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(Notification) SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam - 2024

F. No. HQ-C11018/1/2024-C-1: Staff Selection Commission will hold Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2024 for filling up of various Group ‘B’ and Group ‘C’ posts in different Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations of Government of India and various Constitutional Bodies/ Statutory Bodies/ Tribunals, etc. The details of the examination are as follows:

Details of the Posts:

Followings are the likely posts that will be filled up through this Examination:

2.1 Pay Level-7 (Rs. 44900 to 142400):
S.No.	Name of Post	Ministry/Department/Office/Cadre	Classification of Post	Age Limit
1	Assistant Section Officer	Central Secretariat Service	Group “B”	20-30 years
2	Assistant Section Officer	Intelligence Bureau	Group “B”	18-30 years
3	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of Railways	Group “B”	20-30 years
4	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of External Affairs	Group “B”	20-30 years
5	Assistant Section Officer	AFHQ	Group “B”	20-30 years
6	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology	Group “B”	18-30 years
7	Assistant /Assistant Section Officer	Other Ministries/ Departments/Organizations	Group “B”	18-30 years
8	Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	Group “C”	18-30 years
9	Inspector, (Central Excise)	CBIC	Group “B”	18-30 years
10	Inspector (Preventive Officer)
11	Inspector (Examiner)
12	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Group “B”	18-30 years
13	Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	Group “B”	20-30 years
14	Inspector Posts	Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications	Group “B”	18-30 years
15	Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics,Ministry of Finance	Group “B”	18-30 years
2.2 Pay Level-6 (Rs. 35400 to 112400):
16	Assistant / Assistant Section Officer	Other Ministries/ Departments/Organizations	Group “B”	18-30 years
17	Executive Assistant	CBIC	Group “B”	18-30 years
18	Research Assistant	National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)	Group “B”	18-30 years
19	Divisional Accountant	Offices under C&AG	Group “B”	18-30 years
20	Sub Inspector	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	Group “B”	18-30 years
21	Sub-Inspector/ Junior Intelligence Officer	Narcotics Control Bureau (MHA)	Group “B”	18-30 years
22	Junior Statistical Officer	Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.	Group “B”	18-32 years

2.3 Pay Level-5 (Rs. 29200 to 92300):
23	Auditor	Offices under C&AG	Group “C”	18-27 years
24	Auditor	Offices under CGDA	Group “C”	18-27 years
25	Auditor	Other Ministry/ Departments	Group “C”	18-27 years
26	Accountant	Offices under C&AG	Group “C”	18-27 years
27	Accountant	Controller General of Accounts	Group “C”	18-27 years
28	Accountant/Junior Accountant	Other Ministry/ Departments	Group “C”	18-27 years
2.4 Pay Level-4 (₹ 25500 to 81100):
29	Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant	Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications	Group “C”	18-27 years
30	Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks	Central Govt. Offices/ Ministries other than CSCS cadres.	Group “C”	18-27 years
31	Senior Administrative Assistant	Military Engineering Services,Ministry of Defence	Group “C”	18-27 years
32	Tax Assistant	CBDT	Group “C”	18-27 years
33	Tax Assistant	CBIC	Group “C”	18-27 years
34	Sub-Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics,Ministry of Finance	Group “C”	18-27 years

Study Material for Combined Graduate Level Examination

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION : ( As on 01-08-2024)

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. The candidates must have studied Statistics as a subject in all the three years or all the 6 semesters of the graduation course.

Research Assistant in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC):

Essential Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute.

Desirable Qualifications:

Minimum one-year research experience in any recognized university or recognized Research Institution;
Degree in Law or Human Rights from a recognized university.

All other Posts:

Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.
The candidates who have appeared in their final year of their graduation can also apply, however they must possess Essential qualification on or before the cut-off date i.e. 01-08-2024.

AGE LIMIT (As on 01-08-2024):

Requirement of age for various posts is as follows:

S No	Age Limit	Remarks
(i)	For the posts for which age limit is 18-27 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1997 and not later than 01-08-2006.
(ii)	For the posts for which age limit is 20-30 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1994 and not later than 01-08-2004.
(iii)	For the posts for which age limit is 18-30 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1994 and not later than 01-08-2006.
(iv)	For the posts for which age limit is 18-32 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1992 and not later than 01-08-2006.

