SSC: Combined Graduate Level Examination

(Exam Syllabus)
Syllabus: Tier-I of The Examination:
General Intelligene ! "easoning :
It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. This component may include
questions on
analogies,
similarities and differences,
space visualization,
spatial orientation,
problem solving,
analysis,
judgement,
decision making,
visual memory,
discrimination,
observation,
relationship concepts,
arithmetical reasoning and figural classification,
arithmetic number series,
non-verbal series,
coding and decoding,
statement conclusion,
syllogistic reasoning etc.
The to#is are$
emantic !nalogy,
ymbolic"#umber !nalogy,
$igural !nalogy,
emantic %lassification,
ymbolic"#umber %lassification,
$igural %lassification,
emantic eries,
#umber eries,
$igural eries,
&roblem olving,
'ord (uilding,
%oding ) de-coding,
#umerical *perations,
symbolic *perations,
Trends,
pace *rientation,
pace +isualization,
+enn ,iagrams,
,rawing inferences,
&unched hole"pattern -folding ) unfolding,
$igural &attern - folding and completion,
Inde.ing,
!ddress matching,
,ate ) city matching,
%lassification of centre codes"roll numbers,
mall ) %apital letters"numbers coding, decoding and classification,
/mbedded $igures,
%ritical thinking,
/motional Intelligence,
ocial Intelligence,
*ther sub-topics, if any.
General %&areness :
0uestions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidates general awareness of the
environment around him and its application to society. 0uestions will also be designed to test
knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and e.perience in
their scientific aspect as may be e.pected of any educated person. The test will also include
questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining
1istory,
%ulture,
2eography,
/conomic cene,
2eneral &olicy ) cientific 3esearch.
'umerial %#titude :
The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense
of the candidate. The scope of the test will be computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions
and relationships between numbers, &ercentage. 3atio ) &roportion, quare roots, !verages,
Interest, &rofit and 4oss, ,iscount, &artnership (usiness, 5i.ture and !lligation, Time and
distance, Time ) 'ork, (asic algebraic identities of chool !lgebra ) /lementary surds,
2raphs of 4inear /quations, Triangle and its various kinds of centres, %ongruence and similarity
of triangles, %ircle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common
tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, 0uadrilaterals, 3egular &olygons , %ircle, 3ight &rism,
3ight %ircular %one, 3ight %ircular %ylinder, phere, 1emispheres, 3ectangular &arallelepiped,
3egular 3ight &yramid with triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, ,egree and 3adian
5easures, tandard Identities, %omplementary angles, 1eights and ,istances, 1istogram,
$requency polygon, (ar diagram ) &ie chart.
English Com#rehension :
%andidates6 ability to understand correct /nglish, his basic comprehension and writing ability,
etc. would be tested.
(The (uestions in all the om#onents %$) ! * &ill be of a level ommensurate &ith the
Essential +ualifiation #resribed for the #ost vi,-$ graduation and (uestions in om#onent
C &ill be of ./01 level)-
Syllabus: Tier-II of The Examination:
2a#er-I : %rithmeti %bility 7 The questions will 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 ,fractions and relationships between numbers, &ercentage. 3atio )
&roportion, quare roots, !verages, Interest, &rofit and 4oss, ,iscount, &artnership (usiness,
5i.ture and !lligation, Time and distance, Time ) 'ork, (asic algebraic identities of chool
!lgebra ) /lementary surds, 2raphs of 4inear /quations, Triangle and its various kinds of
centres, %ongruence and similarity of triangles, %ircle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended
by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, 0uadrilaterals, 3egular
&olygons , %ircle, 3ight &rism, 3ight %ircular %one, 3ight %ircular %ylinder, phere,
1emispheres, 3ectangular &arallelepiped, 3egular 3ight &yramid with triangular or square base,
Trigonometric ratio, ,egree and 3adian 5easures, tandard Identities, %omplementary angles,
1eights and ,istances, 1istogram, $requency polygon, (ar diagram ) &ie chart.
2a#er-II : English Language ! Com#rehsion : 0uestions in this components will be designed
to test the candidate6s understanding and knowledge of /nglish 4anguage and will be based on
spot the error, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, spelling"detecting mis-spelt words, idioms
) phrases, one word substitution, improvement of sentences, active"passive voice of verbs,
conversion into direct"indirect narration, shuffling of sentence parts, shuffling of sentences in a
passage, close passage ) comprehension passage.
