Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2022

1. Details of the Posts: Followings are the likely posts that will be filled up through this Examination:

   2.1 Pay Level-8 (₹ 47600 to 151100):
   S No	Name of Post	Ministry/ Department/ Office/ Cadre	Classification of Posts	Age Limit
   1	Assistant Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG	Group “B” Gazetted (Non Ministerial)	Not exceeding 30 years.
   2	Assistant Accounts Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG	Group “B” Gazetted (Non Ministerial)	Not exceeding 30 years.
   2.2 Pay Level-7 (₹ 44900 to 142400):
   3	Assistant Section Officer	Central Secretariat Service	Group “B”	20-30 years
   4	Assistant Section Officer	Intelligence Bureau	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years.
   5	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of Railway	Group “B”	20-30 years
   6	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of External Affairs	Group “B”	20-30 years
   7	Assistant Section Officer	AFHQ	Group “B”	20-30 years
   8	Assistant Section Officer	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years.
   9	Assistant / Assistant Section Officer	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years.
   10	Inspector of Income Tax	CBDT	Group “C”	Not exceeding 30 years
   11	Inspector, (Central Excise)	CBIC	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years
   12	Inspector (Preventive Officer)
   13	Inspector (Examiner)
   14	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Group “B”	Up to 30 years
   15	Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	Group “B”	20-30 years
   16	Inspector Posts	Department of Post, Ministry of Communication	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years
   17	Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics, Ministry of Finance	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years
   2.3 Pay Level-6 (₹ 35400 to 112400):
   18	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years
   19	Divisional Accountant	Offices under C&AG	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years
   20	Sub Inspector	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	Group “B”	Up to 30 years
   21	Sub-Inspector/ Junior Intelligence Officer	Narcotics Control Bureau (MHA)	Group “B”	Not exceeding 30 years
   22	Junior Statistical Officer	Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation.	Group “B”	Up to 32 years
   2.4 Pay Level-5 (₹ 29200 to 92300):
   23	Auditor	Offices under C&AG	Group “C”	18-27 years
   24	Auditor	Offices under CGDA	Group “C”	18-27 years

   25	Auditor	Other Ministry/ Departments	Group “C”	18-27 years
   26	Accountant	Offices under C&AG	Group “C”	18-27 years
   27	Accountant	Controller General of Accounts	Group “C”	18-27 years
   28	Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Other Ministry/ Departments	Group “C”	18-27 years
   2.5 Pay Level-4 (₹ 25500 to 81100):
   29	Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant	Department of Post, Ministry of Communication	Group “C”	18-27 years
   30	Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks	Central Govt. Offices/ Ministries other than CSCS cadres.	Group “C”	18-27 years
   31	Senior Administrative Assistant	Military Engineering Services, Ministry of Defence	Group “C”	18-27 years
   32	Tax Assistant	CBDT	Group “C”	18-27 years
   33	Tax Assistant	CBIC	Group “C”	18-27 years
   34	Sub-Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics, Ministry of Finance	Group “C”	18-27 years
   35	Upper Division Clerks	Dte. Gen Border Road Organisation (MoD)   (Post is only for male Candidates with higher physical and medical standards given at Annexure-XVIII)	Group “C”	18-27 years

    

   Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or with desirable qualification will preferably be allocated to Commercial stream based on administrative requirement and subject to availability of vacancy.

2. Vacancies and Reservation:

   1. Tentative vacancies: There are approx. 20,000 vacancies. However, firm vacancies will be determined in due course. Updated vacancies, if any, along with Post-wise& category-wise vacancies will be made available on the website of the Commission (https://ssc.nic.in> Candidate’s Corner > Tentative Vacancy) in due course. Candidates may note that State-wise/ Zone-wise vacancies are not collected by the Commission.

   2. Reservation for Scheduled Castes(SC), Scheduled Tribes(ST), Other Backward Classes(OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Ex-Servicemen (ESM) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates for all the categories of posts/services, wherever applicable and admissible, would be as determined and communicated by the Indenting Ministries/ Departments/ Offices/ Cadres, as per extant Government Orders.

