SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification Released
SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification was announced on the Staff Selection Commission’s official website for the recruitment of 4,187 vacancies of Sub Inspectors in Delhi Police and CAPFs on 4 March 2024. Candidates can find the SSC CPO Exam pattern, eligibility, application fee, notification PDF, direct link to apply and many other details here in this Veranda RACE blog post.
SSC CPO Exam
The SSC CPO Exam is conducted regularly by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) every year to recruit candidates for the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police and Sub Inspector in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
The SSC CPO Exam is a national-level examination conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to recruit young Indian candidates. This SSC CPO Exam is a remarkable opportunity for the SSC exam aspirants to join the Indian defence sector, particularly the Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). Government exam aspirants who wish to join the Indian defence sector can aim to crack this SSC CPO Exam.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Official Notification
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the SSC CPO Exam at regular intervals to recruit eligible Indian candidates for the posts of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
The SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification announcement for the recruitment to the posts of Sub Inspectors in Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) was released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on 4 March 2024 on its official SSC website. The SSC CPO Exam 2024 will be conducted for a total of 4,001 Sub Inspector vacancies.
The online registration for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 starts on 4 March 2024 and candidates can apply for this SSC CPO Exam 2024 until 28 March 2024 (11.00 PM).
Interested candidates fulfilling the required eligibility criteria such as the SSC CPO educational qualification, SSC CPO age limit, etc., for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 can apply online through this direct link:
Interested candidates and SSC exam aspirants who wish to apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 can start applying on SSC’s official website (https://ssc.gov.in/) from 4 March 2024. The last date to apply for this SSC CPO Exam 2024 for the recruitment of 4,001 Sub Inspector vacancies is 28 March 2024 (11.00 PM).
Candidates who wish to apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 can pay the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Application Fee only through online mode by using debit card/credit card/Internet Banking/UPI payments until 29 March 2024 (11.00 PM) as mentioned in the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification PDF.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Exam Overview
Eligible candidates and SSC exam aspirants who are interested and fulfil the eligibility criteria to apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 can find the comprehensive overview of the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification for the recruitment of 4,001 Sub Inspector vacancies in Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) below:
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Exam Overview | |
Organisation | Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
Recruitment Agency | Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
Exam Name | SSC CPO Exam 2024 |
Post | Sub Inspectors in the Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) |
SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification Release Date | 4 March 2024 |
Start Date of the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Online Application Registration | 4 March 2024 |
Last Date to Apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 | 28 March 2024 (11.00 PM) |
Last Date for Online Fee Payment for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 | 29 March 2024 (11.00 PM) |
SSC CPO Exam 2024 (Paper I Exam) | 9, 10 & 13 May 2024 |
SSC CPO Exam 2024 (Paper II Exam) | To be announced later |
Declaration of SSC CPO Exam 2024 Final Results | To be announced later |
Total SSC CPO Exam 2024 Recruitment Vacancies | 4,001 |
Category | Central Government Job |
Exam Selection Process | Four Phases: Paper I Computer-Based Exam Physical Standard Test (PST) / Physical Efficiency Test (PET) Paper II Computer-Based Exam Detailed Medical Examination |
Official Website | https://ssc.gov.in/ |
SSC CPO Exam 2024: No. of Vacancies
The Staff Selection Commission released the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Recruitment Notification for 4,001 Sub Inspector vacancies in the Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on its official website on 4 March 2024. This SSC CPO Exam 2024 conducted by the SSC is mainly conducted for the direct recruitment of 4,001 vacancies of Sub Inspectors (Executives) in the Delhi Police and Sub-Inspectors (General Duty) in the Central Armed Police Forces in 2024.
SSC CPO Exam 2024 – Sub-Inspector (Exe.) in Delhi Police (Male) | ||||||
Details | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | Total |
Open | 45 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 101 |
Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 |
Ex-Servicemen (Special Category) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 |
Departmental Candidates | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Total | 56 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 125 |
SSC CPO Exam 2024 – Sub-Inspector (Exe.) in Delhi Police (Female) | ||||||
Details | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | Total |
Total | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 61 |
SSC CPO Exam 2024 – Sub-Inspector (GD) in CAPFs | |||||||||
CAPFs | Gender | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total | Grand Total | ESM @ 10% |
BSF | Male | 342 | 85 | 229 | 127 | 64 | 847 | 892 | 90 |
Female | 18 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 45 | |||
CISF | Male | 583 | 144 | 388 | 215 | 107 | 1437 | 1597 | 160 |
Female | 65 | 16 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 160 | |||
CRPF | Male | 451 | 111 | 301 | 167 | 83 | 1113 | 1172 | 117 |
Female | 24 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 59 | |||
ITBP | Male | 81 | 25 | 83 | 35 | 13 | 237 | 278 | 28 |
Female | 14 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 41 | |||
SSB | Male | 36 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 62 | 6 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
Total | Male | 1493 | 371 | 1010 | 547 | 272 | 3693 | 4001 | 401 |
Female | 121 | 31 | 87 | 46 | 23 | 308 |
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Eligibility Criteria
Eligible candidates who are interested in applying for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 for the recruitment to the post of 4,0001 Sub Inspector vacancies in Delhi Police and the CAPFs should fulfill the following eligibility criteria to apply or register online.
