SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2024 - Difficulty level, Section-wise Questions, Previous Year Paper Analysis

SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2024 - Difficulty level, Section-wise Questions, Previous Year Paper Analysis

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Candidates can check the SSC CGL exam analysis 2024 for Tier 1 exam now. With the help of SSC CGL paper analysis 2024, candidates can get an idea about the difficulty level of the exam, types of questions asked, sections, subjects, and expected cut-off. In this article, we will share the SSC CGL 2024 exam analysis for tier 1, overall as well as subject-wise. As a part of the SSC CGL exam analysis 2024, we also share some memory-based questions for the SSC CGL exam. Read the article to know more about SSC CGL exam analysis 2024.
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SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024 - September 9, 2024


Shift 1 Shift 2

Section

LevelNumber of good attemptsLevel
Number of good attempts

English Comprehension

Moderate19 - 21Easy - Moderate21-22

Quantitative Aptitude

Easy - moderate20-21Moderate19 - 22

Reasoning Ability

Easy17 - 20Easy18 - 20

General Awareness

Moderate13 - 14Difficult22-25
OverallModerate60-67Moderate75 - 80

SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2024

In this article on SSC CGL exam analysis, candidates can know the following things -

  • The difficulty level of the SSC CGL Exam 2024

  • Types of questions asked in the exam

  • Number of good attempts

  • SSC CGL cut-off marks

Previous Years' Exam Analysis For SSC CGL Tier 1 & 2

From the following table, candidates can check the previous years' exam analysis of SSC CGL. The SSC CGL Tier 1 exam was conducted last year. Given below is the day-wise exam analysis of SSC CGL tier 1 and tier 2.

SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Analysis 2023 (October 26, 2023)

As per the SSC CGL tier 2 paper analysis, the overall difficulty level of the paper was easy to moderate. The paper standard was not too high and the questions were quite normal, some new questions were also seen. A hard copy of the question paper was not openly available after the exam so the questions below are based on user submissions.

GK and GS- Easy to Moderate (20 questions)

  • Supreme court- fundamental rights- (1215 - King John, Magna Carta) specified in Part 3 Article 12-35

  • Article 226 -Writ issuing power of the high court.

  • Article 32- Right to Constitutional Remedies

  • A question about President (which of the following 4 options is incorrect)

  • GDP and GNP

  • Musical Instruments and dance forms

  • Which war took place in 1191 (War between Prithviraj Chauhan and Md. Ghori)

  • Battle of Panipat -1520

    • Babur vs Ibrahim Lodi

    • Akbar vs Hemu

    • Ahmed Shah Abdali vs Marathas (Sadashivrao Bhau)

  • Which two places does AGHIL pass connect (Xinjiang province in China to Ladakh in India)

  • 1857 revolt (Barrackpore) (Meerut Cantonment)

  • Latest amendments in the constitution

    • 106 Constitutional Amendment Act- 2023- Women’s reservation

    • 105 Constitutional Amendment Act- 2022- States gaining the power to grant OBC status

    • 104 Constitutional Amendment Act- 2020- Removing Anglo-Indian seats

    • 105 Constitutional Amendment Act- 2019- Reservation for EWS Category

    • 102 Constitutional Amendment Act- 2018- National Commission for Backward Classes

    • 101Constitutional Amendment Act- 2016- GST

  • Who was the 2nd Vice President of India

  • Which of the following is a genetic disease

  • Match the following for alcohols and ethers.

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Maths - Easy

  • 2 questions- Time and Work

  • 1 question, Simple Interest and Compound Interest

  • 1 question about Mixtures

Computers - The questions were twisted and relatively tough

  • OSI- ISO - Which device works with Data Link Layer

  • Cache Memory - 2 questions

  • Gmail

    • GUI Based OS

    • Operating system

  • Hardware- printer

  • Network Security questions- Trojan Horse

  • Network storage questions

  • What is the use of print preview

  • Num lock+: shortcut key

  • Which storage device is used for taking a long time to restore data

  • Fastest memory- cache memory

  • Who provides linkage between modem and internet

  • When the sender and receiver are on the same device, how many agents and users are required?

