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SSC CGL Exam Syllabus

SSC CGL Exam Syllabus: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Graduate Level
Examination will be conducted in phases. Tier I & Tier II Exam syllabus details are given
below..
Syllabus for Combine Graduate Level Tier-I Examination:
A. General Intelligence & Reasoning : It would include questions of both verbal and nonverbal type. This component may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences,
space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgement, 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 etc. The topics are, Semantic Analogy,
Symbolic/Number Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number
Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series,
Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding & de-coding, Numerical Operations, symbolic
Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing
inferences, Punched hole/pattern folding & un-folding, Figural Pattern folding and
completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre
codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/numbers coding, decoding and classification,
Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Other subtopics, if any.
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 every day
observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated
person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries
especially pertaining History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy &
Scientific Research.
C. Quantitative Aptitude : 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 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

D. English Comprehension: Candidates ability to understand correct English, his basic

comprehension and writing ability, etc. would be tested.
Note: The questions in Parts A, B, & D will be of a level commensurate with the essential
qualification viz. Graduation and questions in Part C will be of 10th standard level.
Syllabus for Combine Graduate Level (Tier-II ) 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 candidates understanding and knowledge of English Language and will
be based on spot the error, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, spelling/detecting misspelt 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
valuesquartiles,
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;
Spearmans 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 non-probability 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.
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.