SSC CPO Cut-off
Published on Oct 17, 2020
The CPO examination will be conducted soon and the notification for the same are expected soon on the official website. The students who are aspiring to work as a Sub-Inspector for the various forces of Centre can check the latest exam pattern and previous year cut-off prescribed by the commission to give an edge to their preparation.
SSC CPO Exam Pattern
The examination of the SSC CPO is conducted in four tiers viz Tier 1, Tier 2, and physical test. The candidates can check the exam pattern of the SSC CPO from the tables given below:
SSC CPO TIER 1
Tier 1 will be a computer-based test and will contain four subjects. The students will get 1 mark for a correct answer while there will be a negative marking of 0.25 per wrong answer. The students will have to qualify the Tier 1 examination to appear for the Tier 2 examinations.
Subjects
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Maximum Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Duration
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60 minutes
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General English
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50
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50
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Quantitative Aptitude
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50
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50
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Reasoning Ability
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50
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50
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General Awareness
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50
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50
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SSC CPO TIER 2
TIER 2 will be a computer-based test and will contain one subject. The students will get 1 mark for a correct answer while there will be a negative marking of 0.25 per wrong answer.
Subjects
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Maximum Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Duration
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General English
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200
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200
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2 hours
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SSC CPO Previous year Cut-offs
The examination will be conducted for two papers viz Paper 1 and Paper 2 and the cut-offs of the same has been released by the SSC. The cut-off of Paper 1 and Paper 2 are released separately for the students. The students who clear Paper 1 are allowed to appear for Paper 2. The overall CPO cut-off analysis over the years for both the papers are given below.
Paper 1
This paper has 4 subjects and the total marks allotted to the paper are 200. The cut-off of Paper 1 is different over the years, the students appearing for the year 2019 are as follows.
Category
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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General
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89.75
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117.25
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140.08
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104.12
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EWS
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91.72
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OBC
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77.00
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102.00
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133.36
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97.78
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SC
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67.75
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90.25
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111.17
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75.45
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ST
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67.25
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90.00
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111.17
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73.59
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Paper 1+2
Tie final selection of the students under the CPO cadre is made by combining the overall marks for Paper 1 and Paper 2. The students can check the overall cut-off form space below.
Category
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2016
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2017
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2018
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General
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285
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293
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300
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OBC
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263
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271
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196
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SC
|
214
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230
|
190
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ST
|
209
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217
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171
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