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

Staff Selection Commission (Combined Graduate Level) Tier I Examination 2015 - Afternoon 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 afternoon slot (02:00 p.m. to 04:00 p.m.) 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

30-33

28-31

40

English Comprehension

50

Easy

35-38

32- 35

25

Total

200

 

120-125

103-110

120

 

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

 

UR (General)

OBC

SC

ST

97-103

82-85

76-80

70-73

 

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. One question of Mathematical Reasoning was incorrect as the correct answer was not present in any of the options. 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

Easy-Moderate

Blood relation

1

Easy

Coding-decoding

4

Easy

Cubes/dices

1

Easy-Moderate

Directions

2

Easy

Mathematical Reasoning

2

Moderate

Matrix based

1

Easy

Meaningful order

2

Easy

Missing number

5

Easy

Odd one out

6

Moderate-difficult

Series

4

Moderate-difficult

Statement-conclusion

2

Easy

Venn diagram

3

Easy

Visual Reasoning

8

Moderate

Word formation

3

Moderate

 

General Awareness 
This section was moderately difficult. As usual, maximum questions were from Science section (18 in total), which were of high level of difficulty. Geography and Miscellaneous GK were quantitatively second in number, having 8 questions each. History and Economics were third with 6 questions each. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last year, but there were some tricky questions especially in Science 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

6

Moderate

Geography

8

Moderate-Difficult

Polity

3

Easy-Moderate

Economics

6

Moderate

Biology

4

Difficult

Chemistry

3

Difficult

Physics

6

Difficult

Computer

2

Difficult

Ecology/Environment

3

Difficult

Miscellaneous GK

8

Moderate

Current Affairs

1

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. The correct answer for 2 questions of one Data Interpretation set and 1 question of Number System was not present in the options. There was also one incorrect question in Algebra as it had multiple correct options. A student could have easily attempted approximately 30-33 questions in this section.
The details of the section are as given below-

 

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Number System

1

Easy-Moderate

SI/CI

1

Easy

Profit, Loss and Discount

4

Moderate

Ratio and Proportion

1

Easy

Mixture and Alligation

1

Easy

Averages

2

Easy

Work & Time, Pipes & Cisterns

2

Easy-Moderate

Time, Speed and Distance

3

Easy-Moderate

Geometry/ Mensuration

12

Moderate

Coordinate Geometry

1

Easy

Trigonometry

7

Easy-Moderate

Algebra

8

Easy

Data Interpretation (Bar, Pie)

7

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 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-Moderate

Reading Comprehension

10

Easy-Moderate

Spellings

2

Easy

 

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