SSC CGL — last-minute checklist
Built from the SSC Combined Graduate Level (Tier 1) records on our exam tracker. Every date carries its source tier: official (the conducting body's own site), reported (a secondary source — verify it) or expected (a typical-cycle estimate, not an announcement). Your admit card and the official notice always win.
🎯 Exam day
Next exam day: 25 Sept (expected) — 11 days to go. Source ↗
Tracker row: Tier 1 Exam (expected)
- 🕘 Timings / reporting, tracker row for 25 Sept (expected): Tentatively scheduled for September-October 2026; exact dates to be announced separately; no answer key published for this stage · no key published for this stage
🎒 What to carry
- Admit card (hall ticket / call letter), printed — the instructions printed on it override anything on this page
- Original photo ID with the same name as your admit card (Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID, passport or driving licence — your admit card lists which it accepts); a photocopy alone is not enough
- Leave your phone, smartwatch, earphones and other electronic gadgets at home or outside — they are not allowed in the exam hall, and do not count on a cloakroom at the centre
- Reporting time and gate-closing time are printed on your admit card — late entry is refused, so plan to reach well before
- Passport-size photographs, if your admit card asks for them — use the same photo you uploaded in the application
- Pen and rough sheet: computer-based tests generally provide them at the centre — carry your own only if your admit card says so
- Transparent water bottle, sanitiser or a simple wrist watch: allowed at some exams and banned at others — check your admit card before you pack
- Using a scribe or compensatory time? Carry the certificate and the scribe's own photo ID in the format your admit card or notice asks for
✅ true of every exam hall · 🔎 varies by exam — check your admit card or notice. The night before: no new topics, and sleep.
🎫 Admit card
Tier 1 Admit Card (expected): 20 Sept (expected)
From the tracker row: Admit cards typically released 3-7 days before exam; actual date not yet announced
📝 Exam pattern on our records
SSC Combined Graduate Level (Tier 1)
100 questions, 200 marks, 60 minutes
Marking: +2 per correct answer, −0.5 per wrong answer
Subjects on our syllabus
- General Intelligence and Reasoning
- General Awareness
- Quantitative Aptitude
- English Comprehension
Languages: English, Hindi
Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam — Tier 1 is a 60-minute objective test with 100 questions across Reasoning, GK, Quant, and English.
Patterns can change between cycles — this cycle's official notice is final.
🔑 After the paper
- Answer key: not announced yet
- Result: 15 Nov (expected)
- Next stage — Tier 2 Exam (expected): 20 Dec (expected) Source ↗
🔗 Official portal and useful links
Official portal: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) ↗
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