Updated On : April 3, 2023
The Staff Selection Commission is conducting the preliminary stage of CPO from November 23-26, 2020. As the exam is scheduled in 2 shifts, here is the detailed review for the second shift. Go through the SSC CPO Shift 2 Analysis 2020 in this post.
With the help of SSC CPO Exam Analysis, candidates can know the difficulty level of the exam and good attempts. Based on the feedback received from students, we have curated the SSC CPO Shift 2 Paper Analysis here.
Exam Date | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
23rd November 2020 | Moderate | 140-150 |
24th November 2020 | Moderate | 150-160 |
25th November 2020 | ||
26th November 2020 |
Check the analysis to know the complete review of the exam. Also, candidates must know that scoring above the SSC CPO Cut Off marks will result in getting shortlisted for the next stage.
Sections | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
Reasoning | Moderate | 35-40 |
General Awareness | Easy to Moderate | 38-42 |
English Language | Easy to Moderate | 36-40 |
Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate | 35-40 |
Topic | Number of questions |
Paper Cutting & Folding | 3-4 |
Figure Counting | 2 |
Embedded Figures | 3-4 |
Mirror Image | 2 |
Arithmetic Reasoning | 3-4 |
Venn diagram & Syllogism | 2-3 |
Statement-conclusion/Syllogism | 2-3 |
Direction & Distance | 1-2 |
Wrong Number Series | 3-4 |
Coding-decoding | 3-4 |
Word Formation | 2 |
Mathematical Operations | 1 |
Figure Series | 2-3 |
Distance Direction Test | 2 |
Classification | 2-3 |
Blood Relation | 1 |
Total | 50 |
Topic | Number of Questions |
Polity | 4-5 |
Biology | 3-4 |
Chemistry | 2-3 |
Physics | 3-4 |
Economics | 1-2 |
Geography | 5-6 |
History | 4-5 |
Current Affairs | 5-6 |
Static GK | 7-8 |
Total | 50 |
Topic | Number of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 5 |
Cloze Test (Story Based) | 1 |
Spelling | 4-5 |
Sentence Improvement | 2-3 |
Spot the error | 4-5 |
Fill in the Blanks | 4-5 |
One-word substitution | 4-5 |
Synonyms and Antonyms | 8-9 |
Idiom/Phrases | 2 |
Total | 50 |
Topic | Number of Questions |
Data Interpretation | 8-9 |
Work & Time | 2-3 |
Geometry | 3-4 |
Mensuration | 2-3 |
Trigonometry | 3-4 |
Heights & Distance | 1 |
Algebra | 4-5 |
Number System | 4-5 |
Percentage | 2 |
Partnership | 2 |
Time, Speed, and Distance | 2-3 |
Profit, Loss, and Discount | 4-5 |
SI/CI | 2-3 |
LCM/HCF | 1-2 |
Ratio and Proportion | 1-2 |
Mixture & Allegation | 1 |
Average | 2-3 |
Total | 50 |
Here is the overall analysis for the 23rd November 2nd shift. Check the analysis to know the complete review of the exam. Also, candidates must know that scoring above the SSC CPO Cut Off marks will result in getting shortlisted for the next stage.
