SSC CGL Syllabus and Exam Pattern : Pdf Download

• General Intelligence & Reasoning

1. Analogies,
2. problem solving,
3. analysis,
4. similarities and differences,
5. space visualization, spatial orientation,
6. judgment,
7. observation,
8. relationship concepts,
9. arithmetical
10. decision making,
11. visual memory,
12. discrimination,
13. coding and decoding,
14. statement conclusion,
15. syllogistic reasoning
16. reasoning and figural classification,
17. arithmetic number series,
18. non-verbal series,
19. Semantic Analogy,
20. Symbolic/Number Analogy,
21. Figural Analogy,
22. Semantic Classification,
23. Symbolic/Number
24. Problem Solving,
25. Word Building,
26. Coding & de-coding,
27. Numerical Operations,
28. Classification,
29. Figural Classification,
30. Semantic Series,
31. Number Series,
32. Figural Series,
33. Drawing inferences,
34. Punched hole/pattern- folding& un-folding,
35. Figural Pattern-folding and completion,Indexing,
36. Address matching,
37. symbolic Operations,
38. Trends,
39. Space Orientation,
40. Space Visualization,
41. Venn Diagrams,
42. Date & city matching,
43. Embedded Figures,
44. Critical thinking,
45. Classification of centre codes/roll numbers,
46. Small & Capital letters/numbers coding,decoding and classification,
47. Emotional Intelligence,
48. Social Intelligence etc.

• General Awareness

1. History,
2. Geography,
3. Culture
4. Polity
5. Economy

6. General Science(Physics,Chemisty,Biology)

7. General Policy
8. Famous Days & Dates
9. Science – Inventions & Discoveries
10. Science & Technology
11. Sports
12. Books and Authors
13. Awards and Honors
14. Budget and Five Year Plans
15. States & Capitals of India
16. International & National Organizations
17. General Science
18. Famous Places in India
19. Abbreviations
20. Countries & Capitals
21. Heritage
22. Environmental Issues
23. Indian Parliament
24. Rivers Lakes and Seas
25. Current Affairs – National & International
26. Indian Politics
27. Artists
28. Civics, etc.

• Quantitative Aptitude

1. computation of whole numbers,
2. decimals,
3. fractions and relationships between numbers,
4. Discount,
5. Partnership Business,
6. Mixture and Alligation,
7. Percentage.
8. Ratio &
   Proportion,
9. Square roots,
10. Averages,
11. Interest,
12. Profit and Loss,
13. Triangle and its various kinds of centres,
14. Congruence and similarity of triangles,
15. Circle and its chords, tangents,
16. Time and distance,
17. Time &Work,
18. Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds,
19. Graphs of Linear Equations,
20. angles subtended by chords of a circle,
21. common tangents to two or more circles,
22. Hemispheres,
23. Rectangular Parallelepiped,
24. Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base,
25. Triangle,
26. Quadrilaterals,
27. Regular Polygons,
28. Circle,
29. Right Prism,
30. Right Circular Cone,
31. Right Circular Cylinder,
32. Sphere,
33. Trigonometric ratio,
34. Degree and Radian Measures,
35. Frequency polygon,
36. Bar diagram & Pie chart
37. Standard Identities,
38. Complementary angles,
39. Heights and Distances,
40. Histogram etc.

• English Comprehension

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

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

1. Number Systems: Decimal and
   Fractions,Computation of Whole Number, Relationship between numbers.
2. Fundamental arithmetical operations:Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound),Percentages, Ratio and
   Proportion,Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time and work
3. Algebra: surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations.Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary
4. Geometry: Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of
   triangles,Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts:tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle,Circle and its chords, common tangents to two or more circles.
5. Mensuration: Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere,Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle,
   Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.
6. Trigonometry:Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles,Trigonometry, Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard
   Identities like sin2� + cos2�=1 etc.
7. Statistics and probability: Use of Tables and Graphs:Bar-diagram,Histogram,
   Frequency polygon,Pie-chart; Measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode, standard deviation; calculation of
   simple probabilities etc.

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

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

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

1. Vocabulary,
2. grammar,
3. sentence structure,
4. Spellings/ Detecting mis-spelt words,
5. Idioms& Phrases,
6. synonyms, antonyms and their correct usage;
7. Spot the Error,
8. Fill in the Blanks,
9. Synonyms/Homonyms, Antonyms,
10. One word substitution,
11. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage,
12. Improvement of Sentences,
13. Active/Passive Voice of Verbs,
14. Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration,
15. Shuffling of Sentence parts,
16. ClozePassage,
17. Comprehension Passage etc.

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

1. History,
2. Geography,
3. Famous Days & Dates
4. Books and Authors
5. Awards and Honors
6. Polity
7. Economy

8. General Science(Physics,Chemisty,Biology)

9. General Policy
10. Culture
11. Abbreviations
12. Countries & Capitals
13. Heritage
14. Budget and Five Year Plans
15. States & Capitals of India
16. International & National Organizations
17. Science – Inventions & Discoveries
18. Science & Technology
19. Sports
20. Famous Places in India
21. Indian Politics
22. Environmental Issues
23. Indian Parliament
24. Rivers Lakes and Seas
25. General Science
26. Artists
27. Civics,
28. Current Affairs – National & International etc.

