Exam Review of SSC CGL 2016
Dt. 27th August 2016 Set 1
Dear Friends
The 1st Exam of SSC CGL 2016 is over. The candidates coming out of the exam center have been calling the exam as moderate with English being the most difficult of all sections. The detailed exam review is as follows
- Exam is coming section wise
- All Questions were carrying equal marks. Total exam was consisting of 100 questions which need to be solved in 75 minutes. There were 4 setions in the paper equally consisiting of 25 marks.
- English was the moderate to tough
- Maths was Moderate
- Reasoning was easy
- General Awareness Questions were moderate to tough
English
| Topic | No of Questions | |
| Sentence Improvement/ rearrangement | 3-4 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 3-4 | Easy To moderate |
| Comprehension (Comparison of Mothers in China and Fathers In India on Emotional Ground) | 5 | Moderate To Difficult |
| Antonym/ Synonym | 4-5 | Difficult |
| Good Attempt | 15-18 | Moderate – Difficult |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| SI, CI, Profit and Loss | 4 | Moderate |
| Mensuration | 3 | Moderate |
| Trigonometry | 2 | Moderate |
| Algebra | 2 | Moderate |
| Geometry | 3 | Easy – Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Moderate |
| Time and Work | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total Good Attempt | 16-18 | Easy to Moderate |
General Intelligence
| Topic | No Of Questions | Level |
| Syllogism | 2 | Easy |
| Matrix | 1 | Easy |
| Non Verbal | 2 | Easy |
| Odd one out | 2 | Easy – Moderate |
| Analogy | 1 | Easy – Moderate |
| Series | 10 | Easy to Moderate |
| Direction | 1 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total Good Attempt | 18-20 | Easy to Moderate |
General Awareness
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| History (Mostly from Independence Movement) | 4 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Geography | 1 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Polity | 3 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Economics | 3 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Chemistry | 3 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Current Affairs | 3-4 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Good Attempt | 10-13 | Moderate – Difficult |
