Every year the Staff Selection Commission(SSC) recruits hundreds towards the Central Police services. Through SSC Central Police Organisation(CPO) recruitment candidates are selecting for the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police, Sub Inspector in CAPFs, Assistant Sub Inspector in CISF, Inspector posts and Sub Inspector Posts. The SSC CPO examination has three stages of screening – Stage 01 CBT, Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test (PET), Stage 03 Descriptive Test and Detailed Medical Examination (DME). Here candidates can find the details of SSC CPO Syllabus and exam pattern for all stages.
SSC CPO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019
Latest SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2019
SSC CPO recruitment has two stages of written examinations, physical efficiency/endurance test, and medical test before the final list. The first stage/Paper-01 is a Computer Based Test(CBT), and the successful candidates from the CBT should appear for the Physical Efficiency Test. Only those who succeed in the PET will be called for the Paper-II(Descriptive Test). Finally, there will be a detailed medical test before the last rank list.
Paper-01 Computer-Based Test
| Subject | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Exam Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50 | 50 | |
| General Knowledge and General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
| English Comprehension | 50 | 50 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 02 Hours |
- For every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.
Physical Standard Test and Physical Endurance Test
Physical Standard Test (for all Posts)
| SL NO | Category of Candidates | Height (in cm) |
Chest (in cm)
Unexpanded |
Chest (in cm)
Expanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | For male candidates only (UR) | 170 | 80 | 85 |
| 02 | For candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North-Eastern States and Sikkim. |
160 | 80 | 85 |
| 03 | For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes |
162.5 | 77 | 82 |
| 04 | For Female candidates only (UR) | 157 | – | – |
| 05 | For female candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North-Eastern States and Sikkim |
155 | – | – |
| 06 | For all female candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes |
154 | – | – |
Physical Endurance Test (PET) (For all posts)
For male candidates only
- 100-metre race in 16 seconds
- 1.6 km race in 6.5 minutes
- Long Jump- 3.65 metres in 3 chances
- High Jump- 1.2 metres in 3 chances
- Shot put (16 Lbs)- 4.5 metres in 3 chance
For female candidates only
- 100-metre race in 18 seconds
- 800-metre race in 4 minutes
- Long Jump- 2.7 metres in 3 chances
- High Jump- 0.9 metres in 3 chances
PST/ PET will not carry any marks but will be of qualifying nature.
Latest SSC CPO Syllabus 2019
Paper-I: Computer Based Test
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,
- Problem Solving, Word Building,
- Numerical Operations, Symbolic Operations,
- Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization,
- Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences,
- Punched hole/ pattern-folding & un-folding, Figural Patternfolding and completion,
- Indexing Address matching,
- Date & city matching
- Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/ numbers
coding, - Embedded Figures, Critical thinking,
- Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence.
General Knowledge and General Awareness
- India and its neighbouring countries
- History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, scientific Research etc.
- Current Affairs
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Quantitative Aptitude
- Computation of whole numbers, decimals,
- fractions and relationships between numbers,
- Percentage, Ratio, and Proportion,
- Square roots,
- Averages, Interest,
- Profit & Loss, Discount, Partnership Business,
- Mixture and Allegation, 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
- English Comprehension
- Grammar
- Sentence Correction
- Spelling Test
Paper- III Descriptive Paper
English Language and Comprehension
- Error recognition,
- Filling in the blanks (using verbs, preposition, articles etc),
- Vocabulary, Spellings,
- Grammar,
- Sentence Structure,
- Synonyms, Antonyms,
- Sentence Completion,
- Phrases and Idiomatic use of Words, comprehension etc
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