Staff Selection Commission

Staff Selection Commission (SSC), conducts Open Competitive Examinations and/or Interviews for recruitment to all Group “B”, “C” & “D” posts; in the various Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India and their Attached and Subordinate Offices including Indian Foreign Service (B)/Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service/Armed Forces Hqrs. Clerical Service; Inspectors of Central Excise & Income-Tax; Sub-Inspectors in Central Bureau of Investigation and Central Police Organisations; Divisional Accountants, Auditors and Accountants; Junior Engineer (Civil & Electrical) in CPWD, Non-Ministerial, General Central Services (Technical) post and Statistical Investigators, Grade IV of Subordinate Statistical Service (SSC), and all other Non-Technical & Technical posts in various Government Departments. The Commission also holds Departmental Examination for promotion from lower Grades to higher Grades.

The examinations are held as far as possible at different centers and successful candidates posted, to the extent possible, to their home State/Region. Government strives to have a workforce that reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Combined Graduate Level Examination is conducted by SSC for selecting candidates for filling up different categories of posts in various Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations and the scheme of examination is as under:

• Tier -I — Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

1. General Intelligence & Reasoning
2. General Awareness
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. English Comprehension

• Tier -II — Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Compulsory Paper:  

Paper I : Quantitative Ability

Paper II : English Language & Comprehension

Paper III : Statistics – for Investigator Grade-II, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation & Compiler in RGI

Paper IV: General Studies (Finance and Economics) – for the post of Assistant Audit Officer in Indian Audit & Accounts Department under CAG.

• Tier -III — Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable).

The Commission reserves the right to make changes in the scheme of examination such as conduct of Tier-I and Tier-II examination in computer based mode, treating Tier-I examination as only qualifying etc.

Interview component has been dispensed with. There is, therefore, no interview.