SSC CPO SI Exam Pattern and Syllabus

🧠 SSC CPO Exam Pattern & Selection Process

Stage	Details
Paper I (Tier-I)	200 Objective Questions Sections: Reasoning, GK, Quant, English (50 Qs each) Marks: 200 | Duration: 2 hours Negative Marking: 0.25 per wrong answer
Physical Test (PST/PET)	Conducted after Paper-I; Mandatory for all posts
Paper II (Tier-II)	200 MCQs on English Language & Comprehension Marks: 200 | Duration: 2 hours Negative Marking: 0.25 per wrong answer
Medical Examination	Only for candidates who qualify Tier-II

📜 SSC CPO Syllabus Overview

Section	Important Topics
Reasoning	Syllogisms, Coding-Decoding, Series, Puzzles, Blood Relations, Direction Sense
General Awareness	Current Affairs, History, Geography, Polity, Science, Economy, Static GK
Quantitative Aptitude	Number System, Ratio, Time & Work, Profit & Loss, DI, Geometry, Algebra
English	Grammar, Vocabulary, Cloze Test, Para Jumbles, Comprehension, Error Detection

🌿 SSC CPO Previous Years’ Cut-offs (Paper I)

Year	Category	Male	Female
2024	UR / OBC / SC / ST / EWS / ESM	119.80 / 113.51 / 89.86 / 82.66 / 111.44 / 40.07	135.27 / 128.64 / 106.75 / 98.11 / 127.40 / 42.69
2023	UR / OBC / SC / ST / EWS / ESM	138.99 / 131.90 / 110.85 / 109.53 / 133.92 / 40.00	143.83 / 137.19 / 115.22 / 109.98 / 138.99 / —
2022	UR / OBC / SC / ST / EWS / ESM	115.04 / 102.96 / 79.31 / 78.13 / 103.97 / 40.00	126.29 / 118.22 / 95.73 / 88.60 / 120.67 / —

✨ Minimum Qualifying Marks (as per SSC)

Category	Qualifying %
Unreserved (UR)	30%
OBC / EWS	25%
SC / ST / Others	20%