SSC CGL Syllabus 2021 :: (Updated) SSC CGL Tire 1 & Tire 2 Exam Pattern Download pdf

SSC CGL Syllabus 2021: Here is the Good news for all Unemployed Graduates who are waiting for Central Govt Jobs in India.  The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the official notification of Graduate Level (CGL) 2021 i.e., SSC CGL 2021 on its official website @ ssc.nic.in.

SSC CGL 2021 Notification Details

In this SSC CGL Recruitment 2021, Group B and Group A vacancies in various central govt. Organizations will be filled. SSC CGL notification 2021: The notification of SSC CGL 2021 can apply in online.  There will be around 6506 vacancies of SSC CGL examinations. The tier-1 exam is going to be conducted on 29 May 2021 to 7 June 2021.

SSC CGL Application form

The SSC CGL notification is released. The application forms are available in online. There are 9000 vacancies in staff selection commission. Students who want’s to participate in SSC CGL 2020 can apply in online through E-SEVA. Application fee for SSC CGL is 100 rupees.

Exam name	SSC CGL
Organization	Staff Selection Commission
Post name	Group-A, B, C, D
Apply mode	Online
Examination mode	Online
Total number of vacancies	6506Approximately
Official website	Ssc.nic.in
Application releasing date	29-12-2020
Application closing date	31-01-2021
Tier-1 exam	29 May 2021 to 7 June 2021
Tier-2 exam	Will be Announced Soon
Tier-3	Will be Announced Soon
Tier-4	Will be Announced Soon

SSL CGL 2020 Important Dates

Staff Selection Commission will hold the Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2020 for filling up various Group “B” and Group “C” posts in various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations. The details of the examination are as follows:

Application releasing date	29-12-2020
Application closing date	31-01-2021
Tier-1 exam	29 May 2021 to 7 June 2021
Tier-2 exam	Will be Announced Soon
Tier-3	Will be Announced Soon
Tier-4	Will be Announced Soon

Educational Qualifications for writing SSC CGL 2020 Exam

(A) Assistant Audit Officer/AAO: Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute.
Desirable Qualifications: Chartered Accountant/Cost & Management Accountant/Company Secretary/ Masters I Commerce/Masters in Business Studies/Masters in Business Administration (Finance)/Masters in
Business Economics.

(B) Junior Statistical Officer: Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% Marks in Mathematics at 12th standard.
OR
Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.
(C) All other Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University.
(D) Those who are appearing in final year of their graduation can also apply but they should complete their graduation before 1st August 2020.

Post Code	Name of Post	Ministry/ Department/ Office/ Cadre	Classific ation	Grade Pay (GP)	Age Limit	Group of Posts
F	Assistant Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG	Group “B” Gazetted (Non Ministerial)	4800	Not exceeding 30 years.	A
$	Assistant Accounts Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG	Group “B” Gazetted (Non Ministerial)	4800	Not exceeding 30 years.	A
A	Assistant Section Officer	Central Secretariat Service	Group “B”	4600	20-30 years	B
C	Assistant Section Officer	Intelligence Bureau	Group “B”	4600	Not exceeding 30 years.	B
D	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of Railway	Group “B”	4600	20-30 years	B
E	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of External Affairs	Group “B”	4600	20-30 years	B
G	Assistant Section Officer	AFHQ	Group “B”	4600	20-30 years	B
H	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations	Group “B”	4600	18-30 years	B
>	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations	Group “B”	4600	20-30 years	B
<	Assistant Section Officer	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations	Group “B”	4600	Not exceeding 30 years.	B
I	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations	Group “B”	4200	Not exceeding 30 years	B
&	Assistant/ Superin- tendent	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations	Group “B”	4200	Not exceeding 30 years	B
J	Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	Group “B”	4600	Not exceeding 30 years	B
K	Inspector, (Central Excise)	CBEC	Group ”B”	4600	Not exceeding 30 years	B
		CBEC	Group “B”	4600
L	Inspector (Preventive Officer)				Not exceeding 30 years	B
		CBEC	Group “B”	4600
M	Inspector (Examiner)				Not exceeding 30 years	B
N	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue			Up to 30 years	B
			Group “B”	4600
P	Inspector Posts	Department of Post	Group “B”	4600	18-30 years	B
Q	Divisional Accountant	Offices under CAG	Group “B”	4200	Not exceeding 30 years	B
S**	Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	Group “B”	4600	18-27 years	B
%	Sub Inspector	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	Group “B”	4200	Up to 30 years	B
R	Junior Statistical Officer	M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation.	Group “B”	4200	Up to 32 years	C

