SSC CGL 2022 Notification- Know the Exam Pattern, Imp Dates etc

SSC (Staff Selection Commission) will be releasing the much-awaited notification to fill various Group “B” and Group “C” posts in different Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations. These CGL (Combined Graduate Level) vacancies are a golden opportunity for aspirants who are preparing for govt. exams. The number of vacancies will be updated once SSC releases this information. Keep watching this space for updates. Let’s have a look at the important details of this notification. The online application process for SSC CGL 2022 will start on 17th  September 2022 and the last date to apply online is 8th October 2022. 

SSC CGL 2022 Notification

Name of Organization	Staff Selection Commission
Posts	Group B and C officers under the Central Government
No. of Vacancies	20,000 (Approx)
Date of notification	17th September 2022
Status of SSC CGL Notification 2022 Pdf	Released
Exam Level	National Level
Exam Mode	Online (Computer-Based Test)
Mode of Application	Online
Eligibility	Graduate
Exam Mode	Computer Based Test (Online)
Selection Process	Tier ITier IITier IIITier IV
Exam Duration	Tier 1 – 60 minutesTier 2 – 120 minutesTier 3 – 60 minutesTier 4 – 45 minutes
SSC CGL Exam Date 2022	December 2022
Job Location	All over India
SSC CGL 2022 Official Website	www.ssc.nic.in

Important Dates

Dates for submission of online applications	17-09-2022 to 08-10-2022
Last date and time for receipt of online applications	08-10-2022 (23:00)
Last date and time for generation of offline Challan	08-10-2022 (23:00)
Last date and time for making online fee payment	09-10-2022 (23:00)
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank)	10-10-2022
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ including online payment.	12-10-2022 to 13-10-2022 (23:00)
Tentative Schedule of Tier-I (Computer BasedExamination)	Dec, 2022
Tentative Schedule of Tier-II (Computer BasedExamination)	To be notified later

Age Limits of the Vacancies

(As on 01-01-2022)

S No	Age Limit	Remarks
(i)	For the posts for which age limit is 18-27 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1995 and notlater than 01-01-2004.
(ii)	For the posts for which age limit is 20-30 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1992 and notlater than 01-01-2002.
(iii)	For the posts for which age limit is 18-30 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1992 and notlater than 01-01-2004.
(iv)	For the post for which age limit is 18-32 years	Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1990 and not later than 01-01-2004.

Details of the Vacancies

SSC CGL Vacancy
SSC CGL Vacancy	UR	SC	ST	OBC	Total Vacancies
SSC CGL 2020-21 Vacancy	2891	1046	510	1858	7035
SSC CGL 2019-20 Vacancy	3674	1242	667	2198	8582
SSC CGL 2018-19 Vacancy {as on 27/12/2019}	5770	1723	845	2933	11271
SSC CGL 2017 {Final Vacancy as on 15/11/2019}	4144	1322	656	1999	8121
SSC CGL 2016 {Final Vacancy as on 17/7/2017}	5722	1520	838	2581	10661
SSC CGL 2015 {Final Vacancy}	4506	1303	683	2069	8561
SSC CGL 2014 {Final Vacancy}	8373	2208	1188	3780	15549

Pay Level-8 (Rs 47600 to 151100)

S No	Name of Post	Ministry/ Department/ Office/ Cadre	Classification of Posts	Nature of Physical Disabilities permissible for the post	Age Limit
1	Assistant  Audit Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG	Group “B” Gazetted   (Non Ministerial)	OH (OA, OL, BL) & HH	Not  exceeding 30 years

2	Assistant Accounts Officer	Indian Audit & Accounts Department under C&AG	Group “B” Gazetted   (Non Ministerial)	OH (OA, OL, BL) & HH	Not  exceeding 30 years
	Accounts Officer	Accounts Department under C&AG	Gazetted (Non Ministerial)	OH (OA, OL, BL) & HH		30 years.

Pay Level-7 (Rs 44900 to 142400)

15	Assistant Enforcement Officer	Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue	Group “B”	Post not identified suitable for PwD candidates	Up to 30 years
16	Sub Inspector	Central Bureau of Investigation	Group “B”	Post not identified suitable for PwD candidates	20-30 years
17	Inspector Posts	Department of Post	Group “B”	Post not identified suitable for PwD candidates	18-30 years
18	Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	Group “B”	Post not identified suitable for PwD candidates	Not  exceeding 30 years

Pay Level-6 (Rs 35400 to 112400)

S No	Name of Post	Ministry/ Department/ Office/ Cadre	Classification of Posts	Nature of Physical Disabilities permissible for the post	Age Limit
19	Assistant	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Group “B”	OA, OL, B, BL, OAL, LV & HH	Not  exceeding 30 years
20	Assistant/ Superintendent	Other Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations	Group “B”	OA, OL, B, BL, OAL, LV & HH	Not  exceeding 30 years
21	Divisional Accountant	Offices under C&AG	Group “B”	OL, PD, D	Not  exceeding 30 years
22	Sub Inspector	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	Group “B”	Post not identified suitable for PwD candidates	Up to 30 years
23	Junior Statistical Officer	M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation	Group “B”	Post identified for individuals with nature of disability*	Up to 32 years
24	Statistical Investigator Grade-II	Registrar General of India	Group “B”	Post identified for individuals with nature of disability#	Not  exceeding 30 years

Pay Level-5 (Rs 29200 to 92300)

