If you have applied for the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam and will be appearing for it, this news may be useful to you. This exam will be held on January 18th and 19th, 2026. According to a notice on the official website, the admit card will be released 2-3 days before the exam day. Once released or the link is activated, candidates will be able to download the admit card. But do you know the marking scheme? If not, no problem. Today, through this news, we will learn about these details. We will also learn whether there will be negative marking or not. Let’s find out.
What is the marking scheme?
First, let us inform you that the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam will consist of two papers. Regarding negative marking and the marking scheme, you can understand them through the points given below.
Paper-1
- Paper 1 will be conducted in two sessions. The paper will be divided into three sections (Section 1, Section 2, Section 3).
- Section 1 (Session 1) will have a total of 60 questions, carrying a total of 180 marks. Each question will carry 3 marks.
- Section 2 (Session 1) will consist of 70 questions, carrying a total of 210 marks. Each question will carry 3 marks.
- Section 3 (Session 1) will have 20 questions carrying a total of 60 marks.
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Paper 2
- Paper 2 will be on Statistics.
- There will be a total of 100 questions in this.
- The paper will be of total 200 marks.
- Each question will be of 2 marks.
Negative Marking
The answer to this question is yes. According to the official notification, there will be negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer in Sections I, II, and III of Paper I, and 0.50 marks for each wrong answer in Paper II.