   3. Vacancies for ESM are reserved for only Group “C” posts.

   4. The Commission will consider the suitability of posts for various benchmark disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 in accordance with Notification No. 38-16/2020-DD-III dated 04.01.2021 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment or as identified and intimated by the Indenting Departments/ Organizations for specific posts.

   5. The Commission makes the selection of candidates in accordance with the vacancies reported by the Indenting Departments/ Organizations for various posts. The Commission does not have any role in deciding the number of vacancies of any Indenting Department/ Organization. Implementation of reservation policy, maintaining reservation roster, earmarking of vacancies for different categories and identification of suitability of posts for suitable for various benchmark disabilities, are under the domain of the Indenting Departments/ Organizations.

       

3. Nationality/Citizenship:

   1. A candidate must be either:

      1. a citizen of India, or

      2. a subject of Nepal, or

      3. a subject of Bhutan, or

      4. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

      5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

   2. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (4.1.2), (4.1.3), (4.1.4) and (4.1.5) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

   3. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

       

4. Age limit (As on 01-01-2022):

    

   1. Requirement of age for various posts is as follows:

       

      S No	Age Limit	Remarks
      (i)	For the posts for which age limit is 18-27 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1995 and not later than 01-01-2004.
      (ii)	For the posts for which age limit is 20-30 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1992 and not later than 01-01-2002.
      (iii)	For the posts for which age limit is 18-30 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1992 and not later than 01-01-2004.
      (iv)	For the post for which age limit is 18-32 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1990 and not later than 01-01-2004.

       

   2. Permissible relaxation in upper age limit and category-codes for claiming age relaxation are as follows:

       

      Code No	Category	Age-relaxation permissible beyond upper age limit
      01	SC/ST	5 years
      02	OBC	3 years
      03	PwBD (Unreserved)	10 years
      04	PwBD (OBC)	13 years
      05	PwBD (SC/ST)	15 years
      06	Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
      08	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a	3 years

      	consequence thereof
      09	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ST)	8 years
      Additional permissible relaxation in upper age limit for Group ‘C’ posts
      10	Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application.	Upto 40 years of age
      11	Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application.	Upto 45 years of age
      12	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
      13	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST).	Up to 40 years of age

       

5. Essential Educational Qualifications (As on 08-10-2022):

   1. Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer:

      1. Essential Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute.

      2. Desirable Qualifications: Chartered Accountant or Cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or Masters in Commerce or Masters in Business Studies or Masters in Business Administration (Finance) or Masters in Business Economics.

      3. During the period of probation direct recruits shall have to qualify the “Subordinate Audit/ Accounts Service Examination” in respective branches for confirmation and regular appointment as Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer.

   2. Junior Statistical Officer:

      1. Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% Marks in Mathematics at 12th standard level;

         Or

         Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.

   3. All other Posts:

      1. Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

   4. The candidates who have appeared in their final year of their graduation can also apply, however they must possess Essential qualification on or before the cut-off date i.e.08-10-2022.

   5. As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10-06-2015 published in the Gazette of India all the degrees/ diplomas/ certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament standautomatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission. Accordingly, unless such degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification. In case of the candidates possessing such degrees/ diplomas/ certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education , such candidates shall also produce approval given to the University by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission for the relevant period at the time of Document Verification.

   6. As per UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017 published in official Gazette on 23-06-2017, under Part-III (8) (v), the programmes in engineering, medicine, dental, nursing, pharmacy, architecture and physiotherapy etc. are not permitted to be offered under Open and Distance Learning mode. However, pursuant to the Hon’ble Supreme Court Order dated 11-03-2019 in MA No. 3092/2018 in W.P. (C) No. 382/2018 titled Mukul Kumar Sharma & others Vs AICTE and others, B. Tech. degree/ diploma in Engineering awarded by IGNOU to the students who were enrolled up to academic year 2009-10 shall be treated as valid, wherever applicable.

