SSC CGL Syllabus

In a vast country like India, catering to the needs and requirements of children and youth is important. Government, as well as private sectors, are playing a pivotal role in providing employment opportunities to lakhs of students and graduates across sectors. For this, the Government of India recruits scores of candidates through competitive exams conducted for various posts by authorities like UPSC, SSC (Staff Selection Committee), RBI, etc to get efficient workers on-board. One of such exams is the SSC CGL. Keeping in view its importance, this blog aims to highlight the exam pattern and SSC CGL syllabus in detail.

What is the SSC CGL Exam?

Conducted biannually, SSC Combined Graduate Level examination is a gateway for those who have completed their bachelor’s and wish to work in the government sector. The exam is conducted in 3-Tiers namely, Tier I(Preliminary) Tier II (Mains) Tier-III( Descriptive test), and Tier IV (Data Entry Skill Test / Computer Proficiency Test). Hence, to make things easier, we have collated the SSC CGL syllabus, tier wise, in this blog. 

What are the SSC CGL Tiers?

Before we delve into the SSC CGL syllabus, let us first understand the pattern. While the TIER I and II include multiple-choice questions, TIER III consists of descriptive paper in the form of essay and letter writing. TIER IV assesses a candidate’s data entry skill or computer proficiency test.

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Components of Syllabus

Candidates appearing for various Group B and Group C posts should be familiar with a comprehensive syllabus prescribed by the Staff Selection Commission. From Fill in the blanks, Puzzle based questions, and mensuration to critical thinking and reading comprehension, a candidate is examined on various topics. Let us now have a look at the SSC CGL syllabus in detail.

SSC CGL Syllabus Tier 1

General Intelligence & Reasoning Topics

Analogies	Similarities and Differences	Space visualization
Spatial orientation	Problem solving & Analysis	Judgment & Decision making
Visual memory	Discrimination & observation	Relationship concepts
arithmetical Reasoning and figural classification	Arithmetic Number Series	Non-verbal series
Coding and Decoding	Statement conclusion	Syllogistic reasoning
Semantic Analogy	Symbolic/ Number Analogy	Figural Analogy
Semantic Classification	Symbolic/Number Classification	Figural Classification
Semantic Series	Number Series	Figural Series
Problem Solving	Word Building	Numerical Operations
Symbolic Operations	Embedded Figures	Space Orientation & Visualization
Venn Diagrams	Drawing inferences	Punched hole/ pattern–folding & Un-folding
Figural pattern–folding and completion	Critical thinking	Address matching
Date & city matching	Classification of center codes/ roll numbers	Small & Capital letters/ numbers coding decoding and classification

General Awareness

This section of the SSC CGL syllabus consists of a multitude of topics related to basic general knowledge. History, Geography, Economics, Polity, BiPC subjects, etc are some of the areas from which questions are asked. Enlisted are some of the topics that you need to study:

• Facts about Harappa Civilization
• Chronology of Medieval India and their important systems
• India’s freedom movement and their leaders
• India and its neighbouring countries
• Institutions like RBI, World Bank, IMF, etc
• GDP, Fiscal Deficit, Budget, Inflation, etc
• Diseases in Humans
• Famous inventions and their inventors
• Fundamental Rights & Duties
• Facts on Parliament
• Supreme Court
• President, PM, Vice-President, etc
• Input-Output Devices
• Population Census
• Important books with their authors, etc

Quantitative Aptitude Topics

Number System	Fractions and Decimals	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
Trigonometry	Bar diagram & Pie chart	Geometry and Mensuration
Triangle and its various kinds of centers	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	Right Prism
Right Circular Cone	Right Circular Cylinder	Sphere & Hemispheres
Rectangular Parallelepiped	Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base	Degree and Radian Measures
Standard Identities	Complementary Angles	Heights and Distances
Histogram	Frequency polygon	–

English Language and Comprehension

Synonyms	Spotting Errors	Reading Comprehension
Sentence Completion	Antonyms	Sentence improvement
Idioms & Phrases	Spelling Test	One Word Substitution

SSC CGL Syllabus: Tier-II 

As discussed, the Tier-II of SSC CGL exam consists of 4 papers. Questions are framed from topics like English Language, Aptitude, Statistics, and Finance, and Economics. The SSC CGL syllabus for Tier-II has been summarised in the following tables. 

PAPER I: Quantitative Abilities

Number System	Fractions and Decimals	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
Trigonometry	Bar diagram & Pie chart	Geometry and Mensuration
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	Right Prism
Right Circular Cone	Right Circular Cylinder	Sphere & Hemispheres
Rectangular Parallelepiped	Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base	Degree and Radian Measures
Standard Identities	Complementary Angles	Heights and Distances, Histogram & Frequency polygon

Paper-II: English Language & Comprehension

Spotting the error	Fill in the blanks	Synonyms
Antonyms	Spelling/detecting miss-spelled 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
Close passage	Comprehension passage	–

Paper III: Statistics for For Junior Statistical Officer

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Collection Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data	Measures of Central Tendency	Measures of Dispersion
Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis	Correlation and Regression	Probability Theory
Random Variable and Probability Distributions	Sampling Theory	Statistical Inference
Analysis of Variance	Time Series Analysis	Index Numbers

Paper-IV: General Studies-Finance and Economics for Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer

Financial Accounting	Basic concepts of accounting	Economics and Governance
Comptroller & Auditor General of India	Finance Commission	Basic Concept of Economics and introduction to Micro Economics
Theory of Demand and Supply	Theory of Production and cost	Forms of Market and price determination in different markets
Indian Economy	Economic Reforms in India	Money and Banking            &Role of Information Technology in Governance

Tier III Syllabus

This examination is completely a descriptive basis that assesses language proficiency, grammar knowledge, vocabulary usage, and writing skills of a candidate in English as well as Hindi. Your essay writing skills, application writing will be examined through this section which has to be completed in a duration of 1 hour.

SSC CGL Syllabus for Tier IV

This test comprises a Data Entry Speed Test [DEST] & Computer Proficiency Test. The former is valid only for those who want to join Tax Assistant vacancies. With a duration of 15 minutes, this level will be conducted for a passage of about 2000 key depressions. The latter, on the other hand, is for those candidates who have applied for Assistant Section Officer Posts [CSS]. The computer proficient test will have 3 modules which are Word Processing, Spreadsheet, and Generation of Slides.

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