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Dear aspirants, SSC CPO syllabus 2020 comprises the
topics under each section which candidates need to cover for the exam. The
first and foremost strategy towards preparation understands the syllabus. The
preparation for the exam is incomplete without the syllabus. SSC CPO 2020
syllabus of Paper 1 is divided into General Intelligence and Reasoning, General
Knowledge and General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English
Comprehension. The syllabus for Paper 2 comprises English Language and
Comprehension. The standard of SSC CPO syllabus is of high school and
graduation level. The detailed syllabus of SSC CPO is given below.
SSC CPO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2020: SI/ASI/ CAPF/CISF
Dear friends, Central Police organization
(Sub-Inspectors) Exam is being conducted by SSC at National level to fill
required number of candidates for the post of Sub Inspectors in various Central
Government Police Organizations like CRPF, ITBP, CBI, SSB, CISF, BSF & in
Delhi Police and ASI in CISF.
SSC CPO S.I. and ASI Exam Eligibility Criteria
1. Educational Qualification: A passed
of Graduation in any discipline from any recognized University or equivalent.
Note-I: For the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi
Police only: Male candidates must possess and also carry a
valid Driving License for LMV (Motor Cycle and Car) as on the date fixed for
Physical Endurance and Standard Tests . Otherwise they will not be allowed to
undergo Physical Endurance and Standard Tests. However the candidates who do
not have a Valid Driving License for LMV (Motor Cycle and Car) can apply for
all other CAPFs posts.
NOTE-II: As per Ministry of Human Resource
Development Notification No. 44 dated 01.03.1995 published in Gazette of India
edition dated 08.04.1995, the Degree obtained through open
Universities/Distance Education Mode needs to be recognized by Distance
Education Council, IGNOU. Accordingly, unless such Degrees had been recognized
for the period when the candidates acquired the relevant qualification, they
will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.
Note – III: Candidates who have not
acquired the educational qualification as on 01-01-2016 will not be eligible
and need not apply.
Note- IV: All candidates who
are declared qualified by the Commission will be required to produce all
relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets for all the 3 years of Graduation/
Provisional Certificate/ Certificate of Graduation as proof of having acquired
the minimum educational qualification on or before 01-01-2016 failing which the
candidature of such candidate will be cancelled by the Commission. The
candidates who are able to prove by documentary evidence that the result of the
educational qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut-off date
and he/she has been declared passed will also be considered to have met the
required educational qualification.
NOTE – V: A Matriculate Ex-Serviceman (which term includes
an Ex-Serviceman, who has obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of
education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or the Air Force), who has
put in not less than 15 years of service as on closing date with Armed Forces
of the Union shall be considered eligible for appointment to the Group-C posts
of SI in Delhi Police and ASI in CISF only. Thus, those Non-Graduate
Ex-Servicemen who have not completed 15 years of service as on the last date
for receipt of applications as stated in Note-III under Para 4 (B) are not
eligible for these posts.
Further, as per extant guidelines of Department of Personnel &
Training, deemed graduation of Indian Army Special Certificate of education or
corresponding certificate in the Navy or the Air Force, on completion of 15
years in Armed Forces is not applicable for Group-B posts.
2. Age Limit: Candidate’s
age should be in between of 20 years to 25 years as on 01-01-016.
3. Nationality: Indian.
4. Physical Standards-
(i) Male Candidates: Height:
170 cms (162.5 cms for ST and 165 cms for Hill areas).
Chest (unexpanded/ expanded): 80 cms/ 85 cms (77/82 cms for
ST and 80/85 cms for Hill areas).
(ii) Female Candidates: Height:
157 cms (154 cms for ST and 155 cms for Hill areas).
Chest- Not applicable.
(iii) Weight: Corresponding to height for all posts.
3 - Medical Standard (For all posts) –
Eye sight: The minimum distant vision
should be 6/6 and 6/9 of 2 eyes without correction i.e. without wearing of
glasses.
The candidate must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein
or squint in eyes and they should possess high color vision.
They must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any
physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the
duties.
Physical Endurance Test Will NOT CARRY ANY MARKS BUT WILL BE OF
QUALIFYING /ELIMINATION NATURE.