2a#er-III : tatistics for Investigator 2rade-II, for 5inistry of tatistics ) &rogramme
Implementation ) %ompiler for 32I.
Colletion Classifiation and 2resentation of Statistial *ata 3 &rimary and econdary data,
5ethods of data collection8 Tabulation of data8 2raphs and charts8 $requency distributions8
,iagrammatic presentation of frequency distributions.
4easures of Central Tendeny- %ommon measures of central tendency - mean median
and mode8 &artition values- quartiles, deciles, percentiles.
4easures of *is#ersion- %ommon measures dispersion - range, quartile deviations,
mean deviation and standard deviation8 5easures of relative dispersion.
4oments$ S5e&ness and 6urtosis 3 ,ifferent types of moments and their relationship8
meaning of skewness and kurtosis8 different measures of skewness and kurtosis.
Correlation and "egression 3 catter diagram8 simple correlation coefficient8 simple
regression lines8 pearman6s rank correlation8 5easures of association of attributes8
5ultiple regression8 5ultiple and partial correlation 9$or three variables only:.
2robability Theory 3 5eaning of probability8 ,ifferent definitions of probability8
%onditional probability8 %ompound probability8 Independent events8 (ayes6 theorem.
"andom 7ariable and 2robability *istributions 3 3andom variable8 &robability
functions8 /.pectation and +ariance of a random variable8 1igher moments of a random
variable8 (inomial , &oisson, #ormal and /.ponential distributions8 ;oint distribution of
two random variable 9discrete:.
Sam#ling Theory 3 %oncept of population and sample8 &arameter and statistic,
ampling and non-sampling errors8 &robability and non-probability sampling techniques
9simple random sampling, stratified sampling, multistage sampling, multiphase sampling,
cluster sampling, systematic sampling, purposive sampling, convenience sampling and
quota sampling:8 ampling distribution 9statement only:8 ample size decisions.
Statistial Inferene - &oint estimation and interval estimation, &roperties of a good
estimator, 5ethods of estimation 95oments method, 5a.imum likelihood method, 4east
squares method:, Testing of hypothesis, (asic concept of testing, mall sample and large
sample tests, Tests based on <, t, %hi-square and $ statistic, %onfidence intervals.
%nalysis of 7ariane - !nalysis of one-way classified data and two-way classified data.
Time Series %nalysis - %omponents of time series, ,eterminations of trend component
by different methods, 5easurement of seasonal variation by different methods.
Index 'umbers - 5eaning of Inde. #umbers, &roblems in the construction of inde.
numbers, Types of inde. number, ,ifferent formulae, (ase shifting and splicing of inde.
numbers, %ost of living Inde. #umbers, =ses of Inde. #umbers.
'8TE-I: There will not have any component of 5ap " 2raphs " tatistical ,ata " ,iagrams "
$igures " 2eometrical problems in #umerical !ptitude in Tier I /.amination for +isually
1andicapped candidates of >?@ and above visual disability, opting for %3I(/.
'8TE-II : The %ommission shall have the discretion to fi. different minimum qualifying
standards in each component of the Tier-I /.amination taking into consideration among others,
category-wise vacancies and category-wise number of candidates. *nly those candidates, who
have scored above the cut off marks fi.ed by the %ommission would be required to appear in the
Tier -II /.amination.
'8TE-III : Tier-I e.amination will be used to screen the candidates for appearing in Tier-II
e.amination for various papers which will be specifically required for different groups of posts.
1owever, marks of such screened candidates in Tier-I will be taken into account for final ranking
of candidates for selecting them for the interview"skill test and also final selection.
'8TE-I7: 9i: The %ommission will have the full discretion to fi. separate minimum qualifying
marks in each of the papers in Tier I or in Tier II and in the aggregate of all the papers separately
for each category of candidates 9viz. %"T"*(%"&1"/."2eneral 9=3: :. *nly those candidates
who qualify in all the papers as well as in the aggregate would be eligible to be considered for
being called for the &ersonality Test " Interview and " or kill Test.
9ii: There will be different set of 0uestions for the papers on !rithmetic in Tier II for +isually
1andicapped 9+1: candidates, which shall not have any component of 5ap"2raphs " tatistical
,ata " ,iagrams " $igures"2eometrical problems " &ie-chart etc. 1owever, components of other
papers will be the same as that for general candidates.
'8TE-7 : ,iscrepancies in 0uestion paper should be brought to the notice of the %ommission
in writing within fifteen days of holding of the e.amination. 3epresentation submitted thereafter
will not be considered.