Exam date: 11.04.2015, 12.04.2015SSC CGL tier II analysis 2015Paper – I (Quantitative Abilities)The paper comprised questions from a variety of areas. A substantial part of the paper was Arithmetic, which had questions from Ratio/Alligation, Profit & Loss, Averages, Time-Speed-Distance, Time & Work and Percentages. Also, a lot of questions were from Number System, Algebra, Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry. A good number of these questions could have been done by looking at the options carefully. Except for some questions in Algebra and Geometry which needed some innovative approach, rest of the questions were typical SSC type. There was, however, 1 question in which none of the given options was correct as the question itself was incorrect due to ambiguity of language. In comparison with QA questions of CGL Tier II, 2013, these questions were less calculation intensive.The details of the paper are as given below:

Topic Number of Questions Level of Difficulty

Number System 5 Easy

Percentage 5 Easy

Profit, Loss & Discount 10 Easy

SI & CI 4 Easy

Ratio/Mixture/Allegation 7 Easy

Time, Speed & Distance 4 Easy

Time & Work 6 Easy-Moderate

Average 6 Easy

Algebra 9 Easy

Geometry 14 Easy-Moderate

Co-ordinate Geometry 2 Easy

Mensuration 15 Easy-Moderate

Trigonometry 8 Easy-Moderate

DI (Bar Graph) 2 Easy

DI (Pie Chart ) 3 Easy

Paper – II (English Language & Comprehension)This section was dominated by Grammar and Vocabulary. In Vocabulary, there were questions on Synonyms/Antonyms, One word substitution, Wrongly Spelt Words, Idioms and Sentence Completion. In Grammar, there were questions on Sentence Improvement, Spot the Error, Sentence Completion, Active – Passive and Narration. Other than these, there were 4 Reading Comprehension passages – two followed by ten questions each and the other two by five questions each. The RCs were followed by direct questions from the passages. A few questions on Narration, Reading Comprehension and Spot the Error were tricky. Questions on Cloze Test were based on both vocabulary and grammar.The details of the section are as given below:

Topic Number of Questions Level of Difficulty

Spot the Errors 20 Easy-Moderate

Sentence Completion 5 Easy

Synonyms/Antonyms 6 Easy

Wrongly Spelt Words 3 Easy

Idioms & Phrases 10 Easy

Para Jumbles/Sentence Jumbles 20 Easy

One word substitution 12 Easy

Active & Passive Voice 20 Easy-Moderate

Sentence Improvement 22 Easy-Moderate

Narration 27 Easy-Moderate

Cloze Test 25 Easy

Reading Comprehension 30 Easy-Moderate

Good Attempts and Scores

PaperTotal Questions

Level of difficulty

Good Attempts

Good Score

Quantitative Ability 100Easy-Moderate

82-87 155-165

English Language & Comprehension

200Easy-Moderate

155-165 140-150

A score in the range 325-335 in Tier II of this examination should be good enough for the aspirants to move to the next round.

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papers of the examination.

 

Paper 1 Quantitative Abilities

It is observed that Paper 1 had questions from Arithmetic which consisted

of Ratio/Alligation, Profit & Loss, Averages, Time-Speed-Distance, Time and

Work and Percentages. Questions were also included from Algebra,

Geometry, Mensuration, Number System and Trigonometry.

Following is SSC CGL 2013 Tier 2 Analysis of Paper 1.

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level

Number System 9 Easy to Moderate

Percentage 2 Easy to Moderate

Time and Work 6 Easy to Moderate

Profit, Loss and Discount 11 Easy

Ratio/Mixture/Alligation 7 Easy

Average 5 Easy to Moderate

Time, Speed and Distance 5 Easy to Moderate

SI & CI 4 Easy to Moderate

Algebra 11 Easy to Moderate

Mensuration 15 Easy to Moderate

Geometry 13 Moderate to High

Trignometry 7 Easy to Moderate

Statistics 1 Easy

DI (Singlet) 4 Easy

Paper 2 English Language & Comprehension

Majority of questions were from Grammar and Vocabulary. Vocabulary

questions included synonyms, antonyms and idioms. Types of questions in

Grammar section included sentence correction questions, spot the error, fill

in the blanks, and reading comprehension. 

Following is SSC CGL 2013 Tier 2 Analysis of Paper 2.

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level

Finding Errors 20 Easy to Moderate

Fill in the blanks 5 Easy to Moderate

Synonyms/Antonyms 6 Easy

Wrongly Spelt Words 3 Easy

Idioms and Phrases 10 Easy to Moderate

Para Jumbles 20 Easy

One word substitution 12 Easy

Active and Passive Voice 20 Easy

Sentence Improvement 22 Easy

Direct and Indirect

Narration

27 Easy

Cloze test 25 Easy

Reading Comprehension 30 Easy

 

Possible Attempts and Scores

Paper No. of

Questions

Difficulty

Level

Possible

Attempts

Possible

Score

Quantitative

Abilities

100 Easy to

Moderate

65-70 125-130

English

Language and

Comprehension

200 Easy to

Moderate

140-150 130-140

 

Expected Cut Off (Tier 1 and Tier 2)

For Tax Assistants 320-325

For Non-Interview Posts 340-345

For Interview Posts 365-370