SSC CGL is one of the biggest employment test in India to recruit graduate candidates for different posts. There come many posts under SSC CGL from clerk level post to Inspector posts. Many of the posts under SSC CGL are very good posts such as income tax inspector, excise inspector and examiner etc. These are the jobs which have higher salary in addition to power in hand.Promotion wise these posts are very good, within 10 to 12 years you will become assistant commissioner which is same as UPSC group A posts. If you want to take any of these jobs there is only one option for you and that is SSC combined graduate level examination. Staff Selection Commission conducts CGL every year in the month of April-July. There are three phases of this examination:
Tier 1 exam (200 marks)
Tier 2 exam (400 marks)
Interview or skill test (100 marks)
Thus in order to appear for tier 2 exam, you have to clear tier 1 exam first. Tier 1 exam consist of 4 sections i.e. English, mathematics, logical reasoning and general knowledge. There are 50 questions from each section. Thus tier 1 exam consist of 200 marks in total and the time allotted in this section is 2 hours. The cut off for this exam is approx. 94-99 for general category and 78-80 for other categories. The is some negative marking i.e. 0.25 negative marking for an incorrect answer. If you seriously want to get a good job under SSC CGL exam then tier 1 section is very important. You have to score at least 140 marks in order to get good marks because the marks of tier 1 are added in calculation of total marks for selection. The level of exam is not so high you can score good marks in this section if you prepare for 3 to 4 months for this section.
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