   7. All the candidates who are called for documents verification will be required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets for all years/semesters of Graduation/ Provisional Certificate/ Degree of Graduation in original as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before the cut-off date, failing which the candidature of such candidates will be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he has been declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational qualification. It is reiterated that the result of requisite educational qualification must have been declared by the Institute/ University by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the University/ Institute by the cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ requirement.

   8. In case of the candidates possessing equivalent educational qualification, such candidates shall also produce relevant Equivalence Certificate from the authorities concerned at the time of Document Verification. However, final decision regarding selection of such candidates will be taken by the User Departments/ Appointing Authorities concerned.

       

6. How to apply:

   1. Applications must be submitted only in online mode at the website of SSC Headquarter i.e.https://ssc.nic.in. For detailed instructions, please refer to Annexure-III and Annexure-IV. Sample proforma of One-time Registration and online Application Form are attached as Annexure-IIIA and Annexure-IVA respectively.

   2. In the online Application Form, candidates are required to upload the scanned colour passport size photograph in JPEG format (20 KB to 50 KB). The photograph should not be more than three months old from the date of publication of the Notice of Examination. Image dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height). The photograph should be without cap, spectacles and the frontal view of the face should be clearly visible.

       

   3. If the proper photograph is not uploaded by a candidate, his candidature will be cancelled. Specimen of photographs which are acceptable/ not acceptable is given at Annexure-V.

   4. Last date and time for submission of online applications is 08-10-2022 (23:00).

   5. Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit the online application much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.

   6. The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.

   7. Before submission of the online application, candidates must check through Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct details in each field of the form.

       

7. Application Fee:

   1. Fee payable: ₹100/- (Rs one hundred only).

   2. Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee.

   3. Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or in cash at SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan.

   4. Online fee can be paid by candidates up to 09-10-2022 (23:00 hours). However, candidates who wish to make cash payment through the challan of SBI, may make payment in cash at the Branches of SBI within the working hours of bank up to 10-10-2022 provided the challan has been generated by them before 08-10-2022 (23:00 hours).

   5. Candidates who are not exempted from fee payment must ensure that their fee has been deposited with SSC. If the fee is not received by SSC, status of the Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed on the top of the printout of online Application Form. Further, status of fee payment can be verified at the ‘Payment Status” link provided in the candidate’s login screen. Such applications which remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee will be SUMMARILY REJECTED and no request for consideration of such applications and fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of Examination shall be entertained.

   6. Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other examination or selection.

8. Window for Application Form Correction [12-10-2022 to13-10-2022 (23:00 hours)]:

   1. After the closing date for receipt of online applications, the Commission will provide a period of 2 days to enable candidates to correct/ modify online application parameters, wherein candidates will be allowed to re-submit applications after making requisite corrections/ changes in the one-time registration/ online application data as per their requirement.

   2. A candidate will be allowed to correct and re-submit his modified/ corrected application two times during the ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ i.e. if he has made mistake in his updated application also, he will be allowed to re-submit one more modified/ corrected application after making requisite corrections/ modifications. No more corrections in the application form will be allowed under any circumstances.

   3. Only those candidates will be allowed to make corrections in the application form, whose completed online applications along-with payment of requisite fee, have been received by the Commission within the specified period.

   4. The Commission will levy a uniform correction charges of ₹ 200/- for making correction(s) and re-submitting modified/ corrected application for the first time and

      ₹ 500/- for making correction(s) and re-submitting modified/ corrected application for the second time. The correction charges will be applicable to all candidates irrespective of their gender/ category.

   5. The correction charges can be paid only by online mode through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards.

   6. The correction charges once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other examination or selection.

   7. Subject to the receipt of applicable correction charges, the latest modified/ corrected application will be treated as the valid one and the previous application(s) submitted by such candidates will be cancelled.

   8. If the applicable correction charges are not received by the SSC, status of Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed on the top of the Application Form printout. Such application shall not be accepted and the previously submitted application will remain valid.

