SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria

Nationality

As per the SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination guidelines candidates must be a

Citizen of India or
The subject of Bhutan/ Nepal or
Tibetan refugee who arrived in India prior to January 1, 1962, with the goal of living permanently in India, or
Persons of Indian heritage who migrated to India permanently from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam.

Educational Qualification

Assistant Audit/ Accounts Officer

Applicants having a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized University.
Preferred Qualification: Chartered Accountant or Cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or M.Com or Masters in Business Studies or MBA in Finance or Masters in Business Economic

Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)

Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognized university with at least 60% in mathematics in the 12th grade OR Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with Statistics as one of the graduating subjects

Statistical Investigator Grade-II

Bachelor's degree in any field from a recognised organization, with Statistics as one of the required disciplines.

Other Posts

Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline (BA, B.Com, B.Sc, BBA, BCA, B.Tech etc.) from a recognized University or equivalent.

*SSC CGL Posts*	*Minimum Age Limit*	*Maximum Age Limit*
Accountant (Offices under C&AG), Accountant, Junior Accountant (Other Ministry, Departments), Senior Secretariat Assistant, Upper Division Clerks (Central Govt. Offices, Ministries other than CSCS cadres), Tax Assistant (CBDT), Auditor (Offices under C&AG), Auditor (Other Ministry, Departments), Auditor (Offices under CGDA)Tax Assistant (CBIC), Sub-Inspector (Central Bureau of Narcotics), Upper Division Clerks (Border Road Organization)	18 years	27 years
Assistant (Other Ministries, Departments, Organizations), Inspector Posts (Department of Post)	18 years	30 years
Assistant Section Officer (Central Secretariat Service), Assistant Section Officer (Ministry of Railway), Assistant (Other Ministries, Departments, Organizations), Assistant Section Officer (Ministry of External Affairs), Assistant Section Officer (AFHQ)Sub Inspector (CBI)	20 years	30 years
Assistant Section Officer (IB), Inspector, (Central Excise/ CBIC), Inspector (Preventive Officer/ CBIC), Inspector (Examine/ CBIC), Assistant Enforcement Officer (Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue),Assistant Section Officer (Other Ministries, Departments, Divisional Accountant (Offices under C&AG), Sub Inspector (NIA), Statistical Investigator Grade-II (Registrar General of India) Organizations), Inspector of Income Tax (CBDT), Inspector (Central Bureau of Narcotics), Assistant (Other Ministries, Departments, Organizations), Assistant, Superintendent (Other Ministries, Departments, Organizations), Assistant Audit Officer (Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG), Assistant Accounts Officer (Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG),	18 years	30 years
Junior Statistical Officer	18 years	32 years

SSC CGL age relaxation for different categories

Categories	Categories
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
PwD+General	10 years
PwD+OBC	13 years
PwD+SC/ST	15 years
Candidates domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir between January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989	5 years
Ex-Servicemen	3 years
Defence Personnel disabled in any hostile military operation and released as a consequence	3 years
SC/ ST Defence Personnel disabled in any hostile military operation and released as a consequence	8 years

SSC CGL exam pattern

SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam (Objective) Online mode
SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Online mode

SSC CGL Tier 1 exam pattern

Some important points to note:

It is a computer-based objective type online exam
It consists of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions.
The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English Comprehension.
There will be a negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer.

Sections	No. of questions	Total Marks	Time Allotted
General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50	A cumulative time of 60 minutes
General Awareness	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
English Comprehension	25	50
Total	100	200

SSC CGL Tier 2 exam pattern

Candidates can check the SSC CGL new pattern below

Tier-II will include conducting of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III in separate shifts, days.
Paper-I is compulsory for all the posts.
Paper-II will be for only those candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for these Posts
Paper-III will be for only those candidates who are shortlisted in Tier-I for Paper-III i.e. for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.
Module-I of Section-III of Paper-I i.e. Computer Knowledge Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature.
Tier-II (Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III) will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions, except for Module-II of Section-III of Paper-I. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English Language And Comprehension module in Section-II of Paper-I.
There will be a negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer in Section-I, Section-II and Module-I of Section-III of Paper-I and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-II and Paper-III.

Paper	Session	Subject	No.of Questions	Maximum time	Time Allowed
Paper	Session 1	Session 2	Section-I:Module-I: Mathematical Abilities Module-II: Reasoning and General Intelligenc	30+30= 60	1 hour
		Section-II:Module-I: English Language and Comprehension Module-II: General Awareness	45+25=70	210
		Section-III:Module-I: Computer Knowledge Module	20	60
	Session 2	Section-III: Module-II: Data Entry Speed Test Module	Only data entry task		15 mintues