SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Examination is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission to recruit Group B and Group C officers for various ministries, departments, and organizations of the Government of India. Posts include Income Tax Inspector, CBI Sub-Inspector, Excise Inspector, Auditor, Accountant, and more.

SSC CGL

Official 2024 syllabus extracted from https://ssc.gov.in/api/attachment/uploads/masterData/Syllabus/CGL-syllabus-169635-.pdf

Tier-I: General Intelligence and 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

Coding and de-coding

Numerical Operations

Symbolic Operations

Trends

Space Orientation

Space Visualization

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

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Tier-I: General Awareness

History of India and neighbouring countries

Culture

Geography

Economic scene

General policy

Scientific research

Current events

Everyday observation and experience in scientific aspect

General Awareness

Tier-I: Quantitative Aptitude

Computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions

Relationship between numbers

Percentage

Ratio and proportion

Square roots

Averages

Interest (Simple and Compound)

Profit and loss

Discount

Partnership business

Mixture and alligation

Time and distance

Time and work

Basic algebraic identities and elementary surds

Graphs of linear equations

Triangle and its centres

Congruence and similarity of triangles

Circle, chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords

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 (triangular or square base)

Trigonometric ratios

Degree and radian measures

Standard identities

Complementary angles

Heights and distances

Histogram

Frequency polygon

Bar diagram

Pie chart

Quantitative Aptitude

Tier-I: English Comprehension

Basic comprehension and writing ability

Correct English usage

English Comprehension

Tier-II Paper-I: Mathematical Abilities

Computation of whole numbers, decimals and fractions

Number Systems

Percentages

Interest (simple and compound)

Fundamental Arithmetical Operations

Basic algebraic identities of school algebra

Elementary surds (simple problems)

Algebra

Circle and its chords, tangents

Angles subtended by chords of a circle

Geometry

Mensuration

Heights and distances (simple problems)

Standard identities (sin²θ + cos²θ = 1, etc.)

Trigonometry

Histogram, frequency polygon, bar-diagram, pie-chart

Measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode, standard deviation

Calculation of simple probabilities

Statistics and Probability

Tier-II Paper-I: Reasoning and General Intelligence

Semantic, symbolic/number, figural analogy

Symbolic operations, trends

Space orientation, space visualization

Semantic, symbolic/number, figural classification

Venn diagrams

Semantic, number, figural series

Figural pattern-folding and completion

Problem solving

Word building

Numerical operations

Reasoning and General Intelligence

Tier-II Paper-I: English Language and Comprehension

Vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure

Synonyms, antonyms and correct usage

Spot the error

Fill in the blanks

Synonyms/Homonyms, antonyms

Spellings and detecting misspelt words

Idioms and 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

English Language and Comprehension

Tier-II Paper-I: General Awareness

Everyday observation and scientific aspect

India and neighbouring countries: history, culture, geography

Tier-II Paper-I: Computer Proficiency

Organization of a computer

CPU, input/output devices

Computer memory and memory organization

Backup devices

PORTs

Windows Explorer

Keyboard shortcuts

Computer Basics

Windows operating system

MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint basics

Software

Web browsing and searching

Downloading and uploading

Managing an email account

e-Banking

Internet and Email

Networking devices and protocols

Security threats: hacking, virus, worms, Trojan

Preventive measures

Networking and Cyber Security

Tier-II Paper-II: Statistics

Primary and secondary data

Methods of data collection

Tabulation of data

Graphs and charts

Frequency distributions

Diagrammatic presentation of frequency distributions

Collection, Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data

Mean, median, mode

Partition values: quartiles, deciles, percentiles

Measures of Central Tendency

Range

Quartile deviation

Mean deviation

Standard deviation

Measures of relative dispersion

Measures of Dispersion

Types of moments and relationships

Meaning of skewness and kurtosis

Measures of skewness and kurtosis

Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis

Scatter diagram

Simple correlation coefficient

Simple regression lines

Spearman's rank correlation

Measures of association of attributes

Multiple regression

Multiple and partial correlation (three variables)

Correlation and Regression

Meaning of probability

Definitions of probability

Conditional probability

Compound probability

Independent events

Bayes' theorem

Probability Theory

Random variable and probability functions

Expectation and variance

Higher moments

Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions

Joint distribution of two discrete random variables

Random Variable and Probability Distributions

Population and sample

Parameter and statistic

Sampling and non-sampling errors

Sampling Theory

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