SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2020: The exam analysis for SSC CGL 2020 Tier-1 paper will be available on this page after the exam. The exam will be conducted for Tier-1 of SSC CGL from March 1 to 11, 2019 in various shifts. Candidates can refer below the exam analysis of Tier-1 exam of previous year and get an idea of the difficulty level of exam and the question asked in the exam. The good attempts stated in the page can be the target you can have for attempting the exam. Below is the passage about SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2020.
SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2020
Conducting Body: Staff Selection Commission
Name of the Exam: Combined Graduate Level Exam
Date of Exam: 01 to 11 March 2019
This page will include:
– Difficulty level of paper
– Questions asked
– Number of good attempts
– Exam pattern asked
SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2020
The analysis for previous has been given in this page. Candidates can refer to this an know the difficulty level of the question that will be asked in SSC CGL Tier-1 paper. The topic of the exam states the topics that were asked in the exam. Candidates must note the weightage of the topic according to the no. of questions and then prepare accordingly.
The difficulty level can be help you know which topics is to be give nhow much time for preparation and which topics must be thoroughly revised at the last moments.
Tier-1: The Tier-1 paper consists of 4 sections of 25 questions each. Each question will be of 2 marks and there will be negative marking of 0.5 marks for every wrong answer given by the candidate. Below is the exam analysis of the SSC CGL exam:
Section-1: General Intelligence and Reasoning: In this section the overall good attempts for the no, of questions was 20-22 questions. The sections overall were quite easy.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level |
| Alphabet Coding-Decoding | 1 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 1 | Easy |
| Venn Diagram | 1 | Easy |
| Direction & Distance | 1 | Easy |
| Statements & Conclusion | 1 | Easy |
| Matrix | 1 | Easy |
| Blood Relation & Ranking | 1 | Moderate |
| Non-Verbal Reasoning | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Mirror Images | 1 | Easy |
| Odd one out | 3 | Moderate |
| Embedded Figure | 1 | Moderate |
| Alphabetical & Number Series | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Counting Figure | 1 | Easy |
Section-2: English Language: The no. of questions that could be considered a good attempt in this section were anywhere between 14-18 questions.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level |
| Sentence Improvement | 2 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 2 | Easy |
| Idioms/Phrases | 2 | Difficult |
| Parajumbles | 2 | Moderate |
| Antonym | 2 | Moderate |
| Synonym | 2 | Difficult |
| One word substitution | 2 | Moderate |
| Spelling check | 2 | Easy |
| Cloze test (based on “Corruption & Society”) | 5 | Moderate |
Section-3: Quantitative Aptitude: Good attempts were in the range of 15 to 18 questions.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Simple Interest | 2 | Easy |
| Mensuration | 2 | Moderate |
| Trigonometry | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Algebra | 2-3 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
| Geometry | 2 | Moderate |
| Speed and Distance | 1 | Moderate |
| Average & Percentage | 1 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation (based on Tabular Graph) | 5 | Moderate |
Section-4: General Awareness: Good attempts were in the range of 17 to 20 questions for this section.
| Topics | Number of questions | Level |
| Geography | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Polity | 4-5 | Easy |
| Economics | 2 | Moderate |
| Science | 7-8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Current Affairs | 3-4 | Moderate |
| History | 4-5 | Moderate |
SSC CGL Exam Pattern 2020
Canddates can know more about the exam through its exam pattern. Below is the exam paterrn for all the stages of the selection process of SSC CGL 2020 exam:
(i) Tier-1:
Mode Of Exam: Computer Based exam
Durations: 1 hour only.
No. of Questions: 100 questions
Type of Questions: MCQ type questions with 4 options for a question.
Marking scheme: For every right answer the candidate will get 2 marks each and for wrong answers the 0.5 marks will deducted.
Sections:
| Subject | Number of Questions | Max Marks |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| General Knowledge | 25 | 25 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 25 |
| English Comprehension | 25 | 25 |
| 4 Sections | 100 | 100 |
(ii) Tier-2:
Mode of Examination: online mode
Durations: The exam will be of 2 hours for each paper.
Type of Questions: The questions will be of objective type only.
Marking scheme: In paper 2 negative marking will be 0.25 and in paper-1, 3 and 4 the negative marking will be 0.5 marks.
| Subjects | No. of MCQs | Total Marks of Each Subject |
| Paper I – Qualitative Ability | 100 | 200 |
| Paper II – Language and Comprehension | 200 | 200 |
| Paper III – Statistics (For Statistical Investigator Post) | 100 | 200 |
| Paper IV – Finance & Accounts and Economics & Governance (For Assistant Audit Officer in C & AG) | 100 | 200 |
(iii) Tier-3: Written Exam:
Mode of Examination: pen-paper format.
Durations: 1 hour duration
Type of Questions: The will descriptive type questions in the question paper.
Language: The candidates can answer the questions in either English or Hindi.
Marking scheme: There is no negative marking for the descriptive type paper.
Section:
| Mode of Exam | Scheme of SSC CGl Tier III | Total Marks of Exam |
| Pen and Paper / Offline | Descriptive Paper in English or Hindi Candidates will have to write Essays/Precis/Letter/Applications etc. | 100 |
SSC CGL Cut-off 2020
Candidates can refer to the previous year cut-off and set their target for scoring marks. Last year, out of the selected 149319, only 56164 candidates cleared the Tier II of the exam. The cutoff was as below.
| Category | All Post (Except AAO, ASO, JSO) | Assistant Audit Officer (AAO) | Assistant Section Officer (ASO) | Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) |
| UR | 422.00 | 536.00 | 449.00 | 502.00 |
| SC | 363.25 | 454.00 | 389.00 | 423.00 |
| ST | 341.00 | 427.00 | 370.00 | 397.00 |
| OBC | 397.00 | 493.75 | 424.50 | 471.00 |
| Ex.S | 287.50 | – | – | – |
| OH | 333.00 | 411.00 | 366.50 | 364.00 |
| HH | 216.00 | 264.00 | 262.00 | 230.25 |
| VH | 336.00 | – | 364.50 | 267.50 |
SSC CGL 2020
The exam conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for the candidates with graduation qualification is called Combined Graduation Level exam. The selection procedure of this exam consists of 3 phases which are objective type of computer-based exam. The first phase of the exam is a computer-based test of 1 hour. Candidates will be given 100 questions with 4 option and only one option will be right. For the right answer, the candidate will get 2 marks and for the wrong answer, 0.5 marks will be deducted. The candidates who qualify the tier-1 exam appear for the tier-2 exam. The candidates have to score marks more than or equal to the cut-off marks to qualify for the exam.
