As per the SSC CGL exam pattern, Tier II will have 4 papers-

  1. Quantitative Aptitude– This will have 200 marks in total. The time allotted for this paper is 2 hours.
  2. English Language & Comprehension- Total marks is 200 for this paper and the duration to complete the paper is 2 hours.
  3. Statistics– Again candidates have to complete the paper in 2 hours carrying 200 marks in total.
  4. General Studies- Finance & Economics– This paper will have 200 marks and 2 hours duration.

The detailed SSC CGL Tier-II Syllabus for CGL Exam is as mentioned below:

Quantitative AptitudeEnglish Language & ComprehensionStatisticsGeneral Studies- Finance & Economics
Number System Problems

Percentage

Spot the Error

Synonyms /Antonyms

Spelling, Idioms & Phrases

One Word Substitution

Improvement of sentences,

The Active/ Passive voice of verbs,

Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration

Shuffling of sentence parts in passages,

Comprehension passage.

Data distribution, calculation, a diagrammatic representation of dataFinance-Fundamentals of Finance & Accounting
Ratio & Proportion,

Square roots,

Averages

Mean, Mode and Median
Profit and Loss,

Discount

Deviation, Dispersion
Time and distance,

Time & Work,

Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra

Moments and relationships- skewness, kurtosis
Triangles, Polygons, Circles, CylindersCo-relation, regressionEconomics-Macro & Micro Economics, Growth & Development

Market analysis- production, demand, supply,

Indian Economy,

Economic reforms,

Money and banking,

Role of Technology in reforming the Economic domain

Bar graph, Histogram, Pie chartProbability- theories, distribution
Sampling theory, index numbers, time series analysis
Variance

SSC CGL Tier-II Exam Pattern – Important Pointers:

  • Paper 4 – As mentioned in the SSC CGL exam pattern, Finance & Economics has a mark distribution of 80 and 120 summing up to 200 in total.
  • Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all posts.
  • Paper-III will be for candidates applying for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for this Post/Paper.
  • Paper-IV will be for only those candidates who are shortlisted in Tier-I for Paper-IV, i.e., for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.
  • Taking the SSC CGL pattern into account, candidates can expect negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension) and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I, Paper-III and Paper-IV.