SSC CHSL (10 + 2) Exam-2015 Analysis (6th Dec. Afternoon Slot)

The Staff Selection Commission (Combined Higher Secondary Level) Exam (afternoon slot), conducted on December 06, 2015, saw certain changes as compared to the previous year’s papers. Overall, the difficulty level of the paper ranged from easy to moderate but it was slightly easier than last year’s paper. The afternoon slot saw various number of sets with 1 unique question paper. All sections, except English Language, were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question was followed by 4 options. There was a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer.

The pattern of the paper was as given below:

Section

Total Questions

Level of difficulty

Good Attempts

Approximate time taken (in minutes)

General Intelligence

50

Easy-Moderate

38-40

35

English Language

50

Easy

33-35

25

Quantitative Aptitude

50

Easy-Moderate

32-35

45

General Awareness

50

Easy-Moderate

25-30

15

Total

200

 

128-140

120

A score of about 125 can be considered a good score.

Expected Cutoffs (Out of 200 marks)

For Typing Test for LDC

UR (General)

OBC

SC

ST

108-112

98-102

92-95

88-92

For Skill Test for Data Entry Operator

UR (General)

OBC

SC

ST

115-118

105-110

100-104

90-95


General Intelligence
The section primarily saw questions of easy to moderate level.  

Topic

Number of questions

Difficulty level

Analogy

9

Easy-Moderate

Coding-decoding

2

Easy

Rank Based

1

Easy

Directions

2

Easy

Row Arrangement

1

Easy

Matrix based

1

Easy

Words as per order in the dictionary

2

Easy

Meaningful order

1

Moderate

Missing number

3

Easy-Moderate

Odd one out

9

Easy-Moderate

Puzzles

3

Easy-Moderate

Number Series

3

Easy-Moderate

Letter Series

3

Easy

Statement- Assumption

2

Easy-Moderate

Venn diagram

1

Easy

Visual Reasoning

5

Easy-Moderate

Word formation

2

Easy

 

English Language:
The section comprised of questions of moderate to difficult level. In sentence improvement and synonym sections, there was one question each which has two possible answers.

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Antonyms

4

Easy-Moderate

Synonyms

4

Easy-Moderate

Cloze Test

10

Easy

Spellings

4

Easy-Moderate

One word substitution

4

Moderate-Difficult

Sentence improvement

4

Easy-Moderate

Spotting the error

4

Easy-Moderate

Idioms/Phrases

4

Moderate-Difficult

Direct/Indirect

2

Easy- Moderate

Active/Passive

2

Easy

Sentence Jumble

4

Moderate-Difficult

Sentence Completion (FIB)

4

Easy

 

Quantitative Aptitude:
This section comprised questions from a variety of areas.  A major part of the section was based on Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry and Data Interpretation. The paper also had questions from Ratio, Profit & Loss, Averages, Time-Speed-Distance, Time & Work and Percentages. There was also a wrong question in which none of the given options were correct.

Topic

Number of Questions

Level of Difficulty

Number System

4

Easy-Moderate

Percentage

3

Easy

Profit, Loss & Discount

4

Easy

SI & CI

1

Easy-Moderate

Ratio/Mixture/Alligation

2

Easy

Time, Speed & Distance

2

Easy-Moderate

Time & Work

2

Easy

Average

1

Easy

Algebra

7

Easy-Moderate

Geometry

5

Easy-Moderate

Mensuration

5

Easy-Moderate

Trigonometry

5

Easy-Moderate

DI (Bar Graph)

5

Easy

DI (Pie Chart )

4

Easy


General Awareness:
This section was easy to moderate. Questions from history, geography and polity were relatively easy. Science questions from physics, chemistry and biology were relatively difficult. Current affairs based questions were difficult. The computer question was easy and miscellaneous questions were also easy. Abbreviation question was also easy.

Topic

Number of questions

Level of Difficulty

History

4

Easy

Geography

8

Easy-Moderate

Polity

5

Easy-Moderate

Economics

3

Easy-Moderate

Physics

5

Moderate-Difficult

Chemistry

3

Moderate-Difficult

Biology

3

Moderate-Difficult

Computers

1

Easy-Moderate

Miscellaneous GK

15

Easy-Moderate

Important Days

1

Easy-Moderate

Abbreviations

1

Easy

Sports

1

Moderate-Difficult

 

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