Sections | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
Reasoning | Moderate | 35-40 |
General Awareness | Moderate-Difficult | 20-25 |
English Language | Easy-Moderate | 38-40 |
Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate | 35-40 |
Topic | Number of questions |
Analogy | 4-5 |
Figure Counting | 3-4 |
Blood Relation | 2 |
Mirror Image | 2-3 |
Directions | 2 |
Venn diagram | 1-2 |
Statement-conclusion/Syllogism | 2-3 |
Word formation | |
Wrong Number Series | 7-8 |
Coding-decoding | 5-6 |
Miscellaneous | |
Mathematical Operations | 2-3 |
Alphabetical Series | |
Distance Direction Test | 2 |
Dice | 1-2 |
Total | 50 |
Topic | Number of Questions |
Polity | 4-5 |
Biology | 3-4 |
Chemistry | 1-2 |
Physics | 3-4 |
Economics | 1-2 |
Geography | 5-6 |
History | 4-5 |
Current Affairs | 15-20 |
Total | 50 |
Topic | Number of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 5 |
Cloze Test (Story Based) | 5-6 |
Spelling | 4-5 |
Sentence Improvement | 2-3 |
Spot the error | 5-6 |
One-word substitution | 4-5 |
Synonyms and Antonyms | 10 |
Idiom/Phrases | 5-6 |
Total | 50 |
Topic | Number of Questions |
Data Interpretation | 6-7 |
Work & Time, Pipes & Cisterns | 5-6 |
Geometry | 3-4 |
Mensuration | 2-3 |
Trigonometry | 5-6 |
Algebra | 4-5 |
Percentage | 2-3 |
Time, Speed, and Distance | 3 |
Profit, Loss, and Discount | 3-4 |
SI/CI | 2 |
Ratio and Proportion | 2-3 |
Mixture & Allegation | 1 |
Average | 2-3 |
Total | 50 |
Here in the table, candidates can take the reference of the previous year to score well in the exam.
Section | Total Questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Good Score | Approximate time is taken (in Minutes) |
General Intelligence & Reasoning | 50 | Easy to Moderate | 34-42 | 33-39 | 35 |
General Knowledge & General Awareness | 50 | Moderate-Difficult | 33-41 | 30-36 | 20 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | Moderate-Difficult | 30-38 | 31-35 | 40 |
English Comprehension | 50 | Easy | 26-37 | 31-38 | 25 |
Total | 200 | Moderate-Difficult | 132-153 | 121-143 | 120 |
The Reasoning section of the SSC CPO Exam was very easy. Because of the low difficulty level, it was the least time-consuming as well. The students informed, that a lot of questions came from the previous years' question papers.
Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
Analogy | 6-7 | Easy |
Series | 4-5 | Easy |
Odd one out | 4-6 | Easy-Moderate |
Visual Reasoning | 3-5 | Easy |
Directions | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Venn diagram | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
Statement-conclusion/Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
Word formation | 2 | Easy |
Missing number | 5 | Moderate-difficult |
Coding-decoding | 4 | Easy |
Blood relation | 1 | Easy |
Matrix-based | 3 | Easy |
Meaningful order/Dictionary Order | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Miscellaneous | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
As per the previous year exam, the difficulty level of the section General Awareness was quite moderate. The questions of slight difficulty only came from the Current Affairs topic.
Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Polity | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
Biology | 4-6 | Easy-Moderate |
Chemistry | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
Physics | 6-7 | Moderate |
Economics | 7-8 | Moderate |
Geography | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
History | 7 | Moderate |
Current Affairs | 9-13 | Moderate-Difficult |
The SSC CPO Numerical section was easy to moderate as claimed by the candidates. The candidates also said that this section was somewhat calculative but questions were formed on the direct formulas. The candidates can check the SSC CPO Previous Year Question Paper for Quantitative Aptitude Exam Analysis in the following table:
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
Work & Time, Pipes & Cisterns | 7 | Moderate-Difficult |
Geometry | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
Mensuration | 7 | Moderate-Difficult |
Trigonometry | 4 | Moderate-Difficult |
Algebra | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
Percentage | 3-4 | Easy-Moderate |
Time, Speed and Distance | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
Profit, Loss, and Discount | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
SI/CI | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Mixture & Allegation | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Average | 2 | Moderate |
The SSC CPO Previous Year English section was extremely easy. The candidates told that most difficult questions came from One-word substitution and Synonyms/Antonyms. Check the level of the questions asked and the number of questions from each topic of previous year exam analysis below in the table-
Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Reading Comprehension | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
Cloze Test (Story Based) | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
Spelling | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Improvement | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
Spot the error | 4 | Moderate |
One-word substitution | 6 | Difficult |
Synonyms and Antonyms | 13 | Difficult |
Idiom/Phrases | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
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