- Introduction
- Maths
- Reasoning
- General Awareness / GA-GK
- English
- Appendix: download link for SSC CGL 2013 (Tier 1) paper
Introduction
- SSC CGL 2013 was to be held on 14th and 21st April.
- But 14th April exam was cancelled. Now that exam will be held on 19th May 2013. (Hence it is no longer conflicting with SBI PO exam date.) This is not a rumor. This is given on SSC’s Northern Region website click me
- This article contains analysis based on two papers of SSC CGL 2013, held on 21st April (KP series and PJ series) click me to download those papersets.
- Download links for today’s question papers are given in the appendix of this article.
Maths
type |
subtype |
KP |
PJ |
Basic |
BOSMAS |
1 |
0 |
Square root |
1 |
1 |
Number theory, LCM, HCF, remainder |
0 |
2 |
algebra |
linear equation |
1 |
1 |
quadratic equation |
6 |
6 |
% |
profit loss interest rate etc. |
7 |
6 |
average, ratio |
average |
2 |
2 |
ratio |
1 |
2 |
STD |
time and speed (Boat, railway etc.) |
2 |
2 |
time and work (pipe cisterns etc.) |
3 |
3 |
Geometry |
Geometry_theory |
8 |
8 |
Mensuration (Area, volume, perimeter) |
3 |
4 |
Coordinate geometry |
1 |
0 |
Trigonometry |
height-distance |
1 |
1 |
complimentary angles |
2 |
1 |
equation /formula based |
3 |
4 |
misc |
1 |
0 |
DI |
Bar, pie, line, table |
7 |
7 |
|
Total |
50 |
50 |
- SSC has continue the trend of last year (=less importance to conventional questions from profit-loss, time-speed, mensuration etc.) and more emphasis on geometry (theory), Trigonometry and algebra
- Roughly 2/3rd of the Maths questions are from Geometry, trigonometry, algebra and Data interpretation (DI) only.
- Although SSC chief remained kept his twitter promise: trigonometry and geometry portion bit easier than last time’s and most of the trigonometry questions could be solved effortlessly by the [Trigonometry] tricks explained on www.Mrunal.org/aptitude
- Usually DI portion contained only one “case” and 5 questions. This time SSC has given multiple DI cases.
Reasoning
topic |
Subtype |
KP |
PJ |
series |
analogy |
3 |
8 |
odd pair |
4 |
5 |
missing in series |
15 |
8 |
dictionary based test |
3 |
3 |
subtotal |
25 |
24 |
coding |
coding-decoding and matrix |
4 |
3 |
maths symbol based ops |
2 |
4 |
subtotal |
6 |
7 |
arrangement |
direction based tests |
2 |
4 |
arrangement (weight/height wise) |
1 |
1 |
subtotal |
3 |
5 |
logic |
Statement-conclusion |
1 |
1 |
syllogism |
1 |
1 |
subtotal |
2 |
2 |
Non-Verbal |
non verbal |
11 |
8 |
Misc |
misc (Venn Diagrams, TSW etc) |
3 |
4 |
total |
|
50 |
50 |
- Compared to earlier years, SSC increased the number of non-verbal questions.
- Sitting arrangement (case containing 3-5 question) =absent.
- Otherwise question pattern/difficulty level similar to previous years.
General Awareness / GA-GK

- As usual, GA section was broadly made up of three parts: Static, Science and Crap.
- The message / lesson is clear: when it comes to the GA portion of SSC, don’t waste time chasing trivial current affairs. Because static (polity, history etc.) and science, is where your focus should be.
Topic |
Sub topics |
no. of Questions |
Static |
economy |
4 |
Polity |
3 |
History_ancient |
1 |
History_modern |
6 |
Geography |
4 |
Environment biodiversity |
4 |
Subtotal |
22 |
Science |
physics |
4 |
chemistry |
4 |
biology |
8 |
Computer,IT |
2 |
Subtotal |
18 |
Crap |
Books |
1 |
Persons in News |
6 |
Misc. |
3 |
Subtotal |
10 |
|
Total |
50 |
In PJ and KP series question papers, the GA and English questions were same (only sequence was changed) hence I’ve given only single column for no. of questions.
English
type |
Question |
no. of Questions |
vocab |
synonym, Antonym |
6 |
idioms and phrases |
5 |
word substitution |
7 |
spelling |
2 |
RC |
Passages (2) |
10 |
grammar |
sentence correction |
5 |
sentence improvement |
10 |
fill in the blanks |
5 |
|
Total |
50 |
Not much to say, follows the usual pattern / difficulty level of previous years.
Appendix: download link for SSC CGL 2013 (Tier 1) paper
Preparation strategy, free studymaterial for SSC CGL, already provided in following articles
- General Awareness (GA/GK)
- Maths, Quantitative Aptitude
- Reasoning, General Intelligence
- English Grammar, Vocabulary and Comprehension
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