SSC CGL 2020 Exam Update- Difficulty Level Similar to 2018-19 Exam: SSC CGL 2019-20 Exam has begun from 3rd March 2020 in online mode across different Exam Centres in India. As per the feedback shared by the candidates, the Exam pattern & Questions asked in SSC CGL 2019-20 Exam is almost similar to the last year (2018) Exam. The difficulty level of the questions is also the same as to the previous year which was – ‘Easy to Moderate’.
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Last year 8.36 Lakhs candidates appeared in the exam out of the total 25.97 Lakh Registered candidates. This year also lakhs of candidates have appeared for the SSC CGL 2019-20 Tier-1 Exam. Based on the number of candidates appeared in 2018 Exam and difficulty level of last year’s exam, let’s take look at Cut-off marks of Tier-1 Exam and the number of candidates shortlisted for SSC CGL Tier-2 Exam:
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SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier-1 Official Data
SSC CGL Tier-1 2018-19 Exam Details are given in the table below:
| SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier-1 Exam Details |
Official data |
| Total number of registered candidates |
25.97 Lakhs |
| Number of Candidates appeared in the Examination |
8.36 Lakhs |
| Overall Percentage of attendance |
32.23% |
| Number of shifts |
21 |
| Number of examination venues |
362 |
| Number of cities in which examination conducted |
131 |
| Number of States/ UT's in which examination was conducted |
33 |
| Total number of candidates shortlisted for Tier-2 Exam |
1.74 Lakhs (Around 21% of the total candidates appeared) |
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SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier-1 Cut-Off Marks
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) used the normalization method for calculating the cut-off marks of SSC CGL Tier-1 2018-19 Exam. As per the cut-off fixed by the Commission total 1.74 lakh candidates were shortlisted to appear in the Tier-2 Exam under different categories. SSC also released separate cut-offs for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer and Assistant Accounts Officer; Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation and all other posts.
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So, let’s have a look at the SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier-1 Cut-Off Marks Category-wise for different posts:
| SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier-1 Cut-Off for all posts EXCEPT Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer/ Junior Statistical Officer |
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| Category |
Cut-Off Marks |
Candidates Available |
| General |
137.07 |
51771 |
| OBC |
131.18 |
44078 |
| SC |
111.10 |
27385 |
| ST |
103.22 |
12386 |
| Ex-Servicemen |
40.00 |
8146 |
| OH- PwD |
95.55 |
2727 |
| HH- PwD |
40.00 |
1548 |
| VH- PwD |
70.25 |
1282 |
| Other-PwD |
40.00 |
173 |
| Total |
|
150396 |
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| SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier-1 Cut-Off for Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer Posts SSC CGL Tax Assistant CBEC/ CBDT: Salary/ Job Profile/ Promotion |
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| Category |
Cut-Off Marks |
Candidates Available |
| General |
170.00 |
6247 |
| OBC |
165.00 |
4464 |
| SC |
148.97 |
2444 |
| ST |
141.86 |
1272 |
| OH- PwD |
132.90 |
335 |
| HH- PwD |
102.45 |
300 |
| Other-PwD |
62.19 |
100 |
| Total |
|
15162 |
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| SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier-1 Cut-Off for Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) Post SSC Junior Statistical Officer (JSO): Job Profile, Pay Scale & Promotions |
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| Category |
Cut-Off Marks |
Candidates Available |
| General |
165.96 |
3177 |
| OBC |
162.35 |
2008 |
| SC |
140.11 |
1421 |
| ST |
129.56 |
891 |
| OH- PwD |
112.48 |
333 |
| HH- PwD |
51.99 |
333 |
| VH- PwD |
64.57 |
364 |
| Other-PwD |
40.00 |
51 |
| Total |
|
8578 |
SSC CGL Tier-2 2019-20 Exam is tentatively scheduled to be held from 22nd June 2020 to 25th June 2020 in online mode. As the SSC CGL Tier-1 2019-20 Exam is quite similar to last year’s exam (2018), so the candidates are advised to look at the SSC CGL 2018 Tier-1 2018 Cut-Off. It is quite possible SSC CGL Tier-1 2019-20 Cut-Off might be set close to the SSC CGL Tier-1 2018-19 Cut-Off.