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The important dates for SSC CGL 2017 are:
- SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam: 5th Aug to 24th Aug 2017
- SSC CGL Tier-2 Exam: 10th-11th November 2017
- SSC CGL Tier-3 Exam: 21st January 2018
- Skill Test/Computer Skill Test: February 2018
Section | Level | Good Attempts |
---|---|---|
English Language | Moderate-Difficult | 16-19 |
Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate | 18-21 |
General Intelligence | Easy | 21-23 |
General Awareness | Moderate-Difficult | 16-20 |
Overall | Moderate | 76-79 |
General Intelligence
In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017 the questions of General Intelligence(Reasoning) were quite easy. Students can have a fair idea of what SSC had been upto in terms of these questions. As per the inputs shared by students, this was the easiest among all the other sections.
Topic | No of Questions | Level |
---|---|---|
Coding-Decoding | 2-3 | Difficult |
Calendar (birthday date) | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Missing Term | 2-3 | Moderate |
Matrix | 1 | Easy |
Direction | 1 | Easy |
Non-Verbal (Image) | 3-4 | Easy |
Odd one out | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
cube | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Analogy | 2 | Moderate |
Series | 4 | Moderate |
Miscellaneous | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 25 | Easy |
English Language
English Language section again surprised candidates with 5 questions from Cloze Test instead of RC. 1 question aksed from Active/Passive Voice and 1 question from narration. Para Jumble was a new introduction in this year’s exam and it is time consuming. Questions from Antonyms & Synonyms were quite difficult.
Idioms:
- cup of tea
- to have something on the bread
Synonym:
- Commemorate
Antonym:
- Blasphemy
- Rampage
Spelling Check: Alleviate, Composer
Topic of Cloze Test: Visit to Colorado
Topic | No of Questions | Level |
---|---|---|
Active/Passive Voice | 1 | Moderate |
Narration | 1 | Moderate |
Sentence Improvement (Fillers) | 2 | Easy |
Error Detection | 3 | Moderate |
Idioms/Phrases | 2 | Difficult |
Parajumbles | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Antonym/ Synonym | 4 | Difficult |
One word substitution | 2 | Difficult |
Spelling check | 2 | Easy |
Cloze Test | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 25 | Moderate-Difficult |
Quantitative Aptitude
Quant in CGL 2017 exam was of moderate level. In this shift, Questions were asked from Co-ordinate geometry. Quant questions were very calculative. 5 Questions from Line Graph DI were asked. There were 5 questions of SI & CI and Profit and Loss. Geometry questions are not that easy.Questions from Trigonometry & algebra were of moderate level.
There were 1 DI in the Exam:- Line graph(No. of students took admission in coaching from 2011-2017)
Topic | No of Questions | Level |
---|---|---|
S.I, CI, Profit/Loss | 3-4 | Easy-Moderate |
Mensuration | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Trigonometry | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
Algebra | 2-3 | Moderate-Difficult |
Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
Coordinate Geometry / Geometry | 4 | Moderate |
Speed and Distance | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Average & Percentage | 1 | Moderate |
DI | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 25 | Moderate |
General Awareness
In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017, General Awareness questions were asked from all aspects of GA.In this shift, exam was difficult. Maximum questions were from History (4-5) which are from ancient history, Polity (4-5) and Science (7-8 questions). The level was easy-moderate.
Some questions from exams are:-
- How many legislative assembly are there in Sikkim?
- Which song got Grammy award 2016?
- Who won IPL 2017?
- One question from books n authors (given in the form of statement) then which of the following statement is true?
- Fill in the blanks: mg + O₂= ?
- Who is responsible for the death of Dara Shiko?
- Who is the founder of proton?
Topic | No of Questions | Level |
---|---|---|
History | 4-5 | Moderate |
Geography | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Polity | 4-5 | Easy |
Economics | 2 | Moderate |
Science | 7-8 | Easy-Moderate |
Current Affairs | 3-4 | Moderate |
Total | 25 | Moderate-difficult |