   9. Before submission of the corrected application, candidates must check that they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After expiry of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’, no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed under any circumstances. Requests received in this regard in any form like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc. shall not be entertained by the Commission and will be summarily rejected.

       

9. Centres of Examination:

   1. A candidate must indicate the Centre(s) in the online Application Form in which he desires to take the examination. Details about the Examination Centres and

      Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction these Examination Centres are located are as follows:

       

      S No	Examination Centres and Centre Code	SSC Region and States/ UTs under the jurisdiction of the Region	Address of the Regional Offices and their websites
      1	Bhagalpur(3201), Muzaffarpur(3205), Patna(3206), Purnea (3209), Agra(3001), Bareilly (3005), Gorakhpur (3007), Jhansi (3008), Kanpur(3009), Lucknow(3010), Meerut(3011), Prayagraj(3003), Varanasi(3013)	Central Region (CR)/ Bihar and Uttar Pradesh	Regional Director (CR), Staff Selection Commission, 34-A, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Civil Lines, KendriyaSadan, Prayagraj –211001. (http://www.ssc-cr.org)
      2	Port Blair (4802), Dhanbad (4206), Hazaribagh(4204), Jamshedpur(4207), Ranchi(4205), Balasore(Odisha) (4601), Berhampore(Odisha) (4602), Bhubaneswar(4604), Cuttack(4605), Rourkela(4610), Sambalpur(4609), Gangtok(4001), Asansol(4417), Burdwan (4404), Durgapur (4426), Kalyani(4419), Kolkata(4410), Siliguri(4415)	Eastern Region (ER)/ Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal	Regional Director (ER), Staff Selection Commission, 1st MSO Building, (8th Floor), 234/4, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal-700020 (www.sscer.org)
      3	Belagavi (9002), Bengaluru (9001), Hubballi (9011), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) (9005), Mangaluru (9008), Mysuru (9009), Shivamogga (9010), Udupi (9012). Ernakulam (9213), Kannur (9202), Kollam (9210), Kottayam (9205), Kozhikode (9206), Thrissur (9212), Thiruvananthapuram (9211).	Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala	Regional Director (KKR), Staff Selection Commission, 1st Floor, “E” Wing, KendriyaSadan, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560034 (www.ssckkr.kar.nic.in)
      4	Bhopal (6001), Gwalior(6005), Indore (6006), Jabalpur (6007), Satna (6014), Ujjain (6016), Bilaspur (6202), Raipur (6204), Durg-Bhilai (6205)	Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region (MPR)/ Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh	Dy. Director (MPR), Staff Selection Commission, 5th Floor, Investment Building, LIC Campus-2, Pandri, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492004 (www.sscmpr.org)
      5	Itanagar(5001), Dibrugarh(5102), Guwahati(Dispur)(5105), Jorhat(5107), Silchar(5111), Churachandpur(5502), Imphal(5501), Ukhrul(5503), Shillong(5401), Aizwal(5701), Dimapur (5301), Kohima(5302), Agartala(5601),	North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.	Regional Director (NER), Staff Selection Commission, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Beltola-Basistha Road, P.O. Assam Sachivalaya, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam-781006 (www.sscner.org.in)
      6	Dehradun(2002), Haldwani(2003), Haridwar(2005), Roorkee(2006), Delhi(2201), Ajmer(2401), Alwar(2402), Bikaner(2404), Jaipur(2405), Jodhpur(2406),	Northern Region (NR)/ Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand	Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003

