2nd Shift of today's exam (08th August 2017) is over now. In this article, we are providing you exam review here which is based on the student's feedback. Exam analysis provided here contains :-
1. The difficulty level of the exam paper.
2. Were questions similar or different to 1st shift?
3. Topic wise distribution of questions.
4. Important topics for upcoming exams.
It has been analyzed that number of questions asked in 2nd shift were same as asked in the 1st shift. Questions asked in General Awareness were from the similar topics.
For example: In 1st shift, question-related to xylem was asked but in the 2nd shift, the question related to phloem was asked.
Similarly, in Polity, No.of fundamental duties were asked in the 2nd shift but in the 1st shift, no. of writs was asked.
Questions asked from Indian Polity were from Previous Year Papers.
We can say that pattern of questions asked in this shift 2 was similar to 1st shift, 8th August 2017.
In this shift also, the level of the exam was moderate. Quant section was difficult and time-consuming. Around 40% questions were asked from Advanced maths. So you need to focus more on Circle and triangle. Do not forget to revise Mensuration - 3D figures formulas. Questions from Data Interpretation have varied accordingly to the shifts (it is either 4 or 5). Questions from DI asked in this 2nd Shift were comparatively difficult than 1st shift.
In reasoning, 1 question from Mathematical operations was asked which was difficult.
Important topics for the upcoming exams:
1. Biology: Plants and Cells, Diseases and their causes, Fats and Proteins
2. Chemistry: Important acids and their uses, Polymers
3. Physics: SI units
4. Important Inventions and Discoveries.
5. Slogans (Modern History)
6. Books and Authors (related to social issues and Current)
SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Analysis (08th August 2017 Shift 2)
Reasoning Ability
Direction - 1
Series Completion - 2 (1 difficult + 1 easy)
Paper cutting - 1
Mirror Image -1
Counting of figures - 1 (Number of rectangles)
Venn Diagram - 1
Syllogism - 1 (Difficult)
Cube & Dice - 1
Coding-Decoding (2 difficult questions)
Matrix - 1 (STRAW)
Embedded Figure - 1
Classification - 2
Analogy - 3
Mathematical operation - (1) - difficult
Miscellaneous - 6 questions
Quantitative Aptitude
This was the most time taking section of today's shift. Some of the candidates have said that more than 30 minutes were less for this section.
Advance Maths
- Trigonometry - 3
- Algebra - 3-4
- Geometry - 3 (were similar as previous shift: 1 Circle+ 1 triangle +1 Rhombus)
- Mensuration: 2 easy
Data Interpretation: Tabular Data
- Questions asked were related to GDP (formula of GDP was given)
- Based on that formula, questions were asked.
Arithmetic
- Profit and Loss - 2 - Moderate
- Successive Discounts -1 - Easy
- Time and Work -1 (related to efficiency and alternate days concept) -
- SI & CI - 1 - difficult (3 years of difference between SI and CI was given, rate of interest was asked)
- Average - 1 (calculative)
- Time and Distance - 1 (moderate)
English
Vocabulary
- Antonym & Synonym - 2-3 (asked from previous year papers)
- Idiom Phrases - 2
- One word Substitution - 2 (moderate)
- Spelling Errors - 2 (1 correct + 1 wrong)
Grammar
- Direct Indirect - 1 (moderate)
- Active Passive - 1 (easy)
- Parajumbles - 2 (moderate)
- Error spotting - 3 (easy)
- Sentence improvement - 2
Cloze test - 5 (moderate) and it was based on fuel.
General Awareness
GK was not easy.
- Science: 5-6 (easy)
- Polity - 3-4 (easy)
- Economics - 1-2 (easy)
- Current Affairs - 2-3 (moderate)
- Geography - 3 - 4 (Moderate)
- History - 4-5 (moderate)
Go through the questions asked in today's SSC CGL Tier I Paper.
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