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SSC CGL Syllabus 2026

The complete SSC CGL syllabus for 2026 — 6 sections and 71 topics in all, organised exactly as the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) prescribes. Use it as your revision checklist, then test yourself with a free SSC CGL mock below.

General Intelligence & Reasoning (Tier 1 + Tier 2)14 topics

  • Number / letter / alphanumeric series
  • Coding-decoding (letter shift, mathematical, symbolic)
  • Blood relations (descriptive and symbol-based)
  • Direction sense (multi-step paths)
  • Syllogisms (2-3 statement, possibility cases)
  • Statement-conclusion / statement-assumption
  • Ranking and seating arrangements (linear, circular)
  • Calendar (day from date, odd days)
  • Clock (angle between hands)
  • Analogies (semantic, symbolic, numeric)
  • Odd-one-out and classification
  • Venn diagrams (2-3 set logic)
  • Cube and dice (face counts, visualisations)
  • Matrix reasoning, missing number puzzles

Quantitative Aptitude (Tier 1 + Tier 2)15 topics

  • Number system, LCM and HCF, divisibility
  • Simplification (BODMAS, surds, indices)
  • Percentages
  • Profit, loss and discount (single and successive)
  • Simple and compound interest
  • Ratio, proportion and partnership
  • Time, work and wages
  • Time, speed and distance (trains, boats and streams, races)
  • Mixtures and alligation
  • Averages, ages
  • Algebra (linear, quadratic, identities)
  • Geometry (triangles, circles, polygons)
  • Mensuration 2D and 3D (cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere)
  • Trigonometry, heights and distances
  • Data interpretation (tables, bar charts, pie charts, line graphs)

English Language and Comprehension (Tier 1 + Tier 2)12 topics

  • Reading comprehension
  • Cloze test
  • Para jumbles and sentence rearrangement
  • Synonyms and antonyms
  • Idioms and phrases
  • One-word substitutes
  • Error spotting (subject-verb agreement, tense, prepositions)
  • Sentence improvement
  • Fill-in-the-blanks (single and double)
  • Active / passive voice
  • Direct / indirect speech
  • Spelling correction

General Awareness (Tier 1 + Tier 2)10 topics

  • Indian History (Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Freedom Struggle)
  • Indian and World Geography (physical, economic, agricultural)
  • Indian Polity (Constitution, key Articles, Schedules, Amendments)
  • Constitutional bodies (ECI, CAG, FC, UPSC, NHRC)
  • Indian Economy (Budget, RBI, schemes, NITI Aayog)
  • General Science (NCERT 9-12 Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
  • Current Affairs (last 12 months — schemes, ISRO, defense, awards)
  • Static GK (national symbols, sports, books and authors, dance forms)
  • International Relations (G20, BRICS, QUAD, bilateral summits)
  • Govt schemes by name + ministry + year

Computer Knowledge (Tier 2 — qualifying)7 topics

  • Computer fundamentals (CPU, RAM, ROM, hardware, software)
  • Operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS basics)
  • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint shortcuts and features)
  • Internet and networking (URL, IP, DNS, browsers)
  • Cyber security basics (firewall, phishing, malware types)
  • Database basics (DBMS, primary key, SQL fundamentals)
  • Famous personalities in computing (Babbage, Berners-Lee, Turing)

Statistics (Tier 2 Paper 2 — only for JSO / Statistical Investigator)13 topics

  • Collection and classification of data
  • Measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode)
  • Measures of dispersion (range, standard deviation, variance)
  • Moments, skewness and kurtosis
  • Correlation (Pearson, Spearman)
  • Regression (lines, coefficients, properties)
  • Probability theory (basic, conditional, Bayes)
  • Probability distributions (binomial, Poisson, normal)
  • Sampling theory (random, stratified, systematic)
  • Tests of hypothesis (t-test, chi-square basics)
  • Index numbers (Laspeyres, Paasche, Fisher)
  • Time series analysis (trend, seasonal, cyclic)
  • Analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA basics)

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