Today was first day of the Staff Selection Commission (Combined Higher Secondary Level) Tier-I Exam 2020. The exam will be conducted from April 12, 2021 to April 27, 2021. There were no major changes seen in the pattern of the exam.
There are four sections, namely, General Intelligence, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness consisting of 25 questions each. All sections, except the English Language 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 detailed break-up of SSC CHSL (10 + 2) Tier I Exam 2020 is as follows
Section |
Total Questions |
Total Marks |
Level of difficulty |
Good |
Approximate time taken |
General Intelligence |
25 |
50 |
Easy |
20-22 |
15 |
English Language |
25 |
50 |
Moderate |
19-21 |
10 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
25 |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
18-20 |
25 |
General Awareness |
25 |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
16-18 |
10 |
Total |
100 |
200 |
Easy- Moderate |
75-82 |
60 |
| Topic | Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
Analogy |
3 |
Easy |
Coding-decoding |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Dice    |
1 |
Easy |
Number Series |
3 |
Easy - Moderate |
Odd one out |
3 |
Easy - Moderate |
Direction |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Mathematical Reasoning |
2 |
Easy |
Logical Puzzle - Logical Arrangement |
1 |
Easy |
Venn diagram |
1 |
Easy |
Alphabet Series |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Blood Relation |
1 |
|
Classification - Animal Related |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Visual Reasoning (Counting of figures - Triangle based) |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Visual Reasoning (Paper Folding) |
1 |
Easy |
Visual Reasoning (Mirror Image) |
1 |
Easy |
Visual Reasoning (Embedded Figures) |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Syllogism |
1 |
Easy |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Synonyms |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Antonyms |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Active/Passive |
1 |
Easy |
Direct/Indirect |
1 |
Easy |
Spot the Error |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Sentence Improvement |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Sentence Completion (Fill in the Blanks) |
2 |
Easy |
Idiom/Phrase |
2 |
Easy |
One word Substitution |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Spellings |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement |
2 |
Easy |
Cloze Test (Based on the movement of animals at the time of natural disaster.) |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. A majority of the questions in this section can be categorised under Vocabulary and Grammar.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Age based |
1 |
Easy |
Percentage |
2 |
Easy |
SI/CI |
1 |
Hard |
Profit, Loss and Discount |
3 |
Easy - Moderate |
Time and work |
1 |
Easy |
Time and work - Pipes and Cisterns |
1 |
Easy- Moderate |
Averages |
1 |
Easy |
Time, Speed and Distance |
1 |
Easy- Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance-Boat and Stream |
1 |
Moderate |
Geometry |
1 |
Moderate-Difficult |
Mensuration |
2 |
Moderate - Difficult |
Trigonometry |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Algebra |
1 |
Moderate - Difficult |
Mixture and Alligation |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Ratio and Proportion |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart) |
4 |
Easy-Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. This section was dominated by Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry and DI.
| Topic | Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
History |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Art and Culture |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Polity |
2 |
Easy - Moderate |
Geography |
2 |
Easy |
Economy |
1 |
Easy - Moderate |
Science (Biology, Physics and Chemistry) |
4 |
Easy- Moderate |
Sports |
2 |
Easy |
Static GK |
4 |
Easy |
Current Affairs |
4 |
Easy - Moderate |
Miscellaneous GK |
3 |
Easy - Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. The questions were from History, Geography, Polity, Economics, Science (Biology, Chemistry & Physics), Current Affairs, Static Awareness and Miscellaneous GK.
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