SSC CGL Tier-I 2017 Exam Analysis : 18th August Shift-2

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