SSC CGL realeased its new exam pattern . The number of questions has been reduced from 200 to 100. Each of the four sections will consist 25 questions each of 2 marks with a negative of 0.5 marks. The duration of the Tier-I exam will be 75 minutes. Tier-I and Tier-II will be Computer Based Tests. There is no change in the exam pattern of Tier-II.

Instead of interview, SSC CGL Tier-III (of 100 marks) has been inducted which will require candidates to write Essay/Precis/Letter /Application in either English or Hindi. There will be no sectional cut-offs but a candidate will have to qualify all the three phases i.e. Tier-I, Tier-II, and Tier-III.