SSC CGL Answer Key 2020: The answer key of SSC CGL 2019-2020 is uploaded in the login section on the official website of SSC i.e. ssc.nic.in. Candidates can use the answer key to know your probable score for the exam. You may need your registration no. and password to download the answer key. In a tier-1 exam, for every right answer, the candidates get 2 marks and for the wrong answers, 0.5 marks will be deducted. The marks calculate by you will be the raw marks which will be further normalised for calculation of the actual score. To know more about SSC CGL Answer Key 2020, read the article till the end
SSC CGL Answer Key 2020
The answer key is the PDF file of all the right answers for the question paper of the exam. The answer key is used by the commission to evaluate your answer sheet for the exam. Below is the schedule for all the important date related to SSC CGL Answer Key 2020:
| SSC CGL Answer Key 2020 | Dates |
| Exam Date for Tier-1 | 02 to 11 Mar 2020 |
| Release of Unofficial Answer Key | 02 to 11 Mar 2020 |
| Release of Official Answer Key | To be announced |
| Exam dates for Tire-II (CBE) & Tire-III (Des.) Exam | 22 to 26 Jun 2020 |
Download Answer Key Here: Candidates can download SSC CGL Answer Key 2020 from ssc.nic.in.
How to Use Answer Key to Know your Score?
The candidates can follow the marking scheme and use the answer key to know your probable raw score. Below is the marking scheme for the Tier-1 and Tier-2 exam.
Tier-1: For every right answer the candidates gets 2 marks each. For the wrong answers 0.5 marks are deducted from the total marks scored.
Tier-2: Paper-1,3 and 4: The candidates are awarded 2 marks for every right answer and for every wrong answer, you need to deduct 0.5 marks from the total marks.
Paper-2: Candidates will get 1 mark for the right answers each and for the wrong answers, 0.25 marks will be deducted from the total marks.
You can refer below for the method of using the answer key to know your probable raw marks:
- Download the answer key and analyse it.
- Calculate the total right answers
- Total the no. of wrong answers.
- Now given the right and wrong answers marks as per the marking scheme.
- Total the marks and deduct the negative marking from it.
How to Download Official SSC CGL Answer Key 2020?
The candidates can download the official answer key from the website of SSC i.e. ssc.nic.in. You will need User ID and Password and follow these steps given below to download the official answer key for your exam:
1st step: Go to the official website or click on the link given in the article.
2nd step: On the main website, click on the button named “Answer key”
3rd step: Here, find the name of the exam and the recruitment’s name in the list of all the answer key.
4th step: The PDF file for the notice of answer key will appear on the screen. Here, find the link for the answer key login.
5th step: Click on the login link and the page for login will appear.
6th step: Now, on the login screen, fill the login details which are registration no. and password. After the login details are filled click on the submit button.
7th step: Now the answer key along with your corresponding question paper will appear on the screen. Use the answer key to know your probable score.
Objecting SSC CGL Answer Key 2019
Candidates also have the provision to object the answer key in case the candidates do not agree with the answers suggested in the answer key. The candidates can object the official answer key by filling the objection form and paying the fee for the same. The objection fee for the form will be Rs. 100 per objection. Candidates can object the answer key until the last date mentioned by the commission.
The final answer key will be prepared by the commission after looking and considering all the objections. The candidates can not object to the final answer key. No candidate will be notified by the about acceptance or rejection of their objections.
Significance of SSC CGL Answer Key
Candidates will benefit from the CGL answer key in the following ways.
- They will come to know the correct answers for all the questions in the exam.
- Candidates can predict their result and score.
- An idea can be gained, if candidate will be qualifying for next Tier or not.
- Candidates planing to appear next year for the examination may use the SSC CGL Answer Key and Question Paper during the preparation.
SSC CGL Result 2020
The result of SSC CGL 2019-2020 is announced on the official website of SSC i.e. ssc.nic.in. Candidates can check their result in the login section or the merit list. The merit list of result is a list of all the shortlisted candidates who qualified for the next level of the exam. The candidates who wish to check their result need their registration no. and password to know their score result. The link for the login of the scorecard will be provided to you in a PDF notifying about the result. The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of candidate’s performance in all the stages of the selection procedure. The candidate requires to obtain marks more than or equal to the minimum cut-off marks decided by the commission.
SSC CGL Cutoff
In year 2016, out of the selected 149319, only 56164 candidates cleared the Tier II of the exam. The cutoff was as below.
| Category | All Post (Except AAO, ASO, JSO) | Assistant Audit Officer (AAO) | Assistant Section Officer (ASO) | Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) |
| UR | 422.00 | 536.00 | 449.00 | 502.00 |
| SC | 363.25 | 454.00 | 389.00 | 423.00 |
| ST | 341.00 | 427.00 | 370.00 | 397.00 |
| OBC | 397.00 | 493.75 | 424.50 | 471.00 |
| Ex.S | 287.50 | – | – | – |
| OH | 333.00 | 411.00 | 366.50 | 364.00 |
| HH | 216.00 | 264.00 | 262.00 | 230.25 |
| VH | 336.00 | – | 364.50 | 267.50 |
my roll no. for ssc cgl 2017 is 2201298789. My name is Naveen. In my english paper of teri 2 According to final answer key released by ssc i have got more marks. but Ssc give me less mark. mt query is that can i challange this issue. the difference b between marks is about 12. pls help me. 7835913764 is my mobile no.
Hi Naveen
You can contact officials for the issue or challenge your result