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March 6, 2025SSC CPO stands for Staff Selection Commission Central Police Organisation. SSC conducts the CPO exam at the national level to recruit eligible candidates for the Central Police Organisation (CPO). The recruitment drive comprises Tier-I and Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test (PET), followed by Tier-II, Medical Examination and Document Verification.
The SSC CPO 2025 exam is a good opportunity for anyone who wants to work as a Sub-Inspector or ASI (Executive) in the Delhi Police and paramilitary forces such as CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, and SSB. Only those candidates who clear the SSC CPO Tier-I and PET are eligible to appear in the Tier-II exam. As per the official notification, the SSC CPO Tier-I will be held from July – August 2025 at the designated exam centres across various cities, and Tier 2 exam dates are yet to be announced.
SSC conducted SSC CPO 2025 to recruit candidates for the posts of sub-inspector in the Delhi Police, Sub-inspector in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), Assistant sub-inspector in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), inspector, and sub-inspector in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
SSC annually administers the CPO exam. The SSC CPO examination is divided into four stages:
Both SSC CPO paper 1 and SSC CPO paper 2 are administered online. Both Paper 1 and Paper 2 consist entirely of multiple-choice questions.
The important dates for important events under the SSC CPO Tier-II are given below in the table:
Expected SSC CPO 2025 Exam Dates:
Events | Dates |
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Application Form Release | May 16, 2025 |
Last Date to Apply | June 14, 2025 |
SSC CPO 2025 Admit Card Release | To be announced |
SSC CPO Paper 1 Exam | July – August 2025 |
Paper 1 Provisional Answer Key | To be announced |
Paper 1 Answer Key Correction Window | To be announced |
Paper 1 Declaration of Results | To be announced |
SSC CPO Paper 2 Exam | To be announced |
Paper 2 Declaration of Results | To be announced |
Paper 2 Provisional Answer Key | To be announced |
Paper 2 Answer Key Correction Window | To be announced |
Final Answer Key Release | To be announced |
SSC has announced the vacancy for SSC CPO 2025. There are a total of approximately 4187 of SI in Delhi Police and CAPF. Last year, there were 5308 posts for the SSC CPO.
SSC CPO job profile SSC CPO allows candidates to contribute to the country’s advancement. They will be Sub-Inspectors, acting as Investigative Officers and dealing with the country’s criminal challenges.
Take a look at the SSC CPO Job Profiles for other organisations:
Details of SSC CPO eligibility criteria are given below:
The acceptable age limit of candidates was to be from 20 to 25 years as of August 01, 2025. Relaxation on the upper age limit prescribed and category codes for claiming age relaxation are as follows:
Code No. | Category | Age-Relaxation |
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01 | SC/ ST | 5 years |
02 | OBC | 3 years |
06 | Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date. |
All applications will be submitted on the official website of SSC, i.e., SSC’s regional website. Since the application process for the SSC CPO Tier II exam 2025 is yet to take place, this section is yet to include the links for the SSC CPO Tier II application form. This section will be updated with the relevant information and dates for upcoming updates.
Following table highlights the list of exam centres for the SSC CPO Tier II exam:
Examination Centres & Centre Code | SSC Region and States/ UTs Under the Jurisdiction of the Region |
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Bhagalpur (3201), Muzaffarpur (3205), Patna (3206), Agra (3001), Bareilly (3005), Gorakhpur (3007), Kanpur (3009), Lucknow (3010), Meerut (3011), Prayagraj (3003), Varanasi (3013). | Central Region (CR)/ Bihar and Uttar Pradesh |
Port Blair (4802), Ranchi (4205), Bhubaneshwar (4604), Kolkata (4410). | Eastern Region (ER)/ Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal |
Bengaluru (9001), Belagavi (9002), Hubballi (9011), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga)(9005), Mangaluru (9008), Mysuru (9009), Shivamogga (9010), Udupi (9012), Thiruvananthapuram (9211), Ernakulam (9213), Kannur (9202), Kollam (9210), Kottayam (9205), Kozhikode (9206) Thrissur (9212). | Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala |
Delhi NCR (2201), Ajmer (2401), Alwar (2402), Bikaner(2404), Jaipur (2405), Jodhpur (2406), Kota (2407), Sriganganagar (2408), Udaipur(2409), Sikar (2411), Dehradun (2002), Haldwani (2003), Haridwar (2005), Roorkee (2006). | Northern Region (NR)/ Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand |
Itanagar (5001), Dibrugarh (5102), Goalpara (5104) Guwahati (Dispur) (5105) Jorhat (5107) Lakhimpur (5109), Silchar (5111), Tezpur (5112), Kohima (5302), Shillong (5401), Imphal (5501), Churachandpur (5502), Ukhrul (5503), Agartala (5601), Aizawl (5701) | North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. |
Hyderabad (8002), Warangal (8003), Guntur (8001), Kurnool (8003), Rajahmundry (8004), Tirupati (8006), Visakhapatnam (8007), Vijayawada (8008), Chennai (8201), Coimbatore (8202), Madurai (8204), Puducherry (8401) | Southern Region (SR)/ Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. |
Ahmedabad (7001), Vadodara (7002), Rajkot (7006), Surat (7007), Mumbai (7204), Pune (7208), Amravati (7201), Nagpur (7205), Aurangabad (7202), Kolhapur (7203), Nashik (7207) Panaji (7801). | Western Region (WR)/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra |
Bhopal (6001), Gwalior (6005), Indore (6006), Jabalpur (6007), Satna (6014), Sagar (6015), Ujjain (6016), Bilaspur (6202), Raipur (6204) Durg-Bhilai (6205) | Madhya Pradesh Sub Region (MPR) Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh |
Jammu (1004), Leh (1005), Srinagar (1007), Samba (1010), Hamirpur (1202), Shimla (1203), Jalandhar (1402), Amritsar (1404), Mohali (1406), Chandigarh (1601) | Western Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab |
Candidates must clear all the stages of the SSC CPO test to be considered for various positions in the Delhi Police, CAPFs, and CISFs, among others. Paper 1 of the SSC CPO exam is an objective, i.e., a multiple-choice question paper. The second exam is an English Comprehension Test, while the PET/PST test is used to assess the candidate’s endurance (medical and physical strength).