      	Kota(2407), Sriganganagar(2408), Udaipur(2409), Sikar(2411)		(www.sscnr.nic.in)
      7	Chandigarh/ Mohali(1601), Hamirpur(1202), Shimla(1203), Jammu(1004), Samba(1010), Srinagar(J&K)(1007), Leh(1005), Amritsar(1404), Jalandhar(1402), Ludhiana(1405), Patiala(1403),	North Western Sub-Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab	Dy. Director (NWR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 3, Ground Floor, KendriyaSadan, Sector-9, Chandigarh-160009 (www.sscnwr.org)
      8	Chirala(8011), Guntur(8001), Kakinada (8009), Kurnool(8003), Nellore (8010), Rajahmundry(8004), Tirupati(8006), Vizianagaram(8012), Vijayawada(8008), Vishakhapatnam(8007), Puducherry(8401), Chennai(8201), Coimbatore(8202), Krishnagiri(8209), Madurai(8204), Salem(8205), Tiruchirapalli(8206), Tirunelveli(8207), Vellore (8208), Hyderabad(8601), Karimnagar (8604), Warangal(8603)	Southern Region (SR)/ Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.	Regional Director (SR), Staff Selection Commission, 2nd Floor, EVK Sampath Building, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600006 (www.sscsr.gov.in)
      9	Panaji(7801), Ahmedabad(7001), Anand(7011), Gandhinagar(7012), Mehsana(7013), Rajkot(7006), Surat(7007), Vadodara(7002), Amravati(7201), Aurangabad(7202), Jalgaon(7214), Kolhapur(7203), Mumbai(7204), Nagpur(7205), Nanded (7206), Nashik(7207), Pune(7208)	Western Region (WR)/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra	Regional Director (WR), Staff Selection Commission, 1st Floor, South Wing, Pratishtha Bhawan, 101, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400020 (www.sscwr.net)

       

   2. A candidate has to give option for three centres, in the order of priority, within the same Region. No request for change of centre at any stage/ Tier(s) of the examination will be considered later under any circumstances. Hence, the candidates should select the centres, carefully and indicate the same correctly in their applications.

   3. The Commission will endeavour to accommodate the candidates in centres opted by them. However, the Commission reserves the right to cancel any Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from another centre. Commission also reserves the right to divert candidates of any centre to some other Centre to take the examination.

       

10. 1. The Computer Based Examination will be conducted in two tiers as indicated below:

       1. Tier-I

       2. Tier-II

    2. Marks scored by candidates in Computer Based Examinations, if conducted in multiple shifts, will be normalized by using the formula published by the Commission vide Notice No: 1-1/2018-P&P-I dated 07-02-2019 and such normalized scores will be used to determine final merit and cut-off marks.

    3. Tentative Answer Keys of the Computer Based Examinations will be placed on the website of the Commission after the Examination. Candidates may go through the Answer Keys and submit online representations, if any, within the stipulated time limit on payment of ₹ 100/- per question, which is non-refundable. Representations received through any other mode e.g. letter, application, email, etc. will not be entertained. Representation regarding the Answer Keys will be scrutinized before finalizing the Answer Keys and the decision of the Commission in this regard will be final.

    4. The schedule of examinations indicated in the Notice is tentative. Any change in the schedule of examinations will be informed to candidates only through the website of the Commission.

    5. In the question papers, wherever necessary, the Metric systems of weights and measures will be used.

    6. There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking of the scores of any stage/ Tier(s) of the examination. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.

        

    7. Scheme of Tier-I Examination:

        

       Tier	Subject	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time allowed
       I	A. General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50
       			1 hour
       B. General Awareness	25	50
       				(1 hour and 20 minutes
       				for the candidates eligible for scribe as per
       C. Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
       				Para-7.1 and 7.2)
       D. English Comprehension	25	50

        

       1. Tier-I will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English Comprehension.

       2. There will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer.

           

          Scheme of the Examination:Scheme of Tier-II Examination:

    8.  

       Tier

       Paper

       Session

       Subject

       Number of Questions

       Maximum Marks

       Time allowed

       II	Paper-I:	Session-I (2 hours and 15 minutes)	Section-I:   Module-I: Mathematical Abilities Module-II: Reasoning and General Intelligence.	30   30   Total = 60	60*3   = 180	1 hour (for each section)   (1 hours and 20 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
       Section-II:   Module-I: English Language and Comprehension Module-II: General Awareness	45   25   Total = 70	70*3   = 210
       Section-III:   Module-I: Computer Knowledge Module	20	20*3   = 60	15 Minutes (for each module)   (20 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
       Session-II   (15 minutes)	Section-III:   Module-II: Data Entry Speed Test Module	One Data Entry Task	-
       Paper-II	Statistics	100	100*2   = 200	2 hours (for each Paper)   (2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
       Paper-III	General Studies (Finance and Economics)	100	100*2   = 200

        

       1. Tier-II will include conducting of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III in separate shift(s)/ day(s).

