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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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