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Staff Selection Commission ( SSC ) Combined Graduate Level ( CGL ) Examination

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) an organization under Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various Ministries, Departments and Subordinate Offices. SSC conducts Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination for the recruitment of Grade “B” and “C” categories posts in various Government Ministries, Departments and Offices. Every year, lots of candidates apply for the CGL exam.

SSC CGL 2021 Exam Syllabus

Syllabus of SSC Combined Graduate Level for Tier I:

General Intelligence & Reasoning

  1. Analysis, judgment
  2. Decision making
  3. Visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts
  4. Arithmetical reasoning and figural classification
  5. Arithmetic number series, non-verbal series
  6. Analogies
  7. Similarities and differences
  8. Space visualization
  9. Spatial orientation
  10. Problem-solving
  11. Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series
  12. Problem Solving
  13. Word Building
  14. Coding & de-coding
  15. Numerical Operations
  16. Symbolic Operations
  17. Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization
  18. Small & Capital letters/numbers coding
  19. Decoding and classification
  20. Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence
  21. Coding & de-coding
  22. Numerical Operations
  23. Symbolic Operations
  24. Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization
  25. Venn Diagrams
  26. Drawing inferences
  27. Punched hole/pattern –folding & unfolding
  28. Figural Pattern – folding and completion
  29. Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching


General Awareness

  1. Environment
  2. Surrounding
  3. Events which had taken place in the recent past
  4. Questions will be based on India
  5. Neighboring countries
  6. Economic Scene
  7. General Policy & Scientific Research
  8. Culture
  9. History & Geography


Quantitative Aptitude

  1. Computation of whole numbers
  2. Decimals ,fractions, and relationships between numbers
  3. Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped
  4. Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base
  5. Trigonometric ratio,
  6. Degree, and Radian Measures
  7. Standard Identities
  8. Complementary angles
  9. Heights and Distances
  10. Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart
  11. Mixture and Alligation
  12. Time and distance
  13. Time & Work
  14. Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds
  15. Graphs of Linear Equations
  16. Triangle and its various kinds of centers
  17. Ratio & Proportion
  18. Square roots
  19. Averages
  20. Interest
  21. Profit and Loss
  22. Discount
  23. Partnership Business


English Comprehension

  1. Grammar
  2. Idioms & phrases
  3. A common error
  4. Sentence correction
  5. Fill in the blanks

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