SSC CPO Exam 2020 – Pattern, Syllabus & Books

SSC CPO Exam 2020 will be held in the month of June. At this point in time, you should be aware of the SSC CPO Exam pattern and the latest syllabus. Also, go through our list of recommended books, which have been compiled keeping in mind the choice of successful CPO aspirants from the past. The SSC CPO exam will last for a week. This means that around ten and fifteen lakh candidates are expected to appear for it. This exam has long been awaited. So give your very best to be a part of India’s most prestigious security wings.

SSC CPO Exam 2020 – Pattern, Syllabus & Books

Staff Selection Commission has recently conducted the notification for the recruitment of Sub-Inspector & Assistant Sub-Inspector Posts. This time they had announced totally 1,330 vacancies. A lot of candidates have applied and attended the recruitment drive. The phase I written exam was held from 29th September to 1st October 2020 & 5th October 2020 (CBE). Candidates those who qualified the phase I exam are eagerly waiting for the Physical round. The PET/PST will be held on 1st March 2021. Now the officials have released the SSC CPO SI/ASI Physical Test Date 2019 in their official site. Here we have provided the direct link to check your respective exam date.

SSC CPO Exam Dates 2020

SSC CPO Notification Release Date	17th June 2020
SSC CPO Online Application Starts from	17th June 2020
Closing date for receipt of application	16th July 2020
Admit Card for CPO Paper-1	September 2020
SSC CPO Paper-I Exam Date	29th September to 1st October 2020 & 5th October 2020 (CBE)
SSC CPO Paper-II Exam Date	1st March 2021

SSC CPO Exam Scheme 2020

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SSC CPO Exam Pattern – Paper I

Part	Section
A	General Intelligence and Reasoning
B	General Knowledge and General Awareness
C	Quantitative Aptitude
D	English Comprehension

SSC CPO Exam Section Wise Questions, Marks & Duration

Section	No. of Question & Marks
General Intelligence and Reasoning	50 & 50
General Knowledge and General Awareness	50 & 50
Quantitative Aptitude	50 & 50
English Comprehension	50 & 50

The total duration of the exam is 2 hours i.e 120 minutes

SSC CPO Exam Pattern – Paper II

Section	No. of Questions & Marks
English language & Comprehension	200 & 200

The total duration of the exam is 2 hours i.e 120 minutes

Negative Marking in SSC CPO Exam 2020

There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer in both Paper-I and Paper-II under SSC CPO exam 2020. Candidates are, therefore, advised to be extremely careful while attempting questions. Over confidence will cost them dearly.

SSC CPO PET/PST Test

SSC CPO PET Test

Male Candidates

• 100 metre race in 16 seconds
• 1.6 Km Race in 6.5 minutes
• Long Jump: 3.65 metres in 5 chances
• High Jump: 1.2 metres in 3 chances
• Short put 16 LBS: 4.5 metres in 3 chances

Female Candidates

• 100 metre race in 18 second
• 800 metre race in 4 minutes
• Long Jump: 2.7 metres or 9 feet in 3 chances
• High Jump: 0.9 metres or 3 feet in 3 chances

SSC CPO Medical Test

Criteria for the Medical Test is given below:

• Minimum Near Vision: N6 (better eye) and N9 (worse eye)
• Minimum Distant Vision: 6/6 (better eye) and 6/9 (worse eye)
• Must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes
• Eye standards should be without visual correction of any kind even by glasses.

Latest Syllabus Prescribed Officially for SSC CPO Exam – Paper I

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND REASONING

Analogies	Similarities & Differences
Space Visualization	Spatial Orientation
Problem Solving	Analysis
Judgement	Decision Making
Visual Memory	Discrimination
Observation	Blood Relations
Arithmetic Reasoning	Figural Classification
Number Series	Coding & Decoding
Statement & Conclusion	Syllogistic Reasoning
Folding & Competition	Embedded Figures
Critical Thinking	Drawing Inferences
Emotional Intelligence	Social Intelligence

 

GENERAL AWARENESS

Current Affairs from the last 6 to 12 months	Events of everyday importance
India & its Neighbours	Geography of India & the World
History & Culture of India	Polity
Economy and World Trends	Environment
General Science & Technology	GK

 

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Whole Numbers	Fractions
Decimals	Percentage
Ratio and Proportion	Profit & Loss
Simple Interest	Compound Interest
Square Root	Averages
Discount	Partnership Business
Mixture and Allegation	Time and distance
Time & work	Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds
Graphs of Linear Equations	Triangle and its various kinds of centres
Congruency and similarity of triangles	Circle and its chords
Tangents	Angles subtended by chords of a circle
Common tangents to two or more circles	Triangles
Quadrilaterals	Regular Polygons
Circles	Right Prism
Right Circular Cone	Right Circular Cylinder
Rectangular Parallelepiped	Spheres  &  Hemispheres
Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base	Trigonometry
Degree and Radian Measures	Standard Identities
Complementary angles	Heights and Distances
Histogram	Frequency polygon
Bar diagram	Pi Chart

 

ENGLISH COMPREHENSION 

The main aim of this section is to test a candidate’s grasp over basic English including his level of understanding, basic grammar and even spellings & meanings.

Latest Syllabus Prescribed Officially for SSC CPO Exam – Paper II

Error Recognition	Fill in the Blanks
Verbs	Preposition
Vocabulary	Spelling
Grammar	Sentences
Synonyms& Antonyms	Phrases & Idioms

Only those candidates, qualified in Physical Standard Test of SSC CPO exam and found medically fit will be allowed to appear in Paper-II.

SSC CPO Exam 2019: Most Preferred Books for English 

Book	Author
Objective English	R.S Aggarwal
High School English Grammar	Wren & Martin
Word Power Made Easy	Norman Lewis
Reading Comprehension	Ajay Singh

SSC CPO Exam 2019: Most Preferred Books for General Intelligence & Reasoning

Book	Author
General Intelligence & Reasoning	Kunwar Ishwar Singh Rathore
General Intelligence & Reasoning	S Chand
SSC Reasoning	V S Srivastava
A New Approach to Reasoning	B.S. Sijwalii and Indu Sijwali

SSC CPO Exam 2019: Most Preferred Books for Quantitative Aptitude

Book	Author
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exams	R.S Aggarwal
Quantitative Aptitude for CAT	Arun Sharma
Short Cuts in Quantitative Aptitude	Disha Experts
Study Notes for Quantitative Aptitude	Sourav Das

SSC CPO Exam 2019: Most Preferred Books for General Awareness

Book	Author
Lucent’s General Knowledge	Dr. Binay Karn
General Knowledge	Manohar Pandey
India Year Book	Government of India
Manorma Year Book	Mammen Mathew