Preparation is definitely the key to success. If you are aiming to get into the Central Police Department of the Indian government then SSC CPO examination has to be considered very earnestly. Moreover, Entri provides beneficial platform for candidates to take mock tests in a very effective manner. SSC CPO examinations aims at recruiting candidates to the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police, Sub Inspector in (Central Armed Police Forces) CAPFs, Assistant Sub Inspector in (Central Industrial Security Force) CISF, Inspector posts and Sub Inspector posts. In this article let us check for the SSC CPO Study materials.
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SSC CPO Study Materials
In this article we will give you a glimpse on
- Tips on how to select the best study materials
- Reference Books
- Overview of SSC CPO exam pattern
- Syllabus of SSC CPO examination
- Previous year question paper
- How Entri will help with study preparation
Selection of study materials plays a very important role in helping you score better for the examination. Hence one has to make the decision wisely and select appropriate study materials before you begin the study preparation.
Things to keep in mind as you look for the best study materials
- Firstly decide on the method of preparation for the SSC CPO Exam-online or offline mode
- Online Study Material like – Online E-Books, PDFs, Question Papers, Mock Tests, Tests Series, Video Lectures etc, provides an easy to learn environment. Online preparation for SSC CPO exam is a productive decision that you can make. Candidates will be able to learn at their own pace too. This is one of the reasons why most of the candidates opt for Online Study Material instead of going for the classroom study.
- If opting for online self-study method then choose the best platform that will guide you in all aspects of preparation
- Segregate topics based on weightage and importance
- Appear for mock tests and prepare well
SSC CPO Study Materials
Check the below documents and links for study materials
SSC CPO Quantitative aptitude Study Materials
Speed Trick Classes for Competitive Exams – Maths, Reasoning Tricks
SSC CPO General Knowledge & Awareness Study Materials
SSC CPO General Awareness Material
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SSC CPO Static GK Study Materials
- List of Regional rural Banks in India
- GST Important Points
- List of Important Dams in India
- List of Government Schemes
- List of National Symbols in India
- List of Nobel prize winners from India
- List of satellites launched by India
- List of Indian States and its official languages
SSC CPO General Intelligence and Reasoning Study Materials
- Understand the concepts and practice regularly to score good score in this section
- Make a habit to solve puzzles regularly to improve your skills
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SSC CPO English Study Materials
Weekly English vocabulary- May week 4
Weekly English vocabulary –May week 3
Weekly English vocabulary –May week 2
Weekly English vocabulary –May week 1
SSC CPO Reference Books
Below mentioned are the few books that can also be referred for the preparation.
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | General Knowledge & Awareness | Quantitative Aptitude | English Comprehension |
| · A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal, Non-Verbal & Analytical by B.S. Sijwali, Indu Sijwali | · Lucent’s General Knowledge by Lucent Publication | · Arihant’s Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant publications | · Quick Learning Objective General English by R.S. Aggarwal & Vikas Aggarwal |
Click here for complete list of books that can be referred for four subjects
Subjects included in the SSC CPO exam
As we select the study materials to prepare for the exam it is also very important to be well acquainted with the examination pattern to make the best usage of the resource books. If the topics and the question pattern is known in advance it will help the candidate in segregating the topics based on its importance.
Any study materials can be utilised better if you know what content has to be referred.
The SSC CPO examination comprises of the following phases.
- Paper-1
- Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test (PET)
- Paper-2
- Detailed Medical Examination (DME)
SSC CPO Paper 1 Exam Pattern
| Paper 1 | Subject | Mode | Time Duration | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks |
| Part A | General Intelligence and Reasoning | Computer based-Objective type | 2 hours | 50 | 50 |
| Part B | General Knowledge and General Awareness | 50 | 50 | ||
| Part C | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | ||
| Part D | English Comprehension | 50 | 50 | ||
| Total Marks :200 | |||||
SSC CPO Paper 2 Exam Pattern
| Subject | Mode | Time Duration | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks |
| English language & Comprehension | Objective | 2 hours | 200 | 200 |
Note:
- Questions asked will be bilingual, i.e. in both Hindi and English.
- Each wrong answer will be penalized with 1/3rd of the marks prescribed for the question.
Topics included in the exam- SSC CPO Exam Syllabus
Once you are thorough with the exam pattern you have to keep yourself updated with the syllabus of each topic include for the exam. Only then we can plan a study schedule based on the topics included in the exam.
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | General Knowledge & Awareness | Quantitative Aptitude | English Comprehension |
| Analogy | History | Mixture Problems | Idioms |
| Coding Decoding | Geography | Ratio Proportions | Error detection |
| Classifications | Politics | Number Systems | Vocabulary |
| Series | Science & Technology | Simplification | Cloze test |
| Order Ranking | Books and Authors | Algebra | Reading comprehensions |
| Direction & Distances | Economy | Profit and Loss | Grammar sections |
| Missing numbers | National & international Affairs | Percentage &Average | |
| Alphabet or word test | International Organisations | Data Interpretations | |
| Venn diagram | Current events | Time and work | |
| Puzzles | Speed, Time and Distance | ||
| Data sufficiency | Mensuration | ||
| Non- verbal reasoning | Simple Interest | ||
| Trigonometry | |||
| Geometry |
Click here for detailed topics under each subjects of SSC CPO 2024 examinations
SSC CPO Previous Year Question Papers
Check previous year question papers and practise the papers appropriately. Practice from previous year papers will definitely help in boosting your preparations for the exam.
Click here to check question weightage and level of difficult of paper 1 of SSC CPO Examination 2024
The SSC CPO SI Paper 2 consists of only one paper on English. The best way to improve your English is to immerse yourself in the language. By that, we mean read newspapers, online articles, books, magazines. The following the various areas included in the paper 2 of the exam.
Question weightage for each topic of paper 2
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Spotting the Errors | 20 | Moderate |
| (Synonyms/Antonyms) | 7 | Easy |
| Spellings | 3 | Easy |
| Idioms phrases | 12 | Easy |
| Para Jumbles | 22 | Easy |
| One word substitution | 8 | Easy |
| Active and passive voice | 28 | Easy |
| Sentence improvement | 22 | Moderate |
| Direct indirect speech | 27 | Easy |
| Cloze test | 25 | Moderate |
| Reading comprehension | 25 | Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks | 5 | Moderate |
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