Are you preparing for SSC CPO examination? If yes, then here you will come across about the SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2018. Staff Selection Commission Central Police Organization i.e SSC CPO 2018 has decided a certain pattern to be followed by the candidates while appearing for the examination. SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2018 consists of basically four stages. You need to appear for Paper1, Physical Standard Test(PST)/ Physical Endurance Test(PET), Paper 2 and Detailed Medical Examination (DME). To know in details related to pattern of examination scroll down our page and get all the information.
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SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2018- Know Details Related to Pattern of Examination
SSC CPO Exam is a Computer Based Test i.e CBT. Paper 1 and paper 2 will consists of the objective based question. So, you are required to take care of the certain things while appearing the examination. SSC CPO Exam 2018 is going to held in the month of June which is going to continue till the month of December. Before discussing SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2018 we first see the dates of the SSC CPO examination for the year 2018.
| SSC CPO EXAM 2018 | Important Dates |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | 04 Jun 2018- 10 Jun 2018 |
| Paper 2 | 01 Dec 2018 |
Official website: ssc.nic.in
About SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2018
To prepare for any examination it is beneficial if you go through the pattern of your examination paper. Similarly, here, we are going to discuss in detail the pattern of the examination. As we said above SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2018 consists of the three stages. Now, let’s start the discussion stage by stage.
Stage 1
Paper 1: Your SSC CPO Examination Paper1. It consists of the four parts. You have to complete the whole exam paper in 2 hours. Each part in the exam paper has the fixed number of questions and the weightage. Apart from this you also have to take care of the negative marking while answering any question. So, prepare in accordance to the pattern.
| Parts | Topics | Number Of Questions | Total marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50 | 50 |
| 2 | General Knowledge and Awareness | 50 | 50 |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 |
| 4 | English Comprehension | 50 | 50 |
Stage 2
PST/PET: At the third stage you are required to appear for the Physical Standard Test as well as Physical Endurance Test.
- Physical Standard Test: Here, certain rules regarding your height and chest measurement are set for the candidates belonging to different categories. You can check in details from the table mentioned below.
| Category | Height (in cms) | Chest (Unexpanded) | Chest (Expanded) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
170 | 80 | 85 |
| For candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North-Eastern States and Sikkim |
165 | 80 | 85 |
| For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes |
162.5 | 77 | 82 |
|
157 | – | – |
| For candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North-Eastern States and Sikkim |
155 | – | – |
| For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribe |
154 | – | – |
- Physical Endurance Test: For this section commission has decided the fixed requirements for being tested. These requirements are different for the male and the female candidates. You can check from the below mentioned points.
For Male Candidates:
100 meters race in 16 seconds
1.6 Kms race in 6.5 minutes
Long Jump : 3.65 metres in 3 chances
High Jump : 1.2 metres in 3 chances
Shot put (16 Lbs): 4.5 metres in 3 chance
For Female Candidates:
100 metres race in 18 seconds
800 metres race in 4 minutes
Long Jump: 2.7 metres in 3 chances.
High Jump: 0.9 metres in 3 chances.
Stage 3
Paper 2: After clearing the stage 1 you are required to appear for the second stage. In this stage you would be tested on the basis of understanding the correct english, basic comprehension and the writing ability. The paper 2 will consists of only 1 section which is required to complete in the duration of 2 hours. There are fixed number of questions and the weightage. At the same time you also have to come across the negative marking in the examination paper.
| Part | Topic | Total Number of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English Language And comprehension | 200 | 200 |
Stage 4
DME: All those candidates who qualify the second stage have to appear for the detailed medical examination. You will medically examined by the Medical Officer of the CAPFs or any other Medical Officer or Assistant Surgeon belonging to Grade I of any Central/ State Govt. Hospital or Dispensary. In any case if you find unfit then you will be informed for the same. At this point of time you can make an appeal before reviewing the medical board. Remember that once the re- medical board/ review medical board has given the decision then no appeal against it by any candidate will entertained.
Final Round
After the final selection of SSC CPO Exam 2018 you will appoint on a post of Sub- Inspector and Assistant Sub- Inspector only after clearing these below mentioned seven rounds.
- Jumping over the Vertical Board
- Holding the rope on jumping from the Board.
- Tarzan Swing
- Jumping on the Horizontal Board
- Parallel Rope
- Monkey Crawl
- Vertical Rope.
Important Points for SSC CPO Exam 2018
Before appearing for the SSC CPO Examination for the year 2018 there are some important points that you must kept in mind.
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- While preparing, the most important thing you must consider is the syllabus of the examination. You can also check the syllabus from here by clicking on it.
- Then go through the pattern of the question paper very carefully as mentioned above. According to that make your plan to study.
- Remember that the commission has only the right to set make the changes in the examination pattern and the marking scheme.
- For better preparation you can also refer the books and practice more. You can also refer the best books from here.
- Prepare well and do best in your exam.
