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SSC CGL Syllabus 2015 Download in PDF | Selection Procedure, Exam Pattern and Complete Syllabus of SSC CGL Examination 2015.Tier -1 and Tier -2

Staff Selection Commission SSC Holds Common Graduate Level CGL Recruitment examination every year for posts in various Ministries, Departments of Government of India and in Subordinate offices. Mere than 10 Lakh students appear for SSC CGL Tier -I exam every year. To get through this examination successfully one must be well aware of selection procedure, Examination pattern and Complete syllabus of the examination. Here we have discussed these points in detail to help to prepare well for the exam and crack the exam successfully.

Posts to be Filled through SSC CGL Examination

Inspectors in Central Excise/Preventive Officer/Income Tax, Inspector of Posts, Sub Inspector in CBI, Assistants ,in CSS,AFHQ, MEA etc,Divl Accountants, Auditors,UDC etc

Selection Procedure for Recruitment of Common Graduate Level ( SSC CGL) Examination

Advertisement regarding filling of online application for CGL exam is published on SSC official website and application must be submitted before mid Feb (25.05.2015 this year). After submitting application and fulfilling all eligibility criteria for SSC CGL, Examination took place in mainly three phases i.e three tiers.
  • 1st Tier - Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice type question paper MCQs ).
  • 2nd Tier- Main Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice type question paper MCQs)*
  • 3rd Tier- Personality Test /Interview or Skill Test, where applicable Candidates opting for post of Sub-Inspector in CPOs will be required to undergo Physical Endurance Test (PET)/Medical Examination at any convenient time after declaration of result of Tier I.

Examination Pattern or Scheme of Examination for SSC CGL Tier - I Written Examination

  • SSC CGL Tier- 1 exam will held on 09/08/2015 and 16/08/2015 in various examination centers throughout India.
  • Questions will be Objective MCQ ( Multiple Choice Questions) type in English and Hindi in respect of Part A, Part B, Part C (three sets).
  • Duration of exam will be 2 hours for general candidates and 2 hour 40 minutes for visually handicapped candidates.
Part Subject
Questions
Max.
Marks
Total Duration
A
General Intelligence & Reasoning 50 50 2 Hours for General,
2 Hours 40 Minutes for Visually Handicapped Candidates
B
General Awareness 50 50
C
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50
D
English Comprehension 50 50
Total
200 200

Examination Pattern or Scheme of Examination for SSC CGL Tier - II Written Examination

  • 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.
  • Questions will be Objective MCQ type. 
  • Exam will be conducted over two days duration on date mentioned above.
  • It will consists of three different papers or three different subjects depending on the category of posts applied for and weather a candidate has to appear in one, two or three papers.
  • For the post of Insperctor of income - tax / Inspector (central excise, inspector (PO ), Inspector (examiner), sub Inspector in CBI, Inspector of osts, Assistants, Assistant Enforcement officer, Divisonal Accontants, Accountants, Auditors, Tax Assistants, UDCs, the examination will consists of two papers as under.


    Part Subject
    Questions
    Max.
    Marks
    Total Duration
    A
    Quantitative Ability 100 200
    2 Hours/ 2 Hours 40 Minutes for Visually Handicaped Candidates
    B
    English Language & Comprehension 200 200 2 Hours/ 2 Hours 40 Minutes for Visually Handicaped Candidates
    Total
    300 400


  • For the post of Statistical Investigaor Gr.II & Compilers the examination will consists of Three papers as under..

    Part Subject
    Questions
    Max.
    Marks
    Total Duration
    A
    Quantitative Ability 100 200
    2 Hours/ 2 Hours 40 Minutes for Visually Handicaped Candidates
    B
    English Language & Comprehension 200 200 2 Hours/2 Hours 40 Minutes for Visually Handicaped Candidates
    C Commerce/ Mathematics
    Statistics/Economics
    200 200 2 Hours/ 2 Hours 40 Minutes for Visually Handicaped Candidates
    Total
    500 600


  • For the post of Sub-Inspector in Central Police Organizations, the Examination will consist of one paper as under:

    Part Subject
    Questions
    Max.
    Marks
    Total Duration
    A
    English Language & Comprehension 200 200 2 Hours
    Total
    200 200


Syllabus of SSC CGL Tier-1 and Tier-2 Examination

Syllabus for SSC CGL Exam Tier – 1


(A): 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, judgement, 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 & unfolding, 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.

(B): 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.

(C): 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

(D): English Comprehension: Candidates’ ability to understand correct English, his 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 10th standard level.

 Syllabus for SSC CGL Exam Tier – 2


Paper-I : Quantitative Ability : 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 centers, 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 & Compression: Questions in this components 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 mis-spelt 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 for Investigator Grade-II, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation & Compiler in RGI.

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.

NOTE-I : Questions in Paper-I will be of 10th standard level, Paper-II of 10+2 level and Paper-III of graduation level.


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