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SSC CGL Syllabus 2024 for Tier 1 and Tier 2: Download Syllabus PDF

SSC CGL Exam has 2 Tiers. In Tier 1, You get questions from Quantitative Aptitude, GI and Reasoning, General Awareness, and English
Comprehension. In Tier 2, you get questions from Quantitative Aptitude, Mathematical Ability, General Awareness, English language, and
Statistics or Finance & Economics.

SSC CGL Syllabus PDF

SSC CGL Tier 1 is qualifying in nature. You get 1 hour to finish the exam. Your score will not be calculated in the final merit list. But, there is a
negative marking of 0.50 marks in SSC CGL Tier 1 exam. In Tier 2, you have to take paper 1 as it is compulsory for all posts. To complete this
paper, you will be given 2 hours 30 minutes.

SSC CGL Syllabus PDF in Hindi

You have to appear for Paper 2 and Paper 3 only if you have applied for JSO (Junior Statistical Officer) and Statistical Investigator Grade-II, and
AAO (Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer). For each paper, you will be given 2 hours.

Till 2019, SSC conducted CGL exam in 4 tiers. In 2020, there were 3 Tiers. But, again in 2021, SSC Conducted CGL in 4 tiers. From 2022
onwards, there are only 2 tiers in SSC CGL exam.

In Tier 4 cycle, there were 2 CBT, 1 Descriptive paper, and 1 Data Entry Skill Test. In Tier 3 cycle, there were 3 CBT. In Tier 2 cycle, both the Tiers
are CBT. Since, SSC CGL exam pattern had been changed, the syllabus had also been changed for each tier.

Table of Contents

1. SSC CGL Tier 1 Syllabus

1.1 CGL Quant Syllabus
1.2 CGL Reasoning Syllabus
1.3 English Language Syllabus
1.4 General Awareness Syllabus
2. SSC CGL Tier 2 Syllabus
2.1 Tier 2 Paper 1 Syllabus
2.2 Tier 2 Paper 2 Syllabus
2.3 Tier 2 Paper 3 Syllabus
3. SSC CGL Tier 1 Weightage
3.1 Reasoning Weightage
3.2Quant Weightage
3.3 English Weightage
3.4 GK Weightage
4. Tier 2 Weightage
4.1 Paper 1 Weightage
4.2 Paper 2 & 3 Weightage
5. SSC CGL Imp. Points
6. FAQs

SSC CGL Syllabus 2024 for Tier 1 Exam

You must note down the subjects for SSC CGL Tier 1 as mentioned below:

Tier Subjects

Quantitative Aptitude
General Intelligence and Reasoning
Tier 1 General Awareness
English Comprehension

SSC CGL Tier 1 Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude

Go through Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude for SSC CGL Tier 1 exam below:

1. Discount
2. Graphs of Linear Equations
3. Common tangents to two or more circles
4. Right circular cylinder
 5. Degree and Radian Measures
6. Ratio & Proportion
7. Partnership Business
8. Triangle and its various kinds of centers
9. Triangle, Quadrilaterals
10. Sphere
11. Standard Identities
12. Square roots
13. Mixture and Alligation
14. Congruence and similarity of triangles
15. Regular Polygons
16. Hemispheres
17. Complementary angles
18. Bar diagram & Pie chart
19. Percentage
20. Time and distance
21. Rectangular Parallelepiped
22. Heights and Distances
23. Interest
24. Time & Work
25. tangents
26. Right Prism
27. Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base
28. Histogram
29. Profit & Loss
30. Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds
31. Angles are subtended by chords of a circle
32. Right circular cone
33. Trigonometric ratio
34. Frequency polygon
35. Circle and its chords
36. Averages

SSC CGL Tier 1 Syllabus for GI and Reasoning

You can check out topics for GI and Reasoning section for SSC CGL Tier 1 exam below:

1. Spatial Orientation
2. Discrimination
3. Semantic Classification
4. Problem-Solving
5. Space Orientation
6. Indexing
7. Critical Thinking
8. Problem-Solving
9. Observation
10. Coding & decoding
11. Symbolic/Number Classification
12. Word Building
13. Space Visualisation
14. Address Matching
15. Emotional Intelligence
16. Analysis
17. Relationship Concepts
18. Statement conclusion
19. Figural Classification
20. Syllogistic reasoning
21. Venn Diagrams
22. Date & city matching
23. Social Intelligence
24. Non-verbal series

