SSC CGL Tier-II exam for 2018 is scheduled to be conducted from September 11, 2019 to September 13, 2019. The exam was conducted in a Computer Based Test format.
Detailed Analysis of SSC CGL Tier-II Exam 2018
The overall difficulty level of paper-I of SSC CGL Tier-II 2018 was easier than that of the previous year’s paper. Today’s paper offered a blend of questions from Arithmetic and Advanced Mathematics. Questions from Arithmetic were basically based on Partnerships, Mixture/Alligation, Profit, Loss & Discount, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Averages, Time, Speed & Distance, Time & Work and Percentages. About 50 questions were from Advanced Mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry). There were 2 Data Interpretation sets based on Bar Graph and Pie Chart. Last but not the least, the paper was calculative.
A smart approach to the paper could have resulted in good attempt of nearly 68-75 questions. The overall difficulty level of the paper was easy to moderate.
The detailed break-up of Paper-I of SSC CGL Tier-II Exam 2018 is as follows:
Topic |
Number of Questions (Approx.) |
Level of Difficulty |
Ratio, Proportion and Partnerships |
3 |
Easy |
Number System |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
Simplification |
3 |
Easy |
Percentage |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss & Discount |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
SI & CI |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Mixture/Alligation |
3 |
Easy – Moderate |
Time, Speed & Distance |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time & Work |
5 |
Easy – Moderate |
Average |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Algebra |
9 |
Easy-Moderate |
Co-ordinate Geometry |
3 |
Easy |
Geometry |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
Mensuration |
10 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Trigonometry |
10 |
Moderate-Difficult |
DI (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Moderate |
DI (Pie Chart) |
5 |
Moderate |
A smart approach to the paper could have resulted in a good attempt of nearly 170-175 questions. The overall difficulty level of the paper was easy.
The detailed break-up of Paper-II of SSC CGL Tier-II Exam 2018 is as follows:
Topic |
Number of Questions (Approx.) |
Level of Difficulty |
Spot the Error |
20 |
Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Completion |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Synonyms/Antonyms |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
Wrongly Spelt Words |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
Idioms & Phrases |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
Para Jumbles/Sentence Jumbles |
20 |
Moderate-Difficult |
One word substitution |
10 |
Moderate – Difficult |
Active & Passive Voice |
20 |
Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Improvement |
20 |
Easy-Moderate |
Direct/Indirect Speech |
27 |
Easy-Moderate |
Cloze Test (10 + 5 + 5) |
20 |
Moderate |
Reading Comprehension (10 + 10 + 5 + 5) |
30 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Miscellaneous |
8 |
Easy-Moderate |
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