SSC CPO SI Exam Pattern, Marking Scheme and Syllabus

SSC CPO SI Exam Pattern

Staff Selection Commission conducts an exam to recruit the Sub-inspectors/ Assistant sub-inspectors every year in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces. This Central Police Organisation (CPO) Exam is an online computer-based exam. The language of this examination will be bilingual (Hindi and English Languages). SSC organises two written tests for CPO SI Exam.

• Paper I (200 MCQs from Four Sections)

• Paper-II (200 MCQs from the English Language)

The Staff Selection Commission reserves the right to alter the exam pattern and schedule for the CPO SI Examination. The SSC is one of the largest exam organisers (exam conducting body) in India. It recruits the candidates for various government jobs across the country and sets the exam pattern, marking procedure and syllabus of the CPO SI Exam.

From the above, it is clear that SSC is responsible for organising the examination. The exam will be held from 23 November to 26 November 2020 for Paper I and on 1 March 2021 for Paper-II (SSC CPO SI Important Dates). There will be 5 Stages in the SSC CPO SI Exam, and the candidates have to qualify them in the below sequence to get selected in CPO:

1. Paper I (Prelims)

2. Physical Test

3. Paper-II (Mains)

4. Medical Examination

5. Document Verification

The candidates should have a proper understanding of the CPO SI Exam Pattern, Marking Procedure and Syllabus because it helps to excel in the exam. The questions from well-prepared topics consume less time and seem easy while queries from others consume more time and seem difficult to solve. It indicates that regular practice for the exam matters. Neither CPO SI Exam contains extremely tough questions, nor the syllabus of the exam is hard but limited time and competition make the examination level hard. So it is worth advisable to the candidates to practice CPO SI Mock Tests regularly to strengthen their preparation.

The aspirants who have filled the application form of the SSC CPO SI Exam will face CPO Exam in five stages as described above. They should check the eligibility criteria of the online CPO Exam to avoid circumstances in the recruitment process. The SSC releases admit cards minimum ten days before for CPO SI Exam on its official website.

Paper I: SSC CPO SI Prelims Exam Pattern

SSC CPO SI Paper I comprises 4 Sections. Each section contains 50 MCQs from a separate subject.  The subjects are - English Comprehension, Quantitative Aptitude, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and Awareness. The prelim exam duration is 2 hours to solve 200 MCQs.

Bring your little attention to the below table to quickly understand the SSC CPO SI Prelims Exam Pattern.

Paper-II: SSC CPO SI Mains Exam Pattern

There will be 200 MCQs from English Language Comprehension in SSC CPO SI Mains Examination. The duration of the mains exam also will be 2 hours. The CBT Language will be only in English for Paper-II.

Take a glance at the below table to quickly understand the SSC CPO SI Mains Exam Pattern.

SSC CPO SI Marking Scheme

The marking procedure in SSC CPO SI Exam is similar in both Paper-II and Paper I. The candidates will gain 1 Mark for every right answer. The negative (-ve) marking is a factor here and there is 1/4 Mark penalty for each incorrect answer. There is no penalty for unattempted questions. Both exams are online computer-based exam and marking two answers simultaneously in a question is not possible.

The candidates will lose 1 Mark for four wrong answers. The negative marking not only prevents to gain marks but also shorten score by penalty. The candidates are suggested to mark the answers with accuracy to lessen the effect of negative marking in SSC CPO Exam.

SSC CPO SI Marking Procedure for Paper I

SSC CPO SI Marking Procedure for Paper-II

Key Specifications of the marking process for the SSC CPO SI Exam

• 1/4 Mark penalty for each wrong answer

• 1 Mark for each right answer

• No penalty for unattempted questions

SSC CPO Exam Detailed Syllabus

Paper I: SSC CPO SI Syllabus for Prelims

1. English Syllabus

2. Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus

3. General Intelligence and Reasoning Syllabus

4. General Knowledge and Awareness Syllabus

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Paper-II: SSC CPO SI Syllabus for Mains

English Language and Comprehension

The level of questions will be a little harder and syllabus is similar to the prelims.

• Jumbled Sentences
• Sentence Completion
• Filling in the Blanks
• Reading Comprehension
• Parts of Speech
• Active and Passive Voices
• Direct and Indirect Narrations
• Articles
• Error Recognition
• Antonyms and Synonyms
• Spellings
• Idioms and Phrases
• One Word Substitution

SSC CPO SI Physical Test

The candidates who will pass the paper I will be called for a physical exam. They will face the Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Endurance Test (PET) in the SSC CPO SI Physical Test. The parameters vary in PET and PST for male and female candidates. Both tests are qualifying in nature.

(a). SSC CPO SI Physical Standard Test

The height, weight, chest etc. will be measured in Physical Standard Test. The SSC has not set any chest measurement for female candidates.

(b). SSC CPO SI Physical Endurance Test

There will be a short race, long race, high jump, long jump, shot put, etc. in the physical endurance test. The SSC has not set any shot put for female candidates. The Ex-servicemen need not pass PET, but they are required to pass the written exam, PST and medical test.

SSC CPO SI Medical Examination

The candidates who will qualify prelims, mains and PET/PST will be called for SSC CPO SI Medical Examination. Eyesight, Physical and Mental Health will be tested in this exam. The candidates should be fit on the below points.

• The minimum near vision of the candidates should be N6 for a better eye & N9 for a worse eye.

• The minimum distant vision of the candidates should be 6/6 for a better eye & 6/9 for a worse eye.

• The candidates with visual correction of any kind even by glasses will be considered ineligible.

• The candidates should not have flat foot, knock knee, varicose vein, squint in eyes.

• The tattoos must be less than 1/4 of the particular part of the body (Elbow or Hand).

• The candidates must have good mental health.

SSC CPO SI Document Verification 

The candidates who will pass all the above tests will be shortlisted for document verification. The candidates are required to submit all the original documents at the time of document verification. The final selection of the applicants will be based on aggregate marks of the Paper-II and Paper I.

Tips and Tricks:

SSC CPO Exam is not too hard to qualify. It needs to practice regularly and carefully in each section to clear Paper-II and Paper I. The difficulty level varies in Preliminary and Mains Exams. Some tips are mentioned below that should be kept in handy:

• Understand the complete exam format and make your strategies for the exam preparation.
• Gather all the SSC CPO essentials before starting your preparation and practice with such belief that you will learn the entire syllabus before the exam.
• The toughest subject to qualify in SSC CPO is General Awareness because the questions can become from any topic and from anywhere, so candidates are required to be prepared for this section.
• The candidates should practise the previous year papers to recognise the topics that are asked frequently in the examination.
• The Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning question papers are comparatively easy in SSC CPO Exam, so if you practice well with the short tricks and formulas, you can easily score in these two exams.

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