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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 18-20
Quantitative Aptitude Moderate 17-21
General Intelligence Easy 18-21
General Awareness Easy 17-20
Overall Moderate-difficult 75-79

General Intelligence

In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017 the questions of General Intelligence(Reasoning) were quite easy. But some questions were moderate. Students can have a fair idea of what SSC had been up to in terms of these questions. As per the inputs shared by students, this was average among all the other sections.

Topic No of Questions Level
Coding-Decoding 2 Difficult
Syllogism 1 Moderate
Matrix 1 Easy
Blood Relation & Ranking 1 Easy
Non-Verbal (Image) 3-4 Easy
Odd one out 3 Easy-Moderate
Direction Sense Test Easy-Moderate
Analogy 2 Moderate
Series lengthy 5 Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous 9 Easy-Moderate
Total 25 Easy


English Language

English Language section again surprised candidates with 1 question from Active/Passive Voice and 1 question from narration. There was no reading comprehension and this was a major shocker for students. This year in this shift there was a cloze test (cloze tests were not seen in CGL Tier I exams in last 2-3 years). Para Jumble was a new introduction in this year’s exam. Questions from Antonyms & Synonyms were quite difficult.

One word – One who takes revenge- enmity, vindictive (options)

Spelling-Glamorous

idioms- Prodigy, Nemesis (options)

Topic of Cloze Test: Politics Related 

Active/Passive: The kids are laughing at the lady.

Topic No of Questions Level
Active/Passive Voice 1 Moderate
Narration 1 Moderate
Sentence Improvement 3 Easy
Error Detection 3 Moderate
Idioms/Phrases 2 Difficult
Parajumbles 2 Easy-Moderate
Antonym/ Synonym 3 Difficult
One word substitution 2 Difficult
Spelling check 2 Easy
Cloze test 5 Moderate
Total 25 Moderate-Difficult

Quantitative Aptitude

Quant in CGL 2017 exam was of moderate level. 5 Questions from Bar Graph DI were asked and were very calculative and easy. There were 6 questions of SI & CI and Profit and Loss. There were 2 from trigonometry which are not of basic level. Questions from algebra were quite easy. Geometry questions are not that easy.

There were 1 DI in the Exam:-BAR GRAPH, Movie Screen Related information.  

Topic No of Questions Level
S.I, CI, Profit/Loss 6 Easy-Moderate
Mensuration 2 Easy-Moderate
Trigonometry 2 Moderate-Difficult
Algebra 3 Moderate-Difficult
Time and Work 1 Moderate
Geometry 3 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. Maximum questions were from History (4-5), Polity (4-5) and Science (7-8 questions). The level was easy-moderate.

Some Questions are:
1.Ozone is —– of oxygen? 

2. Second fight of Tarain between whom? 

3. BOOK-  The Light In The Window? 

4. Who received Padma Shri award 2017 Cooking ? 

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/computer 3-4 Moderate
Total 25 Easy-Moderate
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