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SSC CGL Tier 1 Syllabus for English Language

In English section, you get questions from the following topics:

1. Idioms and Phrases

2. One word Substitution
 3. Sentence Correction
4. Error Spotting
5. Fill in the Blanks
6. Spellings Correction
7. Reading Comprehension
8. Synonyms and Antonyms
9. Active Passive
10. Sentence Rearrangement
11. Sentence Improvement
12. Cloze test

SSC CGL Tier 1 Syllabus for General Awareness

Check GA topics listed below for SSC CGL Tier 1 exam:

1. India and its neighboring countries especially about History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy, and Scientific Research
2. Science
3. Current Affairs
4. Books and Authors
5. Sports
6. Important Schemes
7. Important Days
8. Portfolio
9. People in News
10. Static GK
Ques. How long is SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam? ➕

Ques. Is SSC CGL Tier 1 easy? ➕

SSC CGL Syllabus 2024 for Tier 2

SSC CGL Tier 2 will be conducted online. You can check SSC CGL Tier 2 syllabus in detail below:

Tier 2 Topics

Mathematical Abilities
Reasoning and General Intelligence
English Language and Comprehension
Paper 1 (Compulsory for all posts) General Awareness
Computer Knowledge Test
Data Entry Speed Test

Statistics
Paper 2 (for JSO and Statistical Investigator Grade-II)

Finance & Economics

Paper 3 (for AAO Posts)

SSC CGL Tier 2 Paper 1 Syllabus

Module-I of Section-I of Paper-1: Mathematical Abilities

Topic Sub-Topic

1. Computation of Whole Number

2. Decimal and Fractions
Number Systems
3. Relationship between numbers

1. Percentages
2. Ratio and Proportion
3. Square roots
4. Averages
5. Interest (Simple and Compound)
6. Profit and Loss
Fundamental arithmetical operations
7. Discount
8. Partnership Business
9. Mixture and Alligation
10. Time and distance
11. Time and work
 1. Basic Algebraic Identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems)
Algebra 2. Graphs of Linear Equations

1. Similarity with Elementary Geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centers
2. Congruence and similarity of triangles
Geometry
3. Circle and its Chords, Tangents, Angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles

1. Triangle
2. Quadrilaterals
3. Regular Polygons
4. Circle
5. Right Prism
6. Right Circular Cone
Mensuration
7. Right Circular Cylinder
8. Sphere
9. Hemispheres
10. Rectangular Parallelepiped
11. Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.

1. Trigonometry
2. Trigonometric Ratios
3. Complementary Angles
Trigonometry
4. Height and Distances (simple problems only)
5. Standard Identities

1. Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart

2. Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation
Statistics and Probability
3. Calculation of Simple Probabilities

Tier 2 Reasoning and General Intelligence Syllabus

Module-II of Section-I of Paper-I: Reasoning & General Intelligence

1. Semantic Analogy
2. Symbolic operations, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Trends
3. Figural Analogy
4. Space Orientation
5. Semantic Classification
6. Venn Diagrams
7. Symbolic/ Number
8. Classification
9. Drawing inferences
10. Figural Classification
11. Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding
12. Semantic Series
13. Figural Pattern folding and completion
14. Number Series
15. Embedded figures
16. Figural Series
17. Critical Thinking
18. Problem-Solving
19. Emotional Intelligence
20. Word Building
21. Social Intelligence
22. Coding and Decoding
23. Numerical operations
24. Other sub-topics, if any.

Tier 2 English Language and Comprehension Syllabus

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

1. Vocabulary
2. English Grammar
3. Sentence structure
4. Spot the Error
5. Fill in the Blanks,
6. Synonyms/Homonyms
 7. Antonyms
8. Spellings/ Detecting misspelt words
9. Idioms & Phrases
10. One word substitution
11. Improvement of Sentences,
12. Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
13. Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration
14. Shuffling of Sentence Parts
15. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage,
16. Cloze Passage
17. 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.

