SSC CGL Answer Key 2021 | Check Tier I Paper Solutions

SSC CGL Answer Key: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts numerous recruitments drives for various positions across the organizations. Under SSC, Combined Graduate Level (CGL) is one such position that has a lot of demand as it has many growth opportunities.

Currently, the SSC CGL Recruitment has begun, and SSC CGL Tier I Exam for 2020-21 is going to take place between 29 May 2021 and 07 June 2021. Here in this blog, we have provided complete details regarding SSC CGL Answer Key and how to download Tier I Paper Solutions.

Go through the blog to get more information regarding the Tier I Answer key and raising an objection.

SSC CGL Answer Key 2018-19

Candidates can get their answer key by clicking on the link provided on the official site of SSC. Applicants who had appeared for the SSC CGL Exam can also check their paper solutions on the official website.

Check the below schedule to know when the answer keys would be released for Tier I and Tier II:

SSC CGL 2019	Important Dates
Date of Tier I Exam	04 to 13 Jun 2019
Availability of unofficial SSC CGL 2019 Tier I Answer Key	After exam
Release date of official answer key (Expected)	June 26, 2019
Last date to log in and view answer key, response sheet, submit representations	5-6 days since issuance
Declaration of SSC CGL Tier I Result (Expected)	Aug / Sep 2019
Date of Tier II exam	11 to 13 Sep 2019
Release date of official answer key for Tier II (Expected)	Sep / Oct 2019

SSC CGL Answer Key 2019-20

Candidates can check important dates of answer key related to SSC CGL for Tier I 2019-20 below:

SSC CGL Exam Events	SSC CGL Exam Dates
Tier-I 2020 exam	03-Mar-2020 to 09-Mar-2020
Provisional tier-I answer key	15-Mar-2020
Objections against Tier-I answer key	16-Mar-2020 to 21-Mar-2020 (till 11:00 AM)
Final Tier-I answer key	07-Jul-2020
Tier-I Result 2020	01-Jul-2020
Tier-II 2020 Exam	15-Nov-2020 to 18-Nov-2020
Tier-II answer key	27-Nov-2020

Candidates can also get the SSC CGL answer key for all day, all shifts, from the official websites.

Steps to Check SSC CGL Answer Key

Here are simple steps to download your answer key for SSC CGL Tier I exam.

Step 1: Visit the official website of the SSC or click on the above link

Step 2: Then click on the answer key link in the topmost menu.

Step 3: Once on the page containing all the latest SSC answer keys, click on the link for answer Key, challenges for Combined Graduate Level exam.

Step 4: This leads to a PDF file containing notification of the answer key release.

Step 5: Download and take a print out for future reference.

Step 6: Click on the link at the bottom of the page for the candidate’s response sheet, answer keys, and submission of challenges

Step 7: You will be redirected to a new page for logging in to get the response sheet, answer keys, and submission of challenges.

Step 8: Enter user ID and password that were used during the examination.

Methods to Calculate score using SSC CGL Paper Solutions

Candidates primarily use the SSC CGL answer key for the purpose of calculating marks. Here are the steps to be followed for calculating scores using SSC CGL Tier I Answer Key.

Step 1: Open the answer key to your examination day and shift in which you appeared.

Step 2: Check your response to question 1. In the response sheet, your answer is indicated as a candidate answer.

Step 3: Then check the correct answer. This is given as the correct answer.

Step 4: If your answer matches the correct answer, then mark it as correct. Otherwise, mark it as incorrect. However, if no answer was selected, mark it as unattempt.

Step 5: Thereafter repeat steps 2 to 4 for all 100 questions.

Step 6: Then calculate the total number of correct answers, total incorrect ones.

Step 7: Then use the formula below to calculate the score.

Marks in SSC CGL Tier 1 = Number of correct answers * 2 – Number of incorrect answers * 0.5.

Marks in SSC CGL Tier 2 = Paper-1 score + Paper-2 score + Paper-3 score (for Junior Statistical Officer) + Paper-4 score (for Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer)

Paper-1 score = (Number of correct answers * 2) – (Number of incorrect answers * 0.5)

Paper-2 score = (Number of correct answers * 1) – (Number of incorrect answers * 0.25)

Paper-3 score = (Number of correct answers * 2) – (Number of incorrect answers * 0.5)

Paper-4 score = (Number of correct answers * 2) – (Number of incorrect answers * 0.5)

Steps to Raise Objection in SSC CGL Answer Key

If you have found any mistake in the official SSC CGL Answer Key, then you can raise objections by following these simple steps.

Step 1: Visit the official website of SSC

Step 2: Log in to your account using login credentials

Step 3: Once you click on login button, you can see the challenges link on the top-right corner. Click on it.

Step 4: Then you a page appears that says fee per challenge. Click to proceed.

Step 5: This takes you to the online payment gateway. The fee for raising an objection is Rs 100/-

Step 6: Then make payment and confirm it.

Step 7: Now, proceed to fill the challenge form.

Step 8: Enter name, mobile number, question number, correct option as per you.

Step 9: Also enter the reason in 300 characters.

Step 10: Click on submit button to Submit the challenge form.

So, by going through the SSC CGL Answer Key, candidates can know their marks. Candidates can also calculate their scores by using the formula. Thus, after checking the scores candidates can start preparing well for SSC CGL 2020-21 Exam with a wide range of SSC CGL Study Materials available online.

We have included all the information regarding SSC CGL Answer Key. If you have any doubts feel free to ask in the comment section. 

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