S No	Name of Post	Ministry/ Department/ Office/ Cadre	Classification of Posts	Nature of Physical Disabilities permissible for the post	Age Limit
25	Auditor	Offices under C&AG	Group “C”	OA, OL, BL & HH	18-27 years
26	Auditor	Other Ministry/ Departments	Group “C”		18-27 years
27	Auditor	Offices under CGDA	Group “C”	OA, OL, BL, HH & VH	18-27 years
			CGDA
28	Accountant	Offices under C&AG	Group “C”	OA, OL, OAL, BL, B, LV, HH	18-27 years
29	Accountant/ Junior Accountant	Other Ministry/ Departments	Group “C”	OA, OL, OAL, BL, HH	18-27 Years

Pay Level-4 (Rs 25500 to 81100)

S No		Name of Post	Ministry/   Department/ Office/ Cadre	Classification of Posts	Nature of Physical Disabilities permissible for the post	Age Limit
30		Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks	Central Govt. Offices/ Ministries other than CSCS cadres	Group “C”	OA, OL, BL, OAL, B, LV, HH	18-27 years
31		Tax Assistant	CBDT	Group “C”	BL, OL, PD, D, PB, B, OA, OAL	18-27 years
32		Tax Assistant	CBIC	Group “C”	OL, OA, BL, OAL, B, LV, HH	18-27 years
33		Sub-Inspector	Central Bureau of Narcotics	Group “C”	Post Not identified suitable for PwD candidate	18-27 years
34		Upper Division Clerks	Dte. Gen Border Road Organisation (MoD) (Post is only for male candidates with higher physical and medical standards given at Annexure-XVI)	Group “C”	Post not identified suitable for PwD candidates	18-27 years

Eligibility Conditions

Age Limit

For the posts for which age limit is	Remarks
18-27 years	Candidate must have been born notearlier  than  02-01-1993  and  notlater than 01-01-2002
20-27 years	Candidate must have been born notearlier  than  02-01-1993  and  notlater than 01-01-2000
20-30 years	Candidate must have been born notearlier  than  02-01-1990  and  notlater than 01-01-2000
Up to 30 years	Candidate must have been born notearlier  than  02-01-1990  and  notlater than 01-01-2002
Up to 32 years	Candidate must have been born notearlier  than  02-01-1988  and  notlater than 01-01-2002

There are permissible relaxation in upper age limits and category-codes for claiming age

Relaxation. Please refer to the detailed notification (link at the end of the article ) to get more info on these.

Educational Qualification

Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer:

Essential Qualifications: Bachelor‟s Degree from a recognized University or Institute.

Desirable Qualifications: Chartered Accountant or Cost & Management Accountant or Company Secretary or Masters in Commerce or Masters in Business Studies or Masters in Business Administration (Finance) or Masters in Business Economics.

During the period of probation direct recruits shall have to qualify the “Subordinate Audit/ Accounts Service Examination” in respective branches for confirmation and regular appointment as Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.

Junior Statistical Officer

Bachelor‟s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% Marks in Mathematics at 12th standard level;

or

Bachelor‟s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.

Statistical Investigator Grade-II:

Bachelor‟s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects from a recognized University or Institute. The candidates must have studied Statistics as a subject in all the three years of the graduation course.

All other Posts:

Bachelor‟s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

Note: The candidates appearing in the final year of their graduation can also apply, however they must possess Essential qualification on or before 01-01-2020.

How to Apply

All the applications must be submitted via online mode only. You need to pay a  fee or Rs. 100 online. However, women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Disability (PwD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee.

Exam Pattern

Tier-I: Computer Based Examination

Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50
General Awareness	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
English Comprehension	25	50

Note: A composite time of 60 minutes will be there. Negative marking of 0.50 per incorrectly answered question will be there.

Tier-II: Computer Based Examination

Tier

Paper

Session

Subject

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Time allowed

II	Paper-I:	Session-I (2 hoursand 15 minutes)	Section-I: Module-I: Mathematical AbilitiesModule-II: Reasoning and General Intelligence.	30 30 Total = 60	60*3 = 180	1 hour(for each section) (1 hours and 20 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
Section-II: Module-I: English Language and ComprehensionModule-II: General Awareness	45 25 Total = 70	70*3 = 210
Section-III: Module-I: Computer Knowledge Module	20	20*3 = 60	15 Minutes(for each module) (20 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
Session-II (15minutes)	Section-III: Module-II: Data Entry Speed Test Module	One Data Entry Task	–
Paper-II	Statistics	100	100*2 = 200	2 hours(for each Paper) (2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7.1 and 7.2)
Paper-III	General Studies (Finance and Economics)	100	100*2 = 200

Note: Negative marking of 0.25 per incorrectly answered question will be there.

Tier-III: Pen and Paper Mode (Descriptive paper)

Mode of Exam	Scheme of Examination	Max Marks	Time Allowed
Pen & Paper Mode	Descriptive Paper inEnglish or Hindi (Writing of Essay/ Precis/ Letter/ Application etc.)	100	60 mins

Note: The Paper in Tier-III will have to be written either in Hindi or in English.

Part paper written in Hindi and part in English will be awarded zero marks.

Tier-IV: Computer Proficiency Test/ Data Entry Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification

In Tier-IV, Computer Proficiency Test and Data Entry Skill Test will be conducted. The Commission will hold Computer Proficiency Test (CPT), comprising of three modules: (i) Word Processing, (ii) Spread Sheet and (iii) Generation of Slides. The “Data Entry Speed Test” Skill Test will be conducted for a passage of about 2000 (two thousand) key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes. This test will be of qualifying nature.

SSC CGL 2022: Application Fees

Category	Application Fee
General/OBC	Rs 100/-
SC/ST/Ex-Serviceman/Females	Fee exempted