The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination is conducted to recruit candidates for various Group B and Group C posts in the government. The Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO) is one such post included in the SSC CGL exam.
The SSC CGL examination is a four-tier exam, and the AAO post falls under the Tier-II stage. Here is an overview of the exam pattern for the SSC CGL Tier-II examination for the Assistant Accounts Officer:
Tier-II Exam Pattern for Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO):
- Paper-I: Quantitative Abilities
- Duration: 2 hours
- Total Marks: 200
- Questions: 100 (each question carrying 2 marks)
- Negative Marking: 0.50 marks for each wrong answer
- Paper-II: English Language and Comprehension
- Duration: 2 hours
- Total Marks: 200
- Questions: 200 (each question carrying 1 mark)
- Negative Marking: 0.25 marks for each wrong answer
- Paper-III: Statistics (only for AAO)
- Duration: 2 hours
- Total Marks: 200
- Questions: 100 (each question carrying 2 marks)
- Negative Marking: 0.50 marks for each wrong answer
- Paper-IV: General Studies (Finance and Economics) (only for AAO)
- Duration: 2 hours
- Total Marks: 200
- Questions: 100 (each question carrying 2 marks)
- Negative Marking: 0.50 marks for each wrong answer
Syllabus for Paper-III (Statistics) and Paper-IV (General Studies – Finance and Economics):
Paper-III: Statistics
- Collection and Representation of Data
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Dispersion
- Moments, Skewness, and Kurtosis
- Correlation and Regression
- Probability and Probability Distribution
- Sampling Theory
- Statistical Inference
Paper-IV: General Studies (Finance and Economics)
- Finance and Accounting
- Economics and Governance
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Candidates preparing for the Assistant Accounts Officer post should focus on these specific subjects mentioned in Paper-III and Paper-IV. Additionally, candidates are advised to refer to the official SSC CGL notification and syllabus for the most accurate and up-to-date information.
