SC CGL is an open competitive written examination conducted for the recruitment of personnel for Grade- B and C categories posts in various Ministries, Departments, and Organizations

the SSC CGL Examination has can expect over 30000 vacancies for the Following Posts that are

Number of Posts

Assistant Section Officer (Central Secretariat Service)
Assistant (Central Vigilance Commission)
Assistant (Intelligence Bureau)
Assistant (Ministry of Railway)
Assistant (Ministry of External Affairs)
Assistant (AFHQ)
Assistant (Other Ministries/Departments/ Organizations)
Inspector of Income Tax (CBDT)
Inspector, (Central Excise)
Inspector (Preventive Officer
Inspector (Examiner)
Assistant Enforcement Officer (Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue)
Sub Inspector (Central Bureau of Investigation)
Inspector of Posts (Department of Post)
Divisional Accountant (Offices under CAG)
Statistical Investigator Gr.II (M/o Statistics & Prog. Implementation)
Inspector ( Central Bureau of Narcotics)
Sub Inspector (National Investigation Agency (NIA))


the Examination has the Following Sections that are

Tier -I — Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
Tier -II — Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
Tier -III — Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification


Paper Pattern of the SSC CGL Examination

For TIER I
Question paper will be divided into 4 sections – General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English Comprehension.

Each section will have 50 questions making a total of 200 questions overall. Total time duration is 2 hours. And yes, there is negative marking with a penalty of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.


For TIER II

There will be three papers viz. Paper I – Quantitative Ability, Paper- II – English Language and Comprehension and Paper – III Statistics.

0.25 marks will be deducted as negative marking in Paper-II and 0.50 marks in Paper-I and Paper-III respectively. Paper- III can be attempted only by the candidates who apply for the post of Statistical Investigator Gr. II & Compiler.