SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2020 Shift 1 (25 November): Paper 1 Review, Questions Asked, Difficulty Level

By Parnab Mallick|Updated : November 25th, 2020

SSC CPO Exam Analysis of 1st Shift conducted on 25th November 2020 has been discussed in detail in this article. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is the conducting body of the SSC CPO Exam and is one of the most sought after exams in the country. Every year lakhs of aspirants sit for this exam to qualify for the post of SI and get a uniform along with 2 stars in their shoulders. Selected candidates are posted in various Central Government departments including Delhi Police, BSF, CISF, ITBP, and SSB. This year SSC board is conducting CPO 2020 examination to fill 1,564 vacancies.

The exam analysis shall help candidates to comprehend the level of examination with respect to previous year exam. Also, it will help candidates to know the type of questions asked, difficulty level of the shift, the number of good attempts, and topic-wise marks weightage.  

The SSC CPO Paper 1/ Tier 1 exam is conducted in MCQ format with questions from 4 different sections which are English Language and Comprehension, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness and General Intelligence & Reasoning. The maximum marks in Paper 1 is 200, and the candidate gets 1 mark for each correct answer and 0.25 marks deduction for each wrong answer. Here is a graph which highlights the exam pattern of SSC CPO 2020 Exam: 

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SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): Highlights

Going by the candidates who have appeared in the SSC CPO Exam conducted on November 25, 2020, in shift 1, the difficulty level was Moderate. We have listed some important highlights as provided by the candidates:

  • As stated in the previous analysis, there is no change in the question-type as compared to the last year question papers
  • The section-wise questions were in this order: General Intelligence & Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness
  • The section-wise difficulty level was in this order: Quantitative Aptitude > General Knowledge > General Intelligence & Reasoning > English Language & Comprehension
  • The level of Reasoning section was Easy to Moderate
  • No questions were asked from counting figures topic
  • Most of the questions were from Static GK. Some of the important topics from static GA section were
    • Dams
    • Nicknames of the rulers
    • Interstate boundaries
    • Animal kingdom
    • Atomic number
    • SI unit (Mho)
    • Different tribes
    • Books & Author
    • Awards
    • Prime Minister tenure (Lal Bahadur Shastri as PM tenure was asked in today’s paper)
    • Tenure of Election Commissioner
    • From Physics, questions based on units (Atomic Mass)
    • Indian National Congress
  • In this shift, Quantitative Aptitude section was a bit easy comparatively with difficulty level from Easy to Moderate. However, DI section was calculative and time-consuming
  • From Quantitative Aptitude, Advance Maths questions were quite easy, nevertheless, Arithmetic was calculative
  • DI topic questions were a little bit tough as questions were a bit calculative
  • The difficulty level of English Language section was Easy to Moderate
  • Most questions of the Grammar section were preposition based

Also, Read other Shift Analysis:

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 23rd November (1st Shift)
SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 23rd November (2nd Shift)
SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 24th November (1st Shift)
SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 24th November (2nd Shift)

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): Difficulty Level

Let us take a sectional analysis of SSC CPO Paper 1 exam conducted in 1st shift of 25th November 2020:

Section

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level of Questions

English Language and Comprehension

50

Easy-Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

50

Easy-Moderate

General Intelligence and Reasoning

50

Moderate

General Knowledge

50

Moderate

Overall

200

Moderate

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): Exam Timings

The below table states the reporting timing, shift timing, time of the beginning and end of the SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 examination conducted on 1st shift of 25th November 2020:

Number of Shift

Reporting Timing

Exam Starting Timing

Exam Finishing Timing

Shift 1

09:30 AM

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Shift 2

02:30 PM

 3:00 PM

5:00 PM

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): Exam Centre Guidelines

Candidates who have an impending SSC CPO Paper 1 examination must follow the below-mentioned guidelines:

  • Candidates are required to wear a mask during the examination
  • Candidates can carry their own transparent water bottle, personal hand sanitizer (50 ml), gloves & a simple transparent pen inside the exam centre
  • Candidates should have installed Aarogya Setu app on their smartphone and the app must show their risk profile for COVID-19
  • The registration of the candidate will be done with photo capture; therefore, candidates have to remove their mask only at that moment

SSC CPO 2020 Tier 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): General Intelligence & Reasoning Section

The table mentioned below enumerates the number of questions asked topic-wise and its difficulty level in General Intelligence and Reasoning section in 1st shift of 25th November 2020:

Topics

No. of Questions

Difficulty Level

Paper-cutting & folding

4

Moderate

Embedded figures

2 to 3

Easy-Moderate

Missing number

3 to 4

Easy-Moderate

Analogy

2 to 3

Moderate

Arithmetic Reasoning

3 to 5

Moderate

Number and word Series

2 to 3

Moderate-Difficult

Classification

2 to 3

Moderate-Difficult

Coding decoding

4 to 5

Moderate-Difficult

Distance direction test

1 to 2

Easy-Moderate

Mirror Image

3 to 4

Easy

Logical Venn diagram/ syllogism

1 to 3

Moderate-Difficult

Figure series

1 to 2

Easy-Moderate

Calendar/ Number set

Moderate

Mathematical operators

2 to 3

Easy-Moderate

Arrangement of word

-

-

Overall

50

Moderate

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): General Awareness

The below table enumerates the topics which were asked from General Awareness in 1st shift of 25th November 2020:

Topic

No of Questions

Difficulty Level

History

3 to 4

Easy-Moderate

Geography

5

Easy-Moderate

Polity

4 to 5

Moderate

Economics

3 to 4

Easy-Moderate

Current Affairs

5 to 6

Moderate

Science

6 to 7

Moderate

Misc

10

Moderate

Total

50

Moderate

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): Quantitative Aptitude

The table below highlights the topic-wise number of questions and its difficulty level in Quantitative Aptitude section in 1st shift of 25th November 2020:

Topics

No. of Questions Asked

Chapterwise Difficulty Level

Average

2 to 3

Moderate

Time & Work

Easy-Moderate

Boats & Streams

1 to 2

Easy-Moderate

Remainder Divisibility

1 to 2

Easy-Moderate

Number System

1 to 2

Moderate-Difficult

Geometry

6 to 7

Easy-Moderate

Mensuration

3

Easy-Moderate

Data Interpretation

8 to 10

Moderate

Trigonometry

3 to 4

Easy-Moderate

  Heights and Distances

2

Easy-Moderate

CI & SI

3 to 4

Moderate

LCM & HCF

2

Easy-Moderate

Mixture & Alligation

-

-

Partnership

2 to 3

Easy-Moderate

Percentages

3

Moderate

Pipes & Cistern

2

Easy-Moderate

Profit, Loss & Discount

3 to 4

Moderate

Ratio Proportion

4 to 5

Moderate

Simplification

 3

Easy-Moderate

Speed time and distance

2 to 3 

Moderate-Difficult

Algebra

3

Easy-Moderate

Miscellaneous

1

Easy-Moderate

Total

50

Easy-Moderate

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 Exam Analysis 25th November (1st Shift): English Language and Comprehension

Here is a list of topic-wise number of questions and its difficulty level in English Language and Comprehension Section in 1st shift of 25th November 2020:

Topic

No of Questions

Level

Sentence Improvement

3 to 4

Moderate

Error Detection

6 to 7

Easy-Moderate

Idioms/Phrases

4 to 5

Easy-Moderate

Reading Comprehension

5 to 6

Easy

Antonym/ Synonym

6

Moderate

One word substitution

5

Easy-Moderate

Spelling check

5 to 6

Easy

Indirect Direct

1

Easy-Moderate

Cloze test

5

Moderate

Misc

4 to 5

Easy-Moderate

Active and Passive

2

Easy

Total

50

Easy-Moderate

SSC CPO 2020 Paper 1 25th November (1st Shift): Good Attempts

The number of good attempts in SSC CPO 2020 examination will give a rough idea about the total number of questions a candidate should aim to attempt if they have an upcoming exam. Those candidates who already have appeared in the previous paper, they can evaluate their performance as well as get a fair idea about the expected cut off of this year SSC CPO 2020 examination. As per the inputs provided by the candidates who have attempted the SSC CPO exam we have listed section-wise good attempts: 

Section

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude (Maths)

35+ 

General Intelligence (Reasoning)

 38 to 42 (time-taking)

General Awareness (GA)

32 to 35 

English Language and Comprehension

35 to 40 

Overall

140 to 152

SSC CPO 2020 Exam 25th November (1st Shift): Questions Asked

We have aggregated a few questions asked in 1st shift of 25th November 2020 as per the inputs provided by the candidates who have appeared in the SSC CPO 2020 Exam:

  • What is the full form of IFSC? - Indian Financial System Code
  • Which bowler was hit for 6 sixes in an over in a world cup?
  • How many medals did India win in the Olympics 2012? - 6 medals
  • Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 1965? - G. Sankara Kurup 
  • Which dam is built on Krishna river?
  • In which year India became a permanent member of the SCO? - In 2017
  • Reading comprehension - Horticulture (Data of exports)
  • Anto - Exonerate
  • One word - Chronology
  • Idiom - Snake in the grass
  • Ant = Dignity
  • Cloze Test was based on a place in Germany
  • Idiom = Through and through
  • If x⁴ + 1/x⁴ = 194, Find x + 1/x?
  • If the radius of a circle is decreased by 17%, find the percentage change in area of the circle?
  • The volume of a cylinder is 6116 cm³. If its radius is 14 cm then find the curved surface area of Cylinder
  • Venn diagram (entity) : Vegetables, Carrot, Radish
  • 3 Questions Asked from Cube and Dice (close dice) - asking the opposite number or letter

 

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