Tier 2 General Awareness Syllabus

Module II of Section II of Paper-I: General Awareness

1. India and its neighboring countries especially about History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy, and Scientific Research
2. Science
3. Current Affairs
4. Books and Authors
5. Sports
6. Important Schemes
7. Important Days & Dates
8. Portfolio
9. People in News

Module-I of Section-III of Paper-I: Computer Proficiency

Topic Sub-Topic

1. Organization of a computer
2. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
3. Input/ Output devices
4. Computer Memory
5. Memory Organization
Computer Basics
6. Back-up devices
7. PORTs
8. Windows Explorer
9. Keyboard shortcuts

Software Windows Operating system including basics of Microsoft Office like MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint, etc

Working with the Internet and e-

Web Browsing & Searching, Downloading & Uploading, Managing an E-mail Account, E-Banking
mails

Basics of networking and cyber Networking Devices and Protocols, Network, and Information Security Threats (like hacking, virus, worms, Trojan, etc.) and
security preventive measures

SSC CGL Tier 2 Syllabus- Paper 2: Statistics

Subject Topics

Collection, Classification
Primary and Secondary data, Methods of data collection; Tabulation of data; Graphs and charts; Frequency Distributions;
and Presentation of
Diagrammatic presentation of Frequency Distributions.
Statistical Data

Measures of Central
Common measures of Central Tendency – Mean, Median, and Mode; Partition values- Quartiles, Deciles, and Percentiles.
Tendency

Measures of Dispersion-
Common measures of Range, Quartile Deviations, Mean Deviation, and Standard Deviation; Measures of Relative Dispersion.
Dispersion

Moments, Skewness, and Different types of moments and their relationship; the meaning of Skewness and Kurtosis; different measures of Skewness and
Kurtosis Kurtosis.

Correlation and Scatter diagram; Simple Correlation Coefficient; Simple Regression lines; Spearman's Rank Correlation; Measures of Association of
Regression Attributes; Multiple Regression; Multiple and Partial Correlation (For three variables only).
 Meaning of Probability; Different definitions of Probability; Conditional Probability; Compound Probability; Independent Events;
Probability Theory
Bayes‟ theorem.

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

Concept of population and sample; Parameter and Statistic, Sampling and Non-Sampling errors; Probability and Non-Probability
Sampling techniques (Simple Random Sampling, Stratified Sampling, multistage Sampling, multiphase Sampling, Cluster Sampling,
Sampling Theory
Systematic Sampling, Purposive Sampling, Convenience Sampling and Quota Sampling); Sampling Distribution (statement only);
Sample size decisions.

Point estimation and Interval Estimation, Properties of a Good Estimator, Methods of Estimation (Moments method, Maximum
Statistical Inference 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.

Analysis of Variance Analysis of one-way classified data and two-way classified data.

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

Meaning of Index Numbers, Problems in the construction of Index Numbers, Types of Index Numbers, Different formulae, Base
Index Numbers
shifting and splicing of Index Numbers, Cost of Living Index Numbers, Uses of Index Numbers.

SSC CGL Tier 2 Syllabus- Paper 3: Finance and Economics

Part Subject Topics

1. Nature and scope

2. Limitations of Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting 3. Basic Concepts and Conventions
4. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

1. Single and Double Entry

2. Books of Original Entry
3. Bank Reconciliation
4. Journal, Ledgers
5. Trial Balance
Part A: Finance and Accounts- 6. Rectification of Errors
(80 marks) 7. Manufacturing
8. Trading
9. Profit & Loss Appropriation Accounts
Basic concepts of accounting
10. Balance Sheet
11. The distinction between Capital and Revenue Expenditure
12. Depreciation Accounting
13. Valuation of Inventories
14. Non-profit organizations Account
15. Receipts and Payments and Income & Expenditure Accounts
16. Bills of Exchange
17. Self Balancing Ledgers

Part B: Economics and Comptroller & Auditor General of India- Constitutional provisions, Role, and Responsibility
Governance-(120 marks)
Finance Commission- Role and functions

1. Definition
2. Scope and nature of Economics
Basic Concept of Economics and 3. Methods of Economic Study
introduction to Micro Economics 4. Central problems of an Economy
5. Production Possibilities Curve

1. Meaning and Determinants of Demand

2. Law of Demand and Elasticity of Demand
3. Price
4. Income and Cross Elasticity
5. Theory of consumer‟s behavior
Theory of Demand and Supply
6. Marshallian Approach and Indifference Curve Approach
7. Meaning and Determinants of Supply
8. Law of Supply
9. The Elasticity of Supply
 1. Meaning and Factors of Production
Theory of Production and Cost 2. Laws of production- Law of Variable Proportions and Laws of Returns to Scale.

