SSC CGL Exam Pattern 2022: As per the revised exam pattern, the Staff Selection Commission of India will be conducting SSC CGL 2022 Exam in two stages: Tier-1 and Tier-2. SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam will be compulsory for all candidates. For SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam, there will be Paper 1, 2, and 3, whereas Paper I is Compulsory for all posts, Paper II is for candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Paper III is for candidates who apply for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer. Let’s have a look at the exam pattern for all these stages of SSC CGL 2022 Recruitment process one by one.
SSC CGL 2022 Exam Date Out
SSC CGL Exam Date 2022 for the Tier-1 exam has been released along with SSC Calendar 2022 on 31st October 2022. As per the official calendar, the tier-1 exam is to be held from 1st to 13th December 2022. The admit card for the same will be released within 15 days from the exam date.
| SSC CGL Exam Date 2022 | |
| Activity | Dates |
| Notification Release Date | 17th September 2022 |
| Online Application Start Date | 17th September 2022 |
| Last Date to Apply Online | 13th October 2022 |
| Last date for the generation of offline Challan | 13th October 2022 (11 pm) |
| Last date for payment through Challan | 15th October 2022 (11 pm) |
| The window for Application Form Correction | 19th to 20th October 2022 |
| SSC CGL Tier-I Application Status | 16th November 2022 |
| SSC CGL Admit Card 2022 (Tier-1) | November 2022 |
| SSC CGL Exam Date 2022 (Tier-I) | 1st to 13th December 2022 |
| SSC CGL Exam Date 2022 (Tier-II) | To be notified |
SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam Pattern
SSC CGL 2022 Tier-1 exam will be conducted online comprising 4 sections with 100 multiple choice questions in total and with maximum marks of 200. The entire exam is needed to be completed in a time span of 60 minutes. SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam will be of qualifying nature and marks will not be counted in the final selection.
The sections asked in SSC CGL Tier-I Exam are:
No.-1.General Intelligence & Reasoning
No.-2.General Awareness
No.-3.Quantitative Aptitude
No.-4.English Comprehension
| Serial No. | Sections | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Time Allotted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 50 | A cumulative time of 60 minutes
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| 2 | General Awareness | 25 | 50 | |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 50 | |
| 4 | English Comprehension | 25 | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | 200 | ||
SSC CGL Tier-2 Exam Pattern (Revised)
SSC CGL Tier-2 exam will be conducted in 3 phases- Paper 1, Paper 2, and Paper 3. Paper I (Compulsory for all posts), Paper II for candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Paper III for candidates who apply for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.
| S. No. | Papers | Time Allotted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paper-I: (Compulsory for all posts) | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| 2 | Paper-II: Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) | 2 hours |
| 3 | Paper-III: Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer | 2 hours |
| SSC CGL Tier 2 Paper 1 Exam Pattern | ||||||
| Sections | Module | Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Weightage | Duration |
| Section I | Module-I | Mathematical Abilities | 30 | 90 | 23% | 1 hour |
| Module-II | Reasoning and General Intelligence | 30 | 90 | 23% | ||
| Section II | Module-I | English Language and Comprehension | 45 | 135 | 35% | 1 hour |
| Module-II | General Awareness | 25 | 75 | 19% | ||
| Section III | Module-I | Computer Knowledge Test | 20 | 60 | Qualifying | 15 minutes |
| Module-II | Data Entry Speed Test | One Data Entry Task | Qualifying | 15 minutes | ||
| SSC CGL Tier 2 Paper 2 & 3 Exam Pattern | ||||
| Paper | Section | No. of question | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Paper II | Statistics | 100 | 200 | 2 hours |
| Paper III | General Studies (Finance and Economics) | 100 | 200 | 2 hours |
SSC CGL Selection Process or Cutoff
The selection process for Tier is to qualify the minimum marks and cut off released by SSC. The cut off is released by the SSC soon after the successful conduction of the examination on its official website.
SSC CGL Selection Process or Cutoff for Tier 1
The cut off is released by the SSC soon after the successful conduction of the examination on its official website. A category wise list of cut off is released in which candidates have to check the marks that they have scored and what SSC has released. The category wise cut off marks for 2021 is given below
| Category | Cut Off |
|---|---|
| UR | 167.45 |
| SC | 145.28 |
| ST | 140.97 |
| OBC | 161.36 |
| EWS | 164.00 |
| OH | 135.76 |
| HH | 109.04 |
SSC CGL 2022 Application Fee
No.-1.The required application fee is Rs. 100/-
No.-2. Exemption: No fee is required to be paid by female, SC, ST, Physically Handicapped, and Ex-Servicemen candidates.
No.-3. Applications fee should be paid only through SBI either in the form of challan or through SBI Net Banking or any other bank Credit/Debit Card. Challan form will be generated online.
No.-4. To pay a fee in cash, the candidate should take the printout of challan generated online after the completion of Part-1 registration. Deposit the requisite fee in any branch of SBI and then continue with the Part-2 registration.
No.-5. Those candidates who want to pay online can go directly to part-2 registration after completion of part-1 registration. Candidate must supply registration number and date of birth to continue to Part-2 registration.
SSC CGL Result
The Commission will release the result within two months from the exam. SSC CGL result is released online only. The Commission releases the result for each post group separately. SSC CGL result (Tier-I) was released online on July 4. The exam was conducted from April 11 to 21 in multiple shifts. SSC CGL results was released online only. The candidates need to search their roll numbers in all the result PDF. SSC releases the result of each tier of the exam separately. The candidates need to qualify in each tier to get selected for the exam. The SSC CGL result for each tier is released online at the website of SSC.