The eligibility criteria for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 include the SSC CPO Educational Qualification, SSC CPO Age Limit, etc., which are discussed below in detail in this Veranda RACE blog post as required by the Staff Selection Commission in its SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification PDF released on 4 March 2024:
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Nationality / Citizenship
Candidates who wish to apply online for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 must be a citizen of India (or) a subject of Nepal (or) a subject of Bhutan.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Educational Qualification
Candidates who submit their online application for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 must have completed a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university or equivalent.
The official date for determining the eligibility of candidates with respect to educational qualification for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 shall be 1 August 2024 according to the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification PDF.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Educational Qualification | |
Name of the Post | Required Qualification |
Sub Inspector in the Delhi Police and CAPFs | Bachelor’s degree recognised university or equivalent |
For the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police (Male candidates only):
Male candidates applying for the post of Sub Inspector (Executive) in Delhi Police must possess a valid Driving License for LMV (Motorcycle and Car) on the date fixed for Physical Endurance and Measurement Tests (PE&MT) to be eligible for the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police. The male candidates who do not have a Valid Driving License for LMV (Motorcycle and Car) are eligible for the post of Sub Inspector in CAPFs only.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Age Limit
Interested candidates who are applying for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 for the recruitment of Sub Inspectors in Delhi Police and the CAPFs should be between 20 years and 25 years. The SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification PDF states that candidates born not earlier than 2 August 1999 and not later than 1 August 2004 (both days inclusive) are only eligible to apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024.
The official cut-off date for determining the eligibility of all candidates with respect to age limit in every respect for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 shall be 1 August 2024.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Age Limit | |
Minimum Age | 20 years |
Maximum Age | 25 years |
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Age Relaxation
Candidates who seek age relaxation based on their categories can take note of the following table when they apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 for 4,001 Sub Inspector vacancies in Delhi Police and the CAPFs:
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Age Relaxation | |
Category | Age Relaxation |
Scheduled Castes (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST) | 5 Years |
Other Backward Classes (OBC – Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 Years |
Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date |
For the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police | |
Widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and who are not remarried | Up to 35 years of age |
Widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and who are not remarried (SC/ST) | Up to 40 years of age |
For Departmental Candidates of Delhi Police against the vacancies of Delhi Police only | |
Departmental candidates (UR) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date | Up to 30 years of age |
Departmental candidates (OBC) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date | Up to 33 years of age |
Departmental candidates (SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date | Up to 35 years of age |
Candidates seeking age relaxation for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 are required to submit copies of the necessary certificate(s) for verification to the SSC at the time of the SSC CPO Certificate Verification and/or any subsequent stage of the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Recruitment Process.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Selection Process
The 4,001 Sub Inspector vacancies in Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) announced on 4 March through the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Recruitment Notification PDF will be filled through the following stages mentioned below.
The selection process for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 will consist of the following four phases:
- SSC CPO Paper I Exam (Computer-Based Exam)
- SSC CPO Physical Endurance Test (PET)/Physical Standard Test (PST)
- SSC CPO Paper II Exam (Computer-Based Exam)
- Detailed Medical Exam (DME)
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Application Fee
The online application fee for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 is mentioned below in the table for the reference of the eligible candidates:
SSC CPO Exam 2024 – Online Application Fee | |
Category | Exam Fee |
Women/SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen | Fee Exempted |
All other categories | ₹ 100 (including GST) |
Candidates (Except Women/SC/ST/Ex-servicemen candidates) are required to pay a fee of ₹ 100 only using online payment either by Internet banking facility of any bank or by using Credit/Debit Card/UPI payments. The last date for the payment of the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Online Application Fee is 29 March 2024 (11.00 PM).
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Paper I Exam Pattern
The SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024 consists of an online objective test with a total of 200 questions for 200 marks. This SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024 will have 4 sections — General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English Comprehension.
This SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024 will be conducted for a total duration of 120 minutes or 2 hours. The SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024 is set to be conducted by the SSC tentatively on 9, 10 and 13 My 2024 according to the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification PDF.
SSC CPO Exam 2024 – Paper I Exam Pattern | |||
Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 120 minutes / 2 hours |
General Knowledge and General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
English Comprehension | 50 | 50 | |
Total | 200 | 200 |
The questions in this SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024 will be of objective type with alternative choices. Questions will be in Hindi and English in Parts I, II and III of Paper I.
There will be a penalty for wrong answers in this SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024. Every wrong answer in the SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024 will carry a deduction of one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question (0.25 marks). If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question. Marks scored by the candidates in the Paper I Computer-Based Examination will be normalised using the formulae published by the SSC. These normalised scores will be used to determine the final merit and cut off marks.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Paper II Exam Pattern
The SSC CPO Paper II Exam 2024 consists of an online objective test with a total of 200 questions for 200 marks.
This SSC CPO Paper II Exam 2024 will be conducted for a total duration of two hours or 120 minutes. The dates for the SSC CPO Paper II Exam 2024, conducted by the SSC, will be announced later.
