SSC CGL 2017 - Exam Pattern

The SSC CGL 2017 notification has come out and here are some major changes introduced in SSC CGL Exam Pattern  for the Year 2017.

The time duration of SSC CGL Tier-I has been changed from 75 minutes to 60 minutes (Last Year it was 75 Minutes. this change will make the competition more difficult.) 

Here is the detailed SSC CGL Exam pattern for Tier-I, II & III. 

Exam Pattern : Tier - 1

Computer based Examination mode

Sr. No.	Section	No. Of Questions	Marks	Time
1	General Intelligence Reasoning	25 Questions	50 Marks	60 minutes
2	General Awareness	25 Questions	50 Marks		(For VH & Candidates
3	Quantitative Aptitude	25 Questions	50 Marks			suffering from
4	English Language	25 Questions	50 Marks				Cerebral Palsy: 80 minutes)
##	Total	100 Questions	200 Marks

* There will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer in Tier-I.

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Exam Pattern : Tier - II

Computer based Examination mode

Paper	Section	No. Of Questions	Marks	Time
I	Quantitative Abilities	100 Questions	200 Marks	120 minutes
II	English Language & Comprehension	200 Questions	200 Marks		(For Each Paper) (For VH & Candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 160 minutes)
##	Total	300 Questions	400 Marks

* There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in Paper-II and of 0.50 for each wrong answer in Paper-I of Tier-II.

Computer based Examination mode

Paper	Section	No. Of Questions	Marks	Time
Statistics (for Statistical Investigator Gr II & Compiler POSTS ONLY)
III	Statistics (Paper-I & II as above)	100 Questions	200 Marks	120 minutes (For Each Paper) (For VH & Candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 160 minutes)
General Studies (Finance & Economics)(for Asst Audit Officer Gazetted Group “B” POST ONLY)
IV	General Studies (Finance and Economics) (Paper-I & II as above)	100 Questions	200 Marks	120 minutes (For Each Paper) (For VH & Candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 160 minutes)

* There will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer in Paper-III and Paper-IV of Tier-II.

Exam Pattern : Tier - III

Pen and Paper mode

#	Section	Marks	Time
	Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi (Writing of Essay, Precis, Letter, Application etc.)	100 Marks	60 minutes (For Each Paper) (For VH & Candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 80 minutes)

The merit will be prepared on overall performance in Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III. However, the candidate will need to qualify all the tiers i.e Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III separately.

## There will be no sectional cut-off.

NOTE- Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification will also be conducted as per the provisions of the notice of examination.

Know More About SSC CGL 2017 See Official Notification