CGL EXAM. SCHEME

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION FOR COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL 

The Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:

• Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -III -- Personality Test cum Interview/Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification & Descriptive/on-line test of qualifying nature.

NOTE-1: Candidate Qualifying Tier-II will be subjected to a Short Description Paper/ Online Test of not More than  ONE HOUR's   Duration,  with  question  drawn  from "ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPREHENSION", QUANTITATIVE ABILITIES" &"GENERAL AWARENESS", The examination will be only qualifying in nature.

Note-2: There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Tier-I. In Tier-II, there wil be negative marking of 0.25 in paper-II and 0.50 marks in Paper-I for each wrong answer.

Tier 1 (Posts for which interview is prescribed other than Statistical Investigator Grade 2)

• General Intelligence and Reasoning – 50 marks
• General Awareness- 50 marks
• Quantitative Aptitude- 50 marks
• English Comprehension- 50 marks

Total marks is 200 marks. Duration will be of two hours.

Tier 2 (Posts for which interview is prescribed other than Statistical Investigator Grade 2)

• Quantitative Abilities – 200 marks (100 questions)
• Duration will be 2 hours
• English Language Comprehension: 200 marks
• Total Marks will be 400. 

The Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) will be required for the post of Assistant CSS only, and for the same the total marks will be 700. For posts, where no interview is prescribed the total marks will be 600.

Candidates qualifying in Tier 2 of the examination, for the computer proficiency test and interview for the posts of Assistant in CSS, interview for the other interview posts, Data Entry Skill Test for posts of Tax Assistant and document verification for other non interview posts, will be subjected to a short description paper/online test of not more than one hour’s duration with questions drawn from “English Language and Comprehension”, “Quantitative Abilities “and “General Awareness” .

The examination will be qualifying in nature and will not be taken into account for determining the position of the candidates in the merit order. 
Students must also note that there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Tier 1, and in Tier 2, there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks in paper 2 and 0.50 marks in paper 1 and paper 3 for each wrong answer.