SSC CPO
Complete preparation roadmap with study materials and success strategies
Exam Overview
Eligibility Criteria
20–25 years (as on cut-off, e.g. August 1, 2025)
Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from recognized university (as on closing date)
Indian citizen, or as per official SSC rules (Nepal/Bhutan, PIO/OCI as notified)
OBC (+3 yrs), SC/ST (+5 yrs), Ex-SM (+3 years after service); Government employees and others as per notice
Height (male: 170 cm, female: 157 cm; relaxations for certain categories); chest (males: 80 cm unexpanded, 5 cm expansion); weight proportionate to height/age.
Application Process
Online at ssc.nic.in (no offline forms).
Dates for 2025 (example): Notification: January 6, 2025
January 6–February 4, 2025; Fee payment by February 5
February 8–9, 2025
₹100 for General/OBC/EWS male; No fee for SC/ST/Women/Ex-SM. Payment via UPI, Net Banking, SBI e-challan
(1) Register on SSC portal, (2) Complete form (personal, academic), (3) Select post (SI in Delhi Police, CAPFs), (4) Upload photo/signature, (5) Fee payment, (6) Submit and save acknowledgment
Photo, signature, degree, caste/PwD/EWS/Ex-SM certificates if applicable, NOC for department candidates.
Total Applicants
2023: ~9,78,000 registered;
2022: ~7,95,000;
2021: ~7,59,000;
Final attendance drops to 60–70% at CBT/PET stage.
Cutoff Analysis
Success Rate Analysis
Similar, with 5–7% PET qualification, <1% final appointment.
~7.95 lakh applied, ~54,000 PET-qualified (6.7%), ~7,100 appointed.
~9.78 lakh applied, ~60,000 qualified PET (6%), ~7,400 finally selected (0.75%)
Previous Year Trends
Maths had more application-based questions; English comprehension slightly lengthier. Consistent: Reasoning remains high-scoring; PET fails ~35% (mainly due to running/time).
More current affairs in GK, modest increase in cutoffs due to higher attendance post-COVID.
Paper 2 English tougher than 2022; Reasoning saw more distractions; Delhi Police posts most in demand; high female participation.
Subject Breakdown
- Paper 1•*
- •Reasoning: 50 Q/50 M (~25%)
- •Series/Analogy/Coding-Decoding/Puzzle: ~40%
- •Direction, Venn, Syllogism, Odd One Out: ~40%
- •Non-Verbal, Matrix, Miscellaneous: ~20%
- •General Awareness: 50 Q/50 M (~25%)
- •Current Affairs: ~30%
- •Polity/History/Geo/Eco: ~50%
- •Science/Sports/Static: ~20%
- •Mathematics: 50 Q/50 M (~25%)
- •Arithmetic: ~40%
- •Algebra/Geometry: ~20%
- •Mensuration/DI: ~20%
- •Number System/Misc: ~20%
- •English: 200 Q/200 M
- •Comprehension (RC, Cloze): ~25%
- •Grammar (Error spotting/improvement): ~30%
- •Vocab/Para Jumbles/One Word: ~25%
- •Rearrangement/Spelling: ~20%
- Paper 2•*
- •Reading/Passages: ~25%
- •Grammar/Error Identification: ~35%
- •Vocab, Cloze Test, Synonyms/Antonyms, Idioms: ~40%
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