SSC CPO 2025 Notification
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The SSC CPO exam is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for the recruitment of Sub-Inspectors (SI) in various central police forces like the Delhi Police, Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and others. This prestigious exam offers an opportunity to work in law enforcement and security forces. The SSC CPO exam is held in multiple stages, including a Computer-Based Test (CBT), Physical Standard Test (PST), Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Paper II, and a Medical Examination. Candidates are tested on General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and General Awareness, English, and Quantitative Aptitude. Successful candidates are selected for various officer-level posts in prestigious paramilitary and police organizations across India, offering a stable and rewarding career in the security sector. Explore this page below for the more information like exam dates, paper pattern, syllabus and other information related to the SSC CPO 2025-26 exam.
Important dates of SSC CPO 2025
| Notification date for SSC CPO | 16th May 2025 |
| SSC CPO application opening date | 16th May 2025 |
| SSC CPO application closing date (last date) | 14th June 2025 |
| Admit card release date for SSC CPO exam | Tentatively in July 2025 |
| Exam date for SSC CPO Paper I | July 2025 or August 2025 |
Application fee for SSC CPO
- Application fee for Women/SC/ST/Ex-servicemen/PWD candidates :: Rs. 0
- Fee for other remaining candidates :: Rs. 100
SSC CPO Selection Process 2025
- Paper I
- PST(Physical Standard Test)/PET(Physical Endurance Test)
- Paper II
- DME(Detailed Medical Examination)
SSC CPO Paper 1 exam pattern 2025
| Subjects | Number of Questions | Maximum marks | Time duration (Composite time) |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 2 hours (120 minutes) |
| General Knowledge and General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
| English Comprehension | 50 | 50 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
SSC CPO Syllabus 2025
SSC CPO General Intelligence and Reasoning Syllabus 2025 ::
- Analogy
- Meaningful order of words
- Blood Relation
- Coding Decoding
- Number series
- Numeric / Symbolic Operations
- Arithmetic
- Syllogism
- Venn Diagrams
- Visual Reasoning (Cube, Dice, Missing Figure, Mirror and Water Image, Paper cutting and folding, Figure Series, Missing numbers in Figure, Embedded and Hidden figures etc.)
- Letter and alphabetical series
- Seating Arrangement
- Odd out
- Direction
- Order and ranking
SSC CPO General Knowledge and General Awareness Syllabus 2025 ::
- Technology and Scientific Research
- Sports
- Geography
- Art and Culture of Indian states/UT’s
- Important dates and days
- History
- General Science
- Book and author
- Current Affairs
- Political Science
- Economy
SSC CPO Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus 2025 ::
- Algebra
- Geometry (Polygons, Sphere, Circle, Triangle, Hemisphere, Cylinder, Prism, Cone, Quadrilaterals etc.)
- Pipe and Cistern
- Data Interpretation (Line graph, Bar graph, Pie Chart, Caselet etc.)
- Percentage
- Time and work
- Simplification
- LCM and HCF
- Interest (simple and compound interest)
- Profit, Loss and Discount
- Average
- Number system
- Trigonometry
- Ages
- Speed Distance and Time
- Partnership
- Ratio and Proportion
SSC CPO English Comprehension Syllabus 2025 ::
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- One word substitution
- Sentence and phrase substitution
- Fill in the Blanks
- Spelling error (wrong spelling)
- Idioms and Phrases
- Error detection
- Cloze Test
- Passage
- Improvement of Sentence
SSC CPO PST/PET
SSC CPO Paper 2 exam pattern
| Subjects | Number of Questions | Maximum marks | Time duration |
| English language & Comprehension | 200 | 200 | 2 hours (120 minutes) |
SSC CPO DME
Q. Is there any negative marking in SSC CPO paper 1 and paper 2?
Answer :: Yes, 0.25 is the negative marking for each wrong answer in SSC CPO paper 1 and paper 2.
Q. What is the time duration of SSC CPO Paper 1?
Answer :: The time duration of SSC CPO Paper 1 is 2 hours.
Q. What is the exam date of SSC CPO 2025 Paper 1?
Answer :: As per the official calendar, SSC CPO Paper 1 examination is scheduled in July/August 2025..
Q. How many marks contain each correctly answered question in SSC CPO paper 1 exam 2025?
Answer : In SSC CPO paper 1 exam 2025, each correctly answered question contains 1 mark.
Q. Is there any sectional cutoff in SSC CPO paper 1 examination 2025?
Answer : No, There is not any sectional cutoff in SSC CPO paper 1 exam 2025.
Q. How many questions asked in SSC CPO paper 1 exam 2025?
Answer :: There are a total of 200 questions in SSC CPO paper 1 exam 2025.
Q. Is there any sectional timing in SSC CPO paper 1 exam 2025?
Answer : No, There is not any sectional timing in SSC CPO paper 1 exam 2025.