SSC CGL Tier-I Syllabus- Quantitative Aptitude

In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam, the Quantitative Aptitude Questions focus on analysing the candidate's ability to appropriately use of numbers and number sense. This section is common in Tier-1 & Tier-2 and some of the topics are repetitive, so do prepare well to save time during your next stage of preparation for the same chapters. The topics for SSC CGL Quantitative Aptitude as set by the commission are as follows- 

• Computation of whole numbers
• Decimals
• Fractions
• Square roots
• Relationships between numbers
• Profit and Loss
• Discount
• Time and distance
• Time & Work
• Percentage
• Averages
• Interest
• Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds
• Graphs of Linear Equations
• Triangle and its various kinds of centres
• Partnership Business
• Mixture and Allegation
• 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
• Right Prism
• Right Circular Cone
• Right Circular Cylinder
• Sphere
• Heights and Distances
• Histogram
• Frequency polygon
• Bar diagram & Pie chart
• Hemispheres
• Rectangular Parallelepiped
• Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base
• Trigonometric ratio
• Degree and Radian Measures
• Standard Identities
• Complementary angles

Syllabus 2024 for General Intelligence and Reasoning 

The SSC CGL Syllabus 2024 for General Intelligence and Reasoning consists of both verbal and non-verbal types of topics. This section will be key to examining the candidate's activeness and sharpness in any situation. The topics to be covered under the SSC CGL Syllabus for General Intelligence and Reasoning are enlisted below- 

SSC CGL Tier-I Syllabus- General Intelligence and Reasoning

1.  Analogies
2. Similarities and differences
3. Space visualization
4. Space visualization
5. Spatial orientation
6. Problem-solving
7. Analysis
8. Judgment
9. Blood Relations
10. Decision making
11. Visual memory
12. Discrimination
13. Observation
14. Relationship concepts
15. Arithmetical reasoning
16. Figural classification
17. Arithmetic number series
18. Non-verbal series
19. Coding and decoding
20. Syllogistic reasoning

SSC CGL Syllabus 2024 for the English Language

Of all the sections in SSC CGL Tier-1, the English section will be only in the English language. The candidates have to solve the questions asked in the exam which would analyse their understandability of the subject and their basic comprehension and writing ability would also be tested. Good command over the following topics would help the candidates to excel good score in this section.

SSC CGL Tier-I Syllabus- English Language 

1. Idioms and Phrases
2. One word Substitution
3. Sentence Correction
4. Error Spotting
5. Fill in the Blanks
6. Spellings Correction
7. Reading Comprehension
8. Synonyms-Antonyms
9. Active Passive
10. Sentence Rearrangement
11. Sentence Improvement
12. Cloze test

SSC CGL Syllabus 2024 for General Awareness

This section would help test the candidate's awareness about General Knowledge and General Science and their application to society. Though the syllabus of this section is vast in terms of the following topics. 

General Awareness Syllabus

1. India and its Neighbours countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research
2. Science
3. Current Affairs
4. Books and Authors
5. Sports
6. Important Schemes
7. Important Days
8. Portfolio
9. People in News
10. Static G.K

SC CGL Syllabus 2024 for Tier 2

After the preliminary exam has been conducted, it will be necessary to gear up for the Tier-2 Exam. The Mains Exam will be conducted online and is an objective multiple-choice exam, except for Module II (Data Entry Speed Test) of Section III of Paper-I. The detailed SSC CGL syllabus and exam pattern for Tier 2 are discussed below.

SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Pattern

Paper-I will be conducted in two sessions - Session I & Session II, on the same day and is compulsory for all candidates who qualify in Paper 1. Session-I will include conducting Section-I, Section-II and Module-I of Section-III. Session II will include conducting Module II of Section III. It will be mandatory for the candidates to qualify for all the sections of Paper-I. 

Module-I of Session-I of Paper-I (Mathematical Abilities):

The main focus of this section is to check the candidate's knowledge in terms f the appropriate use of numbers and the number sense of the candidate. Though the section is also asked in the Tier-1 Exam, however, the level and type of questions will be designed differently and slightly more moderate than in the 1st stage. So candidates must buckle up their reparation with the topics listed below-

1. Computation of Whole Number
2. Decimal and Fractions
3. Relationship between numbers
4. Ratio and Proportion
5. Square roots
6. Averages
7. Interest (Simple and Compound)
8. Profit and Loss
9. Discount
10. Partnership Business
11. Mixture and Alligation
12. Time and distance
13. Time and work
14. Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems)
15. Graphs of Linear Equations
16. Similarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centres
17. Congruence and similarity of triangles
18. Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.
19. Triangle
20. Quadrilaterals
21. Regular Polygons
22. Circle
23. Right Prism
24. Right Circular Cone
25. Right Circular Cylinder
26. Sphere
27. Hemispheres
28. Rectangular Parallelepiped
29. Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.
30. Trigonometry
31. Trigonometric ratios
32. Complementary angles
33. Height and distances (simple problems only)
34. Standard Identities
35. Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart
36. Measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode, standard deviation
37. Calculation of simple probabilities

Module-II of Section-I of Paper-I (Reasoning and General Intelligence):

Module-II of Section-I of Paper-I (Reasoning and General Intelligence)

Questions of both verbal and non-verbal types. These will include questions on

1. Semantic Analogy
2.  Symbolic operations, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Trends
3. Figural Analogy
4. Space Orientation
5. Semantic Classification
6. Venn Diagrams
7. Symbolic/ Number
8. Classification
9. Drawing inferences
10. Figural Classification
11. Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding
12. Semantic Series
13. Figural Pattern folding and completion
14. Number Series
15. Embedded figures
16. Figural Series
17. Critical Thinking
18. Problem-Solving
19. Emotional Intelligence
20. Word Building
21. Social Intelligence
22. Coding and de-coding
23. Numerical operations
24. Other sub-topics, if any.

