SSC CGL Notification – Apply Online, Vacancy, Dates

The SSC CGL is one of the highly competitive examinations among graduates to pursue a government career. Every year lakhs of students appear for this top-tier recruitment, but only a few pass the cuts. Assistants and Inspectors in different Central Government, services are selecting through this SSC CGL recruitment test. Graduates in any stream below 32 years are eligible for these posts. The commission has updated the SSC CGL  vacancy of the recruitment cycle, with 7035 vacancies. SSC has earlier published the SSC CGL 2021 notification to conduct the preliminary exam by May 2021. However, the exam is now postponed due to the pandemic situation in the country to August 2021. Candidates applied for the SSC CGL recruitment through SSC official website until January 31, 2021.

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SSC CGL Notification 2021

Graduates from any stream were called to apply towards the SSC Combined Graduate Level examination from December 31, 2020, onwards till January 31, 2021.

CGL Important Dates

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SSC CGL 2021: How to Apply Online?

SSC One Time Registration

To start your SSC CGL application, candidates must register themselves in the SSC One Time Registration. For One-time Registration, click on the Register Now link provided in Login Section on the SSC official website: SSC. 

To register yourself make sure you have a valid email id, mobile number, and digital copy of your photograph, and signature.  On One Time Registration, you need to enter your basic details, including matriculation or SSLC registration number, and should upload the photograph and signature. Once you enter all the basic pieces of information and click on the save icon your Registration Number will be displayed on the screen. Your Registration Number and Password will be sent to you on your mobile number and Email ID. Save those details for future uses.

Login using your Registration Number as username and the password provided to you. Change your password, if you wish. After the registration process, the “Basic Details” can be changed only twice.

SSC CGL Online Application

• Login to your SSC Account using, given Registration Number and password. Click Here
• A new window will open for you, Here you can find “Combined Graduate Level Examination “.
• Under this section, you can find the “Apply” tab. Click on the Apply tab.
• On the new tab, you can find your basic details, check whether any edit is required. Select three examination centers, your EWS, and Ex-servicemen status.
• Enter your education qualification and whether you are applying for the Junior Statistical Officer or not.
• Check the declaration at the end of the page and click on the “Preview”.
• Recheck all your details and click on the “Submit” tab.
• For unreserved male candidates Rs. 100/ is to be paid towards the application fees, pay the fees through the online mode.
• Your Application will get provisionally accepted by the commission.
• Take a printout or pdf copy of them for your future references.

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SSC CGL Educational Eligibility

Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer

• Essential- Bachelor’sDegree from a recognized University
• Desirable Qualifications: Chartered Accountant or Cost and Management Accountant or Company Secretary or Masters in Commerce or Masters in Business Studies or Masters in Business Administration (Finance) or Masters in Business Economics.

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 level; or
  Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at
  degree level.

Statistical Investigator Grade-II

• Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects from a recognized University or Institute. The candidates must have studied Statistics as a subject in all three years of the graduation course.

All other Posts

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

The candidates appearing in the final year of their graduation can also apply, however, they must possess the essential qualification on or before January 01, 2020.

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SSC CGL Vacancy 2021

Posts Under SSC CGL 2021

There are nearly 34 posts under SSC CGL 2020 recruitment. Through the Combined Graduate Level Examination, the 2020 commission will fill up various Group “B” and Group “C” posts in different Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations.

Pay Level-8 (Rs 47600 to 151100)

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Pay Level-7 (Rs 44900 to 142400)

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Pay Level-6 (Rs 35400 to 112400)

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Pay Level-5 (Rs 29200 to 92300)

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Pay Level-4 (Rs 25500 to 81100)

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SSC CGL Exam Pattern 2021

The CGL 2020 selection process has four stages of written examination followed by the document verification process.

SSC CGL Tier-01 (Preliminary Examination)

SSC CGL Preliminary examination would be a Computer Based Objective Test. This test will be conducted across different shifts in different parts of the country. The final score will be published only after the score normalization process based on the commission’s formula. There will be negative marks for each wrong answers.

• Exam Duration: 60 minutes

SSC CGL Tier-02

• Statistics – Only for Junior Statistical Officer Posts.
• Finance and Economics – Only for Assistant Auditor and Accountant Posts.

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SSC CGL Tier-03

Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Tier-03 exam is a descriptive test. Here the candidates will ask to write an Essay, Precis, Letter, or Application. The question paper will be bilingual, English, and Hindi. Exam Duration is 60 minutes ( 01 hours) and maximum marks are 100.

