SSC CGL 2026 Exam Date, Notification & Vacancies

SSC's notice of 12 September 2026 says Tier-I runs from 30 September to 30 October 2026. Your admit card is expected 2–3 days before your own exam date. Tier-II is tentatively planned for December 2026.

SSC lists 10,731 tentative vacancies as on 24 September 2026. The first notice of 21 May 2026 said about 12,256. Final numbers may still change.

Age is counted as on 1 August 2026. Depending on the post, the limit is 18–27, 20–30, 18–30 or 18–32 years (18–32 is for JSO). SC/ST get 5 more years, OBC 3 years and PwBD 10 years.

Yes. In Tier-I, 0.50 mark is cut for each wrong answer (a correct answer gets 2 marks). In Tier-II Paper-I, 1 mark is cut per wrong answer in Sections I–III (a correct answer gets 3 marks). In Papers II and III, 0.50 mark is cut per wrong answer.

No. Tier-I is only used to shortlist candidates for Tier-II. The final merit list uses Tier-II marks only: Sections I and II of Paper-I, plus Paper-II or Paper-III for the posts that need them.

For all posts except JSO and SI Grade-II, the corrected official cut-offs (out of 200) were: UR 136.40, OBC 130.37, EWS 127.42, SC 115.03 and ST 106.39. Cut-offs change every year.