SSC Selection Post Exam Answer Key

15. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:

15.1. There will be three separate Computer Based Examinations (CBE) of Objective Type Multiple Choice Question for the posts with minimum Educational Qualification of Matriculation Level, Higher Secondary (10+2) Level, and Graduation & above levels. The details of subjects, marks and number of questions (subject-wise) have been indicated below:- Part Name of the Subject Number of Questions Maximum Marks Total Duration of Examination A General Intelligence 25 50 60 Minutes (with sectional timer of 15 Minutes for each part) (80 minutes (with sectional timer of 15+5=20 minutes for each part) for the candidates eligible for scribes in terms of Para 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 above). B General Awareness 25 50 C Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) 25 50 D English Language (Basic Knowledge) 25 50

15.2. There will be negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer.

15.3. Marks scored by the candidates in Computer Based Examination, if conducted in multiple shifts, will be normalized by using the procedure published by the Commission vide Notice No: HQ-PP001/6/2024-PP dated 02.06.2025 and such normalized scores will be used to determine final merit and cut-off marks.

15.4. The Computer Based Examination will be conducted in Hindi and English only. Candidates have to select their Medium (Language) of Computer Based Examination (CBE) at the application stage in Sr. No. 23 of application Form. Candidates’ Responses will be recorded only in the language selected by them in application form. Therefore, all the candidates are advised to select Medium of CBE carefully.

15.5. Skill Tests like Typing/Data Entry/Computer Proficiency Test etc. where prescribed in Essential Qualification, will be conducted, which will be of a qualifying nature, unless specified in Post Details and Addendum/Corrigendum, if any, uploaded by the Commission.

15.6. The Commission shall have the discretion to fix different minimum qualifying standards in each component of Computer Based Examination (CBE) taking into consideration among others, the category-wise vacancies and category-wise number of candidates.

15.7. The Tentative Answer Keys will be placed on the Commission’s website after Computer Based Examination. The candidates may go through the Answer Keys and submit representations, if any, within the time limit given by the Commission through on-line method only on payment of Rs. 50/- per question. The representation against Answer Keys, received within the time limit prescribed by the Commission while uploading Answer Keys, will be scrutinized before finalizing the Answer Keys and the decision of the Commission thereon will be final. No representation against the Answer Keys shall be entertained thereafter. The Final Answer Keys will be used for processing the result of Computer Based Examination and the same will be uploaded on the website of the Commission after the declaration of result of Computer Based Examination.

15.8. The Commission has published ‘Guidelines regarding Challenge / Objection Management System’ vide its Notice dated 10.04.2026 on its website. The candidates are advised to go through the guidelines carefully as these will be applicable for this Examination.

15.9. Indicative Syllabus for Computer Based Examination (CBE):

15.9.1. Matriculation level

(A) General Intelligence: The test paper will consist of questions of non-verbal type. The test will include questions on similarities and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, relationship concepts, discriminating observations, figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc. It will also include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation and other analytical functions.

(B) General Awareness: Questions will be designed to test the candidate’s general awareness of environment and its application to the society. The questions will also be designed to test the knowledge of current affairs/events and of such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India & its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Sports, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research etc. The questions will be of such standard that they do not require special study of any discipline.

(C) Quantitative Aptitude: This paper will include questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals & Fractions and relationship between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Interest, Profit & Loss, Discount, use of Tables & Graphs, Mensuration, Time & Distance, Ratio & Time and Time & Work, etc.

(D) English Language: The test paper will consists of questions designed to test the candidate’s understanding of Basics of English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms & its correct usage etc. and also their writing ability would be tested.

15.9.2. Higher Secondary (10+2) level

(A) General Intelligence: The test paper would consists of questions of both Non-verbal and Verbal type. The test will include questions on Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Trends, Figural Analogy, Venn Diagrams, Space Orientation, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification, Drawing inferences, Figural Classification, Punched hole/pattern - folding & unfolding, Semantic Series, Figural Pattern – folding & completion, Number Series, Embedded figures, Figural Series, Word Building, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Coding and de-coding, Numerical operations, Other sub-topics, if any.

(B) General Awareness: The test paper would consist of questions to test the candidate’s general awareness of environment and its application to the society. The questions will be designed to test knowledge of current affairs/events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General polity and scientific research.

(C) Quantitative Aptitude: The test paper will consist of questions on Arithmetic, Number Systems, Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers, Fundamental Arithmetical Operations - Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Profit and Loss, Discount, Interest (Simple and Compound), Partnership Business, Mixture & Allegation, Time & distance, and Time & work; Algebra - Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations; Geometry - Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts, Triangle and its various kinds of center, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles; Mensuration - Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular, Parallel piped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base; Trigonometry - Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems only), Standard Identities etc.; Statistical Charts: Use of Tables and Graphs, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart etc.

(D) English Language: The test paper will consist of questions relating to Spot the Error, Fill in the blanks, Synonyms/ Homonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/ 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, Cloze Passage, Comprehension Passage etc.

15.9.3. Graduation & above level:

(A) General Intelligence: The test paper would include the questions of both Verbal and Non-verbal type. It would consist of questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding & decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning etc. The topics includes Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic classification, Symbolic/Number Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series, Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding and Decoding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole / pattern – folding & Unfolding, Figural Pattern – folding and completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of Centre codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Other sub-topics, if any.

19. Selection Procedure:

19.1 Recruitment to Selection Posts will be made through the Examination in Computer Based Mode consisting of Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions.

