | 200 | ||||||
| Paper 4- General Studies(Finance & Economics) | 100 | 200 | ||||||
| Tier | Mode of Exam | Scheme of Exam | Maximum marks | Time allowed | ||||
| Tier III | Pen and Paper mode | Descriptive Paper in Hindi/English (Writing of Essays, Precis, Applications, etc.) | 100 | 60 Minutes For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- 80 Minutes | ||||
SSC CGL Syllabus for Tier I
Tier I comprises four sections-
- General Intelligence & Reasoning
- General Awareness
- Quantitative Aptitude
- English Comprehension skills
| English Comprehension skills | General Intelligence & Reasoning | General Awareness | Quantitative Aptitude |
One Word Substitution, Vocab and grammar skills, Spotting the errors, Reading comprehension, | Symbolic/Number Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences | History- Harappa Civilization, Vedic culture, Medieval India and their important systems; India’s freedom movement and their leaders, Geography- about countries and their geographical details, Famous seaports and airports and their location. General Knowledge, current affairs | Number System Problems Percentage. Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Data analysis |
The SSC CGL syllabus for Tier II will have 4 papers-
- Quantitative Aptitude
- English Language & Comprehension
- Statistics
- General Studies- Finance & Economics-
The detailed SSC CGL Syllabus for Tier-II Exam is given below:
| Quantitative Aptitude | English Language & Comprehension | Statistics | General Studies- Finance & Economics- |
Number System Problems Percentage, Time and distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra | Direct and indirect Speech conversion and narration, Shuffling of sentence parts in passages, Comprehension passage. | Data distribution, calculation, a diagrammatic representation of data, Moments and relationships- skewness, kurtosis | Economics-Macro & Micro Economics, Growth & Development Market analysis- production, demand, supply, Indian Economy, Economic reforms, Money and banking, Role of Technology in reforming the Economic domain |
SSC CGL Syllabus for Tier III
The main aim of this Tier III exam is to evaluate the candidates’ language proficiency, grammar knowledge, vocabulary usage and writing skills in English/Hindi.
The topics for this exam can be related to current affairs and sensitive matters like- Demonetization, women empowerment, Terrorism, Right to equality, freedom of women in a country like India, etc.
Candidates need to write precis, application, letters, essays, passages as a part of the qualification for this exam.
The syllabus for the SSC CGL Tier-IV exam is as follows:
| SSC CGL Test | Description | Post |
Data Entry Speed test | 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depression per hour on the Computer | Tax Assistants( Central & Excise) |
| A passage of about 2000 (two thousand) key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes. | ||
| Computer Proficiency Test | Word Processing Spreadsheet Generation 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 Pointers for SSC CGL Exam Pattern:
- The Commission reserves the right to make changes in the scheme of examination.
- As per the SSC exam pattern for the CGL exam, in Tier-I, there will be a negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer
- In Tier-II, there will be a negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension) and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I, Paper-III, and Paper-IV.
- In Tier-II, Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the posts.
- As per the SSC CGL Exam Pattern, in Tier-II, Paper-III will be for only those candidates who apply for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for this Post/ Paper.
- In Tier-II, Paper-IV will be for only those candidates who are shortlisted in Tier-I for Paper-IV i.e. for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.
- The SSC CGL Exam Pattern has Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification that is conducted as per the provisions of the notice of examination.
SSC CPO Syllabus
The SSC CPO Exam has a pattern which consists of :
- Paper-I
- Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test (PET)
- Paper-II
- Detailed Medical Examination (DME)
All these stages of the examination are mandatory.
The detailed SSC CPO Exam Pattern is as follows:
| Paper | Subject | No of questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| Paper 1 | General Intelligence & Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 02 hours |
| General Knowledge & General Awareness | 50 | 50 | ||
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | ||
| English Comprehension | 50 | 50 | ||
| Paper 2 | English language & Comprehension | 200 | 200 | 02 hours |
The SSC Exam syllabus for CPO Paper-II covers English Language & Comprehension. The topics that need to be focused while preparing for Paper II are as mentioned below.
| English Language & Comprehension | Error recognition, filling in the blanks (using verbs, Tenses, Conjunction, prepositions, articles etc), Vocabulary, Spellings, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Completion, Phrases, and Idiomatic use of Words, comprehension etc. |
SSC CPO Exam Pattern:
- As per the SSC CPO Exam Pattern, the questions in both papers will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type.
- Questions will be set in Hindi and English in Parts-I, II and III of Paper-I.
- As per the SSC Exam Pattern, there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I & Paper-II.
- The Commission at its discretion may fix qualifying marks in Paper-I, Paper-II and any part(s) of Paper-I.
- The Commission reserves the right to alter/ modify the scheme of examination.
SSC CHSL Syllabus
The CHSL Exam will consist of the following Pattern:
- Computer-Based Examination (Tier-I)
- Descriptive Paper (Tier-II)
- Skill Test/ Typing Test (Tier-III)
The SSC Exam pattern for CHSL- Tier-I
| Part | Subject | No of questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| Part I | English Language (Basic Knowledge) | 50 | 50 | 60 Minutes (80 Minutes for PwD candidates |
| Part II | General Intelligence | 50 | 50 | |
| Part III | Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) | 50 | 50 | |
| Part IV | General Awareness | 50 | 50 |
The SSC Exam pattern for CHSL- Tier II
| Tier | Mode of Exam | Scheme of Exam | Maximum marks | Time allowed |
| Tier II | Pen and Paper mode | Descriptive Paper in Hindi/English (Writing of Essays, Precis, Applications, etc.) | 100 | 60 Minutes /Reserved candidates- 80 Minutes |
The SSC Exam pattern for CHSL- Tier III
| Category | Post | Exam description | Duration |
| Data Entry Skill test | Skill Test for Data Entry Operator | Data Entry Speed of 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depressions on Computer. | 60 minutes/80 minutes for reserved candidates |
Data Entry Operator in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG): | Speed of 15000 key depressions on Computer‟ | ||
| Typing Test | LDC/ JSA and Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant | English typing speed- 35 words per minute Hindi typing speed- 30 words per minute | 60 minutes/80 minutes for reserved candidates |
The information regarding the SSC syllabus for the CHSL exam is given below.
