SSC CGL 2024: Aspirants Allege Errors In Results, Demand Release Of Final Answer Key – News18

Last Updated:March 17, 2025, 15:40 IST

Aspirants have flagged errors in the SSC CGL final results, alleging issues in the normalisation process and demanding the release of the final answer key.

SSC CGL 2024 is trending on social media platform X as candidates flag errors in the final results. Aspirants have urged the Staff Selection Commission to release the final answer key, citing concerns over irregularities in the normalisation process and a lack of transparency. The commission recently announced the SSC CGL final results, with 18,174 candidates qualifying for the Tier 2 exam held in January.

The recruitment process involved a tier 1 written exam, tier 2 exam, document verification, and a skill test. Several aspirants alleged that candidates with lower raw marks secured higher scores after normalisation and have demanded clarification from the commission.

Speaking to News18.com, an aspirant, Abhishek, said, “Many deserving candidates were excluded without any clear reason. Marks were manipulated in the name of normalisation. Like every time, SSC has not provided any clarification this time either. Why is this recruitment process so opaque? Students work hard day and night, dedicating years to preparation, only to face this injustice in return.”

Another aspirant, Pooja, said, “A candidate gets selected with 299 marks, while in the same shift, many others with 320 or 330 marks are not selected. How long will this injustice with aspirants continue? SSC should release the SSC CGL 2024 Final Answer Key and marks.”

A mathematics teacher posted on X, “All students have a common demand—release the SSC CGL 2024 final answer key and marks! We need transparency, not uncertainty. SSC must respond immediately!”

An X user, Umed Pratap Singh, wrote: “The SSC CGL 2024 final results were released on March 13 and are mired in controversy. Many students have seen a significant increase in marks due to normalisation. One candidate received 96.7 extra marks compared to their raw score, while many others saw no increase at all. How can such a huge difference exist without any hidden motive? Only God knows what has happened. But one thing is clear—normalisation is a big scam. All important exams should be conducted in a single shift.”

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Notably, the SSC CGL or Staff Selection Commission – Combined Graduate Level exam is a national-level recruitment exam conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) in India. It is held to select candidates for various Group B and Group C posts in government ministries, departments, and organisations.

The normalisation process in SSC CGL is used to adjust candidates’ scores when an exam is conducted in multiple shifts with different difficulty levels. Since the difficulty of questions may vary across different shifts, SSC uses a statistical method to ensure fairness.

Why Is Normalisation Done?

• Some shifts may have harder questions, while others may be easier.
• To ensure fairness, scores are adjusted so that no candidate is at a disadvantage due to shift difficulty.
• It helps in ranking candidates fairly for the final selection.