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

1. Computer Basics:Central Processing Unit (CPU), Organization of a computer,input/ output devices,back- up devices,computer memory, memory organization,PORTs,Windows Explorer. Keyboard shortcuts.
2. Software: Windows Operating system including basics of Microsoft Office like MS Excel, MS Word and Power Point etc..
3. Working with Internet and e-mails: Managing an E-mail Account, e-Banking.Web  Downloading & Uploading,Browsing & Searching
4. Basics of networking and cyber security:Network and information security threats (Networking devices and
   protocols,like hacking,virus, worms, Trojan etc.) and preventive measures etc.

• Paper-II (Statistics):

1. Collection, Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data –
   Tabulation of data; Graphs and charts; Frequency distributions;Primary and Secondary data, Methods of data collection;Diagrammatic
   presentation of frequency distributions.
2. Measures of Central Tendency- Common measures of central tendency –Partition values- quartiles,deciles, percentiles.mean median and mode;
3. Measures of Dispersion- Common measures dispersion –mean deviation and standard deviation;range,quartile deviations,Measures of relative dispersion.
4. Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis – meaning of skewness and kurtosis;Different types of moments and their relationship;different measures of skewness and kurtosis.
5. Correlation and Regression –simple regression lines; Spearman’s rank correlation;Scatter diagram; simple correlation coefficient;Multiple and partial correlation (For three variables only),Measures of association of attributes; Multiple regression.
6. Probability Theory – Conditional probability; Compound probability;Meaning of probability; Different definitions of probability;Independent events; Bayes’ theorem.
7. Random Variable and Probability Distributions – Random
   variable;Higher moments of a random variable; Binomial,Probability functions; Expectation and Variance of a random variable;Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions; Joint distribution of two random variable (discrete).
8.  Sampling Theory –Sampling and non-sampling errors; Probability and nonprobability sampling techniques (simple random sampling, stratified
   sampling, multistage sampling, purposive sampling, convenience sampling and quota sampling); Sampling distribution(statement
   only); Sample size decisions,Concept of population and sample; Parameter
   and statistic,
9. Statistical Inference –Methods of estimation (Moments method, Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method),Point estimation and interval estimation,Properties of a good estimator,Tests based on Z, t, Chi-square and F statistic,Testing of hypothesis, Basic concept of testing, Small sample and large sample tests,Confidence intervals.
10.  Analysis of Variance – Analysis of one-way classified data and twoway classified data.
11. Time Series Analysis –Measurement of seasonal
    variation by different methods,Components of time series, Determinations of trend component by different methods
12. Index Numbers – Meaning of Index Numbers, Problems in the construction of index numbers,Cost of living Index Numbers,Types of index number, Different formulae, Base shifting and splicing of index numbers ,Uses of Index Numbers etc.

• Paper-III (General Studies-Finance and Economics):

• Fundamental principles and basic concept of Accounting:

1. Financial Accounting: Basic concepts and Conventions,Nature and scope, Limitations of
   Financial Accounting,Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
2. Basic concepts of accounting:Books of original Entry, Bank Reconciliation, Journal,Single and double entry,Trading, Profit & loss Appropriation
   Accounts,ledgers, Trial Balance, Rectification of Errors,Manufacturing,Balance Sheet Distinction between Capital and Revenue Expenditure, Depreciation Accounting,Receipts and Payments and Income & Expenditure Accounts,Valuation of Inventories, Non-profit organisations Accounts,Bills of Exchange, Self BalancingLedgers.

          Part B: Economics and Governance

1. Comptroller & Auditor General of India –Role and responsibility,Constitutional
   provisions,
2.  Finance Commission-Role and functions.
3. Basic Concept of Economics and introduction to Micro
   Economics: Methods of economic study and Central problems of an economy and Production possibilities curve,Definition, scope and nature of Economics,
4. Theory of Demand and Supply: Law of demand and Elasticity of demand, Price,income and cross elasticity;Meaning and determinants of
   demand,Meaning and determinants of supply, Law of supply and Elasticity of Supply,Theory of consumer’s behaviourMarshallian approach and Indifference curve approach,
5. Theory of Production and cost:Laws of production- Law of variable proportions
   and Laws of returns to scale,Meaning and Factors of production;
6. Forms of Market and price determination in different
   markets: Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly and Price determination in these markets,Various forms of markets-Perfect Competition,
7. Indian Economy:National Income of India-Concepts of national income,Different methods of measuring national income,Nature of the Indian Economy Role of different sectorsRole of Agriculture, Industry and Services-their problems
   and growth;Population-Its size, rate of growth and its implication oneconomic growth.                Poverty and unemployment- Absolute and relativepoverty, types, causes and incidence of unemployment.                                  Infrastructure-Energy, Transportation, Communication.Infrastructure-Energy, Transportation, Communication.
8. Economic Reforms in India:
   Liberalisation, Privatisation, Globalisation and Disinvestment,Economic reforms since 1991,
9. Money and Banking:functions of commercial Banks/RRB/Payment Banks.Monetary/ Fiscal policy- Role and functions of ReserveBank of India;Budget and Fiscal deficits and Balance of payments. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.
10. Role of Information Technology in Governance etc.