SSC CPO Exam Pattern

 SSC CPO examination has four different phases that a candidate has to clear in order to get selected for various posts Central Police Organisation.

SSC CPO Paper I is an objective type Multiple Choice Question paper. The Physical Eligibility Test or PET/PST is conducted to ensure that a candidate is physically fit to be a part of the nation’s police force.

SSC CPO Paper II is a descriptive English Comprehension Test to check candidates’ understanding of English Language while the Medical Test is conducted to check that the candidate is able-bodied.

The four stages of SSC CPO exam pattern are as follows.

1. Paper I
2. Physical Test
3. Paper-II
4. Medical Examination

Detailed SSC CPO Exam Pattern is as mentioned below:

SSC CPO Paper Pattern – Paper I

Subject	Marks	Duration
General Intelligence & Reasoning	50	02 hours
General Knowledge & Awareness	50
Quantitative Aptitude	50
English Comprehension	50

SSC CPO Paper Pattern – Paper II

Subject	Marks	Duration
English Language & Comprehension	200	02 hours

SSC releases detailed exam pattern and syllabus of the Central Police Organisation on SSC CPO Official Notification. candidates can go through the link for relevant information.

SSC CPO PET/PST Test Pattern

Candidates	Male		Female
	Height	Chest (Expanded/Un-expanded)	Height	Chest
General	170	80/85	157	NA
Belonging to Hilly regions & areas of J&K, North East & Sikkim	165	80/85	155
Scheduled Tribes	162.5	77/82	154

Both Male and Female candidates have to qualify the PET test. Some important points on the same are given below:

SSC CPO PET Test Qualifications
Male Candidates	Female candidates
100 metre race – 16 seconds 1.6 Km Race in – 6.5 minutes Long Jump: 3.65 metres – 5 chances High Jump: 1.2 metres – 3 chances Short put 16 LBS: 4.5 metres – 3 chances	100 metre race – 18 second 800 metre race – 4 minutes Long Jump: 2.7 metres or 9 feet – 3 chances High Jump: 0.9 metres or 3 feet – 3 chances SSC CPO Medical Test

To know the latest pattern and syllabus of other examinations held by the Selection Commission visit the SSC Exam pattern page.

Salient points about SSC CPO Exam Pattern:

• As mentioned in the SSC CPO Exam Pattern, questions in both papers will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type.
• Questions will be set in Hindi and English in Parts-I, II and III of Paper-I.
• There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I & Paper-II.
• The Staff Selection Commission reserves the rights of altering the exam pattern.
• As per the SSC CPO exam pattern, the Physical test and Medical Exams are to be conducted only after a successful score in Paper I & II. This is to ensure that the candidate is perfectly fit for the applied post.
• The physical test is done to determine the basic physical structure of the candidate like height, chest, etc.
• Medical Exam is done to verify certain aspects like fitness, vision, flat foot, knock knee, squint eyes, etc. to ensure that is free from all sorts of deformities that would hinder the efficiency during the duties.

The criteria for the Medical Test is given below:

• Minimum Near Vision: (better eye)-N6  and (worse eye) N9
• Minimum Distant Vision: (better eye) 6/6  and (worse eye) 6/9
• Must not have a flat foot, varicose vein, knock knee, or squint in eyes
• Eye standards should be without visual correction of any kind even by glasses.