SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2018-19 | Previous Year Exam Analysis

Dear Students, SSC CPO Exam 2018 Notification was published on 3rd March 2018 and brought out the opportunity for the aspirants to serve in the government job. Earlier the CPO 2018 Exam (Tier-I) was scheduled to be conducted from 04.06.2018 to 10.06.2018 in Computer Based Examination System. But according to latest notice by SSC, the CPO 2018 Exam (Tier-I) will be conducted from 12th-16th March 2019. Today in this post we will review the exam pattern and Previous year analysis of SSC CPO Exam. Tentative vacancies for the posts of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspectors in CISF are 1223. These are tentative vacancies, SSC will notify in future as well. So, do not worry about it. Plan your studies and practice with Adda247 App.

Last Year SSC CPO Examination was conducted on the following dates:-
Paper-I: 01-07-2017 to 07-07-2017
Paper-II: 08-10-2017

SSC CPO Selection Procedure:-

SSC CPO 2018-19 Exam Pattern

Click here for sample of Examination The structure of the examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

Paper-I

	Subject	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration/ Time Allowed
Part A	General Intelligence and Reasoning	50	50	Two Hours
Part B	General Knowledge and General Awareness	50	50
Part C	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
Part D	English Comprehension	50	50

• The questions in this paper will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type. 
• Questions will be set in Hindi and English in Parts A, B and C of Paper I. 
• Deduction of 0.25 marks will be made for each incorrect answer marked. 

Physical Standard Test (PST) Is Mandatory For The Posts

Category of candidates	Height (in cms)	Chest (in cms )
		Unexpanded	Expanded
(i) For male candidates only GENERAL	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
(ii) For Female candidates only GENERAL	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 Efficiency(Endurance) Test(PET) (For all posts)

Only those candidates, who have scored above the cut off marks fixed by the Commission in Paper I would be required to appear in the Physical Endurance Test/Medical examination.

For male candidates only

• 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 chances 

For female candidates only

• 100 metres race in 18 seconds 
• 800 metres race in 4 minutes 
• Long Jump: 2.7 metres (9 feet) in 3 chances. 
• High Jump : 0.9 metres (3 feet) in 3 chances.

Note: Only those candidates declared qualified in PET/ PST will be called for Paper – II and that the Medical Examination would be conducted subsequently.

Paper-II

Paper-II Examination Date: 01.12.2018 (CBE)

Subject	Maximum Marks /Questions	Duration and timing
English language & Comprehension	200 marks/200 questions	Two Hours

• The questions in this paper will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type. 
• Deduction of 0.25 marks will be made for each incorrect answer marked. 

Medical Examination 

All the candidates who qualify in the PET will be 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.

Candidates who are found to be unfit, will be informed of the position and they can make an appeal before Review Medical Board within the prescribed time limit of 15 days.

Decision of Re-Medical Board/Review Medical Board will be final and no appeal/ representation against the decision of the ReMedical Board/Review Medical Board will be entertained.

SSC CPO Previous Year Topic Wise Exam Analysis

General Intelligence For SSC CPO 2018-19:

For your convenience we are providing exact number of questions asked from respective topics in Previous Year SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam.

S.No.	Topics	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CPO 2017
1	Analogy	6
2	Odd One Out	6
3	Series	4
4	Statement & Conclusions	2
5	Directions	1
6	Sequence (Acc. to Dictionary)	2
7	Coding-Decoding	4
8	Mathematical Operations	2
9	Matrix	2
10	Ranking	2
11	Mirror Image	2
12	Venn Diagram	3
13	Paper Folding Image	2
14	word formation	2
15	Missing Term	2
16	Cube	2
17	Counting figure	2
18	Complete pattern image	2
19	Hidden Image	2
Total Questions		50

English Language For SSC CPO 2018-19:

Go through the below table accurately summing up the number of questions from the central topics in previous year SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam.

S.No.	Topics	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CPO 2017
1	Fill in the Blanks	5
2	Sentence Improvement	5
3	Error Detection	5
4	Phrase Replacement	5
5	Idioms and Phrases	5
6	Synonyms	5
7	Antonyms	5
8	Spelling Correction	5
9	Cloze Test Passage	5
10	Reading Comprehension (RC)	5
Total Questions		50

Quantitative Aptitude For SSC CPO 2018-19: 

For your convenience we are providing exact number of questions asked from respective topics in Previous Year SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam.

S.No.	Topics	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CPO 2017
1	Ratio	3
2	Average	2
3	Number System	6
4	Algebra	5
5	Time & Work	1
6	Pipe & Cistern	1
7	Speed & Distance	2
8	S.I. & C.I.	2
9	Profit & Loss	3
10	Percentage	2
11	Geometry	8
12	Mensuration	2
13	Trigonometry	5
14	2 DI	9
Total Questions		50

General Awareness For SSC CPO 2018-19: 

Below we have provided number of questions from the relevant topics in previous year exam of SSC CPO To let you remove your doubts regarding the weightage of particular topics.

S.No.	Topics	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CPO 2017
1	History	5
2	Polity	6
3	Geography	5
4	Economics	4
5	Static Awareness	3
6	Biology	6
7	Chemistry	10
8	Physics	5
9	Computer	2
10	Current Affairs	3
10	Book & Author	1
10	Sports	1
Total Questions		50

Final Selection / Merit : 

The merit list will be drawn on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the Written Examination and Physical Efficiency Test. 

Eye sight:

The minimum distant vision should be 6/6 and 6/9 of two eyes without correction i.e. without wearing of glasses.
The candidate must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes and they should possess high colour vision.

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