Tier-II will include conducting of Paper-I & Paper-II in separate shift(s)/ day(s). 

Paper-I is compulsory for all the posts. Paper-II will be for only those candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Statistical Investigator Grade-II in the office of Registrar General of India (M/o Home Affairs) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for these Posts. 

The “Data Entry Speed Test” (DEST) Skill Test will be conducted for a passage of about 2000 (two thousand) key depressions for a duration of 15 (fifteen) minutes. Detailed instructions regarding Skill Test will be provided by the Regional Offices of the Commission. Information about evaluation of Typing Test/DEST is available on the Commission’s new website https://ssc.gov.in („For Candidates‟).

The SSC CGL (Combined Graduate Level) exam is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for recruiting candidates for various Group B and Group C posts in government departments. To be eligible, a candidate must have a bachelor's degree, and the age limit varies by post, typically between 18 and 32 years. The exam is multi-tiered, usually consisting of a Tier-I (preliminary) and a Tier-II (main) computer-based test, followed by a skill/document verification test. 

The SSC CGL exam has a Tier 1 qualifying computer-based test and a Tier 2 multi-paper exam. Tier 1 consists of 100 multiple-choice questions across four sections—General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Comprehension—for 200 marks, with a 60-minute time limit and a penalty of 0.5 marks for each incorrect answer. Tier 2 includes multiple papers, with Paper I being compulsory for all posts and other papers being post-specific.