Description of SSC CGL

SSC CGL Notification 2018

The recruitment notification for SSC CGL 2018 has been released by SSC on 5th May by Staff Selection Committee of India. Tier-I exam of SSC CGL 2018 will be conducted from 25th July to 20th Aug 2018. SSC CGL 2018 Tier-II exam date to be notified later.

 

SSC CGL 2018 Eligibility Criteria

There are 4 important criteria which a candidate must fulfill in order to be eligible for the SSC CGL 2018. The 4 parameters are given below:

1. Citizenship: Candidate must be a citizen of India

2. Age Limit: There are different set of age limits for different posts in SSC CGL Exam 2018, which are tabulated below:

 

Age group	Name of post	Department / Ministries	Class Fiction	Grade pay
18-27 years	Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	Group “B”	4600
	Auditor	Officer under C&AG	Group “C”	2800
	Auditor	Officer Under CGDA	Group “C”	2800
	Auditor	Other Ministries/Dept.	Group “C”	2800
	Accountant	Officer under C&AG	Group “C”	2800
	Accountant / Junior Accountant	Other Ministry/ Dept.	Group “C”	2800
	Senior Secretariat Assistant / Upper Division clerks	Central Govt. offices Ministries other than CSCS cadres	Group “C”	2400
	Tax Assistant	CBDT	Group “C”	2400
	Sub-Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	Group “C”	2400
	Upper Division Clerk (UDC)	Dte. General Border Road Organisation (MoD) Only For Male Candidates	Group “C”	2400
18-30 years	Inspector Posts	Department of Post.	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant	Other ministries / Dept. / Org.	Group “B”	4600
20-27 years	Tax Assistant	CBEC	Group “C”	2400
20-30 years	Assistant Section officer	Central Secretariat Service	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant Section officer	Ministry of Railway	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant Section officer	Ministry of External Affairs	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant Section officer	AFHQ	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant	Other Ministries / Dept. / Org.	Group “B”	4600
	Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	Group “B”	4600
Not Exceeding 30 years	Inspector, (Central Excise)	CBEC	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant	Other ministries / Dept. / Org.	Group “B”	4200
	Inspector (Preventive officer)	CBEC	Group “B”	4600
	Inspector (Examiner)	CBEC	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department Under CAG	Group B Gazetted (Non-Ministerial)	4800
	Assistant Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG	Group B Gazetted (Non-Ministerial)	4800
	Assistant Section Officer	Intelligence Bureau	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant Section Officer	Other Ministries / Departments/ Organisations.	Group “B”	4600
	Assistant / Superintendent	Other Ministries / Departments/ Organisations	Group “B”	4200
	Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	Group “C”	4600
	Divisional Accountant	Officer under CAG	Group “B”	4200
Up to 30 years	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Group “B”	4600
	Sub Inspector	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	Group “B”	4200
Up to 32 years	Junior Statistical Officer	M/O statistics & Prog. Implementation	Group “B”	4200

 

2. Age Limit:The Government has also provided for Age relaxation for some categories.

S.No	Category	Age Relaxation
1	OBC	3 years
2	ST/SC	5 years
3	PH + Gen	10 years
4	PH + OBC	13 years
5	PH + SC/ST	15 years
6	Ex-Servicemen (Gen)	3 years
7	Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	6 years
8	Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)	8 years

 

3. Educational Qualification: The educational qualifications varies according to the post for SSC CGL 2018 and is listed below:

SSC CGL Post	Educational Qualification
Assistant Audit Officer	Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University OR Desirable Qualification: CA/CS/MBA/Cost & Management Accountant/ Masters in Commerce/ Masters in Business Studies
Statistical Investigator Grade – II Post	Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with minimum 60% in Mathematics in Class 12th OR Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with Statistics as one of the subjects in graduation
Compiler Posts	Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as compulsory or Elective Subject
All Other Posts	Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or equivalent

 

4. Physical Fitness Requirements: Apart from the above, there are certain requisite Physical Standards for Inspector (Central Excise/ Examiner/Preventive Officer), Sub-Inspector in CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) and Sub-Inspector in NIA (National Investigation Agency).

 

SSC CGL 2018 Apply Link

 

SSC CGL 2018 Exam Complete Schedule

SSC CGL 2018 Exam Dates

The schedule for the SSC CGL 2018 exam is as follows. Please note down the important dates related to SSC CGL Exam 2018 and make sure to complete the process in time.

SSC has published the revised schedule of all the exams to be conducted by SSC during 2018-2019. According to the SSC CGL 2018 Notification, the Combined Graduate Level Examination – 2018 Tier-I (CBE) will be conducted from 25th July to 20th Aug 2018(CBE).

Activity	Dates
SSC CGL 2018 Online Application	5th May to 4th June 2018
SSC CGL 2018 Tier-I	25th July to 20th Aug 2018(CBE)
SSC CGL Tier-II	To be notified later
SSC CGL Tier-III (Des)	To be notified later
SSC CGL Tier-IV Exam	To be notified later

 

SSC CGL Exam Centre

The list of exam centres for SSC CGL Exam 2018 has been released by SSC with the official notification of SSC CGL 2018.

