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Here is the detailed analysis of today’s ESIC SSO Mains Examination by Adda247 that discusses in detail the pattern and types of questions asked in the four sections viz. Quantitative Aptitude Section, English Language, General/ Economy/ Financial/Insurance Awareness and Reasoning/ Intelligence Section. This analysis will help students get an insight into the difficulty level, types of questions asked in today’s examination and questions that could be asked in the upcoming examination. The overall difficulty level of this examination was Moderate. Let’s move forward to the section-wise analysis of ESIC SSO Mains Exam 2018.
ESIC SSO Mains Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis
Subject | Good Attempts |
Reasoning/ Intelligence | 27-33 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 23-27 |
English Language | 21-25 |
General/ Economy/ Financial/Insurance Awareness | 19-23 |
Total | 111-121 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Easy-Moderate)
The level of this section was Moderate. There were a total of 2 DIs in this shift.
- Tabular
- Double Pie Chart
Topics
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
Data Interpretation
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Quadratic Equation
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Missing Number Series
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Approximation
|
5
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Arithmetic Word Problems
|
15
|
Moderate
|
Total
|
40
|
Easy-Moderate
|
Reasoning/ Intelligence (Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning section was Easy-Moderate. There were a total of 4 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangements:
i) Linear Seating Arrangements,
ii) Month-based puzzle,
iii) Linear Seating Arrangement,
iv) A puzzle with no. of people, names of companies and movies.
Following table shows the types of questions asked in the exam:
Topics
No. of Questions
Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
20
Moderate
Input-Output
5
Moderate
Inference
5
Easy-Moderate
Coding-Decoding
5
Easy-Moderate
Directions
2
Easy
Blood Relation
3
Easy
Total
40
Easy-Moderate
The level of reasoning section was Easy-Moderate. There were a total of 4 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangements:
i) Linear Seating Arrangements,
ii) Month-based puzzle,
iii) Linear Seating Arrangement,
iv) A puzzle with no. of people, names of companies and movies.
Following table shows the types of questions asked in the exam:
i) Linear Seating Arrangements,
ii) Month-based puzzle,
iii) Linear Seating Arrangement,
iv) A puzzle with no. of people, names of companies and movies.
Following table shows the types of questions asked in the exam:
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Moderate |
Input-Output | 5 | Moderate |
Inference | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Directions | 2 | Easy |
Blood Relation | 3 | Easy |
Total | 40 | Easy-Moderate |
English Language (Easy-Moderate)
The level of this section Easy to Moderate. There were 2 sets of Reading Comprehension.
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate |
Connectors | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Single Fillers | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Match the column | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Error Detection | 5 | Easy |
Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
General/ Economy/ Financial/Insurance Awareness (Easy-Moderate)
The level of general awareness section was easy to moderate. Most of the questions were based on insurance. Questions covering current affairs of past 2-3 months were asked in this section.