  • Under which tab can we find the Dialog Box form in MS Word? (Fonts)

English - Easy to Moderate (45 questions)

  • Questions 35- 40 are comprehension-related (Title of the passage, tone of the passage and Anto & syno)

  • 4-5 questions- cloze test (these were difficult)

  • Error questions- tense

  • Sentence improvement- “Than”

  • One word substitution

    • One who can speak fluently- articulate

    • Place where grains are stored- granary

  • Idioms and phrases-

    • Bite the bullet

    • Bury the hatchet

  • Antonyms and synonyms

SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2023 (Shift 3)- July 14, 2023

For shift 3 of SSC CGL exam analysis tier 1, as per students, the paper was of easy to moderate level. In the English SSC CGL section, the good number of attempts is 21-23 questions. The Quantitative section in shift 3 of SSC CGL 2023 Tier 1 was also easy to moderate, and candidates could attempt questions ranging from 18-23 questions. For the GA part, the number of attempts depends on the preparation of the current affairs. However, the language of the GA questions was easy and straight. The overall good attempt is 73 questions for shift 3.

SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2023 (Shift 2)- July 14, 2023

The overall difficulty level of the shift 2 SSC CGL 2023 exam was easy to moderate. Check out the details of SSC CGL tier 1 2023 analysis from the table below:

Section

Level

Good Attempts

English Comprehension

Easy-Moderate

17-19


Quantitative Aptitude

Easy-Moderate

19-21


Reasoning Ability

Easy

18-20

General Awareness

Easy-Moderate

17-19

Overall

Easy-Moderate

71-79

SSC CGL 2023 Tier 1 Exam Analysis (Shift 1)- July 14, 2023

The level of the SSC CGL exam was Easy-Moderate for shift 1 as per the aspirants. Quantitative Aptitude was not that calculative and time-consuming. The English and Reasoning section was comparatively easy. The General Awareness section was moderate. Candidates can check the SSC CGL tier 1 2023 analysis below.

Sections

Number of questions

Good attempt

Difficulty level

General Intelligence and Reasoning

25

19-22

Moderate

General Awareness

25

17-20

Easy to moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

25

16-19

Moderate to difficult

English Comprehension

25

18-23

Easy

Total

100

65-70

Moderate

SSC CGL 2022 Tier 2 Exam Analysis (March 2, 2023)

Subjects

Good Attempts

Memory-Based Questions

Difficulty Level

Mathematical Abilities

22-24

  • Rectangle

  • Square

  • Mensuration

Easy to Moderate

Reasoning and General Intelligence

21-23

  • Seating arrangement

  • 3 questions statement based

  • Syllogisms

  • Odd one out

  • Number series

  • Non-Verbal reasoning- 3 questions

  • Data Sufficiency

Easy to Moderate

English Language and Comprehension

35-37

  • Three passages questions

  • Close test

  • para jumbles

Easy

General Awareness

15-17

  • Benzene formula

  • Aurangzeb death

  • CCFL full form

  • "Fearless book" author name

  • Playing to Win author name

  • Argentina Capital

  • Monetary Protocol

  • Right to Property

  • Bones in face and legs

  • GDP

  • Satellite

  • Atal Pension Yojna

  • Flagship program

Easy

Computer Knowledge Test

12-15

  • Virus full form

  • Hard disk

  • full form of PDF, DVD, CRT & LCD

  • HTML questions

  • Cache memory

  • peripheral devices

  • RAM

  • Hyperlink shortcut

Easy to Moderate

Overall

105-116


Easy to Moderate

SSC CGL 2022 Tier 1 exam analysis for December 13

Candidates can check shift-wise SSC CGL 2022 paper analysis and difficulty level of the exam given in the tables below. SSC CGL Tier 1 2022 question paper comprises 100 questions of 200 marks in the Objective-type pattern. Let’s look at shift-wise paper analysis below to analyse the difficulty level of the exam and good attempts.

