Posts for which SSC conducts exams:
The SSC conducts open
examinations regularly for posts for which large number of vacancies exist,
these are: Graduate Level [Assistant Grade, Auditors/Jr.Accountants/Upper
Division Clerks, Divisional Accountants, Inspectors of Income Tax/Central
Excise, Sub-Inspectors in Central Police Organisations (CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP
and SSB) and CBI, Section Officer (Commercial) and Section officer (Audit)] and
Matric Level [Stenographer Grade 'C', Stenographer Grade 'D', Lower Division
Clerks].
Scheme of examinations conducted by the SSC:
AThe Staff Selection
Commission conducts Graduate Level Examination every year for various posts,
qualification for which is graduation, and Combined Matric Level Examination
for posts requiring matriculation qualification or High School. Those
candidates who qualify in the prelims are required to appear for the Mains.
Candidates qualifying in the mains have to appear for an Interview or Physical
Efficiency Test (PET). Those qualifying in the Matric Level Main Exam are
required to pass a skill test (typing or stenography). Some exams such as the
Section Officers, Investigators etc, are held separately and no prelims are
held for them.
Age limits and age relaxations for examinations conducted by
SSC:
Generally, the age
limits are 18 to 27 years .The age concession in the upper age limit for SC/STs
is 5 years, for OBCs it is 3 years and for physically handicapped candidates it
is 10 years. For widows, divorced women and judicially separated women, the age
limit is 35 years for UR category; 40 years for SC/ST women and 38 years for
OBC women.
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S.No.
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Exam
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Post
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Qualification
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Age
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1.
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Matric Level
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LDC
Steno D
Steno C
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Typing: Hindi 25 wpm, English 30
wpm
Shorthand: Hindi 80 wpm, English
100 wpm
AND High School of equivalent
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18-27
18-27
18-27
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2.
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Graduate Level
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Assistant, SI in CBI,
SI in Delhi Police, Inspector
(Central Excise, Preventive Officer, Examiner),
Inspector of
Posts/ Income Tax,
AEO in DoE,
Divisional Accountant
Auditor/UDC
Junior Accountant
|
Graduate
|
20-27
20-25
18-27
18-27
18-27
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3.
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CPOs
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SI
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Graduate
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20-25
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4.
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SO(Commercial)
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SO
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Commerce Graduate
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18-27
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5.
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SO(Audit)
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SO
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Graduate
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18-27
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Candidates exempted from examination fees:
Scheduled caste,
scheduled tribe, physically handicapped and Ex-servicemen candidates are
exempted from payment of fees.
Combined Graduate Level (Preliminary) Examination:
Syllabus:
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Paper
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No of Questions
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Marks
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Duration
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Part A
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|||
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General Intelligence
& General Awareness
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100
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100
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2Hrs
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Part-B
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Arithmetic
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100
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100
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2 Hrs
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Note:
Both parts A & B
will be of objective type (multiple choice types)
Question paper (Test
Booklets) for both the parts in Preliminary Exam will be set in both in English
and Hindi
SYLLABUS: Part A:
a) General Intelligence:
It would include
questions of both verbal and non verbal type. This component will include
questions on analogies, similarities and differences, spatial visualization,
spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgement, decision making,
visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetic
reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series,
non-verbal series, coding and decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic
reasoning etc.
b) General Awareness:
Questions in this
component will be aimed at testing the candidates general awareness of the
environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be
designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday
observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an
educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its
neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography,
economic scene, General polity and scientific research etc. These questions
will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline
Part B:
Arithmetic:
This part will include
questions on problems relating to number system, computation of whole numbers,
decimals and fractions, relationships between numbers, fundamental arithmetical
operations, percentage, ratio and proportion, averages, interest, profit and
loss, discount, use of tables and graphs, mensuration, time and distance, ratio
and time etc.
