SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 - SSC Central Police Organisations (SI) Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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SSC CPO (SI) 2024 - Staff Selection Commission Central Police organization (Sub-Inspectors) Exam acronym as SSC CPO (S.I) is conducted by SSC on the National level to fill a required number of candidates to the post of Sub Inspectors in various Central Government Police Organisations like CRPF, ITBP, CBI, SSB, CISF, BSF and SI in Delhi Police, etc. Due to its National level approach this test is taken by a large number of aspirants who want to join these organizations on a priority basis.

 

SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 Important dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • 15th February 2024

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • 14th March 2024

Date of Entrance Exam

  • 9th, 10th & 13th May 2024 - Tier 1 Exam

Date of Declaration of Result

  • Yet to be announced.

SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2023 was held on-

  • 3rd to 5th October 2023 (Paper-I)
  • 8th January 2024 (Paper-II)

 

SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

Age Limits

Nationality

  • Graduation in any discipline from a recognized university and equivalent.
  • A candidate who has appeared in the final year of the degree exam and is awaiting the result is also eligible to take the exam.
  • Aspiring candidates should be between 20 years to 25 years of age.
  • Indian

Physical Standards

For Male Candidates

Category Height Chest
  Normal Expended
General 170cm 80cm 85cm
For candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North-Eastern States, and Sikkim 165cm 80cm 85cm
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes 162.5cm 77cm 82cm

For Female Candidates

Category Height
General Candidates 157cm

For candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K,
The North-Eastern States and Sikkim

155cm
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes 154cm

 

SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 Syllabus

SSC CPO SI Written examination consists of:

Paper I: General Studies

a. General Intelligence & Reasoning

b. General Knowledge & General Awareness

c. Numerical Ability Quantitative Aptitude

  • It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal types.
  • The test will include questions on analogies, similarities, and differences, space visualization problem-solving analysis judgment, decision making visual memory discriminating observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning verbal and figure classification arithmetical number series non-verbal series, etc.
  • The test will also include questions designed to test the candidates' ability to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations, and other analytical functions.
  • Questions will be aimed to test the candidate's general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society.
  • Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of any educated person.
  • The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General polity, and scientific research.
  • The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the candidate.
  • The scope of the test will be the computation of whole numbers, decimals and fractions, and the relationship between numbers, decimals and fractions, and relationships between numbers.
  • It will test the sense of the order of magnitude, estimation, or prediction for the solution to real-life problems and knowledge of alternative computation procedures to find answers.

d. English Comprehension

  • Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, Verbal Ability, Synonyms-Antonyms, Active and Passive Voice, Para Jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, Error Correction

 

 

Paper-II English Language and Comprehension

The candidates will be mainly tested in:

  • Simple and plain use of English Language and clarity of expression.
  • Effective Communication skills in English with due economy of words.

 

SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 Pattern

The SSC CPO SI written exam consists of two papers:

Paper-1

Parts Subjects No. of Questions Marks Time
Part A    
General Intelligence and Reasoning 50 50

2 Hours

10:00am to   12:00pm

Part B  

General Knowledge and General Awareness

50 50
Part C Quantitative Aptitude 50 50
Part D English Comprehension 50 50


Paper-2

Subjects No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration and Timing

English Language and

Comprehension

200 200

2 Hours

2:00pm to 4:00pm


Note:-
Paper-II is evaluated for only those candidates who qualify in Paper- I (Objective type paper).

Physical Endurance Test

After clearing the Written Test Candidates need to clear the Physical Efficiency (Endurance) Test (PET) consisting of the following components:

For Male candidates

For Female Candidates

  • 100 meters race in 16 seconds.
  • 1.6 km race in 6.5 minutes.
  • Long Jump: 3.65 meters in 3 chances.
  • High Jump: 1.2 meters in 3 chances.
  • Shot put ( 16 Lbs): 4.5 meters in 3 chances.
  • 100 meters race in 18 seconds.
  • 800 meters race in 4 minutes.
  • Long Jump: 2.7 meters ( 9 feet ) in 3 chances.
  • High Jump: 0.9 meters ( 3 feet ) in 3 chances.


Personality Test/Interview

PET is followed by the last step ie the Personality Test/Interview.

 

How to apply for SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024?

Aspiring candidates can apply for the SSC CPO Exam by visiting the official website, i.e., "sss.nic.in", and following the instructions given there.

 

SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 Fees

  • General / OBC candidates have to pay Rs.100/- as an exam fee
  • Female, and SC / ST candidates are exempted from the fee

The fee can be deposited in the form of a CRF stamp in case of off-line submission or through SBI Challan or it can be online payment through the State Bank of India.


SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 Centres

Most of the major cities of the country are made the test centers for SSC CPO SI Exam.

 

SSC CPO (SI) Exam 2024 Contact Details

Website- https://ssc.nic.in/