Permissible relaxation in upper age limit and category-codes for claiming age relaxation are as follows:

Code No	Category	Age-relaxation permissible beyond upper age limit
01	SC/ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	PwD (Unreserved)	10 years
04	PwD (OBC)	13 years
05	PwD (SC/ST)	15 years
06	Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
08	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 years
09	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ST)	8 years
Additional permissible relaxation in upper age limit for Group ‘C’ posts
10	Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application.	Upto 40 years of age
11	Central Govt. Civilian Employees(SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application.	Upto 45 years of age
12	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
13	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST).	Up to 40 years of age

Exam Syllabus And Scheme of The Examination :

13.9.1 Tier-I: General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. This component may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning etc. The topics are, Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series, Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding & de-coding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/ pattern- folding& un-folding, Figural Pattern-folding and completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence.

13.9.2 General Awareness: Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidates’ general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining History, Culture, Geography,Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research.

13.9.3 Quantitative Aptitude: The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the candidate. The scope of the test will be computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage. Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart.

13.9.4 English Comprehension: Candidates’ ability to understand correct English, his basic comprehension and writing ability, etc. would be tested.

13.9.5 The questions in Parts A, B, & D will be of a level commensurate with the essential qualification viz. Graduation and questions in Part-C will be of 10th standard level.

13.10 Indicative Syllabus (Tier-II):

13.10.1 Module-I of Session-I of Paper-I (Mathematical Abilities):

13.10.1.1 Number Systems: Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers.

13.10.1.2 Fundamental arithmetical operations: Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time and work.

13.10.1.3 Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations.

13.10.1.4 Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts:

Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.

13.10.1.5 Mensuration: Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.

13.10.1.6 Trigonometry: Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin2� + cos2�=1 etc.

13.10.1.7 Statistics and probability: Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart; Measures of central

tendency: mean, median, mode, standard deviation; calculation of simple probabilities.

13.10.2 Module-II of Section-I of Paper-I (Reasoning and General Intelligence):

13.10.2.1 Questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. These will include questions on Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Trends, Figural Analogy, Space Orientation, Semantic Classification, Venn Diagrams, Symbolic/ Number Classification, Drawing inferences, Figural Classification, Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding, Semantic Series, Figural Patternfolding and completion, Number Series, Embedded figures, Figural Series, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Word Building, Social Intelligence, Coding and de-coding, Numerical operations, Other sub-topics, if any.

13.10.3 Module-I of Section-II of Paper-I (English Language And Comprehension):

13.10.3.1 Vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and their correct usage; Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms/ Homonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/ Detecting mis-spelt words, Idioms & Phrases, One word substitution, Improvement of Sentences, Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs, Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration, Shuffling of Sentence parts, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, Cloze Passage, Comprehension Passage. To test comprehension, three or more paragraphs will be given and questions based on those will be asked. At least one paragraph should be a simple one based on a book or a story and the other two paragraphs should be on current affairs, based on a report or an editorial.

13.10.4 Module-II of Section-II of Paper-I (General Awareness):

13.10.4.1 Questions are designed to test the candidates’ general awareness of the environment around them and its application to society. Questions are also designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research.

13.10.5 Module-I of Section-III of Paper- I (Computer Proficiency):

13.10.5.1 Computer Basics: Organization of a computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU), input/ output devices, computer memory, memory organization, back- up devices, PORTs, Windows Explorer. Keyboard shortcuts.

13.10.5.2 Software: Windows Operating system including basics of Microsoft Office like MS word, MS Excel and Power Point etc..

13.10.5.3 Working with Internet and e-mails: Web Browsing & Searching,Downloading & Uploading, Managing an E-mail Account, e-Banking.

13.10.5.4 Basics of networking and cyber security: Networking devices and protocols, Network and information security threats (like hacking, virus, worms, Trojan etc.) and preventive measures.

13.10.6 Paper-II (Statistics):

13.10.6.1 Collection, Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data –Primary and Secondary data, Methods of data collection; Tabulation of data; Graphs and charts; Frequency distributions; Diagrammatic presentation of frequency distributions.
13.10.6.2 Measures of Central Tendency- Common measures of central tendency – mean median and mode; Partition values- quartiles, deciles, percentiles.

13.10.6.3 Measures of Dispersion- Common measures dispersion – range,quartile deviations, mean deviation and standard deviation; Measures of relative dispersion.

13.10.6.4 Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis – Different types of moments and their relationship; meaning of skewness and kurtosis; different measures of skewness and kurtosis.

