Overview

• Only candidates affected by the September 26 fire at a Mumbai centre will reappear, with Tier-1 otherwise completed across 126 cities.
• The tentative answer key will be published on October 15 with an online objection window at a non-refundable fee of ₹100 per question.
• About 28 lakh applied and roughly 13.5 lakh appeared for Tier-1, held over 15 days in 45 shifts across 255 centres.
• SSC reviewed more than 18,000 feedback submissions, cross-checked claims with digital footprints, and rescheduled verified disruption cases, including approved date-change requests.
• Laptop-based testing was piloted and Aadhaar, including face authentication, was deployed; malpractice such as fake PwBD documents and remote access attempts is under probe, with clear cases to be debarred and others allowed to sit the re-exam.