1. Various forms of Markets-Perfect Competition

2. Monopoly
Forms of Market and price determination 3. Monopolistic Competition
in different markets 4. Oligopoly
5. Price determination in these markets.

1. Nature of the Indian Economy Role of different sectors, Role of Agriculture,

Industry, and Services: their problems and growth.
2. National Income of India-Concepts of National Income, Different methods of
measuring National Income.
Indian Economy 3. Population: size, rate of growth, and its implication on Economic Growth.
4. Poverty and Unemployment- Absolute and Relative Poverty, types, causes,
and incidence of Unemployment.
5. Infrastructure-Energy, Transportation, Communication.

1. Economic reforms since 1991

2. Liberalization
3. Privatization
Economic Reforms in India
4. Globalization
5. Disinvestment

1. Monetary/ Fiscal policy- Role and functions of Reserve Bank of India; functions
of Commercial Banks/RRB/Payment Banks.
Money and Banking 2. Budget and Fiscal deficits and Balance of payments.
3. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.

Role of Information Technology in Governance

Ques. What are the subjects in CGL Tier 2? ➕

Ques. Do I need to appear for SSC CGL Tier 2? ➕

SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1: Topic-wise Weightage

Weightage of Reasoning

Topics No. of Questions

Analogy 2–3

Odd One Out 1–2

Number Series 2–3

Statement & Conclusions 1

Direction 0–1

Sequence (According to Dictionary) 1–2

Water Image 1

Coding-Decoding 3–4

Mathematical Operations 2–3

Seating Arrangement 2–3

Blood Relation 1–2

Mirror Image 1–2

Venn Diagram 1–2

Paper Folding Image 1–2

Missing Term 1–2

 Hidden Figure 1–2

Cube 1–2

Counting Figure [Rectangle] 1–2

Complete Figure 1–2

Total Questions 25

Weightage of Quantitative Aptitude

Topics No. of Questions

Data Interpretation 5

Time & Work 1–2

Time, Speed & Distance 1–2

Pipe & Cistern 1–2

Geometry 1–2

Mensuration 2–3

Trigonometry 2–3

Profit & Loss 1–2

Successive Discount 0 -1

Simplification 1–2

Ratio 1–2

Number System 2–3

Average 1–2

Total Questions 25

Weightage of English

Topics No. of Questions

Fill in the Blanks 1–2

Sentence Improvement 1–2

Error Detection 2–3

Sentence Rearrangement 2–3

Idioms and Phrases 1–2

Synonym 1–2

Antonyms 1–2

Active Passive 2–3

One word substitution 2–3

Word Correction in a sentence 1–2

Reading Comprehension 5

Overall 25

Weightage of General Knowledge

Topic No. of Questions

Current Affairs 3–5

 History 2

Polity 2

Geography 2

Economy 1–2

Biology 1–2

Physics 1–2

Chemistry 1–2

Miscellaneous 10 – 12

SSC CGL 2024 Tier 2: Topic-wise Weightage

Topic-wise Weightage for Paper 1

Sessions Sections Modules Subject Weightage

Module-I Mathematical Abilities 23%

Section I
Module-II Reasoning and General Intelligence 23%

Session I Module-I English Language and Comprehension 35%

Section II
Module-II General Awareness 19%

Module-I Computer Knowledge Test Qualifying

Section III
Session II Module-II Data Entry Speed Test Qualifying

Weightage for Paper 2 and Paper 3

Papers Sections No. of question Maximum Marks

Paper II Statistics 100 200

Paper III General Studies (Finance and Economics) 100 200

SSC CGL Syllabus 2024: Important Points

SSC CGL Tier 1 -
It is compulsory for all posts. You will have to prepare for Tier 1 and Tier 2 simultaneously.

SSC CGL Tier 2

1. Paper 1 is compulsory for all posts.

2. You appear for Paper 2 if you apply for JSO post in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
3. You appear for Paper 3 if you apply for Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Account Officer post.

Penalty for Wrong Answers:

1. Attempting a wrong answer in the Tier 1 exam will lead to a deduction of 0.5 marks.
2. In Tier 2, there is a negative marking of 1 mark in Paper 1, Paper 2, and Paper 3.

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