Staff Selection Commission (Combined Graduate Level) Tier I Examination 2015 - Afternoon Shift
The pattern of the Staff Selection Commission (Combined Graduate Level) Tier I Examination-2015 conducted on August 16, 2015 was similar to the one conducted last year though the difficulty level of the paper has decreased marginally. The afternoon slot (02:00 p.m. to 04:00 p.m.) had a single unique question paper with multiple sets. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last year.
The pattern of the test was as follows:
| Section | Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Good |
Approximate time taken |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
34-37 |
30-32 |
35 |
General Awareness |
50 |
Moderate-Difficult |
20-24 |
15-18 |
20 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
Easy |
30-33 |
28-31 |
40 |
English Comprehension |
50 |
Easy |
35-38 |
32- 35 |
25 |
Total |
200 |
|
120-125 |
103-110 |
120 |
Expected Tier I Cut-offs (Out of 200)
For All Posts
| UR (General) | OBC |
SC |
ST |
97-103 |
82-85 |
76-80 |
70-73 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning
In this section, questions were from an array of topics and most of them had an easy to moderate level of difficulty. As compared to last year, the Visual Reasoning questions were easier and the options could easily be negated to reach the correct answer. One question of Mathematical Reasoning was incorrect as the correct answer was not present in any of the options. A student could have easily attempted approximately 35 questions in this section.
The details of the section are as given below-
| Topic | Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
Analogy |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
Blood relation |
1 |
Easy |
Coding-decoding |
4 |
Easy |
Cubes/dices |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Directions |
2 |
Easy |
Mathematical Reasoning |
2 |
Moderate |
Matrix based |
1 |
Easy |
Meaningful order |
2 |
Easy |
Missing number |
5 |
Easy |
Odd one out |
6 |
Moderate-difficult |
Series |
4 |
Moderate-difficult |
Statement-conclusion |
2 |
Easy |
Venn diagram |
3 |
Easy |
Visual Reasoning |
8 |
Moderate |
Word formation |
3 |
Moderate |
General Awareness
This section was moderately difficult. As usual, maximum questions were from Science section (18 in total), which were of high level of difficulty. Geography and Miscellaneous GK were quantitatively second in number, having 8 questions each. History and Economics were third with 6 questions each. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last year, but there were some tricky questions especially in Science section. A student could have easily attempted approximately 20 questions in this section.
The split -up of questions, section wise, is as follows:
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
History |
6 |
Moderate |
Geography |
8 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Polity |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Economics |
6 |
Moderate |
Biology |
4 |
Difficult |
Chemistry |
3 |
Difficult |
Physics |
6 |
Difficult |
Computer |
2 |
Difficult |
Ecology/Environment |
3 |
Difficult |
Miscellaneous GK |
8 |
Moderate |
Current Affairs |
1 |
Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
The section comprised questions from a variety of topics. Unlike last year, this yearâs section was dominated by Arithmetic and Geometry. The correct answer for 2 questions of one Data Interpretation set and 1 question of Number System was not present in the options. There was also one incorrect question in Algebra as it had multiple correct options. A student could have easily attempted approximately 30-33 questions in this section.
The details of the section are as given below-
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Number System |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
SI/CI |
1 |
Easy |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
4 |
Moderate |
Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Easy |
Mixture and Alligation |
1 |
Easy |
Averages |
2 |
Easy |
Work & Time, Pipes & Cisterns |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Geometry/ Mensuration |
12 |
Moderate |
Coordinate Geometry |
1 |
Easy |
Trigonometry |
7 |
Easy-Moderate |
Algebra |
8 |
Easy |
Data Interpretation (Bar, Pie) |
7 |
Moderate |
English Comprehension
A majority of the questions in this section can be categorised under Vocabulary and Grammar. In Vocabulary, there were questions on Antonyms, Synonyms, One word Substitution, Sentence Correction, Spot the Error and Fill in the Blanks. In Grammar, there were questions on Sentence Correction, Spot the Error and Fill in the Blanks. There were 2 Reading Comprehension Passages with
5 questions each. A student could have easily attempted 35 questions in this section. The details of the section are as given below-
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Vocabulary |
19 |
Easy |
Idioms and Phrases |
5 |
Easy |
Grammar |
14 |
Easy-Moderate |
Reading Comprehension |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
Spellings |
2 |
Easy |
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