SSC CPO 2024 Exam Pattern For SI & ASI (Delhi Police, CAPFs) & CISF Posts

PST/ PET will not carry any marks but will be of qualifying/ elimination nature. Those candidates who are declared not qualified in Physical Standards, i.e. height and chest, may prefer an appeal, if they so desire, to the appellate authority present on the PET/ PST ground. The decision of the appellate authority will be final and no further appeal or representation in this regard will be entertained.

For male candidates

• 100 metre race in 16 seconds
• 1.6 Kms race in 6.5 minutes
• Long Jump: 3.65 metre in 3 chances
• High Jump: 1.2 metre in 3 chances
• Shot put (16 Lbs): 4.5 metre in 3 chance

For female candidates 

• 100 metre race in 18 seconds
• 800 metre race in 4 minutes
• Long Jump: 2.7 metre in 3 chances
• High Jump: 0.9 metre in 3 chances

Physical Standard Test (for all Posts)

Medical Exam

Medical exam is conducted for candidates who qualify the Paper 2 exam. Candidates are examined by the medical officer of the CAPF or any other Medical Officer or Assistant Surgeon belonging to Grade I of any Central/State Govt. Hospital or Dispensary. 

Eye sight: The minimum near vision should be N6 (better eye) and N9 (worse eye). The minimum distant vision should be 6/6 (better eye) and 6/9 (worse eye) of both eyes without any correction like wearing glasses or surgery of any kind to improve visual acuity. 

Candidates must not have knock-knee, flat foot, varicose vein, or squint in eyes and they should possess high colour vision.

Finally, selected candidates for the posts of Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspector as a part of the training curriculum have to pass seven obstacles:

• Jumping over the Vertical Board
• Holding the rope on jumping from the Board
• Tarzan Swing
• Jumping on the Horizontal Board
• Parallel Rope
• Monkey Crawl
• Vertical Rope

All candidates who register for the exam are required to appear in Paper-I. On the basis of their performance in Paper-I, candidates will be shortlisted for appearing in PET/ PST exam. PET/ PST is mandatory but qualifying in nature. Only those candidates who qualify PET/ PST will be allowed to appear in Paper-II exam. On the basis of their performance in Paper I and II, candidates will be shortlisted for appearing in Medical Examination. Candidates, who are successful in Medical Examination, will be called for detailed Document Verification. Final selection and allocation of Post/Force will be made on the basis of the performance of candidates in Paper I and II and the preference of posts given by them at the time of Document Verification.

SSC CPO syllabus comprises the following topics:

General Intelligence and Reasoning: Questions are asked from analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding, and decoding, etc. 

General Knowledge and General Awareness: The test include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, scientific Research, etc. 

Quantitative Aptitude: Questions are asked from whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion, Square
roots, Averages, Interest, Profit & Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds, etc. 

English Comprehension: This section assesses a candidate's ability to understand basic English, Comprehension & Writing Ability.