SSC CGL 2026 Syllabus

From the official Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Government of India documents · last checked 1 October 2026

Tier-I

General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Verbal and non-verbal reasoning
  • Semantic, symbolic/number and figural analogy
  • Semantic, symbolic/number and figural classification
  • Semantic, number and figural series
  • Coding and decoding
  • Numerical and symbolic operations
  • Space orientation and space visualization
  • Venn diagrams and drawing inferences
  • Punched hole / pattern folding and unfolding; figure completion
  • Embedded figures
  • Word building and problem solving
  • Indexing, address matching, date and city matching
  • Classification of centre codes / roll numbers; small and capital letter coding
  • Statement and conclusion; syllogism
  • Critical thinking, emotional intelligence, social intelligence

General Awareness

  • Current events
  • Science in everyday life
  • India and its neighbouring countries: history and culture
  • Geography
  • Economy
  • General policy
  • Scientific research

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Whole numbers, decimals, fractions and number relationships
  • Percentage, ratio and proportion, square roots, averages
  • Interest, profit and loss, discount, partnership
  • Mixture and alligation, time and distance, time and work
  • Basic algebraic identities, elementary surds, graphs of linear equations
  • Triangles and their centres; congruence and similarity
  • Circles: chords, tangents, angles, common tangents
  • Mensuration: triangle, quadrilaterals, regular polygons, circle, prism, cone, cylinder, sphere, hemisphere, cuboid, pyramid
  • Trigonometric ratios, degree and radian, standard identities, complementary angles, heights and distances
  • Data interpretation: histogram, frequency polygon, bar diagram, pie chart

English Comprehension

  • Understanding correct English
  • Basic comprehension
  • Basic writing ability

Tier-II Paper-I

Section-I A: Mathematical Abilities

  • Number systems: whole numbers, decimals, fractions
  • Percentages, ratio and proportion, square roots, averages
  • Simple and compound interest, profit and loss, discount, partnership
  • Mixture and alligation, time and distance, time and work
  • Algebra: basic identities, elementary surds, graphs of linear equations
  • Geometry: triangle centres, congruence and similarity, circles, chords, tangents
  • Mensuration: 2D and 3D figures (prism, cone, cylinder, sphere, hemisphere, cuboid, pyramid)
  • Trigonometry: ratios, complementary angles, heights and distances, standard identities
  • Statistics and probability: tables and graphs, mean, median, mode, standard deviation, simple probability

Section-I B: Reasoning and General Intelligence

  • Semantic, symbolic/number and figural analogy
  • Semantic, symbolic/number and figural classification
  • Semantic, number and figural series
  • Symbolic and numerical operations, trends
  • Space orientation, Venn diagrams, drawing inferences
  • Punched hole / pattern folding and unfolding, figure completion, embedded figures
  • Coding and decoding, word building, problem solving
  • Critical thinking, emotional intelligence, social intelligence

Section-II A: English Language and Comprehension

  • Vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure
  • Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
  • Spot the error, fill in the blanks
  • Spellings and misspelt words
  • Idioms and phrases, one-word substitution
  • Sentence improvement
  • Active and passive voice
  • Direct and indirect speech
  • Shuffling of sentence parts and of sentences in a passage
  • Cloze passage
  • Reading comprehension: three or more passages (one simple story-type, others on current affairs)

Section-II B: General Awareness

  • Current events
  • Science in everyday life
  • India and its neighbouring countries: history, culture, geography
  • Economy, general policy and scientific research

Section-III: Computer Knowledge

  • Computer basics: organisation of a computer, CPU, input/output devices, memory, backup devices, ports, Windows Explorer, keyboard shortcuts
  • Software: Windows operating system, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint
  • Internet and e-mail: browsing, searching, downloading and uploading, managing e-mail, e-banking
  • Networking and cyber security: devices and protocols, threats such as hacking, viruses, worms and Trojans, and how to prevent them

Section-IV: Data Entry Speed Test

  • Typing a passage of about 2,000 key presses in 15 minutes (qualifying)

Tier-II Paper-II (Statistics)

Statistics

  • Collection, classification and presentation of data: primary and secondary data, tabulation, graphs, frequency distributions
  • Measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode; quartiles, deciles, percentiles
  • Measures of dispersion: range, quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation, relative dispersion
  • Moments, skewness and kurtosis
  • Correlation and regression: scatter diagram, correlation coefficient, regression lines, Spearman's rank correlation, association of attributes, multiple and partial correlation (three variables)
  • Probability: definitions, conditional and compound probability, independent events, Bayes' theorem
  • Random variables and distributions: expectation, variance, moments; binomial, Poisson, normal, exponential; joint distribution of two discrete variables
  • Sampling theory: population and sample, sampling and non-sampling errors, probability and non-probability sampling methods, sample size
  • Statistical inference: point and interval estimation, estimators, methods of estimation, hypothesis testing, Z, t, chi-square and F tests, confidence intervals
  • Analysis of variance: one-way and two-way
  • Time series analysis: components, trend, seasonal variation
  • Index numbers: construction, types, formulae, base shifting and splicing, cost of living index

Tier-II Paper-III (General Studies – Finance and Economics)

Part A: Finance and Accounts (80 marks)

  • Financial accounting: nature, scope, limitations, basic concepts and conventions, GAAP
  • Single and double entry, books of original entry, journal, ledgers
  • Bank reconciliation, trial balance, rectification of errors
  • Manufacturing, trading, profit and loss appropriation accounts, balance sheet
  • Capital vs revenue expenditure, depreciation accounting, valuation of inventories
  • Accounts of non-profit organisations: receipts and payments, income and expenditure
  • Bills of exchange, self-balancing ledgers

Part B: Economics and Governance (120 marks)

  • Comptroller and Auditor General of India: constitutional provisions, role and duties
  • Finance Commission: role and functions
  • Basics of economics and micro-economics; production possibility curve
  • Demand and supply: laws, elasticity, consumer behaviour (Marshallian and indifference curve approaches)
  • Production and cost: factors, law of variable proportions, returns to scale
  • Market forms and price setting: perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly
  • Indian economy: role of agriculture, industry and services; national income; population; poverty and unemployment; infrastructure
  • Economic reforms since 1991: liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation, disinvestment
  • Money and banking: RBI, commercial banks, RRBs, payments banks; monetary and fiscal policy; budget, fiscal deficit, balance of payments; FRBM Act, 2003
  • Role of information technology in governance

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