SSC CGL Mains is conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC). It is a CBT (Computer Based Test) exam consisting of 100 questions for 200 marks with a duration of 120 minutes.
There is a negative marking of 0.5 per wrong answer. The minimum qualifying score is Varies by post and category.
| Section | Questions | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| Collection, Classification & Presentation of Data | 7 | 7% |
| Measures of Central Tendency | 9 | 9% |
| Measures of Dispersion | 8 | 8% |
| Moments, Skewness & Kurtosis | 7 | 7% |
| Correlation & Regression | 11 | 11% |
| Probability Theory | 9 | 9% |
| Random Variables & Probability Distributions | 11 | 11% |
| Sampling Theory | 8 | 8% |
| Statistical Inference | 13 | 13% |
| Analysis of Variance | 5 | 5% |
| Time Series Analysis | 6 | 6% |
| Index Numbers | 6 | 6% |
| Total | 100 | 100% |
