SSC CGL General Information 2024,

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. Age Limit (As on prescribed date)

Category of Post Age Limit
Inspector of Income Tax/ Inspector(Central Excise) Inspector ( Preventive Officer)/ Inspector (Examiner)/
Inspector of Posts (Assistant Enforcement Officer/ Inspector (CBN)/ Compiler/Divisional Accountant/ Auditors/ UDCs/ Tax Assistants/ Junior Accountant and Accountant/ Sub-Inspector (CBN)		For General Categories 18-32 Years, up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a SC/ST;
Statistical Investigator Gr-IINot exceeding 26 years
Assistant/Sub-Inspector in CBI20-27 Years
Note- Relaxation in upper age limit will be permissible as per government’s rule.

Scheme of Examination for (SSC SGL)
The Scheme of the Examination will be conducted in three Tiers as indicated below:

Tier-I – Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice question type)

Tier-II- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice question type)

Tier-III- Personality Test Cum Interview/ Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test, wherever applicable/ and Document verification descriptive, online test qualifying nature.

PostTier-I ExaminationTier-II ExaminationInterview Total Marks Computer Proficiency/Skill TestTotal Marks
Posts for which interview is prescribed other than Statistical Investigator Grade-II (A) English Comprehension- 50 marks.
(B) General Awareness- 50 marks.
(C) General Intelligence & Reasoning- 50 marks.
(D) Quantitative Aptitude Test- 50 marks.
Total Marks: 200
Duration : Two hours
For VH: 2 hours 40 minutes.
(I) Quantitative Abilities Test- 200 marks.
(100 Questions)
Duration: 2 hours
For VH: 2 hours 40 minutes where Eligible.
(II) English Language & Comprehension 200 marks.
Duration: 2 hours
For VH: 2 hours 20 minutes wherever Eligible.
Total Marks: 400		Interview: 100 marksComputer Proficiency Test (CPT) For post of the Assistant in Central Secretariat Service (CSS) only.700
Posts for which no Interview is prescribed other than compiler.(A) English Comprehension- 50 marks.
(B) General Awareness- 50 marks.
(C) General Intelligence & Reasoning- 50 marks.
(D) Quantitative Aptitude Test- 50 marks.
Total Marks: 200
Duration : Two hours
For VH: 2 hours 40 minutes.
(I) Quantitative Abilities Test- 200 marks.
(100 Questions)
Duration: 2 hours
For VH: 2 hours 40 minutes where Eligible.
(II) English Language & Comprehension 200 marks.
Duration: 2 hours
For VH: 2 hours 20 minutes wherever Eligible.
Total Marks: 400		No InterviewData Entry Skill Test at Speed of 8000 key depression per hour for Tax AssistantTotal Marks
600
Statistical Investigator Grade-II(A) English Comprehension- 50 marks.
(B) General Awareness- 50 marks.
(C) General Intelligence & Reasoning- 50 marks.
(D) Quantitative Aptitude Test- 50 marks.
Total Marks: 200
Duration : Two hours
For VH: 2 hours 40 minutes.
Paper-I & II as above 400 marks
Paper-III Statistics 200 marks.
in (100 Questions) 		Interview marks
100		–900
Compiler(A) English Comprehension- 50 marks.
(B) General Awareness- 50 marks.
(C) General Intelligence & Reasoning- 50 marks.
(D) Quantitative Aptitude Test- 50 marks.
Total Marks: 200
Duration : Two hours
For VH: 2 hours 40 minutes.
(I) Quantitative Abilities Test- 200 marks.
(100 Questions)
Duration: 2 hours
For VH: 2 hours 40 minutes where Eligible.
(II) English Language & Comprehension 200 marks.
Duration: 2 hours
For VH: 2 hours 20 minutes wherever Eligible.
Total Marks: 400

Paper-I & II as above 400 marks
Paper-III Statistics 200 marks.
in (100 Questions)
No Interview–800
Note- Candidates qualifying in Tier-II of the Examination, for Computer Proficiency Test and Interview for post of Assistant in CSS, Interview for other Interview posts, Data Entry Skill Test for posts of Tax Assistant and document verification for other non Interview posts, will be subjected to a short descriptive paper online test of not more than one hour’s duration, with questions drawn from ”English Language and Comprehension”, ”Quantitative Abilities” and ”General Awareness”, The examination will be qualifying in nature and will not be taken into account for determining the position of the candidates in merit order.
II : There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Tier-I. In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks in Paper-II and 0.50 marks in Paper-I and Paper-III for each wrong answer.
Candidates are there for advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

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