Is there sectional cut-off in SSC exams?

No, there are no sectional cut-offs in the exams conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) like the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam, Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level (CHSL) Exam, or SI Delhi Police and CPO Exam or any other exam. It means that there won’t be separate cut-offs for Reasoning, GK, Mathematics or English sections of the exam, rather you’ll be seen how many marks you’ve got in Tier-I, Tier-II, as the case may be, adding total marks of these components.

Minimum qualifying marks in Tier-I, each Paper of Tier-II and Tier-III Examinations should be as follows:

NOTE-I: Based on the marks scored in Tier-I Examination, candidates will be shortlisted, category-wise, to appear in Tier-II and Tier-III Examinations. Separate cut-offs will be fixed for Paper-III of Tier-II (i.e. for the post of JSO and Statistical Investigator Grade-II), Paper-IV of Tier-II (i.e. for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer and Assistant Accounts Officer) and for Paper-I + Paper-II of Tier-II (i.e. for all other posts).

NOTE-II: Based on the aggregate performance in Tier-I and Tier-II Examinations, candidates will be shortlisted for evaluation of Tier-III Examination. The candidates who are not qualified in Tier-II will not be eligible for evaluation of Tier-III and they will not be considered for further selection process.

NOTE-III: Based on the aggregate performance of qualified candidates in Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III Examinations, candidates will be shortlisted to appear in Document Verification and Skill Tests i.e. Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) and Data Entry Skill Test (DEST).

NOTE-IV: Skill Tests where prescribed are mandatory but qualifying in nature. If a candidate does not appear in Skill Test or fails to qualify the Skill Test, he/ she will not be eligible for the posts where CPT/ DEST are mandatory.

NOTE-V: Merit list will be prepared on the basis of overall performance of candidates in Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III Examinations. Final selection of candidates, in each category, will be made on the basis of aggregate marks scored by them in ‘Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III examinations’ and ‘preference of posts’ exercised by them.

NOTE-VI: Once the candidate has been given his/ her first available preference, as per his/ her merit, he/ she will not be considered for any other option. Candidates are, therefore, advised to exercise preference of posts very carefully. The option/ preference once exercised by the candidates will be treated as FINAL and IRREVERSIBLE. Subsequent request for change of allocation/ service by candidates will not be entertained under any circumstances/ reasons.