Module-I of Section-II of Paper-I (English Language And Comprehension):

Fluency in the English Language will be tested based on this section of the SSC CGL Tier-2 Syllabus. Basic knowledge of the English language in terms of the following topics is necessary to get good marks in this section of the Tier-2 Exam. The syllabus for reading comprehension is not specific and is added in the syllabus to check candidates' quick responses to the situations.

Module-I of Section-II of Paper-I (English Language And Comprehension)

1. Vocabulary
2.  English Grammer
3. Sentence structure
4. Spot the Error
5. Fill in the Blanks,
6. Synonyms/Homonyms
7. Antonyms
8. Spellings/ Detecting misspelt words
9. Idioms and Phrases
10.  One words substitution
11. Improvement of Sentences,
12. Active/Passive Voice of Verbs
13. Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration
14. Shuffling of Sentence parts
15. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage,
16. Cloze Passage
17. Comprehension Passage- To test comprehension, three or more paragraphs will be given and questions based on those will be asked. At least one paragraph should be a simple one based on a book or a story and the other two paragraphs should be on current affairs, based on a report or an editorial.

Module-II of Section-II of Paper-I (General Awareness):

Questions are designed to test the candidates’ general awareness of the environment around them and its application to society. Questions are also designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating 

Module-II of Section-II of Paper-I (General Awareness)

1. India and its neighbours countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research
2. Science
3. Current Affairs
4. Sports
5. Important Schemes
6. Important Dates
7. Portfolio
8. People in News

Module-I of Section-III of Paper-I (Computer Proficiency):

1. Organization of a computer
2. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
3. Input/Output Device
4. Computer memory
5. Memory organization
6. Back-up devices
7. PORTs
8. Windows Explorer
9. Keyboard status
10. Windows Operating system including basics of Microsoft Office like MS word, MS Excel and Power Point etc
11. Working with the Internet and e-mails -Web Browsing & Searching, Downloading & Uploading, Managing an E-mail Account, e-Banking
12. Basics of networking and cyber security- Networking devices and protocols, Network and information security threats (like hacking, virus, worms, Trojan etc.) and preventive measures

SSC CGL Tier 2 Syllabus- Paper 2 (Statistics)

For some candidates, this section might be tough & difficult to understand. The basic tip is to get the concept clear and repetitive revision of the concepts would be beneficial to grab good marks in this section too. The SSC CGL Tier-2 Syllabus for Statistics is described as follows-

SSC CGL Tier 2 Syllabus- Paper 2 (Statistics)

1. Collection, Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data:-

Primary and Secondary data, Methods of data collection; Tabulation of data; Graphs and charts; Frequency distributions; Diagrammatic presentation of frequency distributions.

2. Measures of Central Tendency:-

Common measures of central tendency – mean median and mode; Partition values- quartiles, deciles, percentiles.

3. Measures of Dispersion- Common measures of Dispersion:-

range, quartile deviations, mean deviation and standard deviation; Measures of relative dispersion

4. Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis

Different types of moments and their relationship; the meaning of skewness and kurtosis; different measures of skewness and kurtosis.

5. Correlation and Regression

Scatter diagram; simple correlation coefficient; simple regression lines; Spearman‟s rank correlation; Measures of association of attributes; Multiple regression; Multiple and partial correlation (For three variables only).

6. Probability Theory

Meaning of probability; Different definitions of probability; Conditional probability; Compound probability; Independent events; Bayes‟ theorem

7. Random Variable and Probability Distributions

Random variable; Probability functions; Expectation and Variance of a random variable; Higher moments of a random variable; Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions; Joint distribution of two random variable (discrete).

8. Sampling Theory

Concept of population and sample; Parameter and statistic, Sampling and non-sampling errors; Probability and nonprobability sampling techniques(simple random sampling, stratified sampling, multistage sampling, multiphase sampling, cluster sampling, systematic sampling, purposive sampling, convenience sampling and quota sampling); Sampling distribution(statement only); Sample size decisions.

9. Statistical Inference

Point estimation and interval estimation, Properties of a good estimator, Methods of estimation (Moments method, Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method), Testing of hypothesis, Basic concept of testing, Small sample and large sample tests, Tests based on Z, t, Chi-square and F statistic, Confidence intervals.

10. Analysis of Variance

Analysis of one-way classified data and two-way classified data.

11. Time Series Analysis

Components of time series, Determination of trend component by different methods, Measurement of seasonal variation by different methods.

12. Index Numbers

Meaning of Index Numbers, Problems in the construction of index numbers, Types of index number, Different formulae, Base shifting and splicing of index numbers, Cost of living Index Numbers, Uses of Index Numbers.