Staff Selection Commission Common Graduate Level (SSC CGL 2017) is a Government Organization that is responsible to recruit staff for posts in various ministries, Department of sub-ordinate officers. It conducts a Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination for recruiting Group B and Group C category posts in various ministries.
SSC CGL examination is conducted in 4 Tiers. The first two phases that is Tier-1 and Tier-2 are conducted online whereas Tier-3 is an offline examination. Already Tier-1 is held on 27.08.2016 and 11.10.2016 in 415 centers in 96 cities across India.
SSC CGL 2017 Notification, Exam Dates, Pattern, Eligibility @ssc.nic.in
Most awaited SSC CGL notification 2017 is yet to out. Notification will release on March 11, 2017.
| SSC CGL Examination 2017 | Last Date for applying | Type of Examination |
| SSC CGL Tier-1 | 11th March 2017 to 15th April 2017 | Computer Based (CBE) |
| SSC CGL Tier-2 | Yet to be announced | Computer Based (CBE) |
| SSC CGL Tier-3 | Yet to be announced | Descriptive |
| SSC CGL Tier-4 (if needed) | Yet to be announced | Skill based |
Tentative Dates of SSC CGL 2017
| SSC CGL Examination 2017 |
Date of examination |
| SSC CGL Tier-1 | 19.06.2017 to 02.07.2017 |
| SSC CGL Tier-2 | 05.09.2017 to 08.09.2017 |
| SSC CGL Tier-3 | 12.11.2017 |
| SSC CGL Tier-4 | December 2017 (if needed) |
SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates with Bachelor’s Degree from recognized University.
- Age of candidate is limited to 18 to 31 years as on August 2017.
- Age relaxation is permissible according to Government policies for SC/ST, OBC, PH and Ex-servicemen etc.
SSC CGL Registration
- Application is to be filled online. Application Fee is Rs100/-
- Mode of payment is through online.
- Physically Handicapped/SC/ST/Ex-servicemen category are exempted from paying the application fee
*Note: Fee is non-refundable.
**Links to apply SSC Official Portal
SSC CGL Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Tier-1 exam pattern:
- Type of exam conducted is online objective.
- Topics include
- General awareness/ general Knowledge
- Reasoning
- Quantitative aptitude
- English comprehension
- Total number of questions are 100 for 200 marks
- Negative marking is applicable. 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
- Duration of exam is 75mins.
Tier-2 Exam Pattern:
- Type of exam conducted is online objective.
- This include 4 papers
- Paper-I Quantitative Ability
- Paper-II English Comprehension
- Paper-III Statistics
- Paper-IV General Studies include Finance and Economics
- Paper-I and Paper-II are common for all the posts.
- Paper-III is only for Statistical Investigator Gr.II and Complier.
- Paper- IV is only for Ass. Audit Officer.
- Examination is for 200 marks per paper.
- Duration of exam is 2 hours for each paper.
- Negative marking
- Paper-I – 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
- Paper-II, Paper-III and Paper-IV – 0.25 mark will be deducted.
Tier-3 Exam pattern:
- Type of examination is descriptive.
- Candidates will be asked to write Essay or Application writing etc.
- Examination is conducted for 100 marks.
- Duration is 1 hour for regular candidates whereas for VH/cerebral Palsy candidates its 80 mins.
