SSC CPO 2024 Preparation Tips for Paper 1 and 2

SSC Central Police Organisation (SI/ASI) 2025 ( SSC CPO )

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Anangsha Patra
Updated on Oct 31, 2025 11:58 IST

By Anangsha Patra, Deputy Manager – Editorial

Candidates must go through the SSC CPO syllabus and exam pattern. Candidates must also solve previous years' question papers to improve speed and accuracy. Candidates must also attempt mock tests to understand the exam better. Here we have provided SSC CPO preparation tips.

Q:   How should I prepare for the SSC CPO?
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SSC CPO exam always focus on previous years' question papers. Candidates must give due importance to solve the previous year question papers thoroughly. Candidates must prepare the physical in advance. Candidates must solve mock tests to improve speed and accuracy of solving questions. Candidates must be thorough with the syllabus and exam pattern.

Table of contents
  • General Tips to crack SSC CPO 2024
  • Subject-wise preparation tips for SSC CPO
  • SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2024
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General Tips to crack SSC CPO 2024

Check strategy below.

Solve different types of questions from each topic
Analyse mistakes and weak areas
Revise the topics regularly
Clear concepts and basics
Study at least three to four regularly
Go through the previous years’ question papers
Attempt sectional and full-length mock tests
Buy the best SSC CPO books

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Subject-wise preparation tips for SSC CPO

Here are some preparation strategy.

SSC CPO Preparation Tips for English Comprehension

Candidates must read and digest a lot of content such as newspapers, novels, or magazines to gain a basic understanding of the flow. Next work on building vocabulary and enhancing grammar. Since this section has questions, mainly in the form of sentence corrections, direct or indirect speech, and spotting the errors, among others. Therefore, a stronghold in grammar with a good vocabulary would do wonders.

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SSC CPO Preparation Tips for General Intelligence and Reasoning

Questions are asked on analogies, coding, and decoding, missing characters, Venn diagrams, syllogism, mathematical operations, etc. Candidates must have a strong and in-depth understanding of the basic concepts regarding these topics. Besides, candidates must nurture their ability to think and enhance problem-solving skills. They should use smart tricks to solve questions in this section.

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SSC CPO Preparation Tips for General Knowledge and General Awareness

This section analyse and evaluate a candidate’s general knowledge of subjects such as history, geography, polity, chemistry, and current affairs. The more knowledge one has regarding these topics, the more it will be his chances to score well. Candidates must read a lot of news content, magazines, and weekly digests along with watching news from reliable sources.

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SSC CPO Preparation Tips for Quantitative Aptitude

This section consists of questions related to the number system, profit and loss, simple interest and compound interest, algebra, and trigonometry, among others. Candidates must work on honing these concepts by going through past year question papers. They must clear their concepts and basics from their high school books. After understanding these concepts, candidates must gradually switch to using shortcut methods. Doing so will help candidates to increase their calculation speed.

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SSC CPO Exam Pattern 2024

SSC CPO exam pattern is such that it is divided into Paper 1, Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test (PET), Paper 2 and Detailed Medical Examination (DME). Paper 1 comprises four sections-General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Comprehension. The paper carries a total of 200 objective-type questions of 200 marks. The duration of the test is two hours. SSC CPO Paper 2 comprises objective-type questions from English Language and Comprehension. There are 200 questions in the paper.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   How tough is it to crack SSC CPO exam?
A: 

Candidates can clear SSC CPO exam by knowing the topics given in the syllabus. The exam pattern helps in understanding the overall structure. They should solve the previous years question papers.

Q:   What is SSC CPO exam?
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CPO is a Central Police Organization. The exam is held by the Staff Services Commission. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) was established in 1975, it is  mandated to select staff for various Group B and Group C posts that come under various ministries in the Government of India. SSC CPO is a national-level exam conducted by the Staff Selection Commission. The full form of SSC CPO is Staff Selection Commission Central Police Organization. The recruitment is done for the post of Sub Inspector and Assistant Sub Inspector. 

Q:   What is the training period for SSC CPO?
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The training is confined to institutions. The duration of training is usually of six to nine months. Candidates selected through SSC CPO exam are appointed to the post of Sub Inspector with either the Delhi Police, the CAPF or as Assistant Sub Inspector in CISF.

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