The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) carries out an entrance test for the recruitment of candidates into the Sub Inspectors (SI) post in the Central Police Organizations (CPOs). More details about this exam are mentioned below.

Structure of the SSO CPO Exam

The SSO CPO exam will comprise of two parts.

PAPER-I

This paper will have a period of 2 hours - 10.00 A.M. tο12.00 Noon. The paper will carry a total of 200 marks. This part is divided into 2 parts. Each part will include 50 questions and will carry 50 marks.

• General Intelligence and Reasoning Test
• General Knowledge and General Awareness Test
• Numerical Aptitude Test
• English Comprehension Test

PAPER-II

This paper will consist of Questions on English Language and Comprehension. The time allotted to finish writing all answers is two hours - 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM. 200 questions that carry 1 mark each will asked.

Both these papers will have MCQ with 3 – 4 choices each. Negative marking is followed when these papers are evaluated. 0.25 marks will be taken away for wrong answers.

Those students who clear the written paper Part I will be called for the Physical Endurance Test (PET) & Medical Test. Only those who clear this part will be called in for the Personality Test / Interview

Syllabus of the SSC CPO Examination

Paper I:

General Intelligence & Reasoning- Questions of verbal as well as non verbal type will be asked here.

• Address Matching
• Analogies
• Analysis
• Arithmetic Number Series
• Arithmetical Reasoning And Figural Classification
• Classification Of Centre Codes/Roll Numbers
• Coding & De-Coding
• Coding And Decoding
• Critical Thinking
• Date & City Matching
• Decision Making
• Decoding And Classification
• Differences
• Discrimination
• Drawing Inferences
• Embedded Figures
• Emotional Intelligence
• Figural Classification
• Figural Pattern – Folding And Completion
• Figural Series
• Indexing
• Judgement
• Non-Verbal Series
• Number Series
• Numerical Operations
• Observation
• Problem Solving
• Problem Solving
• Punched Hole/Pattern –Folding & Un-Folding
• Relationship Concepts
• Semantic Classification
• Semantic Series
• Similarities
• Small & Capital Letters/Numbers Coding
• Social Intelligence
• Space Orientation
• Space Visualization
• Space Visualization
• Spatial Orientation
• Statement Conclusion
• Syllogistic Reasoning
• Symbolic Operations
• Symbolic/Number Classification
• Trends
• Venn Diagrams
• Visual Memory
• Word Building

General Awareness- This part is to test the general awareness of the applicants. Questions will be from:

• Culture
• Economic Scene
• General Policy & Scientific Research
• Geography
• History

Numerical Aptitude – Questions will be asked from topics such as:

• Averages
• Bar Diagram & Pie Chart
• Basic Algebraic Identities of School Algebra & Elementary Surds
• Circle
• Circle and Its Chords, Tangents, Angles Subtended By Chords of A Circle
• Common Tangents to Two or More Circles
• Complementary Angles
• Congruence and Similarity of Triangles
• Decimals
• Degree and Radian Measures
• Discount
• Fractions and Relationships between Numbers
• Frequency Polygon
• Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and Its Various Kinds of Centres
• Heights and Distances
• Hemispheres
• Histogram
• Interest, Profit And Loss
• Mixture and Allegation
• Partnership Business
• Percentage, Ratio & Proportion
• Quadrilaterals
• Rectangular Parallelepiped
• Regular Polygons
• Regular Right Pyramid with Triangular or Square Base
• Right Circular Cone
• Right Circular Cylinder
• Right Prism
• Sphere
• Square Roots
• Standard Identities
• Time & Work
• Time and Distance
• Triangle
• Trigonometric Ratio
• Whole Numbers

English Comprehension – This paper is meant to assess the applicant’s ability to understand English. The syllabus of this part of the exam is of class X.