The Staff Selection Commission Syllabus for the CHSL exam is again similar to the one in SSC CGL and CPO exam. Given below is the brief of the SSC exam syllabus covered in the CHSL examination.
SSC CHSL Syllabus for Tier I
| General Intelligence/Reasoning | Quantitative Ability | English Language | General Awareness |
| Logical Reasoning | Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers. | Reading Comprehension | History |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss | Cloze Test | Culture |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Para Jumbles | Geography |
| Coding/Decoding | Permutation, Combination & Probability |
SSC CHSL Syllabus for Tier II
| Essay Writing | Letter Writing |
| Application | Comprehension |
SSC CHSL Syllabus for Tier III
| Skill Test | Speed | Time |
| Data Entry Operator | Data Entry Speed of 8000 key depressions per hour on the computer. The speed will be adjudged on the basis of the correct entry of words/key depressions as per the given passage | The duration of the test will be for 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 2000-2200 key depressions would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the test computer |
| Data Entry Operator in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) | The speed of 15000 key depressions per hour will be adjudged on the basis of the correct entry of words/key depressions as per the given passage | The duration of the test will be for 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 3700-4000 key depressions would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the test computer |
| Lower Division Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (LDS/JSA) and Postal Assistants/ Sorting Assistants (PA/SA) | The speed of 10500 key depressions per hour will be adjudged on the basis of the correct entry of words/key depressions as per the given passage | The duration of the test will be for 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 9000 key-depressions/hour would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the test computer. |
Important Pointers for SSC CHSL Exam Pattern:
- The Tier-I Examination will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions only & will be set in English & Hindi for Part-II, III & IV.
- As per the SSC exam pattern for CHSL, there will be a negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer.
- The minimum qualifying marks in Tier-II would be 33 percent.
- The paper will have to be written either in Hindi or in English & a combination of both languages while answering will be rewarded with zero marks.
JE Syllabus
The exam pattern of Junior Engineer is divided into two papers i.e. Paper-I (Computer-based Test) and Paper-II (Written Test).
| Paper | Exam Mode | Subject | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| Paper-I: Objective Type | Computer-based Test | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 02 hours |
| General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |||
Part-A General Engineering (Civil & Structural) Or Part-B General Engineering (Electrical) Or Part-C General Engineering (Mechanical) | 100 | 100 | |||
| Paper-II: Descriptive Type | Written Test | Part-A General Engineering (Civil & Structural) Or Part- B General Engineering (Electrical) Or Part-C General Engineering (Mechanical) | 300 | 02 hours |
The SSC JE Syllabus is given below. The subjects covered in SSC JE Paper I syllabus and the important topics of each subject are given below:
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | General Awareness | General Engineering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relationship concepts Arithmetical reasoning Problem-solving Space visualization Visual memory Analysis and judgment | Geography Culture History Economic Scene Scientific Research General Polity | Part-A (Civil Engineering & Structural Engineering) Building Materials Surveying Estimating Soil Mechanics Costing and Valuation Concrete Technology Irrigation Engineering, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The SSC JE Paper-II syllabus is given below: Paper-II is a written test of 300 marks for a duration of 2 hours on any of the following parts chosen by the respective candidate:
Important Pointers for JE Exam Pattern:
SSC GD SyllabusThe SSC Syllabus and exam pattern for the Constable in General Duty (GD) exam are discussed in this section. SSC GD Exam Pattern
Important Pointers of SSC exam pattern and syllabus for General Duty Exam: The computer-based examination will be conducted in English and Hindi only. Based on the performance in CBE, candidates will be shortlisted for PET/ PST by the Staff Selection Commission. Physical Efficiency Test (PET) and Physical Standard Test (PST) will be conducted at various centers finalized by CAPFs.
SSC MTS SyllabusThe SSC MTS Exam Pattern and syllabus are discussed in this section. SSC MTS Paper I is an objective type online mode examination consisting of 100 questions in total. It consists of four sections i.e. General Awareness, General Reasoning and Intelligence, English, and Numerical Aptitude. Each section in the paper I is of 25 marks carrying 25 questions (1 mark for each question). There is a negative marking of 0.25 marking marks to be called for the next round. SSC MTS Paper-II is a descriptive type offline examination of 50 marks. Candidates have to write a short essay or letter to pass the elementary language test. The Staff selection commission releases the SSC MTS syllabus along with the notification every year. SSC MTS syllabus is largely the same every year. SSC Stenographer SyllabusThe SSC Stenographer exam pattern and syllabus are important to understand before starting with the preparation. The SSC Stenographer exam consists of two stages:
The exam pattern of the SSC Stenographer CBT exam is as mentioned below.
The computer-based test is an online objective type test. Candidates have to complete the CBT exam in 2 hours. One mark is awarded for each right answer and 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. Mode of Exam: Online/Offline Application fee: General/OBC: Rs.100 SC/ST/PWD/Females/ESM: Nil
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