Staff Selection Commission CPO (SI/ASI) Examination (Paper I) -2019: Analysis (December 09, 2019) – Morning Shift



Today was the first day of the SSC CPO (SI/ASI) Examination (Paper I) -2019. It has been conducted Staff Selection Commission from 9th December to 13th December 2019. The exam is being conducted in two time slots: morning and evening.

A total of 200 questions had to be answered in 120 minutes. All the sections, except English Comprehension, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25.

The detailed break-up of SSC CPO (SI/ASI) Paper -I Exam 2019 is as follows:

Section

Total Questions

Level of difficulty

Good Attempts

Approximate time taken
(in Minutes)

General Intelligence and Reasoning

50

Easy-Moderate

38-40

35

GK and General Awareness

50

Moderate

35-38

20

Quantitative Aptitude

50

Moderate

30-33

40

English Comprehension

50

Easy-Moderate

35-38

25

Total

200

Moderate

142-153

120

General Intelligence and Reasoning:

Topic

Number of questions

Level of difficulty

Analogy

4

Moderate

Mathematical Operations

3

Moderate

Coding-decoding

5

Easy-Moderate

Directions

3

Easy-Moderate

Matrix based

1

Easy

Odd one out

5

Easy-Moderate

Series (3 Number /2 Letter Series)

5

Moderate

Statement-Conclusion/Syllogism

1

Moderate

Visual Reasoning (Mirror Image, Embedded Figures, Paper Cutting & Folding, Series, Counting Figures etc.)

9

Easy

Blood Relation

3

Easy

Venn Diagram

3

Easy

Puzzle – Number Set

1

Easy-Moderate

Classification

3

Easy-Moderate

Miscellaneous

4

Easy-Moderate

A student could have easily attempted approximately 35 questions in this section. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

GK and General Awareness:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

History

6

Moderate

Geography

5

Easy-Moderate

Polity

4

Moderate

Economics

4

Moderate

Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

10

Easy-Moderate

Current  Affairs

10

Moderate

Static GK & Miscellaneous

11

Easy-Moderate

The difficulty level of this section was moderate. A score in the range of 30 to 35 should be treated as ‘Good’, in this section.

Quantitative Aptitude:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Percentages

2

Moderate

SI/CI

3

Easy-Moderate

Ratio and Proportion

2

Moderate-Difficult

Profit, Loss and Discount

4

Easy-Moderate

Averages

2

Moderate

Work & Time, Pipes & Cisterns

2

Moderate

Time, Speed and Distance; Boats and Streams

5

Easy- Moderate

Algebra

4

Moderate-Difficult

Geometry – Triangles, Circles, Quadrilaterals

4

Moderate

Mensuration

4

Difficult

Trigonometry

5

Moderate-Difficult

Numbers – HCF/LCM

1

Easy-Moderate

Mixture/Alligation

1

Moderate

Partnership

1

Easy-Moderate

Data Interpretation – Table (based on car sales)

5

Easy-Moderate

Data Interpretation – Pie Chart (Divided into %)

5

Easy-Moderate

A student could have easily attempted approximately 30-33 questions in this section. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

English Comprehension:

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Spelling

5

Easy

Reading Comprehension

5

Easy-Moderate

Sentence Improvement

5

Easy-Moderate

Spot the error

5

Moderate

Synonyms and Antonyms

10

Easy-Moderate

One word substitution

5

Easy-Moderate

Idiom/Phrase

5

Easy-Moderate

Fill in the blanks

5

Easy-Moderate

Cloze Test

5

Moderate

A majority of the questions in this section can be categorised under Vocabulary and Grammar. In Vocabulary, there were questions on Antonyms, Synonyms and One word Substitution. In Grammar, there were questions on Sentence Improvement, Spot the Error and Cloze Test. There was one Reading Comprehension Passage with 5 questions. A student could have easily attempted 35-36 questions in this section. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.

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All the best!

Team CL