Paper-II: English Language & Comprehension – Test the applicants understanding in English. Questions will be from:

• Antonyms
• Comprehension
• Grammar
• Phrases and Idiomatic use of Words
• Sentence Completion
• Sentence Structure
• Spellings
• Synonyms
• Vocabulary

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be Indian citizens.
• Candidates who are applying for the exam must not be more than 25 years of age.
• They must be born in between the 25th of June, 1986 and the 23rd of June, 1991.
• Applicants must be graduates from any recognized University
• In addition to the aforementioned criteria, candidates also ought to have the required physical eligibility.

How to Apply?

Applicants can procure the applications by the offline or online methods.

Offline method:

The fees for this exam can be paid by means of the “Central Recruitment Fee Stamps (CRFS) only. This can be got from the counters of all Departmental Post Offices in India. This stamp is to be pasted on the admission form in the space mentioned. The stamp must also be formally signed by the Post Office of issue. The Recruitment Fee Stamps is also to be cancelled by the candidates. The impression of the cancellation must be clear as well as distinct as to facilitate the identification easily. Once the Recruitment Fee Stamp is cancelled, applicants ought to submit their admission form to the Regional Office or the Sub Regional Offices concerned is the conventional manner subsequent to the achievement of all other formalities.

Online Method:

Applicants who are submitting their forms online ought to pay the necessary amount at any State Bank of India by means of either net-banking or challan.

Note: Women candidates as well as candidates of the reserved categories and Ex-Servicemen are not required to pay the fees.

How to fill the Form?

Students are to fill the admission form as per as the instructions given below:

• Use only black or blue colored ball pens.
• Applicants can fill the form in Hindi or English
• When filling the form put space after each word.
• Name of the examination centre as well as the Centre Code must be given correctly.
• Candidates who wish to get age relaxation must note down the specific code when filling the application.
• Preference of the post must be notified.
• Note down the complete communication address. This must include the full name of the candidate in CAPITAL LETTERS in Hindi or English. The pin code must also be mentioned correctly.
• Mobile numbers and Email addresses must be notified as these will be used for communication in case of emergencies.
• A 4cmx5cm sized recent photograph of the candidate is to be affixed. Photos are not to be signed or stapled. It should also not be attested. In case any of these rules are not followed or if the photograph is defaced, the application shall be rejected immediately.
• The box for giving the Roll Number is to be left blank.
• The candidate must give their signature in running hand only. Those applications that are signed in English capital letters or is unsigned shall be not considered by the Commission.

Important Dates for the SSC CPO exam

• Date of Notification: Last week of May, 2012
• Final date for applying: Last week of June 2012 and first week of June, 2012 for remote areas
• Date of the Written Exam 2011: Last week of August, 2012

List of CPO (SI) Exam centers

A listing of the exam centres and their codes are given below:

