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The important dates for SSC CGL 2017 are:

  • SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam: 5th Aug to 24th Aug 2017 
  • SSC CGL Tier-2 Exam: 10th-11th November 2017
  • SSC CGL Tier-3 Exam: 21st January 2018
  • Skill Test/Computer Skill Test: February 2018
Section Level Good Attempts
English Language Moderate-Difficult 16-19
Quantitative Aptitude Moderate 16-21
General Intelligence Easy 20-23
General Awareness Easy-Moderate 16-19
Overall Moderate 74-79

General Intelligence

In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017 the questions of General Intelligence(Reasoning) were quite easy as usual. But some questions were difficult which were asked from figure counting and coding-decoding. Students can have a fair idea of what SSC had been upto in terms of these questions. As per the inputs shared by students, this was the easiest among all the other sections.

Some questions are:

  • Odd one out:- 
  1. Hockey
  2. Football
  3. Baseball
  4. Snooker
  • Number series of cubes

 

Topic No of Questions Level
Coding-Decoding 1 Difficult
Syllogism 1 Moderate
Matrix 1 Easy
Blood Relation & Ranking 1 Easy
Non-Verbal (Image) 3-4 Easy
Odd one out 3 Easy-Moderate
Direction Sense Test 1 Easy-Moderate
Analogy 2 Moderate
Series lengthy 5 Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous 8 Easy-Moderate
Total 25 Easy


English Language

English Language section again surprised candidates with 1 question from Active/Passive Voice and 1 question from narration. There was no reading comprehension and this was a major shocker for students. This year in this shift there was a cloze test (cloze tests were not seen in CGL Tier I exams in last 2-3 years). Para Jumble was a new introduction in this year’s exam and it is time consuming. Questions from Antonyms & Synonyms were quite difficult.

Idiom phrase:  

  • At one’s wit end
  • Adam’s ale

One word:

words written on Tomb

Topic of Cloze Test: Simplicity of life and its various research

 

Topic No of Questions Level
Active/Passive Voice 1 Moderate
Narration 1 Moderate
Sentence Improvement 3 Easy
Error Detection 3 Moderate
Idioms/Phrases 2 Difficult
Parajumbles 2 Easy-Moderate
Antonym/ Synonym 4 Difficult
One word substitution 2 Difficult
Spelling check 2 Easy
Cloze test 5 Moderate
Total 25 Moderate-Difficult

Quantitative Aptitude

Quant in CGL 2017 exam was of moderate level. There were 5 questions of SI & CI and Profit and Loss. There were 2-3 from trigonometry which are not of basic level. Questions from algebra were quite easy. Geometry questions are not that easy.

There were 1 DI in the Exam: Bar graph (related to loan distribution of banks in different years 
)

Topic No of Questions Level
S.I, CI, Profit/Loss 5 Easy-Moderate
Mensuration 2 Easy-Moderate
Trigonometry 2-3 Easy-Moderate
Algebra 4-5 Moderate-Difficult
Time and Work 1 Moderate
Geometry 2 Moderate
Speed and Distance 1 Easy-Moderate
Average & Percentage 1 Moderate
DI 5 Easy-Moderate
Total 25 Moderate

General Awareness

In SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017, General Awareness questions were asked from all aspects of GA. Maximum questions were from History (4-5), Polity (4-5) and Science (7-8 questions). The level was easy-moderate.

Some Questions are:

  • 2016 Khel Ratn award?
  • which disease is caused by Nickel ?
  • Power House of Cells?
  • Match the following:
  1. Brihideshwar temple: Karnatka
  2. Lingraj Temple
  3. Dilwara Temple: Rajasthan
Topic No of Questions Level
History 4-5 Moderate
Geography 3 Easy-Moderate
Polity 4-5 Easy
Economics 2 Moderate
Science 7-8 Easy-Moderate
Current Affairs 3-4 Moderate
Total 25 Easy-Moderate
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