NOTE: I Ex-Servicemen applying for the posts in CAPFs
are not required to undergo PET. The Ex- Servicemen candidates for the post of
Sub Inspector in Delhi Police have also been exempted from PET. However, all
Ex-Servicemen are required to pass the written test and fulfill the physical
standards prescribed for direct recruits for recruitment of Sub Inspector/
Assistant Sub-Inspector, as the case may be. They should also pass the medical
standards prescribed for direct recruits.
NOTE: II The candidature
of female candidates who are pregnant at the time of Physical Endurance Test
will be rejected as they cannot undergo PET. No appeal/representation will be
entertained against such rejection.
Note: III Medical Examination
all the candidates who qualify in the PET will be medically examined by the
Medical Officer of the CAPFs or any other Medical Officer or Assistant Surgeon
belonging to Grade I of any Central/ State Govt. Hospital or Dispensary.
Candidates, who are found to be unfit, will be informed of the position and
they can make an appeal before Review Medical Board within the prescribed time
limit of 15 days. Decision of Re-Medical Board / Review Medical Board will be
final and no appeal / representation against the decision of the Re-Medical
Board / Review Medical Board will be entertained.
Finally selected candidates for the posts of
Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspector would, as part of training
curriculum, have to pass seven obstacle events as mentioned below, failing
which they may not be retained in the Force:
i) Jumping over the Vertical Board.
ii) Holding the rope on jumping from the Board.
iii) Tarzan Swing.
iv) Jumping on the Horizontal Board.
v) Parallel Rope.
vi) Monkey Crawl.
vii) Vertical Rope.
viii) General Instructions to be complied by the candidates in the
written examinations.
SSC CPO Syllabus: SSC
CPO SI/ASI Written examination consists of -
Paper 1: General Studies.
1- General Intelligence and Reasoning -
It include questions of both verbal and nonverbal type. The test
will include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space
visualization problem solving analysis judgment, decision making visual memory
discriminating observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning
verbal and figure classification arithmetical number series non-verbal
series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the
candidates' ability to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their
relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical functions.
2- General Knowledge and General Awareness - The
questions shall be aimed to test the candidate's general awareness of the
environment around him and its application to the society. Questions will also
be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every
day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected
of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India
and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture,
Geography, economic scene, General polity and scientific research.
3- Numerical Ability/Quantitative Aptitude -
The questions shall be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of
numbers and number sense of the candidate. The scope of the test will be the
computation of whole numbers, decimals and fractions and relationship between
numbers, decimals and fractions, and relationships between numbers, it will
test sense of order of magnitude, estimation or prediction for the solution to
real life problems and knowledge of alternative computation procedure to find
answers.
4- English Comprehension- Paper 2- English language
and Comprehension-
The candidates will be mainly tested for:
Simple and plain use of English Language and clarity of expression,
Effective Communication skill in English with due economy of words.
SSC CPO S.I. & ASI Exam Pattern:
The SSC CPO SI/ASI written exam consists of 2 papers:
Paper - 1 -
Part A - General Intelligence and Reasoning
No of Questions- 50, Max Marks – 50,
Time Allowed - 2 Hrs. 10:00 am to
12:00 pm.
Part B - General Knowledge and General Awareness No of
Questions- 50 Max Marks – 50
Part C - Quantitative Aptitude No of
Questions- 50 Max Marks – 50
Part D English Comprehension No of
Questions- 50 Max Marks – 50
Paper- 2 -
Subject Max Marks/Questions
Duration and Timing
English Language & Comprehension Questions - 200 marks, 200 questions, 2 Hrs.
NOTE: Paper-II is evaluated for only those candidates
who qualify in Paper- I (Objective type paper).
Physical Endurance Test:
For male candidates only –
a) 100 meters race in 16 seconds.
b) 1.6 Kms race in 6.5 minutes.
c) Long Jump: 3.65 metres in 3 chances.
d) High Jump: 1.2 metres in 3 chances.
e) Shot put (16 Lbs): 4.5 metres in 3 chances.
For female candidates only –
a) 100 metres race in 18 seconds.
b) 800 metres race in 4 minutes.
c) Long Jump: 2.7 metres (9 feet) in 3 chances.
d) High Jump: 0.9 metres (3 feet) in 3 chances.
Note: 1. There shall be no minimum
requirement of chest measurement for Female candidates.
2. Relaxation in height and chest (as the case may be) as
mentioned above will be permissible only on production of certificate in the
proforma as prescribed in Annexure VIII from the competent authorities of the
District where they ordinarily reside.
