SSC CHSL Exam Analysis 2017: Staff Selection Commission has commenced the Combined Higher Secondary Level examination process by conducting the first exam shifts today i.e 4th March, 2018.The day will trigger off in multiple shifts and the candidate who are able to crack CHSL Preliminary Examination will be called for the Mains Paper.
Coming back to the topic, SSC has successfully conducted all the SSC CHSL Exam shifts for the day. This article will emphasize on SSC CHSL Exam Analysis: 4th March 2017. In the mid way, we will also go through the section-wise difficulty level as well as the nature of questions asked in SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2017.
SSC CHSL Exam Analysis: 4th March 2018
There were 4 sections in SSC CHSL Tier I examination namely General Intelligence, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness and English Language.
Name of the Section | Questions | Marks |
Reasoning and General Intelligence | 25 | 50 |
General Awareness | 25 | 50 |
Numerical Aptitude | 25 | 50 |
English Comprehension | 25 | 50 |
Total | 100 | 200 |
Every section carries equal weightage and is of equal importance. Hence, you need to lay an equal amount of focus in this section.
Lets begin by talking about the overall level of difficulty.
The paper had a Easy to Moderate Difficulty Level, which can be expected, being the new patterned exam. The section-wise SSC CHSL Exam Analysis has been mentioned in the section below:
SSC CHSL Exam Analysis: Quantitative Aptitude
A large part of the paper was from Arithmetic section. Questions were also asked from topics like DI, Number System, Algebra, Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry. Any candidate with a good grasp on the subject could have score well in the section.
Name of the Topic | Number of Questions |
DI | 3 |
Geometry | 2 |
Trigonometry | 2 |
Miscellaneous (Number system, Simplification, Average, Ratio etc) | 5-7 |
Profis & Loss | 2 |
Time & Work | 1 |
Speed & Distance | 2 |
SI & CI | 4-6 |
Candidates who appeared for SSC CHSL Exam describe the difficulty level of Quantitative Aptitude to be ranging from easy to moderate.
SSC CHSL Exam Analysis: English Language
Grammar and Vocabulary dominated English Section. In Vocabulary, there were questions from topics like Synonyms/Antonyms, Idioms and Phrases and spellings correction. In Grammar section, there were questions on Sentence Improvement, Spot the Error, Sentence Completion, Active-Passive and Direct and Indirect speech.
Name of the Topic | Number of Questions |
Idioms and Phrases | 2-3 |
Fill in the blanks | 5 |
Spotting the Error | 2 |
Sentence Correction | 2 |
Spelling Correction | 2 |
Antonyms/ Synonyms | 3-4 |
English Miscellaneous | 5-7 |
Overall, SSC CHSL English Section was of moderate level.
SSC CHSL Exam Analysis: General Intelligence
SSC CHSL General Awareness section contained 25 questions in total. Let us elaborate SSC CHSL Reasoning Section by dividing number of questions topic wise.
Name of the Topic | Number of Questions |
Series | 4-5 |
Puzzle Test | 4-5 |
Syllogism | 1-2 |
Direction | 1-2 |
Miscellaneous | 1-2 |
Coding- Decoding | 2 |
Statement- Assumptions, Statement- Conclusion Statement- Arguments, Statement- Courses of Action) | 1 |
Venn Diagram | 1 |
Direction Sense Problems | 2 |
Analogy | 2-3 |
Candidates who appeared for SSC CHSL Exam describe the difficulty level of General Intelligence Section to be of easy to Moderate level.
SSC CHSL Exam Analysis: General Awareness
The bulk part of SSC CHSL General Awareness Section was covered by the topics like Science, Social Science and miscellaneous. For the ease of SSC CHSL Exam candidates, let us formulate our information into table pattern.
Name of the Topic | Number of Questions |
Current Affairs | 3 |
Static Affairs | 10 |
Subject Based (History, Geography, Polity, Economics) | 12 |
Overall, SSC CHSL General Awareness Section was of Easy level.
SSC CHSL Exam Analysis 2017: Good Attempts
Let us formulate our good attempts according to the above mentioned exam analysis:
Section | Good Attempts |
Quantitative Aptitude | 18-20 |
English Language | 16-18 |
General Intelligence | 22-24 |
General Awareness | 17-19 |
Total | 70-75 |
Note: Net attempt section wise is not equal to the total number of good attempts. This is the indicative number of attempts that a candidate made who has attempted it as strength.
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