SSC CPO syllabus: revised Paper I and Paper II

SSC CPO SI syllabus starts with these selection steps

1. Paper I: a one hour computer based test that shortlists candidates for the physical round.
2. Physical Standard Test and Physical Endurance Test: height and chest measurement, then running, jumps and (for men) shot put. These are pass or fail.
3. Paper II: a longer online paper of 120 minutes that settles your rank.
4. Detailed medical examination: eyesight, colour vision and general fitness, with a review medical if you are declared unfit.

Force allocation follows the option form collected after the Paper II result. For ties, reports point to total Paper II marks first; the full tie break order is printed in the notice.

SSC CPO tier 1 exam pattern (Paper I)

Paper I is now half its old size. Each part has its own 15 minute timer. Except English, every part is offered bilingually.

A wrong answer here costs 0.25 of a mark. Paper I marks are reported not to count in the final merit, but you need a good enough rank to be called for the physical round.

SSC CPO tier 2 exam pattern (Paper II)

The CPO tier 2 exam pattern, often searched as the CPO mains pattern, was redesigned. It is no longer only English.

Every item here is worth 2 marks, so a wrong attempt takes 0.50 away. To stay in the race you reportedly need 30 percent in each paper as a UR candidate, 25 percent as OBC or EWS, and 20 percent in the remaining categories.

Topic list for every subject

General intelligence and reasoning

Verbal and non verbal questions: analogies, spotting what is alike or different, odd one out, series (semantic, number and figural), coding and decoding, word building, Venn diagrams, statement and conclusion, syllogism, space visualisation and orientation, paper folding and cutting, embedded and completed figures, indexing and matching addresses, dates or codes, critical thinking and questions on emotional and social intelligence.

General knowledge and awareness

Current events, everyday science, and India and its neighbours, especially history, culture, geography, economic scene, general polity and the Constitution, and scientific research.

SSC CPO maths syllabus

• Arithmetic: whole numbers, decimals and fractions, percentage, ratio and proportion, square roots, averages, interest of both kinds, discount with profit and loss, partnership, mixture and alligation, time and distance, time and work.
• Algebra: identities taught in school, basic surds, and plotting straight line equations.
• Geometry: centres of a triangle, similar and congruent figures, chords and tangents of circles, four sided figures and regular polygons.
• Mensuration: surface area and volume of the cuboid, cylinder, cone, pyramid, prism, sphere and hemisphere.
• Trigonometry: ratios, degree and radian, standard identities, complementary angles, heights and distances.
• Data interpretation: histogram, frequency polygon, bar diagram and pie chart.

SSC CPO English syllabus

Error recognition, filling blanks with verbs, prepositions and articles, vocabulary and spelling, grammar and sentence structure, synonyms and antonyms, sentence completion, phrases and idioms, and reading comprehension. Paper II goes deeper into the same areas with 100 questions.

Physical standards you must meet

The PET is the same for every post. Ex-servicemen are exempt from the PET but must clear the PST.

Most male candidates need a height of 170 cm and most women 157 cm, with lower limits for hill area candidates and Scheduled Tribes, and a chest of 80 cm unexpanded with 5 cm expansion for most male candidates. Every category's numbers are on the SSC CPO eligibility page.

Splitting your study time

Because Paper II gives English 200 of 320 marks, this exam now rewards strong English more than any other SSC graduate level paper. Yet Paper I, where all four subjects weigh equally, is the gate to the physical round.

• Build grammar and vocabulary every single day from the start; it pays in both papers.
• In maths, give priority to arithmetic and data, then geometry and trigonometry, since Paper II has only 20 maths questions.
• Keep current affairs short and steady; it is 25 questions in Paper I and 20 in Paper II.
• Start running from week one. The 1.6 km run in 6.5 minutes cuts many otherwise good candidates.

SSC CPO syllabus in Hindi

A short summary for readers looking for cpo syllabus in hindi, including the cpo si syllabus:

एसएससी सीपीओ में सब इंस्पेक्टर बनने के लिए पहले पेपर वन देना होता है जिसमें तर्कशक्ति, सामान्य ज्ञान, गणित और अंग्रेजी के पच्चीस पच्चीस प्रश्न साठ मिनट के भीतर करने होते हैं। इसके बाद दौड़, लंबी कूद और ऊंची कूद जैसे शारीरिक परीक्षण होते हैं। फिर पेपर टू होता है जिसमें तीन विषयों के बीस बीस प्रश्न और अंग्रेजी के सौ प्रश्न आते हैं, कुल 320 अंक। अंतिम मेरिट केवल पेपर टू से बनती है, इसलिए अंग्रेजी पर सबसे ज्यादा ध्यान दें।

Eligibility and related pages

For Delhi Police SI and CAPF SI you need a bachelor's degree and must be 20 to 25 years old on the cut off date SSC fixes for age, with relaxation of 5 years for SC and ST, 3 years for OBC and further relief for some departmental and women candidates. Men applying for Delhi Police SI need an LMV licence covering both motorcycle and car, valid on the day of the physical test. The new CISF SI (Fire) post, for men only, has its own age band of 18 to 30 and needs a science degree with physics, chemistry and maths, or a matriculation plus a relevant three year engineering diploma.

Category wise marks from earlier rounds are on the SSC CPO cut off page. Officer level entry to the same forces is through the UPSC CAPF exam, and constable entry in Delhi is covered on the Delhi Police constable syllabus page. More papers are on the SSC exams hub.