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Exam Pattern

Staff Selection Commission of India will be conductingSSC CGL 2019Exam in four stages:Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3 & Tier-4exam. WhileTier-I & Tier-IIexam will be conductedonline,Tier-IIIwill be apen and paper basedexam andTier-IVwill be a computer skill test. Let's have a look at the exam pattern for all these stages of SC CGL 2019 Recruitment process one by one.

SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam Pattern

SSC CGL Tier-1 will be conducted tentatively from 04th June to 19th June 2019. The exam will be conducted online comprising of 4 sections with about a100 questions in total and with maximum marks of 200.The entire exam is needed to becompleted in a time span of 60 minutes.

The sections asked in SSC CGL Tier-I Exam are:

General Intelligence & Reasoning

General Awareness

Quantitative Aptitude

English Comprehension


Serial No.SectionsNo. of QuestionsTotal MarksTime Allotted1General Intelligence and Reasoning2550A cumulative time of 60 minutes2General Awareness25503Quantitative Aptitude25504English Comprehension2550Total100200

Penalty of Wrong Answer:There is a negative marking of 0.50 Marks for each wrong answer. There is no sectional cut off. No point will be deducted if the question is left blank or unattempted by a candidate.

Pattern

SSC CGL Tier-2 will be conducted tentatively from 11th September to 13th September 2019. The exam will be conducted online comprising of 4 sections with about a100 questions in each section and with maximum marks of 200.

The sections asked in SSC CGL Tier-I Exam are:

Quantitative Ability

Statistics

General Studies (Finance & Economics)

English Language & Comprehension


Serial No.SectionsNo. of QuestionsTotal MarksTime Allotted1Quantitative Ability1002002 hours2English Language and Comprehension2002002 hours3Statistics1002002 hours4General Studies (Finance and Economics)1002002 hours

Penalty of Wrong Answer:There is a negative marking of 0.25 Marks for each wrong answer. There is no sectional cut off. No point will be deducted if the question is left blank or unattempted by a candidate.

SSC CGL Tier-3 Exam Pattern

Tier-3 of SSC CGL will be a descriptive test.The paper will be inEnglish/Hindi and will constitute of 100 marks. The entire paper needs to becompleted in 60 minutes.

SubjectMarksTimeDescriptive Paper in English/Hindi (Writing of Essay, Precis, Letter, Application etc.)100 marks1 hour or 60 minutes

SSC CGL Tier-4 Exam Pattern

SSC CGL Tier-4 Exam is a Computer Skill Test. It will be conducted in two steps:DEST Test & CPT Test.

DEST:Candidates are required to type2000 words in 15 minutes on a computer in English. This test is conducted to check a candidate's writing skills.

CPT:This test is conducted to check a candidate'sproficiency in Word Processing, Spreadsheets and Generation of Slides.


Best of luck

There are 3 stages in SSC CGL Exam

1. Tier 1 – Objective type – online mode

2. Tier 2 – Objective type – online mode

3. Tier 3 – Subjective type – Pen and Paper mode

 

Tier 1 - 100 questions will be there which will test an aspirant’s ability in 4 areas. Quantitative Ability, English, General Awareness, Logical reasoning. Each of the 4 sections will have 25 questions and will carry 50 marks. So total of 200 marks. Time allotted is 60 minutes. 

Quantitative Abilities is an important section here with 25 questions.

Marks obtained in Tier 1 are to be counted in final rank list and one can get an early advantage if he/she prepares well right from this stage.

Good luck!!

 

 

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