 

SSC CGL Vacancy 2018

The Central Government has announced that they will hire as many as 2.2 Lakh people from March, 2015. Out of these a maximum of 70,000 vacancies, will be created in Income Tax, Excise and Customs Department. Approximately 14 lac candidates appear for the SSC CGL exam every year. The SSC CGL Exam 2016 had an initial count of 4500 to 5000 vacancies. However, the number of vacancies was increased to 9000 later. For 2017 CGL Exam, the number of vacancies as declared by Staff Service Commission of India is 8089. The total number of vacancies for SSC CGL 2018 will be updated soon here

SSC CGL 2018 Exam Pattern

 

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) every year in four levels for various posts. Exam Pattern - The Examination will be conducted in four tiers as indicated below:

Tier	Type	Mode
Tier – I	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer Based (online)
Tier – II	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer Based (online)
Tier – III	Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi	Pen and Paper mode
Tier – IV	Skill Test/Computer Proficiency Test	Wherever Applicable

 

SSC CGL Syllabus 2018

 

The major sections asked in SSC CGL 2018 Preliminary Exam are General Awareness, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language.

General Intelligence and Reasoning	General Awareness	Quantitative Aptitude	English Comprehension
Classification	Static General Knowledge (Indian History, Culture etc.)	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Analogy	Science	Interest	Fill in the Blanks
Coding-Decoding	Current Affairs	Averages	Spellings
Word Formation	Sports	Percentage	Phrases and Idioms
Matrix	Books and Authors	Ratio and Proportion	One word Substitution
	Important Schemes	Problem on Ages	Sentence Correction

 

SSC CGL Admit Card 2018

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the Admit Card of SSC CGL 2017-18 Tier-II Re-Examination. The Combined Graduate Level Tier-II Examination has been rescheduled on 9th March 2018. Tier-III Exam will be conducted on 31st March 2018. Candidates can download their region wise SSC CGL Tier-II Re-exam Admit Card 2017-18 from the links provided below.

SSC will release Admit Card separately for different regions. To download his/her Admit Card, a candidate is required to login to the official website of SSC through the link provided on this page. Candidate will need Registration Number/Roll Number and the Password/D.O.B while logging in.

SSC CGL Results 2018

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will release the results in four stages after completion of each Tier Exam. The candidates selected in the rounds progress to the next one. Candidates can check the result from the direct link to official SSC CGL website as and when the results are announced.

SSC CGL 2018 Previous Papers

SSC CGL previous year question papers. SSC(Staff selection commission) conducts SSC CGL(Combined Graduate Level) exam for the recruitment of various posts in departments and ministries of India. SSC CGL 2018 notification is not yet released.

SSC CGL Cut-Off

SSC CGL Cut-Off 2017 for Tier-I Exam has been released with the release of SSC CGL Revised Result which was declared on 30th October 2017. SSC Revised the CGL tier-I result due to a technical glitch, a few tentative Answer Keys had not been revised. Candidates can check Tier-I Cut-Off and analyze their chances for further selection in the SSC CGL 2017 Exam.

 

List-I: Candidates qualified in Tier-I for appearing in Tier-II (Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-IV (General Studies (Finance & Accounts) and Tier-III

	Previous Cut Off	Revised Cut Off	Candidates Available Before	Candidates Available Now
SC	129.00	125.50	2502	3218
ST	123.00	119.00	1161	1568
OBC	140.50	135.50	6049	8840
OH	113.50	111.50	240	281
HH	79.00	75.00	228	276
UR	152.50	148.00	5270	7763
Total			15,450	21,946

 

List-II : Candidates qualified in Tier-I for appearing in Tier-II (Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-III (Statistics)) and Tier-III

	Previous Cut Off	Revised Cut Off	Candidates Available Before	Candidates Available Now
SC	127.50	123.50	1518	2055
ST	117.00	114.50	837	989
OBC	140.00	135.50	3850	5503
OH	104.50	102.00	202	244
HH	62.00	61.00	210	227
VH	116.00	116.00	39	39
UR	151.00	146.50	3655	5458
Total			10,311	14,515

 

SSC CGL 2018 Exam Preparation Strategy

SSC CGL exam preparation must be done in a systematic manner, with latest exam pattern in mind. Since the syllabus covers a lot of topics, it is important to choose the right study material so that you can understand the concepts and practice a wide variety of questions as well. Apart from self study you can join any Coaching and Online Test Series for better exam preparation.

 

SSC CGL 2018 Study Plan

We will help you with section wise study plan with important topics to make your preparations easy.

 

Quantitative Ability:

This section is the most difficult section and very important. Preparing SSC CGL Maths needs a lot of concentration as well as more time. Most important topics that you need to focus more are:

•  Algebra & Geometry

•   DI (Bar Graph/ Pie Chart)

•   Trigonometry

•   Mensuration

•   Time & Distance, Time & Work

 

Reasoning Ability:

 

You all know that Reasoning Test is conducted to examine the candidate’s mental ability. This section will consume more time and needs a lot of practice. You should focus more on topics like:

 

• Analogy

• Number Series

• Miscellaneous

• Non-Verbal Reasoning

• Coding and Decoding

English Language:

 

The English language section is the most scoring section in your paper. This section is not only important but also very difficult for aspirants to crack. You have to do a lot of smart work to score well in English for SSC CGL. Topics to give more focus on are:

 

• One-Word Substitution

• Synonyms and Antonyms

• Spotting Errors

• Reading Comprehension

• Grammar

 

General Awareness:

 

General Awareness for SSC CGL 2018 is the most important section in the SSC CGL Exam. The SSC CGL GK section is also very lengthy in which if you prepare well, will result in good score consuming lesser time. You may get confusing options to select the correct answers. Grab the complete knowledge of all the fields given below:

 

• History

• Geography

• Economics

• General Science

• Current GK