SSC CGL 16th Aug 2015 Slot - I (Morning Shift)

Staff Selection Commission (Combined Graduate Level) Tier I Examination 2015 - Morning Shift

The pattern of the Staff Selection Commission (Combined Graduate Level) Tier I Examination-2015 conducted on August 16, 2015 was similar to the one conducted last year though the difficulty level of the paper has decreased marginally. The morning slot (10:00 a.m. to 12 noon) had a single unique question paper with multiple sets. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last year.
The pattern of the test was as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Good Score	Approximate time taken (in Minutes)
General Intelligence and Reasoning	50	Easy-Moderate	34-37	30-32	35
General Awareness	50	Moderate-Difficult	20-24	15-18	20
Quantitative Aptitude	50	Easy	35-38	30-34	40
English Comprehension	50	Easy	35-38	32- 35	25
Total	200		125-132	105-112	120

 

Expected Tier I Cut-offs (Out of 200)
For All Posts

UR (General)	OBC	SC	ST
100-107	85-89	79-83	73-76

 

General Intelligence and Reasoning
In this section, questions were from an array of topics and most of them had an easy to moderate level of difficulty. As compared to last year, the Visual Reasoning questions were easier and the options could easily be negated to reach the correct answer. A student could have easily attempted approximately 35 questions in this section.
The details of the section are as given below-

Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
Analogy	6	Moderate- difficult
Blood relation	1	Easy
Coding-decoding	6	Easy-Moderate
Cubes/dices	1	Easy
Directions	2	Easy
Matrix based	1	Easy
Meaningful order	2	Easy
Missing number	5	Moderate-difficult
Odd one out	6	Moderate-difficult
Series	4	Easy
Statement-conclusion	2	Easy
Venn diagram	3	Moderate
Visual Reasoning	8	Moderate
Word formation	3	Easy

 

General Awareness
This section was moderately difficult. As usual, maximum questions were from Science section (19 in all), which were of high level of difficulty. Geography was quantitatively second in number, having 9 questions. History was third with 8 questions while Economics had 6 questions and Polity had 5 questions. There were 3 questions from Miscellaneous GK. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last year, but there were some tricky questions especially in Science and Geography section. A student could have easily attempted approximately 20 questions in this section.
The split -up of questions, section wise, is as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
History	8	Easy
Geography	9	Moderate-Difficult
Polity	5	Easy-Moderate
Economics	6	Easy-Moderate
Biology	9	Difficult
Chemistry	5	Difficult
Physics	1	Difficult
Computer	2	Moderate-Difficult
Ecology/Environment	2	Difficult
Miscellaneous GK	3	Easy

 

Quantitative Aptitude
The section comprised questions from a variety of topics. Unlike last year, this year’s section was dominated by Arithmetic and Geometry. There was one question of Time and Work, in which none of the options were correct. A student could have easily attempted approximately 35-38 questions in this section.
The details of the section are as given below-

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Number System	2	Easy
Percentages	1	Easy
SI/CI	1	Easy
Profit, Loss and Discount	4	Easy
Ratio and Proportion	2	Easy
Averages	2	Easy
Work & Time, Pipes & Cisterns	3	Easy-Moderate
Time, Speed and Distance	3	Easy
Geometry/ Mensuration	12	Easy-Moderate
Coordinate Geometry	2	Easy
Trigonometry	6	Easy-Moderate
Algebra	5	Easy
Data Interpretation (Bar, Pie)	7	Easy-Moderate

 

English Comprehension
A majority of the questions in this section can be categorised under Vocabulary and Grammar. In Vocabulary, there were questions on Antonyms, Synonyms, One word Substitution, Sentence Correction, Spot the Error and Fill in the Blanks. In Grammar, there were questions on Sentence Correction, Spot the Error and Fill in the Blanks. There were 2 Reading Comprehension Passages with 5 questions each. A student could have easily attempted 35-38 questions in this section.

The details of the section are as given below-

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Vocabulary	19	Easy
Idioms and Phrases	5	Easy
Grammar	14	Easy
Reading Comprehension	10	Easy-Moderate
Spellings	2	Easy

 

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