SSC CGL Syllabus is released in its official notification by the SSC. The Tier-1 Exam of SSC CGL 2021 is scheduled to be held from 29th May to 7th June 2021. Thus, candidates appearing for the exam must go through with the SSC CGL Syllabus 2021 as per the latest notification for preparing in a systematic manner. You can download the SSC syllabus pdf from the official website. A fair knowledge of SSC Syllabus 2021 for Tier-1, Tier-2 & Tier-3 Exam is necessary to crack this exam. SSC CGL is one of the prestigious exams that cover all the topics of daily lives.
Before getting into the SSC Syllabus 2021 for CGL exam, the Exam Pattern needs to be understood.
- Tier I- Computer Based Examination
- Tier II- Computer Based Examination
- Tier III- Pen and Paper Mode (Descriptive paper)
- Tier IV- Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification.
The table below gives a brief idea about the SSC CGL 2021 Exam Pattern:
| Tier | Subject | No. of questions | Max Marks | Time allowed |
| Tier – I | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 50 | 1 hour
(60 Minutes) TOTAL For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- 80 Minutes. |
| General Awareness | 25 | 50 | ||
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 50 | ||
| English Comprehension | 25 | 50 | ||
| Tier – II | Paper 1- Quantitative abilities | 100 | 200 | 120 Minutes (for each Paper)
For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- 160 Minutes |
| Paper 2- English language & Comprehension | 200 | 200 | ||
| Paper 3- Statistics | 100 | 200 | ||
| Paper 4- General Studies (Finance & Economics) | 100 | 200 | ||
| Tier – III | Descriptive Paper in Hindi/English
(Writing of Essays, Precis, Applications, etc.)
PEN AND PAPER MODE |
_ | 100 | 60 Minutes
For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- 80 Minutes |
SSC CGL Tier – I
SSC CGL Tier-I exam is an objective exam which will be conducted online. The exam comprises 4 sections having 25 questions in each section which will account for a total of 200 marks (maximum 50 marks in each section).
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Points to remember
- There is negative marking in SSC CGL 2019-20 Tier 1 Exam. 0.5 marks will be deducted from every wrong question in all the sections.
- The exam duration is 80 minutes for candidates who are visually handicapped and suffering from Cerebral Palsy.
SSC Syllabus 2021 for Tier- 1
- General Intelligence and Reasoning
Symbolic/Number Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences
- General Awareness
History- Harappa Civilization, Vedic culture, Medieval India and their important systems; India’s freedom movement and their leaders, Geography- about countries and their geographical details, Famous Seaport and Airport and their location. General Knowledge, current affairs
- Quantitative Aptitude
Number System Problems, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Data analysis
- English Comprehension Skills
Synonyms & Antonyms, One Word Substitution, Vocab and grammar skills, Spotting the errors, Reading comprehension, Sentence Rearrangement/Para Jumbles
SSC Syllabus for Tier- II
1.Quantitative abilities
Below are the major topics covered in SSC CGL Tier-II exam of Quantitative Abilities:
| S No. | Topics | S No. | Topics |
| 1 | Number System | 20 | Congruence and similarity of triangles |
| 2 | Fractions and Decimals | 21 | Circle and its chords, tangents |
| 3 | Percentage | 22 | Angles subtended by chords of a circle |
| 4 | Ratio & Proportion | 23 | Common tangents to two or more circles |
| 5 | Square roots | 24 | Triangle |
| 6 | Averages | 25 | Quadrilaterals |
| 7 | Interest | 26 | Regular Polygons |
| 8 | Profit and Loss | 27 | Right Prism |
| 9 | Discount | 28 | Right Circular Cone |
| 10 | Partnership Business | 29 | Right Circular Cylinder |
| 11 | Mixture and Alligation | 30 | Sphere & Hemispheres |
| 12 | Time and distance | 31 | Rectangular Parallelepiped |
| 13 | Time & Work | 32 | Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base |
| 14 | Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds | 33 | Degree and Radian Measures |
| 15 | Graphs of Linear Equations | 34 | Standard Identities |
| 16 | Trigonometry | 35 | Complementary Angles |
| 17 | Bar diagram & Pie chart | 36 | Heights and Distances |
| 18 | Geometry and Mensuration | 37 | Histogram |
| 19 | Triangle and its various kinds of centres | 38 | Frequency polygon |
- English language & Comprehension
Active and Passive Voice, Direct and indirect Speech conversion and narration, shuffling of sentence parts in passages, Comprehension passage, Close passage, Spotting the error, fill in the blanks, Spelling/detecting mis-spelt words, Spelling/detecting mis-spelt words
- Statistics
Calculation, a diagrammatic representation of data, Moments and relationships- skewness, kurtosis, Collection Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data, Measures of Dispersion, Probability Theory, Random Variable and Probability Distributions, Sampling Theory, Statistical Inference, Analysis of Variance, Analysis of Variance, and Analysis of Variance.
- General Studies (Finance & Economics)
Economics-Macro & Micro Economics, Growth & Development, Market analysis- production, demand, supply, Indian Economy, Economic reforms, Money and banking,
Role of Technology in reforming the Economic domain
SSC CGL Syllabus for Tier III
The main objective of this Tier III exam is to evaluate the candidates’ language proficiency, grammar knowledge, vocabulary usage and writing skills in English or Hindi. The best way to prepare for this tier is to read lots of articles from various newspapers.
The questions are based on 10+2 level.
The exam is qualifying in nature. At least 33% should be scored by the candidate to qualify this particular tier, rest is dependent on cut-offs.
The topics for this exam can be related to current affairs and sensitive matters like- Demonetization, women empowerment, Terrorism, Right to equality, freedom of women in a country like India, etc.
Candidates need to write application, letters, essays, passages as a part of the qualification for this exam.
SSC CGL Syllabus for Tier IV
| SSC CGL Test 2021 | Description of syllabus |
| Data Entry Speed test | 8,000 Key Depression per hour on the Computer |
| A passage of about 2000 key depressions for a duration of 15 minutes. | |
| Computer Proficiency Test | Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Generation of slides |