NOTE:
The Commission has the
discretion to fix different minimum qualifying standards in the papers of the
Preliminary Examination taking into consideration among others, category-wise
vacancies. The combined preliminary examination is meant to serve as a screening
test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary examination by the candidates
who are declared qualified for admission to the Main/written examination will
not be counted for determining their final order of merit. Only such candidates
who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the preliminary
examination in a year will be eligible for admission to the Main examination(s)
of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main
examination(s).
Combined Matric Level Preliminary Exam
The Combined Matric
Level Preliminary exam is to test for selection of candidates for the Main
Examination for the different categories of posts. The written exam will
comprise one paper with two parts.
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Test
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Marks
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Time
allowed
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Part
I
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General Intelligence
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100
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2
Hrs
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Part
II
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General Awareness
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100
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2
Hrs
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Note :-
The questions in all the
tests will be Objective Multiple-Choice-Type. Candidates will be required to
qualify in each of the two tests separately. The questions will be set in
English and Hindi.
Main Examination
The Main Examination
will be of descriptive-type.
Typewriting Test/Shorthand Test
The candidates who
qualify the Main Exam(s) will have to undergo a Typewriting Test/Stenography
Test as the case may be of Main Examination(s).
Syllabus Part 1
General intelligence
The syllabus for General
Intelligence would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal types. The
test may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space
visualization, problem solving analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory,
discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning,
verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, etc.
The test will also
include questions designed to test the candidate abilities to deal with
abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations
and other analytical functions.
General Awareness
Questions will be
designed to test the ability of the candidate's general awareness of the
environment around him and its application to the society. Questions will also
be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday
observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an
educated person.
The test will also
include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially
pertaining to History, Culture. Geography, Economic scene, Central Policy and
Scientific Research.
Section Officer (Audit)
Scheme of selection
consists of two parts A and B. Part A is written examination which comprises of
two Papers i.e. Paper I and Paper II. Part B contains Personality
Test/Interview.
A - Part I:
Written Examination: The
written examinations will have two papers to be held on single day in two
shifts:
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Paper
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Subject
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Marks
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Duration
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Time
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Paper-I
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2 hours
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|||
|
Part A
|
General English
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100
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10.00 AM to
12.00 Noon
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|
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Part B
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General Awareness
|
100
|
||
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Total
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200
|
2 hours
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||
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Paper II
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Arithmetic
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100
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2 Hours
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2.00 PM to
4.00 PM
|
NOTE:
Paper I will be
Objective Type Multiple Choice; and Paper II will be of conventional type.
Candidates have the
option to answer Paper II either in Hindi or in English language.
Both the Papers I (Part
B) & II will be in bilingual form (English & Hindi).
Commission will have
full discretion to fix minimum qualifying marks in any of these paper or both
the papers separately.
Paper II (Conventional
Type) will be evaluated in respect of only those candidates who qualify in
Paper I at the standard which may be decided by the Commission at its
discretion.
Only those candidates,
who secure in the written examination the minimum qualifying marks as may be
fixed by the Commission at its discretion, would be eligible to be called for
interview/personality test.
B - Part II:
Personality Test/Interview (100 Marks)
The
interview/personality test is structured in such a manner that the candidates
interests, knowledge, various traits, aptitude, suitability etc. are probed
among other things, through academic qualifications, experience,
extra-curricular activities, general awareness/knowledge, depth of knowledge of
the subjects studied (10+2 onwards), communicative skills and over-all
personality etc.
Candidates called for
interview/personality test have the option to converse either in Hindi or
English language during the interview process.
Syllabus:
Paper-I: (Objective type multiple choice)
Part-A (English Language): Questions in this component will
be designed to test the Candidate understanding and knowledge of English
Language and will be based on error recognition, fill in the blanks (using
verbs, preposition, articles etc.), vocabulary, spellings, grammar, sentence
structure, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, phrases and idiomatic use
of words, etc. There will be questions on close passage and comprehension of
passages also. The standard of questions will be only of the 10+2 level.
