The SSC CPO recruitment processes already began in the country. The Tier 1 examination was conducted from September 29th 2020 to October 05th 2020. Candidates who had appeared in the second shift of first day of exam shared their views on the difficulty level of exam. General Awareness was average in terms of difficulty. Questions were asked from Static GK. English Language was easy. In Reasoning section, questions were asked from alphabetic series and number series and those were lengthy and time consuming. Quantitative Aptitude section was little difficult. In this article, we are providing the complete analysis of SSC CPO exam in view of Tier 1 examination, as the SSC CPO Tier 2 examination is yet to be conducted. Once the exam is held, we will update you with the latest exam analysis.
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SSC CPO Exam Analysis : Overall Analysis & Good Attempts
The SSC CPO Tier 1 exam consists of 4 sections with 50 questions each to be attempted in the overall duration of 2 hours. The overall level of today’s exam was moderate. The subject wise good attempts have been predicted below:
| Section | Level | Good Attempts |
| English Language | Easy-Moderate | 35-40 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate | 30-35 |
| General Intelligence | Easy-Moderate | 40-45 |
| General Awareness | Moderate | 32-35 |
| Overall | Moderate | 140-150 |
English Language
The topics of the English Language section check the knowledge of Grammar, vocabulary and reading skills of the candidates. SSC CPO contains high-level English with a total of 50 questions. In today’s exam, the level of English section was Easy-Moderate. Check the topics asked in English and the number of questions:
- Synonym- Alluring, Parsimonious, Engulf, Capture, Extinct, Intentional
- Antonym- Contagious, Infinity, Lament,
- Epitaph, Incredible, gullible, stoic, antecendent,
- spell check-pioneer, decent, Beneath, Neighbor, Laboratory, Mischievous
- Idiom/Phrases: Go round in circle, Go against a clock, Take to heart, Off and on, With open arms, looking for a needle in a haystack
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Sentence Improvement | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Error Detection | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Idioms/Phrases | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Reading Comprehension | 6-7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Antonym/ Synonym | 8-10 | Easy-Moderate |
| One word substitution | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Spelling check | 5 | Easy |
| Indirect Direct | – | – |
| Cloze test | 5 | Moderate |
| Misc | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude
The quantitative section is the most time consuming with 50 questions checking the calculative skills of the aspirants. The overall level of the Quantitative Aptitude section is Moderate to difficult. Check the topic-wise distribution of Quantitative Aptitude Section for the analysis of this subject: calculative
- Maths was calculative
- DI questions were scattered
- 5 companies A,B,C,D 2 DI- 1 Tabular based on Car sales
- 1 pie chart…a company divided into %.,
- one triangle ..one angle is 90..A perpendicular from A to D… Length of AD if BC=25cm
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| S.I, CI | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Ratio & Proportion | 2 | Difficult |
| Profit/Loss | 3-4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Mensuration | 4-5 | Difficult |
| Trigonometry | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Algebra | 4 | Difficult |
| Time and Work/ Pipe & Cistern | 2 | Moderate |
| Geometry | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Speed and Distance | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Average & Percentage | 4-5 | Moderate |
| DI | 10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Easy-Moderate |
General Intelligence & Reasoning
The General Intelligence & Reasoning Section includes Syllogism, non-verbal, verbal reasoning, coding-decoding, etc. With a vast number of topics included in this section, it needs a thorough practice & complete understanding to ace this section. The overall level of reasoning section is easy-moderate.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Syllogism | 1 | Moderate |
| Matrix | 1 | Easy |
| Mathematical Operations | 2-3 | Moderate |
| Blood Relations | 2-3 | Easy |
| Non-Verbal (Mirror Image, Counting figure, Embedded figure) | 6-7 | Easy |
| Odd one out | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction Sense Test | 3-4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Analogy | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Series | 7-8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 7-8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Easy |
General Awareness
General Awareness sections constitute static gk, current affairs and general awareness of India & its neighbouring countries. The level of this section today was moderate. Check out the distribution and GA Questions asked today: –
- how many places/cities from India included in UNESCO heritage
- One question based on the article.
- Nobel prize in economics
- Highest melting point of which metal in pure state
- Which of the following Governor-General divided courts as High Court & Supreme Court?
- Keoladeo related question
- Vasco de Gama related question
- Abhijit Banergee
- Battle of panipat and Army related question
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| History | 5-7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Geography | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Polity | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Economics | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Current Affairs | 8-10 | Moderate |
| Science | 10-12 | Moderate |
| Misc | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
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