SSC CPO Eligibility Criteria 2020 - Check Age Limit, Qualification & Physical Standards

SSC CPO Eligibility Criteria 2020 - SSC mentions the SSC CPO 2020 eligibility along in the official notification which is released ssc.nic.in. Candidates willing to apply for Staff Selection Commission CPO must meet the eligibility criteria of SSC CPO 2020. The SSC CPO eligibility 2020 includes age limit, academic qualification, age relaxations, nationality and physical standard required by a candidate to apply. According to the eligibility of SSC CPO 2020, candidates must be graduates and their age must be 20-25 years. Candidates must abide by the SSC CPO Eligibility criteria 2020, before applying for the exam. However, there is an upper age relaxation by SSC for candidates belonging to the reserved category. SSC conducts the SSC CPO 2020 exam to recruit candidates for the post of Sub-Inspectors (SIs) in Delhi Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASI) in CISF. In this article, candidates can check all the details related to the SSC CPO 2020 eligibility criteria, read till last.
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SSC CPO Eligibility Criteria 2020 - Highlights

• SSC CPO is also known as the SSC SI exam, so don't confuse between the eligibility criteria of SSC SI and SSC CPO.

• The age of the applicant should be between 20 to 25 years.

• As per the eligibility criteria of SSC CPO 2020, the upper age relaxation of 5 years is provided for SC/ST candidates and 3 years for candidates belonging to OBC and Ex-Servicemen.

• According to the SSC CPO Eligibility criteria 2020, any graduate can apply for the CPO exam.

• SSC CPO exam is conducted in 4 stages, candidates qualifying one stage will be eligible to appear for the subsequent stage that follows.

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SSC CPO Eligibility Criteria 2020 - Age Limit

As per the eligibility criteria of SSC CPO, candidates' age must be between 20 to 25 years. Reserved category candidates can take benefit of age relaxation. The category-wise upper age relaxation according to the SSC CPO 2020 eligibility is mentioned in the following table:

Upper age relaxation as per the SSC CPO Eligibility Criteria

SSC CPO 2020 Eligibility Criteria - Nationality

Before applying for SSC CPO 2020 candidates must check the nationality,

Candidates must be a :

(a) citizen of India,

(b) citizen of Nepal,

(c) citizen of Bhutan,

(d) Tibetan refugee arrived in India before January 1, 1962, with the intention to permanently settle

(e) Person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention to settle in India.

Candidates must have to produce the required certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

SSC CPO Eligibility Criteria 2020 - Academic Qualification

According to SSC CPO 2020 eligibility criteria, candidates must graduate from a recognized university or possess a degree equivalent to graduation. Candidates in the final year of graduation can also appear for SSC CPO but they will have to provide a valid Certificate of Graduation before final recruitment. Candidates applying for SI in Delhi Police must have a valid Driving License for LMV (Motorcycle and Car) during Physical Endurance and Measurement Tests to fulfil the SSC CPO Eligibility criteria 2020.

Note: Candidates who have applied for other posts in CAPFs will be able to appear for the exam without a driving license.

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SSC CPO 2020 Eligibility Criteria - Physical Standards

The physical standards mandated by SSC is provided in the table below:

Physical standards

SSC CPO Eligibility Criteria 2020 - Body Tattoo Policy

SSC in its 2020 notification mentioned its tattoo policy, which is mentioned below:

As per the SSC CPO 2020 Eligibility criteria, tattoos will be allowed only if -

• The tattoo must depict religious symbols or figures and the name, as followed in the Indian Army, is permitted.

• The location of the tattoo must be in the inner aspect of

• forearm but only left forearm, it must be non-saluting limb or dorsum of the hands will be allowed.

• The size of the tattoo must be less than ¼ of the Elbow or Hand or wherever the tattoo is.

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SSC CPO Application Form 2020

Candidates who satisfy the SSC CPO Eligibility criteria 2020 were able to apply from June 17 in online mode and the last date to apply was July 16. To fill the application form, candidates had to first register, pay application fee, upload scanned photograph and signature. According to previous year trends, the application fee for General and OBC candidates will be Rs. 100 whereas SC/ST and female will be exempted to pay the application fee. Candidates who successfully apply will be issued the admit card of SSC CPO in September 2020.

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