SSC CGL: Eligibility

The eligibility portion for all the jobs has been divided into three different parts for easy understanding. Some of the requirements below are for specific jobs, which may or may not be mandatory for other job profiles.

1: Educational Qualifications

The basic qualification required for giving the SSC-CGL exam is the graduation certificate, of any course, from any recognised university or college.

Specific requirements (Desired) for specific profiles:

Assistant Audit/Accounts Officer: CA, CS, CMA, master’s in commerce, Business Studies, Business Administration (Finance) or Economics.

Statistical Officer or Investigator: Statistics must be the core subject of the candidate in graduation.

2: Age Limit (Post-Wise)

Department	Age Limit	Posts
CSS	20-30 year	Assistant Section Officer
Intelligence Bureau	Not exceeding 30 Year	Assistant Section Officer
Directorate of Enforcement	Department of Revenue - Up to 30 years	Assistant Enforcement Officer
M/o of Statistics & Prog. Implementation	Up to 32 years	Junior Statistical Office
NIA	Up to 30 years	Sub Inspector
CBI	20-30 years	Sub Inspector
Narcotics	18-25 years	Sub Inspector
CBEC	20-27 years	Tax Assistant
Other departments	18-27 years	All other posts

3: Physical Status

Specific physical standards are required for 3 Departments only:

In CBN (Central Bureau of Narcotics) for the post of Central Excise/ Examiner, Preventive Officer, Inspector & Sub-Inspector:

	Male	Female
Height	157.5 cm	152 cm
Height Relaxable	5 cm in the case of Garwalis, Assamese, Gorkhas and members of Scheduled Tribes.	2.5 cm
Cycling Minutes	8 Km in 30 minutes	3 km in 25

In CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) and NIA (National Investigation Agency) for the post of Sub-Inspector:

Items	Male	Female
Height	165 cm (SI in CBI 170 cm (SI in NIA)	150 cm
Height Relaxable	5 cm in the case of Hills men and Tribals.	2.5 cm
Chest	76 cm with expansion	NA
Vision	Distant Vision: 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in another	Near Vision: 0.6 in one eye and 0.8 in another eye

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