SSC CGL Syllabus 2023 Tier I, II, III & IV Exam Pattern

Paper I (Quantitative Abilities)

Ratio & Proportion, Profit and Loss, Percentage, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Discount, Mixture and Allegation, Time, Distance, and work, Algebra and Elementary surds, Circle, Right Prism, Right circular cone, sphere, Hemisphere, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular right pyramid, trigonometric ration, Standard identities, Height and distance, Histogram, Bar diagram & Pie chart, Circle and its chords, Tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle.

Paper-II (English language and comprehension)

Error spotting, fill in the blanks, Antonyms/Synonyms, Misspelled words, idioms & phrases, One Word Substitution, Sentence improvement, Active and passive voice, Conversion into direct and indirect narration, Sentence shuffling, Passage shuffling, Cloze passage, and Comprehension passage.

Paper III (Statistics)

Collection, Classification, & Presentation of statistical data

Measurement of central tendency, depression,

Moments, skewness, and kurtosis

Correlation and regression

Probability theory

Random variable and probability distributions

Statistical theory

Statistical inference

Analysis of variance

Time series analysis

Index numbers

Paper IV (General Studies, Finance, and Economics)

A)      Finance and Accounts: –

Fundamental Principles and basic concept of Accounting

1)      Financial Accounting: – Nature and scopes, Basic Concepts & Conventions, Generally accepted accounting principles, Limitations of financial accounting.

2)      Basic Concepts of accounting: – Single and double entry, Journal, Original book entry, Bank Reconciliation, Error Rectification, Trading, Manufacturing, Profit and loss appropriation accounts, Depreciation, Balance sheet distinction b/w capital & revenue, Non-profit Organisation accounts, Expenditure Accounts, Bills of exchange, Receipts and Payments and Income & Expenditure accounts.

B)      Economics and Governance

1)      Comptroller & Auditor General of India: – Constitutional Provisions, Role, and Responsibility.

2)      Finance Commission: Role and functions

3)      Introduction to micro and basic concepts of Economics: About, Scope and Nature of Economics, Methods of Economic Study & Economy Central Problem, Production Possibilities curve.

4)      Theory of Demand & Supply: The law of Demand & Elasticity of Demand, Price, Income & cross elasticity, Meaning & Determinants of demand, Law of supply & Elasticity of supply, Theory of consumers behavior Marshallian approach & Indifference curve approach

5)      Theory of production and cost: Meaning & factors of production, laws of production- law of variable proportions, and laws of returns to scale.

6)      Forms of markets and prices determination in different: Various forms of markets perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly & Price determination, and monopolistic competition in these markets.

7)      Indian Economy:

a)      Indian Economy Nature and role of different sectors, agriculture role, Problem and growth of industry and services.

b)      The national income of India and its concepts, and methods to measure national income.

c)       Population– Size, rate of growth, and Implication on Economic growth.

d)      Poverty & Unemployment– Relative and Absolute types of poverty, its causes, and the incidence of unemployment.

e)      Infrastructure– Energy, Transportation, Communication.

C)      Economics Reforms in India:

a)      Privatization, Globalization & Disinvestment, Economics Reforms since 1991

D)     Money & Banking:

a)      Monetary/Fiscal Policy: RBI role and its functions, commercial banks/RRB/Payments banks function.

b)      Balance of payment, budget, and fiscal deficits.

c)       Budget management act 2003, fiscal responsibility.

E)      Role of Information Technology in governance