Posting

1. Assistants in Ministries/Departments, Attached and Subordinate office of the Govt. of India
2. Inspectors of Central Excise & Customs
3. Inspectors of Income Tax
4. Preventive Officers in Customs
5. Examiner in Customs
6. Sub-Inspectors in Central Bureau of Narcotics & CBI
7. Assistant Enforcement Officer in the Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue
8. Divisional Accountant, Jr. Accountant, Auditor & UDCs in various offices of Govt. of India
9. Accountant/ Junior Accountant
10. Tax Assistant in CBDT and CBEC
11. Compiler in Registrar General of India
12. Research Assistant
13. Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant

Vacancy

Last year, 17727 vacancies were released for Group B and C posts for various graduate-level posts and in the coming year also we can expect a huge number of vacancies.

Eligibility

Not everyone can appear in the SSC CGL Exam, as the commission has set parameters for minimum eligibility criteria including education qualifications, age limit, and nationality. As per this year's notification, the SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria are as follows-

Nationality

A candidate must be a citizen/subject of either India/Nepal/Bhutan/a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.

Educational Qualification

For Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)- Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with a minimum 60% in Mathematics in Class 12th or in any discipline with Statistics as one of the subjects in graduation.

For Statistical Investigator Grade-II- Graduation Degree from any recognized University with Economics Statistics or Mathematics as a compulsory or Elective Subject.

For Research Assistant in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)- Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute with a minimum of one year of research experience in any recognized university or recognized Research Institution.

For Remaining posts- Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University.

Age Limit

The candidates must fall in the age group of 18 to 32 years. Candidates can check the post-wise age limit by checking the table below.

Name of posts	Age group
Auditor, Accountant, Senior Secretariat Assistant / Upper Division clerks, Tax Assistant, Sub-Inspector	18 to 27 years
Inspector Posts	18 to 30 years
Tax Assistant	20 to 27 years
Assistant Section officer and Assistant	20 to 30 years
Inspector, (Central Excise, Preventive officer, Examiner), Assistant / Superintendent, Inspector of Income Tax, Divisional Accountant, Assistant Enforcement Officer, Junior Statistical Officer	Not exceeding 30 years

Upper Age Relaxation

Category	Age Relaxation
OBC	3 years
SC/ST	5 years
Physically Handicapped (General)	10 years
Physically Handicapped (OBC)	13 years
Physically Handicapped (SC/ST)	15 years
Ex-Servicemen (General)	3 years
Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	6 years
Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)	8 years
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (General-Group B)	5 years
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (OBC-Group B)	8 years
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ST-Group B)	10 years
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (General Group C)	Up to 40 years of age
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (OBC-Group C)	Up to 43 years of age
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (St/SC-Group C)	Up to 45 years of age
Candidates domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (SC/ST)	5 years
Candidates domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (OBC)	8 years
Candidates domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (SC/ST)	10 years
Widows/Divorced Women/Women Judicially separated and who are not remarried-Group C/General	Up to 35 years of age
Widows/Divorced Women/Women Judicially separated and who are not remarried-Group C/OBC	Up to 38 years of age
Widows/Divorced Women/Women Judicially separated and who are not remarried-Group C/SC&ST	Up to 40 years of age
Defence Personnel Disabled in hostilities-General	5 years
Defence Personnel Disabled in hostilities-OBC	8 years
Defence Personnel Disabled in hostilities-SC/ST	10 years

Selection Process

Stage 1 Tier-I: Computer-Based Examination (Qualifying in nature).

Stage 2 Tier-II: 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.

1. All candidates who have applied successfully for the SSC CGL exam, will be assigned Roll numbers and Admit Cards for appearing in the Computer-Based Examination (Tier-I).
2. Based on the marks scored in Tier-I, candidates will be shortlisted, category-wise, to appear in Tier-II Examination.
3. Separate cut-offs will be released separately for Paper-II of Tier-II (i.e. for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO), and for Paper-I of Tier-II (i.e. for all other posts).
4. Tier-II Examinations will be conducted for all the candidates qualified in Tier-I.
5. In Tier II, all the candidates will be required to appear in Paper-I and Paper-II. However, only specific candidates shortlisted for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) will be required to appear in Paper-II.
6. The final selection list will be prepared on the basis of marks scored by the candidates solely in Paper 2.

Syllabus

The major sections asked in the SSC CGL Preliminary Exam are General Awareness, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. The syllabus overview of the SSC CGL Tier-1 exam is given below.

General Intelligence and Reasoning	General Awareness/ GK	Quantitative Aptitude	English Comprehension
Classification	Static General Knowledge (Indian History, Culture etc.)	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Analogy	Science	Interest	Fill in the Blanks
Coding-Decoding	Current Affairs	Averages	Spellings
Series	Indian Geography	Mensuration	Cloze Test
Non-Verbal	Current CM & Governors	DI	Synonyms & Antonyms
Word Formation	Sports	Percentage	Idioms and Phrases
Matrix	Books and Authors	Ratio and Proportion	One word Substitution
	Important Schemes	Problem on Ages	Sentence Correction

SSC CGL Syllabus (PDF)