Part-B (General Awareness): Questions in this component will be aimed at
testing the candidate General Awareness of the environment around him and its
application to the society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge
of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in
their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will
also include questions pertaining to Sports, History, Culture, Geography,
Economic scene, General polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research etc.
These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any
discipline.
Paper II: (Conventional)
Arithmetic : This
test will include questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation
of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and relationship between Numbers,
percentages, ratio and proportions, averages, estimation, use of table and
graphs, mensuration, time and distance, ratio and time, Profit and loss,
discount, interest, relations between numbers, fundamentals Arithmetical
operations etc.
Central Police of Organizations Examination (for Sub-Inspector
posts)
Scheme of Examination:
It would consist of two
parts :
A) Part I- 500 marks and
B) Part II- Personality
test/Interview 100 marks
A Part I:
Written examination:
It will have two Papers
Paper I (Objective Type
Multiple Choice); and
Paper II (Conventional
Type).
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Paper
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Subject
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No.
of questions
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Maximum
Marks
|
Duration
|
Time
|
|
I
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General Studies
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400
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2
Hours
|
9.30
AM to
11.30
AM
|
|
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a) General Intelligence and
Reasoning
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50
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||||
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b) General Awareness
|
75
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||||
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c) Numerical Ability
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75
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||||
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Total
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200
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||||
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II
|
General English
a) Language Comprehension,
b) Communication/Writing skill
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100
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1
Hour
|
2:00
PM to 3:00 PM
|
|
Paper I (Objective Type
Multiple choice) will be bilingual (in Hindi & English languages) and will
have 200 questions.
Paper-II (Conventional
type) will be evaluated in respect of only those candidates who qualify in
Paper- I (Objective type paper) at the standard which may be decided by the
Commission at its discretion.
Note
Only those candidates
who attain minimum qualifying standard in Part-I of the Examination (Written
Examination), as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion, and clear
Physical Efficiency (Endurance) Test (PET) will be eligible to be called for
Personality Test/Interview.
SYALLABUS:
Paper I: General Studies:
General Intelligence and Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and
non verbal type. The test will include questions on analogies, similarities,
and differences, space visualization problem solving analysis judgment,
decision making visual memory discriminating observation, relationship
concepts, arithmetical reasoning verbal and figure classification arithmetical
number series non-verbal series etc. The test will also include questions
designed to test the candidates' ability to deal with abstract ideas and
symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical
functions.
General Awareness: Questions will be aimed to test the candidate general
awareness of the environment around him and its application to society.
Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such
matters of every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as
may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions
relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to
History, Culture, and Geography, economic scene, General polity and scientific
research.
Numerical Ability: The
questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers
and number sense of the candidate. The scope of the test will be the
computation of whole numbers, decimals and fractions and relationship between
numbers, decimals and fractions, and relationships between numbers, It will
test sense of order of magnitude, estimation or prediction for the solution to
real life problems and knowledge of alternative computation procedure to find
answers.
Paper- II GENERAL ENGLISH:
The candidates will be
mainly tested in the following areas:-
1) Simple and plain use
of English Language and clarity of expression.
2) Effective
Communication skill in English with due economy of words.
Questions will be
designed to test the candidate understanding and working knowledge of English
language, their comprehension and their ability at communication skill. There
will also be questions on precis writing, letter writing, paragraph or report
writing etc.
PERSONALITY TEST/INTERVIEW: 100 Marks
The
interview/personality test is structured in such a manner that the candidates
interests, knowledge, various traits, aptitude, suitability etc. are probed
among other things, through academic qualifications, experience,
extra-curricular activities, general awareness/knowledge, depth of knowledge of
the subjects studied (10+2 onwards), communicative skills and over-all
personality etc.
Central Police
Organisations, covered in this Examination, are:
A. Border Security Force
(BSF);
B. Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF);
C. Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF);
D. Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP);
E. Special Services
Bureau(SSB)