Age Limit for SSC CGL 2021

Name of the Post	Age Limit as on 5th  May 2021
Statistical Investigator Grade II	Maximum Limit 32 yrs
Assistant in CSS	Between 20 – 30 yrs
Assistant in IB	Between 21 – 30 yrs
Assistant Enforcement Officer/SI in CBI/SI in NIA	Maximum 30 yrs
SI in Central Bureau of Narcotics	Between 18 – 27 yrs
All Other posts	Check the Notification for Detailed

Pay scale for SSC CGL 2020 Jobs:

Group B posts- Rs 9,300- 34,800
Group C posts- Rs. 5,200- 20,200

The application fee for SSC CGL 2020

GEN/OBC – Rs 100/-
SC/ST/PH/Ex-Servicemen/Woman – No Fees

SSC CGL 2021 Exam Pattern & Syllabus for Tier 1, Tier-2, Tier-3, Tier-4 Exams

There will be a single application form for the Combined Graduate Level Examination. Candidates, declared qualified by the Commission for admission to the (Tier-II) Examination on the basis of the Tier-I examination, will not have to apply again. No separate notice / advertisement will be published for the Tier-II examination. The result of Tier-I examination, informing the qualified candidates along with the dates of Tier-II examination will be published on the commission‟s website- CAN BE DELETED.

The Examination 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

   Scheme of Tier-I and Tier-II Examinations:

 

Tier	Subject	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time allowed
I	A. General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50	60 Minutes (Total)   For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- Pl. See para- 5.11 of Notice): 80 Minutes
	B.    General Awareness	25	50
	C. Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
	D. English Comprehension	25	50
II	Paper-I: Quantitative Abilities	100	200	120 Minutes (for each Paper)
				For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- Pl. See para- 5.11 of Notice): 160 Minutes
	Paper-II: English Language and Comprehension	200	200
	Paper-III: Statistics	100	200
	Paper-IV:      General                    Studies (Finance and Economics)	100	200

Note-I: In Tier-I, there will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer.

Note-II: In Tier-II, there will be 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.

Note-III: In Tier-II, Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the posts.

Note-IV: 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.

Note-V: In Tier-II, Paper-IV will be for only those candidates who apply for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for these Posts/ Paper.

                Scheme of Tier-III Examination:

Tier	Mode of Examination	Scheme of Examination	Maximum Marks	Time Allowed
III	Pen and Paper mode	Descriptive Paper in English or Hindi (Writing of Essay/ Precis/ Letter/ Application etc.)	100	60 Minutes   For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- Pl. See para-5.11 of Notice): 80 Minutes

SSC CGL 2021 Syllabus:

Tier-I of the Examination:

• : General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and non- verbal type. This component may include questions on 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 etc. The topics are, Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/ Number Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series, Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding & de-coding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/ pattern- folding & un- folding, Figural Pattern- folding and completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/ numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Other sub-topics, if any.
• : General Awareness: Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidates‟ general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific research.
• : Quantitative Aptitude: The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the candidate. The scope of the test will be computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage. Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time &

 

Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & 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 & Pie chart

• : English Comprehension: Candidates‟ ability to understand correct English, his/ her basic comprehension and writing ability, etc. would be tested.

The questions in Parts A, B, & D will be of a level commensurate with the essential qualification viz. Graduation and questions in Part-C will be of 10^th standard level.

Note-1: The Commission shall have the discretion to fix different minimum qualifying standards  in each component of the Tier-I Examination taking into consideration among others, category-wise vacancies and category-wise number of candidates. Only those candidates, who have scored above the cut off marks fixed by the Commission, would be required to appear in the Tier –II Examination.

Note-2: Tier-I examination is used to screen the candidates for appearing in Tier-II examination for various papers which will be specifically required for different groups of posts. Marks of such screened candidates in Tier-I will be taken into account for final ranking of candidates for selecting them for the Computer Proficiency Tests/ Data Entry Skill Test and also for final selection.

Scheme of Written Examination (Tier-II):

 9(B)(i): Paper-I & II are compulsory for all the categories of posts.

9(B)(ii): Paper-III is only for those candidates who apply for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)

 9(B)(iii): Paper IV is only for those candidates who apply for the post of Assistant Audit Officer (AAO)/Assistant Accounts Officer(AAO).

9(B)(iv): Candidates opting for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer must ensure that they possess the requisite qualification as mentioned in the notice of Examination. Commission reserves the right to take appropriate action against applicants who do not possess the requisite eligibility while opting for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer. Candidature of such candidates who do not possess the requisite educational qualification for a particular post(s) will not be considered for such post(s). – CAN BE DELETED

Indicative Syllabus for Tier-II of the Examination:

Paper-I (Quantitative Abilities): The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the candidate. The scope of the test will be the computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & 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 & Pie chart

Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension): Questions in this component will be designed to test the candidate‟s understanding and knowledge of English Language and will be based on spot the error, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, spelling/ detecting misspelled words, idioms & 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 & comprehension passage.

