SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria 2019
Educational Qualifications (as on 01.01.2020)
Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer:
- Essential Qualification - Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University or Institute.
- Desirable Qualification - Chartered Accountant or cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or Masters in Commerce or Masters in Business Studies or Masters in Business Administration (Finance) or Masters in Business Economics.
Junior Statistical Officer:
- Bachelor’s degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% Marks in Mathematics at 12th standard level. Or
- Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.
Statistical Investigator Grade-II:
- Bachelor's Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects from a recognized University or Institute. You must have studied Statistics as a subject in all the three years of the graduation course.
All other Posts:
Bachelor’s degree from the recognized University or equivalent.
Note - If you are appearing in final year of the graduation, you can also apply but should complete graduation before 01.01.2020.
SSC CGL 2019 Age Limit (as on 01.01.2020)
Post | Department | Age Limit |
Assistant Audit Officer | Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG | Not exceeding 30 years |
Assistant Accounts Officer | Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG | Not exceeding 30 years |
Assistant Section Officer | Central Secretariat Service | 20 - 30 years |
Assistant Section Officer | Intelligence Bureau | Not exceeding 30 years |
Assistant Section Officer | Ministry of Railway | 20 - 30 years |
Assistant Section Officer | Ministry of External Affairs | 20 - 30 years |
Assistant Section Officer | AFHQ | 20 - 30 years |
Assistant | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations | 18 - 30 years |
Assistant | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations | 20 - 30 years |
Assistant Section Officer | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations | Not exceeding 30 years |
Assistant | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations | Not exceeding 30 years |
Assistant/ Superintendent | Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations | Not exceeding 30 years |
Inspector of Income Tax | CBDT | Not exceeding 30 years |
Inspector, (Central Excise) | CBEC | Not exceeding 30 years |
Inspector (Preventive Officer) | CBEC | Not exceeding 30 years |
Inspector (Examiner) | CBEC | Not exceeding 30 years |
Assistant Enforcement Officer | Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue | Up to 30 years |
Sub Inspector | Central Bureau of Investigation | 20 - 30 years |
Inspector Posts | Department of Post | 18 - 30 years |
Divisional Accountant | Offices under CAG | Not exceeding 30 years |
Inspector | Central Bureau of Narcotics | 18 - 27 years |
Sub Inspector | National Investigation Agency (NIA) | Up to 30 years |
Junior Statistical Office | M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation | Up to 32 years |
SSC CGL 2019 Age Relaxation
Category | Age Relaxation |
SC/ST | 5 years |
OBC/Ex-Servicemen | 3 years |
PwD | 10 years |
SSC CGL Tier II - 10 Tests
Rs. 1000Rs. 179
- 10 Full Mock Tests
- 2 Free Mock Tests
- Based on Latest Pattern
Quant | SSC CGL Tier II - 5 Tests
Rs. 500Rs. 99
- 5 Full Mock Tests
- 1 Free Mock Test
- Avaliable in English and Hindi
English | SSC CGL Tier II - 5 Tests
Rs. 500Rs. 99
- 5 Full Mock Tests
- 1 Free Mock Test
- Based on Latest Pattern
Complete SSC CGL Syllabus for Tier II Exam
SSC CGL Tier II exam consists of the following sections - Quantitative Ability, English language, Statistics, and General Studies(Finance & Economics). Each section consists of 200 marks and time allotted for each section is 2 hours. Have a look at the table below to know the SSC CGL Tier II Syllabus.
Statistics | Quantitative Aptitude | General Awareness | English Language |
Probability Theory | Simplification | Finance and Accounting | Reading Comprehension |
Measure of Dispersion | Simple Interest & Compound Interest | Fundamental Principles | Fill in the blanks |
Measure of Central Tendency | Percentage | Basic Concepts of Accounting | Spellings/Detecting Miss Spelt Words |
Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis | Ratio and Proportion | Self-Balancing Ledger | Idioms & Phrases meaning |
Correlation and Regression | Average | Finance and Economy | One word substitution |
Random Variables & Probability Distributions | Problems on Age | Polity | Improvement of Sentences |
Sampling Theory | Time, Distance and Speed | Economic and Governance | Error Spotting |
Analysis of Variance | Profit and Loss | Comptroller and Auditor General of India | Antonyms & Synonyms |
Time Series Analysis | Number Series | Finance Commission | Active/Passive Voice of Verbs |
Index Number | Number System | Theory of Demand and Supply | Direct/Indirect Narration |
Statistical Interface | Mensuration | Cloze Passage | |
Data Interpretation | Rearrangement of Sentences or Sentence Parts | ||
Time and Work | |||
Mixture & Alligation | |||
Algebra | |||
Geometry | |||
Trigonometry |
SSC CGL Exam Pattern 2019 - Tier II
The new exam dates has been released by SSC for Tier II examination as well. The Tier II examination is going to be held from 11.09.2019 to 13.09.2019. This is an online based examination consisting of 4 papers as mentioned in the table. Each paper is of 2 hours time duration. Out of these 4 papers, only two papers i.e. Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the students. Paper 3 is only for Statistical Investigator Gr II & Compiler Post while Paper 4 is for Asst. Audit Officer Gazetted Group "B" Post only.
Paper I , Paper III & Paper IV – 0.5 marks (Negative Marking)
Paper II – 0.25 marks (Negative Marking)
Subject | Qs | Marks | Time |
Paper I - Quantitative Ability (for ALL POSTS) |
100 | 200 |
2 Hours (For VH & Candidates suffering |
Paper II - English Language (for ALL POSTS) |
200 | 200 |
2 Hours (For VH & Candidates suffering |
Paper III - Statistics (for Statistical Investigator Gr-II & Compiler POSTS ONLY) |
100 | 200 |
2 Hour (For VH & Candidates suffering |
Paper IV - General Studies (Finance & Economics) (for Asst Audit Officer Gazetted Group"B" POST ONLY) |
100 | 200 |
2 Hour (For VH & Candidates suffering from |
- In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension) and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I, Paper-III and Paper-IV
- In Tier-II, Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the posts.
SSC CGL 2020 – Important Dates
Event | Date |
The date for submission of online applications | 22-10-2019 to 25-11-2019 |
Last date for receipt of application | 25-11-2019 (17 Hr.) |
Last date for making online fee payment | 27-11-2019 (17Hr) |
Last date for generation of offline Challan | 27-11-2019 (17Hr) |
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank) | 29-11-2019 |
Dates of Tier-I Examination (CBE) | 02-03-2020 to 11-03-2020 |
Dates of Tier-II (CBE) and Tier-III (Des.) Examinations | 22-06-2020 to 25-06-2020 |