- 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
- Here is the download link: http://files.secureserver.net/0s2JDIqT3lMF7s
- It is a zip file (size 14MB) and contains two papers. if you can’t open zip file then install a free software called 7zip (click me)
Preparation strategy, free studymaterial for SSC CGL, already provided in following articles
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thnx mrunal…
Thanks a ton mrunal…….what will be the maximum cut off (for UR) for this question ??…
around 80 or may be less as there are more posts then the last year plus difficulty level was a bit more then the last year
r u sure tht post is more thn last yr? hw do u knw tht?
Thanks Suhail
for giving right information.
thnx a lot.. it will be very helpful……. expectd cut off on ths qstn?? 90-100 will be secured marks for general cat.??
expected cutoff would be around 80 -85 for general category…..
expected cutoff for OBC
expected cut off may be
gen 82-87
obc 75-80
sc 60-68
cheers… best of luck.
Thanks Suman
thnx buddy.
Thanks for your analysis . I attempted more than 130 and expecting above 80 . and iam from obc category … Is their any chance for me in tier 2 . Please suggest me Some good books for preparation . Iam little weak in English .. I just want to crack tier 2 .. Please help
sir,what should be the expected cut-off??between 80-90?
please try to upload answer key for this tier 1 exam for all sets
answer keys are available at following link:-
http://www.careers360.com/news/9781-SSC-CGL-answer-key-2013-tier-1-download-PDF
plz provide the answer.
Hi
I m a pharma graduate too.
Followd ur articles on trig
Today i solved all the quents frm trignometry without much effort…
Expecting articles on geometry too…
Good work mrunal..
i’m getting 82.75/84.. what is the chance?? last year cut-off for UR was 82.
Question no 27 of test form no 000 KP 0 has two answer i.e. option B & option D… so which is right??
Devansh: please update the key for set 000KP0.
I will do it within 1-2 days
thanks for uploading the papers.
Thanks mrunal!!
Sir is there any sectional cut off like in bank exams for ssc . .
noooo
thank you sir.
does tire 1 paper marks are counted in final score?
YES THEY DO!
Yes, of course!
Please provide upcoming exam dates also on your website.
ssc cgl new exam date is 19th may 2013
Plz upload evening set and its analysis also…
i kind of feel different, here are few questions from my question paper :
31. G is fatter than H but not as fat as M.Q is also not as fat as M. Who is most lean person.. tell if it can be solved..
(here is a good joke)
33.there are 5 buses M N O P Q in a row.M is at the front and Q’s at back end.N stands between M and O.P stands between O and Q.Which bus is in middle of the 5.
A.M
B.P
C.N
D.Q
149. the difference in the amount estimated by the family on interior decoration and architect’s free is :
1.10000 . 2. 9500 . 3. 7200 . 4. 9600
NO OTHER DATA,CHART,PIE etc. is given (Both hindi and english versions)
200. Enclosed in a small space
4 options containing PHOBIAS
My paper is QJ series im from chandigarh (NWR)
it was totally different all sections..
english advanced. comprehension had pick odd one out questions (4 questions in 1)
QA advanced trigonometry and geometery Not 10th standard
Reasoning was ok..
Gk was epic. quantum theroy emission spectra rutherford experiment
paper was major turn OFF.. getting 100 or so marks.. donno abt final rank
Attempted the paper just now.Cut off wont go more than 84-85(IMO). If you re getting 100 , you’ll def qualify.
Closed spaces phobia – claustrophobia
Mine was also QJ series.. also one Q. in maths abuot a parallelogram is asked incompletely.. i will post tht sooner..
yes bro there are abt 5-6 wrong questions in QJ series paper. can we get marks for these wrong questions or not.
no buddy. ssc dont give marks to all stdnts for a wrng qstn. they will select a answr whch ll be correct accroding to thm. check the answr key whn ssc ll publsh.
G is fatter than H but not as fat as ……. Q is leaner than M. Leanest would be Q/N. data insufficient….
Buses M N O P Q ….. Ans = O OMG O was not there.
interior decoration and architect’s fee WAAAH…..
I believe some number series Qs were weird.A number of other misprints were there.
Also Eng also there were some Qs with two options correct.
That question on phobias.. the ans is claustrophobia. “Fear of being enclosed in small/confined space”
200. claustrophobia
exactly some of the questions were completely wrong or say had incomplete data..so i attempted some and left some…now am wondering will i get marks for the questions i dint attempt jus becuz it wasnt correct and becus of negative marking i cudnt take chance…so wot do u think in this case???
ya u r right… in paper 333pj3 there were 5 mistakes
I agree with you. This section is really not normal. Many wrong as well as over tricky questions. Not a fair play by the SSC. I am getting 90 marks…!!
claustrum = closed space
agora = market
akros = highest
phobia = morbid fear
i know what answer was.. but how should one know whether to attempt wrong question as no mention of FEAR in question..
i too feel the qj series was a real nightmare esp the quants and gk section.mine was qj5.I think this was a bit unfair to the students.moreover,there is no concept of standard score or normalized score like in cat exam,certainly it was a notch above than the usual ssc papers.
mine was d same… really … wat a blunder
Hi HK , albeit the exam is over and thus these words of mine aren’t going to help now. But trigonometry and geometry asked in paper was strictly of standard 9 and 10. And Gs section was a cake walk if you read NCERTs OR TMH mannual(UPSC)( or both if u did)even half heartedly+ very minimum current affairs , that can be answered if one is well aware and it did not need the aspirant even to follow newspaper on daily basis.
