Staff Selection Commission will hold the Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2018 for filling up Group “B” and Group “C” posts in various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations in the Government of India. The Tier-I of CGL Examination in Computer Based Mode is scheduled to be held from 25.07.2018 to 20.08.2018. Final selection through the Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2018 to various posts would be according to the confirmed number of vacancies from the concerned Indenting Ministries/ Departments/ Offices/ Cadres before declaration of result.

Details of the Posts: Following are the likely posts that will be filled up through this examination:

Pay Band –II Rs.9300-34800 (pre-revised):

1. Assistant Audit Officer
2. Assistant Accounts Officer
3. Assistant Section Officer
4. Assistant
5. Assistant/ Superintendent
6. Inspector of Income Tax
7. Inspector, (Central Excise)
8. Inspector (Preventive Officer)
9. Inspector (Examiner)
10. Assistant Enforcement Officer
11. Sub Inspector
12. Inspector Posts
13. Divisional Accountant
14. Inspector
15. Sub Inspector
16. Junior Statistical Officer

Pay Band-I: Rs. 5200-20200 (pre-revised):

1. Auditor
2. Accountant
3. Accountant/ Junior Accountant
4. Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerks
5. Tax Assistant
6. Sub-Inspector
7. Upper Division Clerks

Age limit will be reckoned as on 1st August, 2018:

SSC CGL Age Limit for 2019 is calculated as below:

Age Limit	Calculation
For Post for which age limit is 20-27 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1991 and not later than 01.08.1998
For Post for which age limit is 18-27 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1991 and not later than 01.08.2000
For Post for which age limit is 20-30 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1988 and not later than 01.08.1998
For Post for which age limit is up to 30 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1988 and not later than 01.08.2000
For Post for which age limit is up to 32 years	He/she must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1986 and not later than 01.08.2000

Permissible relaxation in upper age limit as well as category-codes for claiming age relaxation as on the date of reckoning (i.e. 01.08.2018) is as follows:

Code No	Category	Age - relaxation permissible beyond upper age limit
01	SC/ ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	PwD	10 years
04	PwD+OBC	13 years
05	PwD+SC/ ST	15 years
06	Ex-Servicemen (ExS)	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
07	For Group “B” posts Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	5 years
08	Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	10 years
09	For Group “C” posts Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	Up to 40 years age
10	Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application	Up to 45 years age
11	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989	5 years
12	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried	Up to 35 years age
13	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST)	Up to 40 years age
14	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 years
15	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST)	8 years
16	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces	Up to 45 years age
17	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces (SC/ ST)	Up to 50 years age
18	Retrenched census employees of the Office of Registrar General of India (They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies)	3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment, and weightage of past service.

SSC CGL Education qualification for various posts are explained as follows:

Name of the Post	Education Qualification
Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer	Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or Institute.
	Desirable - 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.
	Note-I - During the period of probation direct recruits shall have to qualify the “Subordinate Audit 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.
All other Posts:	Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.
The candidates appearing in the final year of their graduation can also apply, however they must possess Essential qualification on or before 01.08.2018.

Scheme of Tier-I and Tier-II Examinations:

Tier	Subject	No. of Question	Max Marks
I	A. General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50
	B. General Awareness	25	50
	C. Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
	D. English Comprehension	25	50
II	Paper-I: Quantitative Abilities	100	200
	Paper-II: English Language and Comprehension	200	200
	Paper-III: Statistics	100	200
	Paper-IV: General Studies (Finance and Economics)	100	200

Tier	Time Allowed
I	60 Minutes (Total) For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- Pl. See para5.10 of Notice): 80 Minutes
II	120 Minutes (for each Paper) For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- Pl. See para5.10 of Notice): 160 Minutes

Note-I: In Tier-I, there will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer.

Note-II: In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension) and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I, Paper-III and Paper-IV.

Note-III: In Tier-II, Paper-I and Paper-II are compulsory for all the posts.

Note-IV: In Tier-II, Paper-III will be for only those candidates who apply for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for this Post/ Paper.

Note-V: In Tier-II, Paper-IV will be for only those candidates who are shortlisted in Tier-I for Paper-IV i.e. for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.

Scheme of Tier-III Examinations:

Tier	Mode of Examination	Scheme of Examination	Max Marks
III	A Pen and Paper mode	Descriptive Paper in English or Hindi (Writing of Essay/ Precis/ Letter/ Application etc.)	100

Tier	Time Allowed
III	60 Minutes For VH/ OH (afflicted with Cerebral Palsy/ deformity in writing hand- Pl. See para5.10 of Notice): 80 Minutes

Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification will also be conducted as per the provisions of the notice of examination.