Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Tier-II Exam 2017: Analysis
(February 19, 2018)

SSC CGL Tier-II exam for 2017 is scheduled to be conducted from February 17, 2018 to February 22, 2018. The exam was conducted in a Computer Based Test format.

Detailed Analysis of SSC CGL Tier-II Exam 2017

Paper - I (Quantitative Abilities).

The overall difficulty level of paper-I of SSC CGL Tier-II 2017 was quite better than that of the previous year paper. Today's paper offered a blend of questions from Arithmetic and Advanced Mathematics. Questions from Arithmetic were basically based on Ratio, Proportion and Partnerships, Mixture/Alligation, Profit, Loss& Discount, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Averages, Time, Speed & Distance, Time & Work and Percentages. They were very logical and new in presentation due to which they were time consuming as compared to previous year's questions; some of them were of repetitive pattern but calculative. About 50 questions were from Advanced Mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry) and their level was a way better than that of past four to five year's papers. Last but not the least, the questions from Trigonometry were new and difficult and were basically based on the Identities of 10 + 2 level.

A smart approach to the paper could have resulted in good attempt of nearly 75-80 questions. The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate to difficult.

The detailed break-up of Paper-I of SSC CGL Tier-II Exam 2017 is as follows:

Paper - II (English Language & Comprehension)

The level of this year's English paper was slightly difficult than that of last year. The overall structure and pattern of the paper was same but it offered a couple of surprises to students due to which we put today's paper on a higher note. For example: Most of the questions based on "One word substitution and Idioms" were New and did not belong to the family of previous years' questions. However, the most surprising element among all was that none of the questions were in group except those of RC and Cloze Test; they were scattered throughout the paper due to which it was quite difficult to maintain the required momentum. Rests of the topics were along the same line to that of last years' paper.

A smart approach to the paper could have resulted in a good attempt of nearly 175-180 questions. The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate.

The detailed break-up of Paper-II of SSC CGL Tier-II Exam 2017 is as follows:

 

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