SSC CGL paper analysis 2022 for Shift 1

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Easy to Moderate

15-16

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

18-21

General Intelligence

Easy

16-20

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

17-22

Overall

Easy to Moderate

66-89

SSC CGL 2022 paper analysis for Shift 2

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate

17-19

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

19-22

General Intelligence

Easy

17-20

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

16-19

Overall

Easy to Moderate

69-78

SSC CGL 2022 exam analysis for Shift 3

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate

15-18

English Comprehension

Easy

19-23

General Intelligence

Easy to Moderate

17-21

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

19-23

Overall

Easy to Moderate

70-85

SSC CGL exam analysis 2022 for Shift 4

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Easy to Moderate

17-23

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

18-22

General Intelligence

Easy

17-21

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

15-19

Overall

Easy to Moderate

67-85

SSC CGL Tier 1 exam analysis 2022 (December 5)

As per the SSC CGL paper analysis 2022 for tier 1, the difficulty level was moderate as expected. Candidates can check the detailed overall SSC CGL 2022 exam analysis section-wise for all shifts from the tables below.

SSC CGL paper analysis 2022 (All shifts)

Section

Level

Good attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate

17-18

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

19-20

General Intelligence

Moderate

19-23

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

17-19

Overall

Moderate

72-80

SSC CGL exam analysis 2022 - Question asked (Topic-wise)

Section

Questions asked (topic-wise)

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Mensuration - 2 Questions

  • Time & Work - 1 Question

  • SI CI - 1 Questions

  • Profit & Loss - 2 Question

  • Percentage - 1 Question

  • Percentage - 1 Question

  • Trigonometry - 3 Question

  • Number System - 2 Question

  • Unit Digit - 1 Question

  • Ratio - 2 Questions

English Language

  • One Word Substitution - 1 Question

  • Voice 1 - Question

  • Active & Passive - 2 Questions

  • Antonyms - 2 Questions

  • Idioms & Phrases - 2 Questions

  • Cloze test - 5 Questions

  • Error - 4 Questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Series - 2 to 3 Questions

  • Mirror Image - 1 Question

  • Coding-Decoding - 4 Questions

  • Blood Relation - 3 Questions

  • Syllogism - 1 Question

  • Coding-Decoding - 1 Question

  • Mirror Image - 2 Questions

  • Matrix - 1 Question

  • Odd one Out - 1 Question

  • Paper Folding - 1 Question

  • Venn Diagram - 1 Question

General Awareness

  • East India Company - 1 Question

  • Autobiography

  • Classical Dance- 2 Questions

  • Supreme Court- 1 Question

  • Ribosome - 1 Question

  • Padma Vibhushan (Dance)

  • Bharatnatyam related ques (Rukamnidevi Arundale)

  • What is the use of Photography?

  • Article 143

  • East India Company-related ques (Charter Act)

  • Delhi Sultanate related ques

  • Borax Chemical

  • New CDS of India

  • Article - 1 Question

  • Dance related - 1 Question

  • Which of the following is a non-metal group in the periodic table?

  • Carboxylic Group

SSC CGL exam analysis 2022 for tier 1 (December 1)

The level of the exam was easy to moderate as expected. Let’s look at the section-wise and shift-wise SSC CGL 2022 Tier 1 exam’s difficulty level and good attempts mentioned below.

SSC CGL paper analysis 2022 for Shift 1

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Easy to Moderate

17-18

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

19-20

General Intelligence

Easy

19-23

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

15-19

Overall

Easy to Moderate

78-82

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SSC CGL 2022 paper analysis for Shift 2

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate

15-18

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

18-22

General Intelligence

Easy

16-20

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

14-19

Overall

Easy to Moderate

74-79

SSC CGL 2022 exam analysis for Shift 3

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate

15-19

English Comprehension

Easy

16-21

General Intelligence

Easy to Moderate

17-22

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

18-24

Overall

Easy to Moderate

77-84

SSC CGL exam analysis 2022 for Shift 4

Section

Level

Good Attempts

Quantitative Aptitude

Easy to Moderate

16-20

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

17-21

General Intelligence

Easy

18-23

General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

19-22

Overall

Easy to Moderate

79-85

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What’s next after SSC CGL Tier I?

Candidates who qualify in the SSC CGL tier 1 exam will have to appear for the tier 2 exam. The SSC CGL tier 2 exam was held in online mode. The tier 2 consists of three paper. Those who will get shortlisted in the SSC CGL tier 2 exam will be called for document verification.

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SSC CGL Cut off 2024

SSC will release the official SSC CGL 2024 cut off along with the declaration of the result. The cut off SSC CGL 2024 will be released in PDF format and is different for various categories. Candidates must score the minimum cut off marks to get shortlisted in the next stage of the SSC CGL selection process.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is the salary of SSC CGL?

