SSC CGL Syllabus

Tier I

General intelligence and reasoning

• Analogies
• Similarities and differences
• Space visualization
• Spatial orientation
• Problem solving
• Analysis
• Judgment
• Decision making
• Visual memory
• Discrimination
• Observation
• Relationship concepts
• Arithmetical reasoning and figural classification
• Arithmetic number series
• Non-verbal series
• Coding and decoding
• Statement conclusion
• Syllogistic reasoning
• Semantic analogy
• Symbolic/ Number Analogy
• Figural analogy
• Semantic classification
• Symbolic/ number classification
• Figural classification
• Semantic series
• Number series
• Figural series
• Word building
• Numerical operations
• Symbolic operations
• Trends
• Space orientation
• Venn diagrams
• Drawing inferences
• Punched hole/ pattern-folding and unfolding
• Figural pattern folding and completion
• Indexing
• Address matching
• Date and city matching
• Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers
• Small and capital letters/ numbers coding
• Decoding and classification
• Embedded figures
• Critical thinking
• Emotional intelligence
• Social intelligence

General awareness

• India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research
• Science
• Current Affairs
• Books and Authors
• Sports
• Important Schemes
• Important Days
• Portfolio
• People in News
• Static GK

Quantitative aptitude

• Computation of whole numbers
• Decimals
• Fractions and relationships between numbers
• Percentage
• Ratio and proportion
• Square roots
• Averages
• Interest
• Profit and loss
• Discount
• Partnership business
• Mixture and allegation
• Time and distance
• Time and work
• Basic algebraic identities of school algebra and elementary surds
• Graphs of linear equations
• Triangle and its various kinds of centres
• Congruence and similarity of triangles
• Circle and its chords
• Tangents
• Angles subtended by chords of a circle
• Common tangents to two or more circles
• Triangle
• Quadrilaterals
• Regular polygons
• Circle
• Right prism
• Right circular cone
• Right circular cylinder
• Sphere
• Hemispheres
• Rectangular parallelepiped
• Regular right pyramid with triangular or square base
• Trigonometric ratio
• Degree and radian measures
• Standard identities
• Complementary angles
• Heights and distances
• Histogram
• Frequency polygon
• Bar diagram and pie chart

English comprehension

• Idioms and Phrases 
• One word Substitution
• Sentence Correction
• Error Spotting
• Fill in the Blanks
• Spellings Correction
• Reading Comprehension
• Synonyms-Antonyms
• Active Passive
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Sentence Improvement
• Cloze test

Tier II

Paper-I-section-I Mathematical abilities (module-I)

• Number systems
• Fundamental arithmetical operations
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Mensuration
• Trigonometry
• Statistics and probability

Paper-I-section-I Reasoning and general intelligence (module-II)

• Semantic analogy
• Symbolic operations
• Symbolic/ Number Analogy
• Trends
• Figural analogy
• Space orientation
• Semantic classification
• Venn diagrams
• Symbolic/ number classification
• Drawing inferences
• Figural classification
• Punched hole/ pattern-folding and unfolding
• Semantic series
• Figural pattern folding and completion
• Number series
• Embedded figures
• Figural series
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Emotional intelligence
• Word building
• Social intelligence
• Coding and decoding
• Numerical operations
• Other subtopics if any

Paper-I-section-II English language and comprehension awareness (module-I)

• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Sentence structure
• Synonyms
• Antonyms and their correct usage
• Spot the error
• Fill in the blanks
• Synonyms/ Homonyms
• Antonyms
• Spelling/ detecting misspelled words
• Idioms and phrases
• One word substitution
• Improvement of sentences
• Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
• Conversion into Direct/ Indirect Narration
• Shuffling of sentence parts
• Shuffling of sentences in a passage
• Cloze passage and comprehension passage
• Comprehension Passage

Paper-I-section-II General awareness (module-II)

• General awareness of the environment around us and its application to society
• Knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect
• India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to history, culture, geography, economic scene, general policy and scientific research

Paper-I-section-III Computer knowledge module (module-I)

• Computer basics
• Software
• Working with internet and emails
• Basics of networking and cyber security

Paper-I-section-III Data entry speed test module (module-II)

• Passage of about 2000 key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes

Paper-II-Statistics

• Collection, classification, and presentation of statistical data
• Measures of central tendency
• Measures of dispersion
• Moments, skewness and kurtosis
• Correlation and regression
• Probability theory
• Random variable and probability distributions
• Sampling theory
• Statistical inference
• Analysis of variance
• Time series analysis
• Index numbers

Paper-III-General studies (finance and economics)

• Finance and accounts
• Economics and governance