19.2 All candidates who register themselves in response to this advertisement by the closing date and time and whose applications are found to be in order and are provisionally accepted by the Commission as per terms and conditions of this Notice of Examination, will be assigned Roll number(s) and issued with Admission Certificates (AC) for appearing in the Computer Based Examination by the Commission.

19.3 Applications which have blurred / no signature / miniature signature, fee not received / incomplete application etc. will be rejected summarily. The application module has been designed to capture live photograph of the candidate filling the application form. Candidates should ensure that the photograph captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and with full frontal view. The specimens of acceptable / not acceptable photograph are given in Annexure-XII. In case the photograph captured is not as per acceptable specimen, the candidates are advised to recapture the photograph. The applications with photograph not in accordance with the acceptable specimen are liable to be rejected. However, the applications of the candidates who have completed Aadhaar Based Authentication will not be rejected on the grounds of photograph and signature. The appearance of a candidate in the examination should be as per the photograph in the application form.

19.4 The candidates who apply for more than one post in the same Region/ apply for different posts in different Regions/ apply for several posts of different levels (Matriculation, Higher Secondary (10+2) and Graduation & above) in the same or different Regions are called ‘Common candidates’.

19.5 Such ‘Common candidates’ will be issued with only one Admission Certificate for one level of Examination by the Commission. For example, a candidate who has applied for three or more categories of posts of three different EQ levels (viz. Matriculation, Higher Secondary (10+2) and Graduation & above), shall be issued with only three Admission Certificates separately [i.e. one Admission Certificate for each EQ level].

19.6 Common candidates must appear only once in the examination for one level of post, otherwise, their candidature shall be cancelled. If a candidate has applied for two levels of posts e.g. for Matriculation and for Higher Secondary (10+2), he/ she will have to appear once for each level of examination [i.e. once for Matriculation level Post-categories and once for Higher Secondary (10+2) level Post-categories]. Marks obtained by such common candidates will be used by other Regional Offices for preparing Merit List for that level of post(s) in their respective Regional Offices for the post-categories applied by the candidate.

19.7 The candidates scoring less than cut-off marks as given below will not be considered for the next stage of recruitment: Unreserved (UR) : 30% OBC / EWS : 25% Other Categories : 20%

19.8 Depending on the number of vacancies of a particular category of post, the candidates will be shortlisted for the next stage of scrutiny, based on the score and merit of candidates in the Computer Based Examination (CBE) in the following ratio :-

(a) In the ratio of 1:30, for up to 05 vacancies for any category of posts.

(b) In the ratio of 1:15, for more than 05 vacancies for any category of posts, subject to a minimum 150.

(c) For vacancies reserved for PwBD/PwBDs-Others/ESMs Candidates, all the PwBD/ PwBDs-others/ESMs candidates who are qualifying with minimum-cutoff criteria are to be shortlisted for scrutiny process.

19.9 The candidates who are shortlisted for the next stage of scrutiny will be required to upload self-attested copies of all the supporting documents in respect of Educational Qualification (EQ), Experience, Category, Age, Age-relaxation, etc. (as applicable) on the website of Commission after the result of Computer Based Examination. Besides, the PwD candidates who have availed the facility of Scribe and Compensatory time as per Para 9.2 & 9.3 have to upload copy of Annexure-IA, Annexure-IIA, Annexure-IIB whichever is applicable.

11. How to apply:

11.1 The candidates will have to apply for each category of post separately and also pay fee for each category of post.

11.2. The applications must be submitted only in online mode either at the website of SSC(HQ) (https://ssc.gov.in) or through mySSC mobile application (which can be downloaded from Google Play Store). For the detailed instructions thereon, please refer to Annexure-IV and Annexure-V of this Notice as well as the Notice dated 02.06.2025 relating to mobile app. as available on the website of the Commission.

11.3. The Last date for submission of online applications is 04.05.2026 (Up to 2300 Hrs.).

11.4. The candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during closing days.

11.5. All the candidates, who wish to apply in response to this Notice of Examination and have not generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website of Commission (https://ssc.gov.in), will be required to generate New OTR as the earlier OTR generated on old website (https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional on the new website. Subsequent to OTR generation, the candidates can proceed to fill the application for this examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the new website, it will continue to remain valid for all the examinations which will be notified on new website. The detailed instructions for generating OTR have been given in Annexure-IV to this Notice.

11.6. The candidates are advised to opt for Aadhaar Based Authentication, in terms of Aadhaar Policy as published on the website of the Commission, while completing their OTR process. The application(s) of the Candidates who opt for Aadhaar Authentication will not be rejected on the ground that photograph and/or signature uploaded by the candidate are not as per prescribed standards. Such candidates will not be required to produce recent colour photographs, original valid Photo-Identity proof for admission to the examination venue at the time of Computer Based Examination.

11.7. The candidates are not required to have a pre-existing photograph of himself / herself for submitting the online application. The application module has been so designed to capture real-time photograph of the candidate while filling up the application form. The candidate will be required to stand/sit before the camera when prompted by the application module and to scrupulously observe the following instructions while capturing the photograph:-

(a) Find a place with good light and plain background.

(b) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photograph.

(c) Position himself/herself directly in front of the camera lens and look straight ahead.

(d) Ensure that his/her face is fully inside the prescribed area delineated by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the area delineated by the camera.

(e) Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/spectacles while capturing the photo.