Combined Graduate Level Examination. Conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Nisha knows this paper from the site's own pattern pages — and reads your scores, your mocks and what you haven't touched before saying a word.
Once a year (notification ~June, Tier 1 ~Sep–Oct). Computer-based test (CBT).
100 MCQs · 200 marks · 60 min with 15-min sectional locks. Marks are NOT counted in the final merit — it only decides who sits in Tier 2.
Paper 1 (compulsory, 390 counted marks) for every post. Paper 2 (Statistics) only for JSO; Paper 3 (Finance & Economics) only for AAO.
Merit list is drawn from Tier 2 marks. Posts are allotted by rank + your post preference; some posts add a skill test (DEST/CPT).
Qualifying only
Marking: −0.50 per wrong answer
Every question carries 2 marks. Sectional timing means each section is a separate 15-minute sprint — speed within a section is now non-negotiable.
Merit — this paper decides your rank
Marking: −1 per wrong answer
Every question carries 3 marks. Sections I + II (390 marks) make the merit; the Computer module and the Data Entry Speed Test are qualifying only.
Only for Junior Statistical Officer / Statistical Investigator Gr-II
Marking: −0.50 per wrong answer
Only for Assistant Audit Officer / Assistant Accounts Officer
Marking: −0.50 per wrong answer
Tier 1 is only a gate. The final merit for most posts = Tier 2 Paper 1, Sections I & II — 390 marks.
The single biggest slice of your rank — 45 Q × 3 marks. Toppers bank this section.
30 tough questions in ~35 min of your Section-I hour. Geometry + algebra + DI decide it.
The most score-able 90 marks — accuracy here offsets a hard maths module.
25 Q in ~15 min — zero calculation, pure recall. The cheapest marks per minute in the exam.
The highest-weight chapters in each subject, linked to their notes. Weights are estimates from previous papers where the conducting body publishes none. Your guide weighs these against your own scores.
Sectional cut-offs, speed, and the mock-analysis habit that decides bank and SSC results. Pick one to start, or just talk — Nisha has read your profile either way.
Every fact on this page comes from the exam's blueprint on this site. How the guide uses it: how Guidance works.
Nisha has the pattern and will read your work. Talk it through, and leave with a plan you tick off.
