SSC CGL 2016 NEW PATTERNFlame Institute

SSC has released the dates for CGL 2016. Tier-I is scheduled to be held from 27th August, 2016

1. Tier-I and Tier-II examination will be held in computer based examination mode, treating Tier-I examination as only qualifying etc.

The Commission has decided to reduce the Number of Questions from 200 to 100 in Tier-I of the above Examination which would continue to carry 200 marks.

Tier-1	Mode of examination	Scheme of exam	Marks	time
	Computer based exam	a. Reasoning and General intelligence -25 question	50 marks	75 minutes
		b. English comprehension -25 questions	50 marks
		c. Quantitative Apti- 25 Questions	50 marks
		d. General awareness- 25 questions	50 marks
			200 marks

Tier –II

Same as published in Notice of examination

* There will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer in Tier-I. In respect of TierII, the negative marking system will remain unchanged

In addition to above, the Commission has also decided to introduce a Descriptive Paper of English/Hindi as Tier-III. The Question Paper will be bilingual. The candidates will have the option to choose any one medium. The details may be read as under:-

Tier –III	Mode of exam	Scheme of exam	Marks	time
	Pen and paper mode	Descriptive exam in English/ Hindi	Total -100 marks	60 minutes
Tier IV	Data entry skill test (DEST)/ computer proficiency test(CPT)	Same as published in Notice of examination	qualify	Same as published in Notice of examination

The final merit will be prepared on overall performance in Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III. However, the candidate will need to qualify all the tiers i.e. Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III separately. There will be no sectional cut-off.

Document Verification will also be conducted as per the provisions of the notice of examination

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