The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has published the admit cards for the SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 examination. Until now, Admit Cards have been available for candidates in the Central, Western, Madhya Pradesh and North Eastern Regions, except in the Northern, Eastern, Southern, Karnataka, Kerala and North West regions.

Candidates, those who participated in the SSC CGL 2024 examination can download their hall tickets through the official websites of their respective SSC Regional Office. Candidates from regions where admit cards are not yet issued are advised to wait a few days for the publication of their admit cards.

The SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 examination is set to take place from September 9 to September 26. This year a combined 17,727 vacancies are posted by SSC for Group C and Group B categories.

The exam comprises 100 multiple-choice questions covering General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Comprehension. Each section consists of 25 questions with a maximum of 50 marks. For every incorrect answer, there would be a minus 0.50 mark.

SSC CGL 2024 Tier-1: Admit card Download Process

Step 1: Go to your SSC Regional website as per your residing state.

Step 2: On the homepage, Click on the “SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 Admit Card link” This will transfer you to the login page.

Step 3: Give in your login credentials and click on submit.

Step 4: Then you will get your SSC CGL 2024 Tier 1 Admit Card.

Step 5: Then download and get a printout of it for future reference.

The official link of the Staff Selection Commission is provided here candidates can go through the link and find their regional SSC official website https://ssc.nic.in/Portal/AdmitCard.

SSC CGL 2024 Tier-1: Details provided on Admit Card

Applicants must thoroughly verify the details on their IDs, such as their full name, date of birth, gender, signature, photograph, roll number, category, examination center address, exam time, and reporting time. It's essential to ensure that all this information is accurate and matches the details provided during the application process.

Students are required to present their hall ticket IDs at the examination center in order to sit for the exam. Those who do not come up with their admit card to the exam hall will not be allowed to take the exam.

SSC CGL 2024 Tier-1: Cut Off

After the completion of the SSC CGL examination, commission will release the SSC CGL cut-off marks categorized by different groups. Candidates who score equal to or higher than the specified cut-off marks will be selected for the following rounds of the selection process. The commission will release the list of qualified candidates and category-specific qualifying grades along with the cut-off marks.

Candidates are required to qualify the minimum marks in the SSC CGL Tier-1  examination to proceed in the following selection process. The SSC CGL 2024 Cut offs are listed below

Category	Minimum Qualifying Marks
UR	30%
OBC/EWS	25%
All other categories	20%

 

SSC CGL 2023 Tier-2: Cut Offs

Candidates must be acquainted with the previous year's cut-off marks to be successful in the examination. The previous year's cut-offs for SSC CGL Tier 2 are given below:

Category	Cut Off
General	287
EWS	265
OBC	271
SC	252
ST	241
ESM	223
OH	234
HH	172
VH	228
PWD- Others	143

 

SSC CGL 2024: exam Pattern

Tier 1 Pattern:

The exam will be conducted in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode and will feature multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and objective-type questions. The exam carries a total of 200 marks and is to be completed within 1 hour. There will be 100 questions.
In total divided into four sections: General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Aptitude, and English Comprehension. Each section consists of 25 questions, contributing 50 marks per section, including negative markings for incorrect answers.

Tier 2 Pattern:

Only those candidates who qualify for Tier 1 will be eligible to proceed to Tier 2. Tier 2 consists of three papers, conducted in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode. Paper 1 is mandatory for all posts, while Papers 2 and 3 are specifically for auditors and statistics officers.

Tier 3 Pattern:

Paper Number	Session Number	Sections	Number of Questions	Marks	Time
1	1	Maths, General Intelligence, and Reasoning	60	180	1 Hour
		English, General Awareness	70	210
		Computer Knowledge Module	20	60
	2	Data Entry Speed Test	Task	Null	15 Min
2	1	Statistics	100	200	2 Hour
3	1	Finance and Economics	100	200

 

SSC CGL 2024: Preparation Tips

SSC CGL 2024 is going to be more challenging. Therefore, a solid preparation plan is a must-have. Here are the steps to follow:

Make a list of chapters you have practised well and the ones you don’t have much grip on. After that, you can prioritize according to that. Start preparing for chapters that are not clear first.

Practice previous years’ question papers. It will give you an idea of the question types and what areas the exam board focuses on.

Once you are done with completing the syllabus you can start taking mock tests, it will make you learn how to manage time and answer everything in the exam hall. Refer to study apps like Unacademy, and Textbook for the mock tests.

S.P. Bakshi, Lucent, and Rakesh Yadav’s books will help you a lot. For current affairs, keep an eye on the newspaper and take lectures to understand the concepts in detail.

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