SSC CGL Tier-I 2017 exam was flagged off on August 5, 2017. The exam is scheduled to be conducted in three time slots. It is a Computer based Test (CBT) containing 100 objective type questions to be answered in 60 minutes.
There are four sections, namely, General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English Comprehension consisting of 25 questions each. All sections, except the English Comprehension section are available bilingual i.e. in both Hindi and English medium. Every correct answer will fetch 2 marks and 0.50 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. No marks will be deducted for unanswered questions.
The pattern of the test was as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Total Marks | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Approximate time taken (in Minutes) |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
25 |
50 |
Easy |
21 - 23 |
15 |
General Awareness |
25 |
50 |
Easy |
18 - 20 |
10 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
25 |
50 |
Moderate - Difficult |
18 - 20 |
20 |
English |
25 |
50 |
Easy- Moderate |
20 - 22 |
15 |
Total |
100 |
200 |
Easy- Moderate |
69-77 |
60 |
Expected Tier I Cut-offs (Out of 200 Marks)
For All Posts
| UR (General) | OBC |
SC |
ST |
VH |
135 - 138 |
122 - 126 |
113 - 115 |
101 - 104 |
65 - 70 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning
The level of difficulty of this section was easy. The questions in this section were similar to last year and the options could easily be eliminated to reach the correct answer.
The details of the section are as given below-
| Topic | Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
Syllogism |
1 |
Moderate |
Matrix |
1 |
Easy |
Blood Relation |
1 |
Easy |
Visual Reasoning |
1 |
Easy |
Odd one out |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Coding Decoding |
4 |
Easy - Moderate |
Direction |
1 |
Easy |
Analogy |
4 |
Moderate |
Series |
4 |
Easy - Moderate |
Miscellaneous |
6 |
Easy - Moderate |
General Awareness
This section was moderate to difficult. Overall, the paper was on the same pattern as last year. The paper was dominated by science and economics questions.
The split-up of questions, section wise, is as follows:
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
History |
5 |
Easy |
Geography |
2 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Polity |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Economics |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Science (Biology, Chemistry & Physics) |
7 |
Difficult |
Miscellaneous GK /Current Affairs |
4 |
Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
The section comprised questions from a variety of topics. Unlike last year, this section was dominated by Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry and DI.
The details of the section are as given below-
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Percentages |
1 |
Easy |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
6 |
Easy |
Mensuration |
1 |
Easy |
Trigonometry |
3 |
Easy |
Algebra |
2 |
Easy |
Time, Speed and Distance |
1 |
Easy |
Geometry/ Mensuration |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time and Work |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Average |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Bar) |
5 |
Easy |
English Comprehension
A majority of the questions in this section can be categorised under Vocabulary and Grammar. There were some changes in this year’s paper. There was no reading comprehension passage this year. This year’s question paper contained Direct and Indirect Speech, Para Jumble and Active/Passive Voice questions.
The details of the section are as given below-
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Synonyms/Antonyms |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
One Word Substitution |
2 |
Easy |
Error Spotting |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Direct and Indirect Narration |
1 |
Easy |
Active/Passive Voice |
1 |
Easy |
Sentence Improvement |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Idiom/Phrase Replacement |
3 |
Easy |
Para jumble |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
Spellings |
2 |
Easy |
Cloze Test |
5 |
Easy |
Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
All the best!
Team CL