13.10.6.5 Correlation and Regression – Scatter diagram; simple correlation coefficient; simple regression lines; Spearman’s rank correlation; Measures of association of attributes; Multiple regression; Multiple and partial correlation (For three variables only).

13.10.6.6 Probability Theory – Meaning of probability; Different definitions of probability; Conditional probability; Compound probability; Independent events; Bayes’ theorem.

13.10.6.7 Random Variable and Probability Distributions – Random variable; Probability functions; Expectation and Variance of a random variable; Higher moments of a random variable; Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions; Joint distribution of two random variable (discrete).

13.10.6.8 Sampling Theory – Concept of population and sample; Parameter and statistic, Sampling and non-sampling errors; Probability and nonprobability sampling techniques (simple random sampling, stratified sampling, multistage sampling, multiphase sampling, cluster sampling, systematic sampling, purposive sampling, convenience sampling and quota sampling); Sampling distribution(statement only); Sample size decisions.

13.10.6.9 Statistical Inference - Point estimation and interval estimation, Properties of a good estimator, Methods of estimation (Moments method, Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method), Testing of hypothesis, Basic concept of testing, Small sample and large sample tests, Tests based on Z, t, Chi-square and F statistic, Confidence intervals.

13.10.6.10 Analysis of Variance - Analysis of one-way classified data and twoway classified data.

13.10.6.11 Time Series Analysis - Components of time series, Determinations of trend component by different methods, Measurement of seasonal variation by different methods.

13.10.6.12 Index Numbers - Meaning of Index Numbers, Problems in the construction of index numbers, Types of index number, Different formulae, Base shifting and splicing of index numbers, Cost of living Index Numbers, Uses of Index Numbers.

Scheme of Tier-I Examinations:

Tier	Subject	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time allowed
I	A. General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50	60 Minutes (1 hour and 20 minutes for the candidates who are allowed use of scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
	B. General Awareness	25	50
	C. Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
	D. English Comprehension	25	50

Scheme of Tier-II Examinations :

Tier

Paper

Session

Subject

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Time allowed

II	Paper-I:	Session-I (2 hours and 15 minutes)	Section-I: Module-I: MathematicalAbilities Module-II: Reasoning and General Intelligence.	30 30 Total = 60
			Section-II: Module-I: English Language and Comprehension Module-II: General Awareness	45 25 Total = 70
			Section-III: Module-I: Computer Knowledge Module	20
		Session-II (15 minutes)	Section-III: Module-II: Data Entry Speed Test Module	One Data Entry Task	-
	Paper-II		Statistics	100	100*2= 200	2 hours (for each Paper) (2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
	Paper-III		General Studies (Finance and Economics)	100	100*2 = 200

Scheme of Tier-III Examination:

Tier

Mode of Examination

Scheme of Examination

Maximum Marks

Time Allowed

III

Pen and Paper mode

Descriptive Paper in English or Hindi (Writing of Essay/ Precis/ Letter/ Application etc.)

100

60 Minutes

(1 hour and 20 minutes for the candidates who are allowed use of scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)

The Paper in Tier-III will have to be written either in Hindi or in English. Part paper written in Hindi and part in English will be awarded zero marks.

In Tier-III, candidates must write their correct Roll Number at the prescribed places on the cover page of the Answer Book. Candidates must also affix signature and Left-hand Thumb Impression in the relevant columns in the Answer Book. Answer Books not bearing Roll Number, Signature and Left-hand Thumb Impression shall be awarded zero marks.

Candidates are strictly advised not to write any personal identity e.g. name, roll number, mobile number, address, etc inside the Answer Book (TierIII). The candidates who fail to adhere to these instructions will be awarded zero marks even if marks are awarded during the evaluation process.

Application Fee:

Fee payable: Rs. 100/- (Rupees One Hundred only).

Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Disability (PwD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee.

How to Apply:

The applications must be submitted through online mode only. For detailed instructions on filling online application, please refer to Annexure-III and Annexure-IV

Important Dates:

Dates for submission of online applications	24-06-2024 to 24-07-2024
Last date and time for receipt of online applications	24-07-2024 (23:00)
Last date and time for making online fee payment	25-07-2024 (23:00)
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ including online payment.	10-08-2024 to 11-08-2024(23:00)
Tentative Schedule of Tier-I (Computer Based Examination)	Sep-Oct, 2024
Tentative Schedule of Tier-II (Computer Based Examination)	December, 2024

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