@ Fanish
could you clarify which 9/10 standard book talks about emission spectra, bohr postulates??
NONE!!
so if i were you i would be careful in using words like “strictly”.
Even I too want to know…neither in ncert or in my state syllabus books ,they’re not present…generally discussed in 11th or 12th chemistry :)
HK, I mentioned NCERT-9, 10 for trigo and geometry.
And all GS- science stuff is there in TMH mannual.
And yes do not get tossed, I dint wanted to toss you but, I posted that because I expected more from you. Sometimes I visit SSC Articles too at mrunal and have seen ur comments. I always liked your responses here and I was expected more from you. Aur bhai padh le TMH , 2 days lagenge bas and then u feel comfortable.
And best of luck for Tier-2.
@ HK..
ill w8 for official keys and compare answers..
i guess ill be one among many who would represent wrong/insolvent/misprint/missing graph questions to SSC when they would give time after posting answers..
Mrunal can you please help with the key of the exam….could not get it
dear friends please tell me Is there separate cutoff for each section? or total marks will be consider for selection to tier 2
there is no sectional cutoff and total marks will be considered
@rahmo : dude..read again..its not mandatory that there would be sectional cut off… ;)
yup.. you r ryt..! thx for tht bro..
last year tier 1 cut off sc 64 st 62 obc 70
Hello everyone, where did you find answer key for ssc cgl tier 1 held on April 21?
In SSC paper there were many questions whose answers i couldnt arrive to….might be wrong questions(I guess)…does any one know…what would be SSC’s decision on the same..I have attempted all of them by the logic…In wrong question you get marks only if u attend!!!!
plz upload ssc papers for hindi medium
@HK
I too faced same anamolies… around 5 questions had crap options… one question from DI itself too out of nowhere without input… also saw couple of questions which i studied in higher secondary.. most of the trignometry questions are tough (at least to me) that it appeared… cut off should be around 80-85.. crude guess.. of course the question could never be considered as cake walk or easy
Thanks a lot.
@hk same doubt….i too got QJ set nd few questions were surprising as u mentioned
sir plz, submit the answer key
sir plz, submit the answer key …
great mrunal it’ll help a lot \
Hello Sir,
I am regular visitor of your website from last 4 months. I like most your guidance and strategy pattern on exams.
My Requests:-
1. Please provide exam pattern of GIC and LIC (AAO) exam like (is there any negative marking and category wise Cut off marks etc.)
2. Please provide SSC CGL -1 practice papers as per paper dt. 21-04-2013 and it’s detailed solution.
3. Please provide short strategy for SSC CGL exam of 19-05-2013.
4. Please provide answer key of SSC CGL-1 dt. 21-4-2013 & Detailed solution.
My Suggestion:-
1. Please start Online examination service of SSC CGL & IBPS.
Thansk’s & Regards,
SWEJ KHAN
swejkhan@gmail.com
u apply for LIC AAO OR UIIC AO EXAM.. I ALSO APPLIED FOR THAT EXAM IF U GET ANY INFORMATION REGARDING SYLLABUS OF G.K inform me… tks..
Why Not…
Hey guys could you please share your experience as to how difficult the paper was and how much are you expecting to score. I felt that reasoning this year was much easier than before,English was simple as usual but GK was extremely difficult as remembering dates and shit is not easy for me. As for maths,it was difficult,questions on on time and work could be solved but they were a bit time consuming and since I didn’t prepare for the geometry section,I couldn’t do much in it. On the bright side I think I’ll make it this year if cutoff is b/w 80-85.
for me too, GS was very difficult, although i have been preparing for upsc (now i know where i stand). english was easy, maths was very difficult for me, i had not prepared trigno and mensuration, i did not know about its pattern. i think i might get 82. wish me luck.
82 hmmm well there is a chance that you’ll clear it I guess. Good luck!
albeit the exam is over and thus these words of mine aren’t going to help now. But trigonometry and geometry asked in paper was strictly of standard 9 and 10. And Gs section was a cake walk if you read NCERTs OR TMH mannual(UPSC)( or both if u did)even half heartedly+ very minimum current affairs , that can be answered if one is well aware and it did not need the aspirant even to follow newspaper on daily basis.
Mam,SSC always asks STATIC GK questions.Its NOT upsc which emphasizes on Dynamic GK.!!
So,one has to learn all the SHIT even if he/she doesn’t want to,in order to score 120+ in CGL !!
Bizarre but true…!!!
All the best !!
Thanks!
I had paper in the morning session …in my paper maths was really simple…Gs was little tougher side….reasoning was easy excluding 2-3 questions….I am too preparing for IAS and took SSC last year along with upsc mains…Got Central Secretariat last year…
In evening paper of my friend I found GS much simpler though maths level was better compared to morning…reasoning and english were of same level…
cutoff would be similar to the range of last 2 years 82(2012) – 87.5(2011)
my attempt 176 – maths 41(correct 37), english 50(40+),GS 43(27), reasoning 45(43)
tera selection ho gaye
Tu to phor diya bhai……sath me dusro ka ek seat b lol(as u already selected last yr too)…anyway wish u al d best fr tier 2 n UPSC prelims.