SSC CGL 2016 New Revised Syllabus, Pattern Exam Dates (Updated as on 1st July 2016)

Major Changes in SSC CGL 2016: New Revised Syllabus, Exam Date, Pattern, Marking Scheme (Updated 10^th July 2016)

Everything you ever wanted to know about SSC CGL 2016 Syllabus, Pattern, Cutoffs etc.

Staff Selection Commission has Made SSC CGL 2016 Exam Online. In this Article I have given the Detailed New Revised Syllabus, Exam Date and other Major changes and Study Accordingly.

SSC CGL 2016 Exam Notification had been announced on 13^th February 2016. The Most Awaited Government Exam SSC CGL 2016 has been Scheduled to be Held on 27^th August 2016. The Exam had been postponed (which was earlier Scheduled to be held on 8^th May and 22^nd May 2016) but now Tier-I is to be conducted on 27^th August 2016.

There were many Speculations and Rumors amongst candidates about the Online Exam mode but SSC has made it Clear that SSC CGL 2016 Tier-I is going to be Computer Based Online Exam. Earlier it was a Paper-pen Based exam (OMR Sheet Filling) wherein options used to be Encircled using either a Black or Blue Ball Pen.

This year SSC has changed the pattern Entirely, these are the following changes that are introduced by Staff Selection Commision for the SSC CGL Exam.

The Major change that Staff Selection Commission has introduced is that SSC CGL 2016 Exam is going to be conducted Online. 

Till Last Year (2015) SSC CGL Exam was offline (pen and paper type) i.e Filling the OMR Sheet. But this Year SSC CGL 2016 Exam is going to be Conducted Online.

SSC is Conducting CGL online to reduce Malpractices (if any) and to make the Exam more Transparent. One more Benefit of SSC CGL Online Exam would be that Results will come a Lot quicker as Compared to the Previous Format where it used to take Months for the Result to come out.

According the SSC Advertisement they have said “The Commission has decided to reduce the Number of Questions from 200 to 100 in Tier-I of the above Examination which would continue to carry 200 marks.”

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1.    The duration of the Tier-I examination would be for a period of 75 minutes. (Earlier SSC CGL Tier I was of 200 marks for 2 Hours)

2.   The Number of questions have been reduced from 200 to 100 for the Tier 1 examination.

3.    There will be negative marking of 0.50 for each wrong answer in Tier-I. In respect of Tier II, the negative marking system will remain unchanged.

4.   SSC CGL 2016 Tier-1 Exam is to be Conducted on 27th August 2016.

5.   SSC has introduced Descriptive paper for the First Time in SSC CGL 2016. The Commission Feels that the descriptive portion will help in checking candidates’ comprehension and analytical skills.

There are some people who are Happy about this change while some are not Happy.

Personally Speaking I am not happy with this Decision because in Offline Mode that is (Paper and Pen) Exam you can Glance through 5-6 Questions at the same time whereas you cannot do this in the Online Exam.

At a single Time you can see only one Question whereas in Pen-Paper Exam you can Check out which Question is Easier and which one is difficult and go with the easy ones. Infact you will have to click on Next Questions to find out which ones are Easier and this is going to be time consuming.

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Refer to this Advertisement from SSC which will Tell you about the New Changes: