SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1 – Exam Analysis and Expected Cut - off (Shift 1, 2 and 3) – 31st August 2016
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The fifth day of the SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1 examination series has hit the examination centres today. It is high time for the candidates to persuade themselves to perform the best in the examination. The SSC CGL Tier 1 examination will be conducted in three different slots today. The curiosity of the aspirants to get the analysis of the examination must be at the top amongst all other things. We bring you the analysis of the first, second and third shifts of the SSC CGL Tier 1 examination conducted on 31st August 2016.
The Staff Selection Commission has successfully managed to conduct all the three shifts: morning shift, afternoon shift and evening shifts. SSC is conducting these examinations in order to fill in 34000 vacancies released under the notification of “SSC CGL Recruitment 2016”. Sensing your curiosity to know about the examination analysis, we bring you a complete analysis of the SSC CGL Tier 1 examination held on 31st August 2016.
Before going on to the pattern of the examination. let us look at the pattern of the SSC CGL Tier 1 examination.
SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1: Pattern
SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Pattern |
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Section |
Number of questions |
Maximum marks |
Duration |
1.General Intelligence and Reasoning |
25 |
50 |
75 minutes |
2.General Awareness |
25 |
50 |
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3. Quantitative Aptitude |
25 |
50 |
|
4. English Comprehension |
25 |
50 |
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Total |
100 |
200 |
Let us now take a look the analysis of different shifts:
SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1: Analysis of 1st Shift
General Intelligence and Reasoning:
The questions from this section were of easy level. The topics asked in the examination are as follows:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Number Series/ Alphabet series |
5- 8 |
Easy |
Picture Diagram |
2 |
|
Matrix |
1 |
|
Classification |
3 |
|
Miscellaneous |
4 |
|
Picture Diagram |
2 |
|
Non- verbal reasoning |
5 |
Good attempt for this: 20- 22 questions out of 25 questions
General Awareness:
The questions from this section were of easy- moderate level. The topics asked are given in the following table.
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
History |
4-6 |
Easy- Moderate |
Polity |
3 |
|
Geography |
1-3 |
|
Economics |
3 |
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Current affairs |
4-5 |
|
General Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) |
3-4 |
Good attempt for this: 12-15 questions out of 25 questions
Quantitative Aptitude: The questions asked in this section were of easy to moderate level. The topics asked:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Number Series |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Averages |
2 |
|
Speed and Distance |
3 |
|
Bar Chart |
5 |
|
Geometry |
4 |
|
Trigonometry |
3 |
|
Miscellaneous |
many |
Good attempt for this: 18-20 questions out of 25 questions
English Comprehension: The questions asked in this section were of easy to moderate level. The topics asked:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
Antonyms and Synonyms |
3 |
|
Idioms and Phrases |
3 |
|
Spelling correction |
1 |
|
Sentence Improvement |
3 |
|
One word substitution |
3 |
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Error detection |
3 |
|
Fill in the blanks (Gap fillers) |
3 |
Good attempt for this: 18- 20 questions out of 25 questions
SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1: Analysis of 2nd Shift
Now, let us begin with the analysis part of the 2nd shift.
General Intelligence and Reasoning:
This section had questions of easy level. The topics asked are:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Number Series/ Alphabet series |
5- 8 |
Easy |
Picture Diagram |
2 |
|
Water image / Mirror image |
2 |
|
Matrix |
1 |
|
Paper Cutting |
1 |
|
Analogy |
2 |
|
Classification |
3 |
|
Miscellaneous |
4 |
Good attempt for this: 20- 22 questions out of 25 questions
General Awareness:
The questions from this section were of moderate level. Some of the questions asked in the examination are:
1. Pellagra & Scurvy diseases caused due to deficiency of –
2. Indira Gandhi who got Jnanpith Award belongs to which state –
3. Longest islands –
4. Nitric acid doesn’t react with – (copper, iron, zinc or gold
Good attempt for this: 12-15 questions out of 25 questions
Quantitative Aptitude: The questions asked in this section were of easy to moderate level. The topics asked:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Number Series |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Pie Chart |
5 |
|
Geometry |
4 |
|
Trigonometry |
2 |
|
Miscellaneous |
many |
Good attempt for this: 18-20 questions out of 25 questions
English Comprehension: The questions asked in this section were of easy to moderate level. The topics asked:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
Antonyms and Synonyms |
3- 4 |
|
Idioms and Phrases |
3 |
|
Spelling correction |
1 |
|
Sentence Improvement |
3 |
|
One word substitution |
3 |
|
Error detection |
3 |
|
Fill in the blanks (Gap fillers) |
3 |
Good attempt for this: 18-20 questions out of 25 questions
Overall attempt in the second section: The overall attempt can be of 70 percent as the overall paper was quite easy
SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1: Analysis of 3rd Shift
Now let us take a look at the analysis of the third shift.
General Intelligence and Reasoning:
This section had questions of easy level. Given below are the topics asked:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Number Series/ Alphabet series |
5- 8 |
Easy |
Picture Diagram |
2 |
|
Water image / Mirror image |
2 |
|
Matrix |
1 |
|
Paper Cutting |
1 |
|
Analogy |
2 |
|
Classification |
3 |
|
Miscellaneous |
4 |
Good attempt for this: 20- 22 questions out of 25 questions
General Awareness:
The questions from this section were of moderate level. Given below are some of the questions asked in the examination:
1. Formic acid produced by
2. First french factory established in India at -Surat
3. Jawaharlal Nehru award in the field of –
4. Virus in a program duplicates by the process-
5. Excess production of red blood cells leads to disease
6. Who issued silver coins –
7. Zubin Mehta related to which field –
8. Which city is called queen of Adriatic sea –
9. 1st commonwealth games 1930 held in country –
10. The term *tanka* introduced by which emperor –
Good attempt for this: 12-15 questions out of 25 questions
Quantitative Aptitude: The questions asked in this section were of easy to moderate level. Given below are the topics asked:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Number Series |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Pie Chart |
5 |
|
Geometry |
4 |
|
Trigonometry |
2 |
|
Miscellaneous |
many |
Good attempt for this: 18-20 questions out of 25 questions
English Comprehension: The questions asked in this section were of easy to moderate level. Given below are the topics asked
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level |
Reading Comprehension |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
Antonyms and Synonyms |
3- 4 |
|
Idioms and Phrases |
3 |
|
Spelling correction |
1 |
|
Sentence Improvement |
3 |
|
One word substitution |
3 |
|
Error detection |
3 |
|
Fill in the blanks (Gap fillers) |
3 |
Good attempt for this: 18-20 questions out of 25 questions
SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1: Expected cut- off
Categories |
Marks (±7) |
General |
110 |
OBC |
95 |
SC |
85 |
ST |
80 |
OH |
75 |
VH |
50 |
HH |
50 |
Ex-S |
70 |
We hope that this article helps you in getting an insight of all three shifts of the SSC CGL Tier 1 2016 and their patterns. Stay tuned for more updates. We wish you good luck!
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