Introduction

Overview of SSC CGL EXAMINATION PATTERN :

SSC-CGL exam is made up of three stages: Tier 1, 2 and 3.

Tier I (prelims)

Subject	marks
General Awareness	50
Reasoning	50
Maths	50
English	50
Total	200

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  Time-75 minutes .
  No. of question =100
• Negative marking: 0.50 marks
  
  

  Tier II (mains)

  Those who qualify in the Tier-I, have to appear for Tier-II. But unlike the UPSC mains, the SSC tier-II doesn’t have descriptive paper. You just have to face Multi Choice Questions (MCQ).

  	Total	Duration	Negative marking?
  Paper I (Maths)	200 marks	2 hrs	– 0.50
  Paper II (English)	200 marks	2 hrs	– 0.25
  Total	400 marks

• These two papers are compulsory for all candidates.
• But If you’re applying for Statistical Investigator Grade-II, then you’ve to appear for one more paper, that is Paper III for Statistics, worth 200 marks.
  
  
•  Tier III
  1.Tier III will be a descriptive type paper of 100 marks
  2.Exam will be conducted in Pen and Paper mode
  3.Duration of Paper will be 60 minutes i.e. 1 hour
  4.There will be questions of Essay Writing (250 Words)/ Precise Writing/ Letter Writing
  5.This exam will be of qualifying nature but marks are included in the preparation of final merit
  6.The paper will be bilingual i.e. you can write answer either in Hindi or English Language.
  This paper is introduced to evaluate the writing skill of candidates. The best strategy for this paper is “Practice”, the more you write, the better you become. Good content and the ability to provide a proper structure to content are needed to write an essay or letter. If you practice, then both these skill can be improved over the time. This paper is introduced to make the selection procedure fair and clear. For this paper, you need to focus on Essay/ letter / application/ precise writing equally. Here we will discuss points for each question that can help in your preparation.