Stages | Type of Examination | Mode of Examination |
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Tier-I | Objective Multiple Choice | CBT (Online) |
PET/PST | Running, Long Jump, High Jump and Short Put | Physical exam |
Tier-II | Objective Multiple Choice | CBT (Online) |
NOTE: The SSC CPO Tier-II exam is conducted after the PET/PST Test.
In the Tier-II examination, the conducting body checks candidates’ proficiency in English Language and Comprehension. The SSC CPO Tier-II question paper comprises 200 questions. The detailed SSC CPO Tier-II exam syllabus is given below. Candidates must go through the same for a better understanding.
Sl No. | Syllabus for English Language and Comprehension |
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1 | Error Spotting |
2 | Vocabulary – Antonyms and Synonyms |
3 | Spellings |
4 | Fill in the Blanks |
5 | Cloze Tests |
6 | Sentence Structure – Subject Verb Agreement |
7 | Phrases and Idioms |
8 | Sentence Completion |
9 | Basic English Grammar – Parts of Speech, Voice Change, Direct and Indirect Speech |
10 | Comprehension Reading |
Check the SSC CPO Tier II exam syllabus here.
Here are some of the SSC CPO Tier II 2025 exam preparation tips:
The General Intelligence & Reasoning section is uniquely designed to test candidates’ quick decision-making ability and visualising power. This section is one of the uncomplicated and high-scoring areas of the SSC CPO exam. Its difficulty level is easier than the rest of the sections.
The General Knowledge and General Awareness section are vaster than the other subjects of Paper-I. Therefore, this section can be a bit tricky to tackle. Here are some preparation tips for this section:
Aspirants need to enhance their calculation speed for the Quantitative Aptitude section. They need to learn shortcuts and tricks for the arithmetic section.
There is no major discrepancy in the SSC CPO exam pattern as far as the syllabus is concerned. However, aspirants must practise this section for at least 30–60 minutes to prepare properly.
Students preparing for SSC CPO need to follow the below general strategies to get higher marks and perform better.
The SSC CPO Tier 2 admit cards for the selected aspirants for the SSC CPO Tier-2 exam will be released one week before the exam. Follow the steps shown below to download the admit card:
Check out the SSC CPO Tier II study material for more details.
SSC CPO Tier II provisional answer key will be released after the exam ends. Objections could be raised within the given timeline, where candidates had to pay Rs.100 per question. The dates of the final answer key release are yet to be announced.
Here are the following steps that were to be followed for downloading the SSC CPO Tier II answer key:
SSC CPO Tier II results, along with the final answer keys, will be released tentatively in the months of December 2025 or January 2026. Once the results are announced, this section will be updated with the same.
SSC CPO Cut-off is the minimum score candidates must get to qualify for the exam. The previous year’s Paper 1 exam cut-off shows the minimum marks required to pass the exam.
The SSC CPO cut-off and its rationale are determined by several criteria. The following elements go into calculating the cut-off:
Check more details on SSC CPO cut-off here.
Following are some of the common questions on the SSC CPO Tier II exam:
Q1. What are the sections for SSC CPO Tier-II?
Ans. The SSC CPO exam comprises four sections: Quantitative Aptitude, English Comprehension, General Awareness, and General Intelligence & Reasoning.
Q2. How many questions are asked in SSC CPO Tier-II?
Ans. A total of 200 questions are asked in the SSC CPO Tier-II exam. All the questions are Multiple-Choice Questions.
Q3. Where can I find the SSC CPO Tier-II syllabus?
Ans. The SSC CPO Tier-II syllabus can be found on their official website.
Q4. Will there be an SSC CPO 2025?
Ans. The official notification for SSC CPO 2025 will be released on May 16, 2025.
Q5. Is SSC CPO conducted every year?
Ans. Usually, SSC CPO exams are organised yearly to give opportunities to ambitious aspirants to work in reputed organisations.