• Agartala (5601)
• Agra (3001)
• Ahmadabad (7001)
• Aizwal (5701)
• Ajmer (2401)
• Allahabad (3003)
• Almora (2001)
• Alwar (2402)
• Ambala (1801)
• Ambikapur (6201)
• Amravati (7201)
• Aurangabad (7202)
• Bangalore (9001)
• Bareilly (3005)
• Bhagalpur (3201)
• Bhathinda (1401)
• Bhopal (6001)
• Bhubaneshwar (4604)
• Bikaner(2404)
• Bilaspur (6202)
• Chandigarh (1601)
• Chattarpur (6002)
• Chennai (8201)
• Chindwara (6003)
• Coimbatore (8202)
• Cuttack (4605)
• Darbhanga (3202)
• Dehradun (2002)
• Delhi (2201)
• Dharwar (9004)
• Dibrugarh (5102)
• Gangtok (4001)
• Gorakhpur (3007)
• Gulbarga (9005)
• Guna (6004)
• Guntur (8001)
• Guwahati (Dispur) (5105)
• Gwalior (6005)
• Haldwani (2003)
• Hamirpur (1202)
• Hyderabad (8002)
• Imphal (5501)
• Indore (6006)
• Itanagar (5001)
• Jabalpur (6007)
• Jagdalpur (6203)
• Jaipur (2405)
• Jalandhar (1402)
• Jalpaiguri (4408)
• Jammu (1004)
• Jhabua (6008)
• Jodhpur (2406)
• Jorhat (5107)
• Kanpur (3009)
• Khandwa (6009)
• Kochi (9204)
• Kohima (5302)
• Kolhapur (7203)
• Kolkata (4410)
• Kota (2407)
• Kozhikode (Calicut) (9206)
• Kurnool (8003)
• Leh (1005)
• Lucknow (3010)
• Madurai (8204)
• Mandsaur (6010)
• Mangalore (9008)
• Meerut (3011)
• Midnapur(4413)
• Mumbai (7204)
• Muzaffarpur (3205)
• Nagpur (7205)
• Nashik (7207)
• Panaji (7801)
• Patna (3206)
• Port Blair (4802)
• Pondicherry (8401)
• Pune (7208)
• Raipur (6204)
• Rajahmundry (8004)
• Rajkot (7006)
• Ranchi (4205)
• Rewa (6012)
• Sambalpur (4609)
• Shillong (5401)
• Shimla (1203)
• Silchar (5111)
• Sriganganagar (2408)
• Srinagar (1007)
• Srinagar (2004) (Uttarakhand)
• Surat (7007)
• Thiruvananthapuram (9211)
• Thrissur (9212)
• Tiruchirapalli (8206)
• Tirunelveli (8207)
• Tirupati (8006)
• Udaipur (2409),
• Vadodara (7002)
• Varanasi (3013)
• Vishakhapatnam (8007)

Contact Address for CPO (SI) Exam

• Address of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Head Office: Block Number 12 CGO Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, Delhi, India.
• Phone Number:  (11) 24363343 24360619
• Website of the Staff Service Commission: www.ssc.nic.in.

Coaching Centers for CPO (SI) Exam

• Apex Academy, Thenkashi
• Institute of career management, Surat
• Rachna ACA of Career Education, Surat

Reference Books for CPO (SI) Exam

• Book Title: SSC-CPO SI Exam Guide by RPH Editorial Board
• Ramesh SSC, CPO Sub Inspectors Exam Guide by RPH Editorial Board
• SSC CPO Practice Work Book (Paperback) by Kiran Prakashan
• SSC-CPO SI Exam Guide by RPH Editorial Board

Previous year Papers

Question papers of the preceding years can be got by means of these links:

• http://placementpapers.net/helpingroot/paper/SSC-CPO-Sub-Inspector-Exam-Solved-Paper-Held-on-060909
• http://www.indianshout.com/ssc-cpo-sub-inspector-exam-2008-solved-paper/1274
• http://ssc.nic.in/SSC.html
• http://sscexampapers.blogspot.com/2011/01/ssc-cpo-si-previous-year-model-practice.html

Study Plan

Students can begin their preparation early. They can read newspapers, listen to news channels and go for coaching classes. When preparing for the exams, students must guarantee that they understand what all questions will be asked. Besides this, they also need to families themselves with the pattern of the question paper. Model question papers for the SSC CPO SI exam can be got from all leading book stores as well as from the internet. In addition to reference books for this exam will also be available at affordable prices.

How and Where To Get the Results?

Results for the examination can be viewed by means of this website: http://ssc.nic.in/SSC.html

Cutoff marks:

Cut off marks for female candidates:

• Sc candidates: 105.75
• St Candidates: 105.75
• OBC candidates: 146.50
• Ex Service: 184.75
• PH:  184.7
• HH:  184.7
• VH:  184.7
• UR:  184.7

The total number of vacancies available for female candidates is 71.

Cut off marks for Male Candidates:

• SC: 65.25
• ST: 122.00
• OBC: 129.25
• Ex Service:  166.2
• PH:  166.2
• HH:  166.2
• VH:  166.2
• UR:  166.2

The total number of vacancies available for female candidates is 2204.

Score Validity for SSC Central Police Organisation Exam

The score of this examination is applicable until all the vacancies are filled or until the next exam is performed.