SSC CPO Exam 2024 – Paper II Exam Pattern | |||
Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
English Language & Comprehension | 200 | 200 | 120 minutes |
Total | 200 | 200 | 120 minutes / 2 hours |
There will be a penalty for wrong answers in this SSC CPO Paper II Exam 2024. Every wrong answer in the SSC CPO Paper II Exam 2024 will carry a deduction of one-fourth of the marks (0.25 marks) assigned to that particular question.
SSC CPO Exam 2024: Exam Centres
The SSC CPO Exam 2024 will be conducted in the following exam centres as mentioned in the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification PDF:
S No. | Examination Centres & Centre Code | SSC Region and States/UTs under the jurisdiction of the Region |
1 | Agra (3001), Prayagraj (3003), Bareilly (3005), Gorakhpur (3007), Jhansi (3008), Kanpur (3009), Lucknow (3010), Meerut (3011), Varanasi (3013), Sitapur(3019), Bhagalpur (3201), Gaya (3203), Muzzaffarpur (3205), Patna (3206), Purnea (3209) | Central Region (CR) / Bihar and Uttar Pradesh |
2 | Port Blair (4802), Ranchi (4205), Bhubaneshwar (4604), Kolkata (4410) | Eastern Region (ER) / Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal |
3 | Bengaluru (9001), Belagavi (9002), Hubballi (9011), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) (9005), Mangaluru (9008), Mysuru (9009), Shivamogga (9010), Udupi (9012), Thiruvananthapuram (9211), Kollam (9210), Kottayam (9205), Kozhikode (9206), Thrissur (9212), Kavaratti(9401) | Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR) / Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala |
4 | Delhi NCR (2201), Ajmer (2401), Bikaner (2404), Jaipur (2405), Jodhpur (2406), Udaipur (2409), Sikar (2411), Dehradun (2002), Haldwani (2003), Roorkee (2006) | Northern Region (NR) / Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand |
5 | Itanagar (5001), Dibrugarh (5102), Guwahati (Dispur) (5105), Jorhat (5107), Silchar (5111), Kohima (5302), Shillong (5401), Imphal (5501), Agartala (5601), Aizwal (5701) | North Eastern Region (NER) / Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura |
6 | Guntur (8001), Kurnool (8003), Rajahmundry (8004), Tirupati (8006), Visakhapatnam (8007), Vijayawada (8008), Kakinada (8009), Nellore (8010), Chirala (8011), Vizianagaram (8012), Chennai (8201), Coimbatore (8202), Madurai (8204), Salem (8205), Tiruchirapalli (8206), Tirunelveli (8207), Vellore (8208), Puducherry (8401), Hyderabad (8601), Warangal (8603), Karimnagar (8604) | Southern Region (SR) / Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana |
7 | Ahmedabad (7001), Vadodara (7002), Rajkot (7006), Surat (7007), Mumbai (7204), Pune (7208), Amravati (7201), Nagpur (7205), Aurangabad (7202), Kolhapur (7203), Panaji (7801) | Western Region (WR) / Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra |
8 | Bhopal (6001), Gwalior (6005), Indore (6006), Jabalpur (6007), Satna (6014), Sagar (6015), Ujjain (6016), Bilaspur (6202), Raipur (6204), Durg-Bhilai (6205) | Madhya Pradesh Region (MPR) / Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh |
9 | Jammu (1004), Leh (1005), Srinagar (1007), Samba (1010), Hamirpur (1202), Shimla (1203), Bathinda(1401), Jalandhar (1402), Amritsar (1404), Mohali (1406), Chandigarh (1601) | North Western Region (NWR) / Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab |
FAQs for SSC CPO Exam 2024
1. When does the online exam application window for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 open?
The online exam application window to register for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 will be opened on 4 March 2024 on the SSC official website. Candidates can find the direct link to register online for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 on the Veranda RACE website. They can apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 until 28 March 2024 (11.00 PM).
2. How many vacancies were announced through the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Recruitment Notification?
The recently released SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Recruitment Notification PDF announced 4,001 Sub Inspector vacancies in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to be recruited through the SSC CPO Exam 2024.
3. How many stages are there in the SSC CPO Exam 2024?
There are four stages — SSC CPO Paper I Exam 2024, SSC Physical Standard Test (PST)/Physical Endurance Test (PET), SSC CPO Paper II Exam 2024 and the SSC CPO Detailed Medical Examination 2024 — in the upcoming SSC CPO Exam 2024 selection process.
4. When is the last date to apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024?
The last date to apply for the SSC CPO Exam 2024 is 28 March 2024 (11.00 PM). The online payments for the SSC CPO Exam Online Application Fee can be paid until 29 March 2024 (11.00 PM) according to the SSC CPO Exam 2024 Official Notification PDF.
5. What are the exam centres available in Tamil Nadu for the SSC CPO Exam 2024?
The exam centres will be available in the following cities in Tamil Nadu for the SSC CPO Exam 2024: Chennai (8201), Coimbatore (8202), Madurai (8204), Salem (8205), Tiruchirapalli (8206), Tirunelveli (8207) and Vellore (8208).
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