Paper-III (Statistics):

 The collection, Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data – Primary and Secondary data, Methods of data collection; Tabulation of data; Graphs and charts; Frequency distributions; Diagrammatic presentation of frequency distributions.

Measures of Central Tendency– Common measures of central tendency – mean median and mode; Partition values- quartiles, deciles, percentiles.

Measures of Dispersion– Common measures dispersion – range, quartile deviations, mean deviation and standard deviation; Measures of relative dispersion.

Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis – Different types of moments and their relationship; meaning of skewness and kurtosis; different measures of skewness and kurtosis.

Correlation and Regression – Scatter diagram; simple correlation coefficient; simple regression lines; Spearman‟s rank correlation; Measures of association of attributes; Multiple regression; Multiple and partial correlation (For three variables only).

Probability Theory – Meaning of probability; Different definitions of probability; Conditional probability; Compound probability; Independent events; Bayes‟ theorem.

Random Variable and Probability Distributions – Random variable; Probability functions; Expectation and Variance of a random variable; Higher moments of a random variable; Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions; Joint distribution of two random variable (discrete).

Sampling Theory – Concept of population and sample; Parameter and statistic, Sampling and non-sampling errors; Probability and non-probability sampling techniques (simple random sampling, stratified sampling, multistage sampling, multiphase sampling, cluster sampling, systematic sampling, purposive sampling, convenience sampling and quota sampling); Sampling distribution (statement only); Sample size decisions.

Statistical Inference – Point estimation and interval estimation, Properties of a good estimator, Methods of estimation (Moments method, Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method), Testing of hypothesis, Basic concept of testing, Small sample and large sample tests, Tests based on Z, t, Chi-square and F statistic, Confidence intervals.

Analysis of Variance – Analysis of one-way classified data and two-way classified data.

Time Series Analysis – Components of time series, Determinations of trend component by different methods, Measurement of seasonal variation by different methods.

Index Numbers – Meaning of Index Numbers, Problems in the construction of index numbers, Types of index number, Different formulae, Base shifting and splicing of index numbers, Cost of living Index Numbers, Uses of Index Numbers.

Paper-IV (General Studies-Finance and Economics): Part A: Finance and Accounts – (80 marks):

Fundamental principles and basic concept of Accounting.

Financial Accounting: Nature and scope, Limitations of Financial Accounting, Basic concepts and Conventions, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Basic concepts of accounting: Single and double entry, Books of original Entry, Bank Reconciliation, Journal, ledgers, Trial Balance, Rectification of Errors, Manufacturing, Trading, Profit & loss Appropriation Accounts, Balance Sheet Distinction between Capital and Revenue Expenditure, Depreciation Accounting, Valuation of Inventories, Non-profit organisations Accounts, Receipts and Payments and Income & Expenditure Accounts, Bills of Exchange, Self Balancing Ledgers.

Part B: Economics and Governance – (120 marks)

Comptroller & Auditor General of India- Constitutional provisions, Role and responsibility

Finance Commission-Role and functions

Basic Concept of Economics and introduction to Micro Economics

Definition, scope and nature of Economics, Methods of economic study and Central problems of an economy and Production possibilities curve

Theory of Demand and Supply

Meaning and determinants of demand, Law of demand and Elasticity of demand, Price, income and cross elasticity; Theory of consumer‟s behaviour – Marshallian approach and Indifference curve approach, Meaning and determinants of supply, Law of supply and Elasticity of Supply.

Theory of Production and cost

Meaning and Factors of production; Laws of production- Law of variable proportions and Laws of returns to scale.

Forms of Market and price determination in different markets

Various            forms   of         markets           –           Perfect            Competition,    Monopoly,       Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly ad Price determination in these markets

Indian Economy

Nature of the Indian Economy Role of different sectors – Role of Agriculture, Industry and Services-their problems and growth;

National Income of India – Concepts of national income, Different methods of measuring national income

Population – Its size, rate of growth and its implication on economic growth

Poverty and unemployment – Absolute and relative poverty, types, causes and incidence of unemployment

Infrastructure – Energy, Transportation, Communication

Economic Reforms in India

Economic reforms since 1991; Liberalisation, Privatisation, Globalisation and Disinvestment

Money and Banking

Monetary/ Fiscal policy – Role and functions of Reserve Bank of India; functions of commercial Banks/ RRB/ Payment Banks

Budget and Fiscal deficits and Balance of payments

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003

Role of Information Technology in Governance.

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