Staff Selection Commission (Combined Graduate Level) Tier-I Examination 2017- Analysis: (August 17, Slot I)

SSC CGL Tier-I 2017 exam was flagged off on August 5, 2017. The exam is scheduled to be conducted in three time slots. It is a Computer Based Test (CBT) containing 100 objective type questions to be answered in 60 minutes.

There are four sections, namely, General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English Comprehension consisting of 25 questions each. All sections, except the English Comprehension section are available bilingual i.e. in both Hindi and English medium. Every correct answer will fetch 2 marks and 0.50 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. No marks will be deducted for unanswered questions.

The pattern of SSC CGL Tier-I Exam 2017 was as follows:

Section

Total Questions

Total Marks

Level of difficulty

Good

Attempts

Approximate time taken

(in Minutes)

General Intelligence and Reasoning

25

50

Easy

22 - 24

15

General Awareness

25

50

Easy

18 -20

10

Quantitative Aptitude

25

50

Moderate-Difficult

20 - 22

20

English

25

50

Easy- Moderate

18 - 20

15

Total

100

200

Easy- Moderate

70 - 78

60


Expected Tier I Cut-offs (Out of 200 Marks)

For All Posts

UR (General)

OBC

SC

ST

VH

127 - 130

114 - 118

105 – 110

98 - 100

64 - 68


General Intelligence and Reasoning:

The level of difficulty of this section was easy. The questions in this section were similar to last year and the options could easily be eliminated to reach the correct answer.

The details of the section are as given below-

Topic

Number of questions

Level of difficulty

Statement conclusion

1

Easy

Dice

1

Moderate

Matrix

1

Easy

Mathematical equation

1

Easy

Visual Reasoning

3

Easy

Odd one out

2

Easy-Moderate

Coding Decoding

4

Easy-Moderate

Direction

1

Easy

Analogy

3

Moderate

Series

2

Easy-Moderate

Word formation

1

Easy

Miscellaneous

5

Easy-Moderate


General Awareness Section of SSC CGL Tier-I 2017

This section was moderate to difficult. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last year. The paper was dominated by science and economics questions.

The details of the section are as given below-

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

History

5

Easy

Geography

3

Easy-Moderate

Polity

4

Moderate

Economics

3

Moderate

Science (Biology, Chemistry & Physics)

6

Easy-Moderate

Miscellaneous GK /Current Affairs

4

Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

The section comprised questions from a variety of topics. Unlike last year, this section was dominated by Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry and DI. Two questions from coordinate geometry and one question from AP was asked.

The details of the section are as given below-

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Percentages

1

Easy

Profit, Loss and Discount

3

Easy - Moderate

Mensuration

1

Easy

Trigonometry

3

Easy

Algebra

2

Easy

Time, Speed and Distance

2

Moderate-Difficult

Geometry

2

Easy-Moderate

SI CI

1

Easy

Time and Work 1 Easy-Moderate

Average

1

Easy-Moderate

Data Interpretation (Line Graph)

5

Easy-Moderate

Coordinate Geometry

2

Easy-Moderate

Arithmetic Progression (AP)

1

Easy-Moderate


English Comprehension

A majority of the questions in this section can be categorised under Vocabulary and Grammar. There were some changes in this year's paper. There was no reading comprehension passage this year. This year's question paper contained Direct and Indirect Speech, Para Jumble and Active/Passive Voice questions. Overall, the level of difficulty of this year's paper was easy.

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Synonyms/Antonyms

2

Easy-Moderate

One Word Substitution

2

Easy

Error Spotting

2

Easy-Moderate

Direct and Indirect Narration

2

Easy

Active/Passive Voice

2

Easy

Sentence Improvement

2

Easy-Moderate

Idiom/Phrase Replacement

2

Easy

Para jumble

2

Easy-Moderate

Spellings

2

Easy

Cloze Test

3

Easy

Reading Comprehension

4

Easy-Moderate

 

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