SSC CGL Tier-I 2017 Exam Analysis : 6th August Shift 2 |

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SSC CGL Tier-I 2017 Exam Analysis Shift-2

Dear students, Today is the 2nd day and second shift of SSC CGL 2017 Exam. The Exam will be conducted by SSC from 5th August to 24th August 2017.We are providing Exam analysis of SSC CGL Tier-1 2017 Shift-2 so that all other aspirants can get an overall and clear idea about exam pattern and difficulty level. The SSC CGL Tier-1 2017 is being held in online mode. So dear students, without much ado, let’s get straight to the detailed Exam analysis.

Last year the Exam duration was 75 minutes but this time the Exam duration is 60 minutes.

The important dates for SSC CGL 2017 are:

SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam: 5th Aug to 24th Aug 2017
SSC CGL Tier-2 Exam: 10th-11th November 2017
SSC CGL Tier-3 Exam: 21st January 2018
Skill Test/Computer Skill Test: February 2018

Section	Level	Good Attempts
English Language	Moderate-Difficult	16-19
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate	19-22
General Intelligence	Easy	21-23
General Awareness	Easy-Moderate	13-15
Overall	Moderate	76-79

General Intelligence

In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017 the questions of General Intelligence(Reasoning) were quite easy. The topic wise distribution of the reasoning section has been provided below. Students can have a fair idea of what SSC had been upto in terms of these questions. As per the inputs shared by students, this was the easiest among all the other sections.

Topic	No of Questions	Level
Syllogism	1	Moderate
Matrix	1	Easy
Blood Relation	1	Easy
Non-Verbal (Image)	1	Easy
Odd one out	1-2	Easy-Moderate
Direction Sense Test	1	Easy-Moderate
Analogy	4	Moderate
Series	5	Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous	10	Easy-Moderate
Total	25	Easy

English Language

English Language section again surprised candidates with twisted questions and arduous language. There was no reading comprehension and this was a major shocker for students. This year in this shift there was a cloze test (cloze tests were not seen in CGL Tier I exams in last 2-3 years). Para Jumble was a new introduction in this year’s exam.

Topic	No of Questions	Level
Sentence Improvement	3	Easy
Error Detection	3	Moderate
Idioms/Phrases	3	Difficult
Parajumbled	2	Easy-Moderate
Antonym/ Synonym	3	Difficult
One word substitution	2-3	Difficult
Spelling check	2	Easy
Cloze test	5	Moderate
Total	25	Moderate-Difficult

Quantitative Aptitude

Quant in CGL 2017 exam was of moderate level. Questions from Tabular DI were asked and there were 6 questions of SI & CI and Profit and Loss. There were 2-3 from trigonometry. And 2-3 questions were from Algebra

There were 1 DI in the Exam:-

Tabular

Topic	No of Questions	Level
S.I, CI, Profit/Loss	6	Easy-Moderate
Mensuration	1	Difficult
Trigonometry	2-3	Moderate-Difficult
Algebra	2-3	Difficult
Time and Work	2	Moderate
Geometry	2	Moderate
Speed and Distance	1	Easy-Moderate
Average & Percentage	1	Moderate
DI	5	Easy-Moderate
Total	25	Moderate

General Awareness

In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017, General Awareness questions were asked from all aspects of GA. Maximum questions were from History (5-6), Polity (5-6) and Science (7-8 questions). The level was easy-moderate.