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SSC CGL Examination Details

Important Notice: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) reserves the right to make changes in the scheme of examination such as conduct of Tier-I and Tier-II examination in on-line mode, treating Tier-I examination as only qualifying and not conducting personality test cum interview for some or all posts etc.

Scheme of Examination:

  • Posts for which Interview is prescribed other than Statistical Investigator Grade-II.

Tier-I Examination:

A.General Intelligence + Reasoning – 50 marks

B.Gen.Awareness-50 marks

C.Quantitative Aptitude – 50 marks

D.English Comprehension – 50 marks

Total Marks – 200

Duration: 02 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 2 hours 40 minutes)

Tier II Examination:

I.Quantitative Abilities : 200 marks (100 Questions)

Duration: 2 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 2hours 40 minutes where eligible).

II.English Language & Comprehension: 200 marks. Total Marks : 400

Duration : 2 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy:2 hours 40 minutes wherever eligible).

Interview: 100 Marks

Proficiency /Skill Test: Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) for post of Assistant in CSS only

TOTAL MARKS: 700

  • Posts for which no Interview is prescribed, other than Compiler.

Tier-I Examination:

A.General Intelligence + Reasoning – 50 marks

B.Gen.Awareness-50 marks

C.Quantitative Aptitude – 50 marks

D.English Comprehension – 50 marks

Total Marks – 200

Duration: 02 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 2 hours 40 minutes)

Tier II Examination:

I.Quantitative Abilities : 200 marks (100 Questions)

Duration: 2 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 2hours 40 minutes where eligible).

II.English Language & Comprehension: 200 marks.

Total Marks : 400

Duration : 2 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy:2 hours 40 minutes wherever eligible).

  • Proficiency /Skill Test: Data Entry Skill Test at Speed of 8000 key depression per hour for post of Tax Assistant

TOTAL MARKS: 600

 

  • Statistical Investigator Grade-II

Tier-I Examination:

A.General Intelligence + Reasoning – 50 marks

B.Gen.Awareness-50 marks

C.Quantitative Aptitude – 50 marks

D.English Comprehension – 50 marks

Total Marks – 200

Duration: 02 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 2 hours 40 minutes)

Tier-II Examination

I.Quantitative Abilities : 200 marks (100 Questions)

Duration: 2 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 2hours 40 minutes where eligible).

II.English Language & Comprehension: 200 marks.

Total Marks : 400

Duration : 2 hours (For VH and candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy:2 hours 40 minutes wherever eligible).

Paper-III Statistics 200 marks (100 Questions)

Interview: 100 Marks

TOTAL MARKS: 800

NOTE: There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Tier-I. In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks in Paper-II and 0.50 marks in Paper-I and Paper-III for each wrong answer.

Combined Graduate Level (Tier-II) Examination: Tier-II of the Combined Graduate Level Examination -2015 will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice and will be conducted over a period of two days. Dates will be intimated later. (Per another notification date is 25th October 2015)

Scheme of Written Examination (Tier-II):

(i): Paper-I & II are compulsory for all the categories of posts.

Paper-III is only for those candidates who apply for the post of Statistical Investigator Gr.II & Compiler.

(ii): Candidates opting for the post of Compiler and/or Statistical Investigator Gr. II must ensure that they possess the requisite qualification as mentioned above. Commission reserves the right to take appropriate action against applicants who do not possess the requisite eligibility while opting for the post of Compiler and/or Statistical Investigator Gr. II.

Indicative Syllabus for Tier-II of the Examination:

Paper-I : Quantitative 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 ,fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage. Ratio & Proportion,Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, 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

Paper-II : English Language & Comprehension: Questions in this components will be designed to test the candidate’s understanding and knowledge of English Language and will be based on spot the error, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, spelling/detecting mis-spelt words, idioms & 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.

Paper-III : Statistics for Investigator Grade-II, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation & Compiler in RGI.

Collection Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data – Primary and Secondary data, Methods of data collection; Tabulation of data; Graphs and charts; Frequency distributions; Diagrammatic presentation of frequency distributions.

Measures of Central Tendency- Common measures of central tendency – mean median and mode; Partition values- quartiles, deciles, percentiles.

Measures of Dispersion– Common measures dispersion – range, quartile deviations, mean deviation and standard deviation;

Measures of relative dispersion. Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis – Different types of moments and their relationship; meaning of skewness and kurtosis; different measures of skewness and kurtosis.

Correlation and Regression – Scatter diagram; simple correlation coefficient; simple regression lines; Spearman’s rank correlation; Measures of association of attributes; Multiple regression; Multiple and partial correlation (For three variables only).

Probability Theory – Meaning of probability; Different definitions of probability; Conditional probability; Compound probability; Independent events; Bayes’ theorem.

Random Variable and Probability Distributions – Random variable; Probability functions; Expectation and Variance of a random variable; Higher moments of a random variable; Binomial , Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions; Joint distribution of two random variable (discrete).

Sampling Theory – Concept of population and sample; Parameter and statistic, Sampling and non-sampling errors; Probability and nonprobability sampling techniques(simple random sampling, stratified sampling, multistage sampling, multiphase sampling, cluster sampling, systematic sampling, purposive sampling, convenience sampling and quota sampling); Sampling distribution(statement only); Sample size decisions. 18

Statistical Inference – Point estimation and interval estimation, Properties of a good estimator, Methods of estimation (Moments method, Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method), Testing of hypothesis, Basic concept of testing, Small sample and large sample tests, Tests based on Z, t, Chi-square and F statistic, Confidence intervals.

Analysis of Variance – Analysis of one-way classified data and two-way classified data.

Time Series Analysis – Components of time series, Determinations of trend component by different methods, Measurement of seasonal variation by different methods.

Index Numbers – Meaning of Index Numbers, Problems in the construction of index numbers, Types of index number, Different formulae, Base shifting and splicing of index numbers, Cost of living Index Numbers, Uses of Index Numbers.

NOTE-I : Questions in Paper-I will be of 10th standard level, Paper-II of 10+2 level and Paper-III of graduation level

NOTE- II: The Commission will have full discretion to fix separate minimum qualifying marks in each of the papers in Tier II and in the aggregate of all the papers separately for each category of candidates (viz. SC/ST/OBC /PH/ExS/General (UR) Only those candidates who qualify in all the papers as well as in the aggregate would be eligible to be considered for being called for Interview and/or Skill Test. There will be different set of Questions for Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates in Paper-I-Quantitative Ability, which shall not have any component of Map/Graphs/Statistical Data/ Diagrams/Figures/Geometrical problems/Pie-chart etc. However, components of other papers will be the same as that for general candidates.

NOTE-III: Any representation to key of the examination will be scrutinized with the help of experts, wherever necessary, and evaluation in that case will be done with modified answer key. The decision of the Commission in this regard will be final and no further representation will be entertained.

For Further details please click on the link below:

https://fi.ge.pgstatic.net/ebooks/SSC%20final_Notice_CGLE_2015_01_05_2015.pdf

 

 

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