The Staff Selection Commission has released the official notification for SSC CPO Exam 2022. Candidates aspiring to appear for this exam should know all the details such as eligibility criteria, exam pattern, syllabus, salary and so on. SSC CPO syllabus is where you should begin your preparation for the exam from. It highlights the important list of topics from which questions are asked in the exam. You can make your preparation selection oriented by first familiarising yourself with the syllabus and exam pattern of SSC CPO.
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SSC CPO Syllabus 2022
The Staff Selection Commission had released the Central Police Recruitment exam. The recruitment process has been completed and candidates have already appeared for the paper 1 examination. The aspiring candidates may go through this article for further examination perspective. The candidates can find the SSC CPO Syllabus in the space below.
SSC CPO Syllabus: Paper 1
Subjects |
SSC CPO Syllabus |
General Intelligence & Reasoning |
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General Knowledge |
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Quantitative Aptitude |
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English Comprehension |
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SSC CPO Syllabus: Paper 2
Section | Syllabus |
English Language and Comprehension |
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SSC CPO Exam Pattern
SSC CPO Exam Pattern: Paper 1
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The examination will be conducted soon and in the computer-based pattern.
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As per the marking scheme, the candidates will get 1 mark for each correct answer while there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks in the SSC CPO Exam.
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The candidates who clear the written test will be called for the physical standard test.
Subjects |
Maximum Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Exam Duration |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
120 minutes |
Reasoning Ability and General Intelligence |
50 |
50 |
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General Awareness |
50 |
50 |
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English Comprehension |
50 |
50 |
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Total |
200 |
200 |
120 minutes |
SSC CPO Exam Pattern: Paper II
Subjects |
Maximum Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Exam Duration |
English Language |
200 |
200 |
120 minutes |
Total |
200 |
200 |
120 minutes |
SSC CPO Exam Pattern: PET/PST
Category | Height | Chest | |
Unexpanded | Expanded | ||
Male (Gen) | 170 | 80 | 85 |
Belonging to Hilly regions & areas of J&K, North East & Sikkim | 165 | 80 | 85 |
Scheduled Tribes | 162.5 | 77 | 82 |
Female (Gen) | 157 | - | - |
Belonging to Hilly regions & areas of J&K, North East & Sikkim | 155 | - | - |
Scheduled Tribes | 154 | - | - |
Male Candidates
- 100 metre race in 16 seconds
- 1.6 Km Race in 6.5 minutes
- Long Jump: 3.65 metres in 5 chances
- High Jump: 1.2 metres in 3 chances
- Short put 16 LBS: 4.5 metres in 3 chances
Female Candidates
- 100 metre race in 18 second
- 800 metre race in 4 minutes
- Long Jump: 2.7 metres or 9 feet in 3 chances
- High Jump: 0.9 metres or 3 feet in 3 chances
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