The approximate SSC CGL salary at pay level 6 is Rs 46,050 - Rs 53,514.

2. Should I prepare SSC CGL 2024?

It depends upon your interests, ability etc. The SSC CGL is one of the most competitive exams in India and the posts are of Group B level. So, if this attracts you, you must definitely prepare.

3. Is 2 months enough for SSC CGL?

Yes, but only if you have prepared well in advance, with coaching assistance, you are well aware about the syllabus and SSC CGL exam pattern. The exam is quite difficult and at least 6 months are required to crack that the exam with rigorous preparations.

4. Is SSC CGL tougher than cat?

Both the exams are of different difficulty levels, objectives and exam pattern. There is no straight comparison between the same.

5. Is SSC CGL Exam easy?

Some sections of the exam are of moderate to difficult level. However, if candidates have prepared for the exam well in advance, they can qualify it easily.

6. Is the SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam conducted in online or offline?

The SSC CGL Tier 1 exam is conducted in computer based online mode.

7. How many questions are there in SSC CGL Tier 1 2024 Exam?

In SSC CGL Tier 1 exam, there are a total of 100 questions and the exam is conducted in online, computer based mode.

8. How many stages are there in SSC CGL?

There are 3 stages in the SSC CGL exam and qualifying in each stage is mandatory for candidates to get finally recruited.

9. Is there negative marking in the SSC CGL?

Yes, there is negative marking in the first 2 tiers of the SSC CGL exam as these two tiers are conducted in online mode and the question paper is objective type in nature.

10. Why is referring to SSC CGL Exam Analysis helpful?

By referring the SSC CGL exam analysis candidates can get an idea about the SSC CGL difficulty level, topics asked, good attempts of the question paper. Also, they can predict their expected scores.

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There is no as such online coaching which gives you 100 percent results so it is difficult to suggest any one name at the end its your efforts and hard work matter but one thing for sure i suggest don't go with big names but choose the right names who gives proper guidance for ssc cgl and chsl.

Choose faculty who are really good in their subjects and have years of experience in this field. Explore coaching and review of past students they will help you better.

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Indeed, you can very well sit for SSC CGL while doing your BA LLB course, which is 5-year integrated.


For the purpose of SSC CGL eligibility, one needs to have a bachelor's degree from any recognized university. Since your BA LLB is a 5-year integrated course, it will qualify you once you complete that.


However, check the eligibility criteria for each post, as it may vary for each. For instance, for some, certain specific subjects studied would be criteria, or a minimum percentage is a criterion.


Always refer to and monitor the SSC official notifications for any available information and eligibility criteria.


Hence, starting preparations right from the beginning and being constant helps you definitely clear out the SSC CGL exam.

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No,it will not create any problem in future if you have st category and fill up form of any government job in general category candidates.

The reservation category like sc st obc have seperate seats in any government jobs because they come from weaker sections of society to empower them there is a quota of some percent in seats which they can claim by using their category certificate.if you come from a strong background you dont need to fill this category.

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Hello aspirant,

Here below I am providing you with the name of some of the best coaching institutes for SSC CGL:

  • Vidya Guru
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  • Pioneer Academy
  • SVK Commerce Point
  • Sign Consulting
  • Shekenah Academy
  • Vishal Class
  • Race Institute
  • New Cambridge College

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The Staff Selection Commission of India administers the national-level SSC CGL (Staff Selection Commission - Combined Graduate Level) test.

Recruitment for various Group B and Group C positions in central government ministries, departments, and organisations is the main goal of this exam.

Work Objective:

The purpose of the SSC CGL exam is to fill posts like Assistant Section Officer Inspector (Central Excise/Preventive Officer) of Income Tax Auditor/Sub-Inspector (CBI/NIA)Accountant Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)In various government sectors, these positions entail administrative, accounting, auditing, investigative, and data analytic responsibilities.


Study Goal:

Although the exam itself is not meant to be taken for academic credit, it does demand a great deal of preparation in subjects like reasoning and general intelligence.

Ability to Quantify All Around Awareness Understanding of English to  pass the test and land a reliable job in the public sector, candidates put in a lot of preparation.

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