SSC CGL Tier-04

Tier- 04 is a computer skill test. This test has two sections: Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) and Computer Proficiency Test (CPT)

• DEST- Candidates are required to type 2000 words in 15 minutes on a computer in English.

DEST is only for Tax Assistants positions.

• CPT- It is to check the candidate’s proficiency in Word Processing, Spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations, etc.

Only for the posts under the Ministry of Mines and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

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SSC CGL Exam Syllabus 2021

Tier-01 Preliminary Exam

General Intelligence and Reasoning

• 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-Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/ Number Analogy,
  Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/ Number Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series,
• Number Series,
• Figural Series,
• Word Building, Coding and de-coding,
• Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations,
• Trends,
• Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences,
• Punched hole/ pattern- folding and unfolding,
• Figural Pattern- folding and completion,
• Indexing, Address matching,
• Date and city matching,
• Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers, Small and Capital letters/ numbers coding,
  decoding and classification,
• Embedded Figures,
• Critical thinking,
• Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, etc

General Awareness

• India and its neighbouring countries
• History, Geography, and Polity of India and the World
• Art and Culture of India
• Current Affairs
• Science and Technology
• Sports and Sportspersons
• Awards and Honours
• Books and Writers
• Economic Science
• Basic Science

Quantitative Aptitude

• Computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and relationships between numbers,
• Percentage
• Ratio and Proportion,
• Square roots,
• Averages,
• Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount,
• Partnership Business, Mixture, and Alligation,
• Time and distance, Time and Work,
• Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and 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,
• 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 and Pie chart.

English Comprehension

• Antonyms and Synonyms
• SPelling Test
• Sentence Correction
• Para jumbles
• Cloze Test
• Reading Comprehension

Tier-02

Paper 01 – Quantitative Ability

• Computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and relationships between numbers,
• Percentage
• Ratio and Proportion,
• Square roots,
• Averages,
• Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount,
• Partnership Business, Mixture, and Alligation,
• Time and distance, Time and Work,
• Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and 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,
• 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 and Pie chart.

Paper-02 English Language and Comprehension

• Spot the error,
• Fill in the blanks,
• Synonyms, antonyms,
• Spelling/ detecting misspelt words,
• Idioms and phrases,
• One word substitution,
• Improvement of sentences,
• The active and passive voice of verbs,
• Conversion into Direct and indirect narration,
• Shuffling of sentence parts, shuffling of sentences in a passage,
• Cloze passage and comprehension passage.

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Paper-03 Statistics

• 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; the 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 variables (discrete).
• Sampling Theory – Concept of population and sample; Parameter and statistic, Sampling and non-sampling errors; Probability and nonprobability 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 the 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 an index number, Different formulae, Base shifting and splicing of index numbers, Cost of living
  Index Numbers, Uses of Index Numbers

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Paper-04 Finance and Accounts

• 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 and Loss Appropriation Accounts, Balance Sheet Distinction between Capital and Revenue Expenditure, Depreciation Accounting, Valuation of Inventories, Non-profit organizations Accounts, Receipts and Payments and Income and expenditure Accounts, Bills of Exchange, Self Balancing Ledgers

Paper-04 Economics and Governance

• Comptroller and 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 behaviourMarshallian approach and Indifference curve approach, Meaning and determinants of supply, Law of supply and
  the 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.

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Paper-04 Indian Economy and Banking

• 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 since 1991; Liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation, and Disinvestment.
• Monetary Policy and Fiscal policy- Role and functions of Reserve Bank of India; functions of commercial Banks, RRB, and Payment Banks.
• Budget and Fiscal deficits and Balance of payments.
• Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.

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SSC CGL 2021 Skill Test

Data Entry Skill Test (DEST)

• For the post of Tax Assistants (Central Excise and Income Tax): Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) at 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depression per hour on Computer.

Computer Proficiency Test (CPT)

• The Commission will hold Computer Proficiency Test (CPT),
  comprising of three modules:

(i) Word Processing,

(ii) Spread Sheet and

(iii) Generation of Slides, for the posts of Assistant SectionOfficer in CSS, MEA and AFHQ, Assistant in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Assistant (GSI) in the Ministry of Mines, Inspector (Central Excise), Inspector (Preventive Officer) and Inspector (Examiner) in CBIC.

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CGL Previous Year Cut-off Score

The SSC CGL 2019 official Preliminary exam cut-off scores are:

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SSC CGL NOTIFICATION

Start your preparation before it is too late. As the preliminary exams are now postponed due to the pandemic, make the most out of the available time. Success will be yours!