SSC CGL Syllabus
Syllabus for Tier-I
1. General Intelligence and Reasoning:- 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, Number Series, Semantic Series, Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding-Decoding, Numerical Operations, Symbolic Operations,Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing Inferences, Punched Hole/Pattern folding and unfolding, Figure Pattern – folding and completion, Indexing Address Matching, Date and City Matching, Classification of Centre Codes and Roll Numbers, Small & Capital Letters & Number Coding, Embedded Figures, Critical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, , Social Intelligence,
2. General Awareness:- Current Events, Everyday Observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected from an educated person, India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy, and Indian Constitution Scientific Research
3. Quantitative Aptitude:- Number System: Whole Number, Decimal and Fraction, Relationship between numbers, Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Square Roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture & Allegation, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and Various kinds of Centres, Congruence ad Similarities of Triangles, Circle and Its Chords, Tangents, Angels subtended by a chord of a circle, Common Tangent to two or more circles, Triangles, Quadrilateral, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemisphere, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with Triangular or Square Based, Trigonometric Ratio, Degree and Radian Measure, Standard Identities, Complementary Angles, Height and Distances, Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Bar Diagram, and Pie Chart
4. English Comprehension- Candidates' ability to understand correct English, His /Her basic comprehension and writing ability would be tested.
Syllabus for Tier- II
Paper I Quantitative Aptitude - Number System: Whole Number, Decimal and Fraction, Relationship between numbers, Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Square Roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture & Allegation, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and Various kinds of Centres, Congruence ad Similarities of Triangles, Circle and Its Chords, Tangents, Angels subtended by a chord of a circle, Common Tangent to two or more circles, Triangles, Quadrilateral, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemisphere, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with Triangular or Square Based, Trigonometric Ratio, Degree and Radian Measure, Standard Identities, Complementary Angles, Height and Distances, Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Bar Diagram, and Pie Chart
Paper-II English Language and Comprehension – Candidate’s understanding and knowledge of English Language and will be based on spot the error, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, spelling/ detecting misspelled word, idioms, and phrases, one-word substitution, improvement of sentence, active/ passive voice of verbs, conversion into direct /indirect narration, Shuffling of sentences in a passage, cloze passages, and comprehension passage
Paper III Statistics - Collection, Classification and Presentation of Data, Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of Dispersion, Moments, Skewness and kurtosis, Correlation and Regression, Probability Theory, Random Variable, and Probability Distributions, Sampling Theory, Statistical Interference, Analysis of Variance, Time Series Analysis, Index Number
Paper IV General Studies Finance and Economics
Part A: Topics from Fundamental and Basic Concepts of Accounting
Part B: Topics from Economics and Governance under which questions from Comptroller and Auditor General of India – Constitutional Provisions, Role and Responsibility, Finance Commission – Roll and Functions, Basic Concept of Economics and Introduction to Micro Economics, Theory of Demand and Supply, Theory production and Cost, Forms of Market and Price Determination, Indian Economy, Economic Reforms in India, Money and Banking, Roll of Information Technology in Governance will be asked.