       2. Paper-I is compulsory for all the posts.

       3. 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.

       4. 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.

       5. Paper-I will include following three sections having two modules each:

          1. Section-I :

             1. Module-I:Mathematical Abilities

             2. Module-II: Reasoning and General Intelligence.

          2. Section-II :

             1. Module-I: English Language and Comprehension

             2. Module-II: General Awareness

          3. Section-III :

             1. Module-I: Computer Knowledge Test

             2. Module-II: Data Entry Speed Test

       6. Paper-I will be conducted in two sessions - Session –I & Session-II, on same day. Session-I will include conducting of Section-I, Section-II and Module-I of Section-III. Session-II will include conducting of Module-II of Section-III. Therefore, duration of Session-I will be 2 hours and 15 minutes and duration of Session-II will be 15 minutes only.

       7. It will be mandatory for the candidates to qualify all the sections of Paper-I.

       8. Tier-II (Paper-I, Paper-II & 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.

       9. There will be 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.

       10. Module-I of Section-III of Paper-I i.e. Computer Knowledge Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature. However, while shortlisting the candidates for the posts where Computer Proficiency is prescribed i.e. Assistant Section Officer in CSS, MEA & AFHQ, Assistant in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Assistant (GSI) in the Ministry of Mines, Assistant in Indian Meteorological Department (Ministry of Earth Sciences), Inspector (CGST &Central Excise), Inspector (Preventive Officer) & Inspector (Examiner) in CBIC and Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant in Department of Post, higher qualifying standardswill be set in comparison to other posts.

       11. Module-II of Section-III of Paper-I i.e.Data Entry Speed Test (DEST):

           1. Module-II of Section-III of Paper-I will include conducting of a Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) for a duration of 15 minutes in Session-II on the same day.

           2. The “Data Entry Speed Test” (DEST) Skill Test will be conducted for a passage of about 2000 (two thousand) key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes. Detailed instructions regarding Skill Test will be provided by the Regional Offices of the Commission. Information about evaluation of Typing Test/ DEST are available on the Commission’s website https://ssc.nic.in (Candidate’s Corner).

           3. DEST will be mandatory for all the posts; however it will be qualifying in nature.

           4. While shortlisting the candidates for the posts where either Computer Proficiency is prescribed (as mentioned at Para 13.8.10) or where DEST is prescribed i.e.Tax Assistant in CBIC, Tax Assistant in CBDT, and UDC/ SSA in Central Bureau of Narcotics (Ministry of Finance),higher qualifying standards will be set in comparison to otherposts.

           5. DEST will be conducted in the manner decided by the Commission for the purpose.

           6. OH candidates are eligible for exemption from attempting DEST, provided such candidates submit a Certificate in the prescribed format (Annexure-XVI) to the Commission from the competent Medical Authority, i.e., the Civil Surgeon of a Government Health Care Institution declaring him to be permanently unfit for the Typing Test because of a physical disability. However, such exemption is not available for the posts where either Computer Proficiency is prescribed (as mentioned at Para 13.8.10) or where DEST is prescribed (as mentioned at Para 13.8.11.4) exceptfor the post of the Tax Assistant in CBDT, for which exemption from attempting DEST is available. All other PwD candidates are not eligible for exemption from DEST.

           7. PwBD candidates who are eligible for scribes as per para-7.1 and 7.2 of the Notice of Examination will be allowed additional compensatory time of 5 (five) minutes in DEST. Only those VH candidates who opt for scribes in the written examination will be provided passage reader at the time of DEST.

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