3. “The relaxation in physical standards (height/chest) once
granted at the time of initial appointment in Delhi Police will hold good till
the individual concerned remains in Delhi Police.”
4. Those candidates who are declared not qualified in Physical
Standards, i.e height and chest, may prefer an appeal, if they so desire, to
the appellate authority present on the PET ground. The decision of the
appellate authority will be final and no further appeal or representation in
this regard will be entertained.
SSC CPO (SI) Exam Fee: General & OBC
candidates have to pay Rs 100/- as an application fee payable through online
applications through SBI Challan /Net banking and any credit and debit cards
will be accepted.
Women candidates and candidates belonging to
Scheduled Caste, and Scheduled Tribes and Ex-Servicemen eligible for
reservation are exempted from paying fee, as per rules/instructions of
Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India.
SSC CPO (SI) Exam Test Centers:
Almost all major cities are arranged for test centers –
List of centers is mentioned below with Examination Centres
& Address of Regional Office -
1 - Bhagalpur(3201), Patna(3206), Muzaffarpur(3205) Agra(3001)
Varanasi (3013), Allahabad(3003) Lucknow(3010): Regional Director
(CR), Staff Selection Commission, 21-23 Lowther Road, Allahabad, Uttar
Pradesh-211002.
2 - Kolkata (4410), Port Blair (4802), Gangtok (4001),
Bhubaneshwar (4604), Ranchi (4205): Regional Director (ER), Staff
Selection Commission, 1st MSO Building,(8th Floor) 234/4. Acharya Jagadish
Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal-700020.
3 - Bangalore(9001), Thiruvananthapuram(9211), Kochi(9204),
Thrisur(9212), Gulbarga(9005), Mangalore(9008), Dharwar(9004),Kozhikode
(Calicut) (9206), Mysore(9009): Regional Director (KKR), Staff Selection
Commission, 1 st Floor, “E” Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bangalore,
Karnataka-560034.
4 - Delhi(2201), Jaipur(2405), Jodhpur(2406),Kota(2407), Regional
Director (NR), 7 Bharatpur(2403) Bikaner(2404), Udaipur(2409), Ajmer(2401), Alwar(2402),
Sriganganagar(2408), Dehradun(2002), Haldwani(2003), Almora(2001),
Haridwar (2005): Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 12, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504.
5 - Guwahati (Dispur)(5105), Itanagar(5001),Dibrugarh(5102),
Jorhat(5107), Silchar (5111), Imphal(5501), Shillong(5401), Aizwal(5701),
Kohima(5302), Agartala (5601), Churachandpur (5502) Tura(5402), Goalpara (5104),
Tezpur (5112), Lakhimpur (5109): Regional Director (NER), Staff
Selection Commission, Housefed Complex, West End Block, Last Gate, Beltola
Basistha Road, Dispur Guwahati, Assam-781006.
6 - Hyderabad(8002), Guntur(8001), Kurnool(8003),
Rajahmundry(8004), Tirupati (8006), Chennai (8201), Madurai(8204),
Puducherry(8401), Tiruchirapalli (8206), Vishakhapatnam (8007): Regional
Director (SR), Staff Selection Commission, EVK Sampath Building, 2nd Floor,
College Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600006.
7 - Aurangabad(7202), Mumbai(7204), Kolhapur(7203), Nagpur(7205),
Panaji (7801), Pune(7208), Ahmedabad(7001), Vadodara(7002), Rajkot(7006), Nashik
(7207), Amravati (7201),Surat (7007),Thane(7210): Regional
Director (WR), Staff Selection Commission, 1 st Floor, South Wing, Pratishta
Bhawan, 101 M.K. Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400020.
8 - Indore(6006), Jabalpur(6007), Jagdalpur(6203),
Chindwara(6003), Bilaspur (6202), Satna(6014), Ratlam(6011) Sagar(6015)
Durg(6205), Raipur(6204), Bhopal (6001), Gwalior(6005): Dy.
Director (MPR), Staff Selection Commission, “J-5 Anupam Nagar, Raipur,
Chhatisgarh-492001.
9 - Leh(1005), Chandigarh(1601), Jammu(1004), Srinagar (
J&K)(1007), Shimla (1203) Hamirpur (1202): Dy. Director (NWR),
Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 3, Gr. Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sector-9,
Chandigarh-160017.
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