Dear readers,

As you all know, Staff Selection Commission has recently issued the notification of SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGL) 2015 Exam. As per the notification, there is no change in the pattern and syllabus of the exam and Tier I exam will be held on 9th & 16th August 2015. 

In order to provide more information on SSC CGL 2015 Exam, we are presenting you this article.

Mode of the exam: The CGL 2015 examination will be conducted in offline mode. In this regard, SSC has mentioned in the notification that, “The Commission reserves the right to make changes in the scheme of examination such as conduct of Tier-I and Tier-II examination in on-line mode, treating Tier-I examination as only qualifying and not conducting personality test cum interview for some or all posts etc”.

Click below to download the notification:

http://bit.ly/sscnotice

Important Dates:

Starting date for online registration: 2nd May 2015

For Part I – Last date for online registration: 28 May 2015 (5pm)

For Part II last date: 1 June 2015 (5pm)

SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGL) Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:

1. Tier -I — Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

2. Tier -II — Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

3. Tier -III — Personality Test cum Interview/Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/Document Verification

Pattern of the SSC CGL 2015 PRE (Tier I) exam

NOTE:
There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Tier-I.

Questions will be of Objective
Type Multiple Choice, set both in Hindi and English in respect of Parts A, B
and C.

Syllabus of the Tier I – Exam

A. General
Intelligence & Reasoning: In this
section questions are asked from different topics which include questions of verbal
and non – verbal type.

The
Components may include questions on:

1. Analogies

2. Classification

3. Arithmetic number series

4. Problem Solving

5. Coding & de-coding

6. Spatial orientation

7. Syllogism

8. Figural classification

9. Statement & Conclusion

The topics
are:

1. Semantic Analogy/Symbolic/Number Analogy,
Figural Analogy,

2. Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number
Classification, Figural Classification,

3. Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural
Series,

4. Word Building, Indexing, Address matching,
Date & city matching,

5. Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Classification
of centre codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/numbers coding,
decoding and classification,

6. Trends, Space Orientation, Space
Visualization,

7. Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences,

8. Punched hole/pattern -folding &
unfolding, Figural Pattern – folding and completion, Embedded Figures

9. Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence,
Social Intelligence, Other sub-topics, if any.

B. General
Awareness: In this section questions are
asked from different topics which include

1. Geography

2. History

3. Economics

4. General Policy & Scientific Research

5. Chemistry

6. Physics

7. Biology

8. Constitution

9. Culture

10. Current Affairs

Note: 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.

C. Quantitative
Aptitude: The questions will be designed
to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the
candidate. In this section questions are asked from different topics which
include:

1. Percentage

2. Ratio & Proportion

3. Square roots

4. Averages

5. Interest

6. Profit and Loss

7. Discount

8. Partnership Business

9.  Mixture and Alligation

10. Time and distance

11. Time & Work

12. Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra
& Elementary surds

13. Graphs of Linear Equations

14. Triangle and its various kinds of centres,
Congruence and similarity of triangles,

15. Circle and its chords, tangents, angles
subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles,

16. Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons ,
Circle, Right Prism,

17. Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder,
Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with
triangular or square base,

18. Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian
Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles,

19. Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency
polygon,

20. Bar diagram & Pie chart

D. English
Comprehension: Candidates’ ability to
understand correct English, his basic comprehension and writing ability, etc.
would be tested. In this section questions are asked from different topics
which include:

1. Cloze Test

2. Fill in the blank

3. Active/Passive Voice

4. Vocabulary – Synonyms & Antonyms

5. Reading Comprehension

6. Idioms & Phrases

7. Jumbled Sentences

8. One word substitution

9. Spellings/Detecting Mis – spelt words

10. Common errors

Note: 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.

Please read the notification carefully before filling the application form. 

All The Best!