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General Knowledge 21 April 2013 paper analysis
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, dont 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

Analysis 2 (2010/2011/2012







Topic 2010 2011 2012
Static
Polity 7 5 8
Indian History+Culture 5 6 5
Geograhpy (Physical+Indian)+Biodiversity 6 11 6
Economy 11 7 4
Subtotal (Static) 29 29 23
Science
Biology 6 4 8
Chemistry 4 4 3
Physics+Space 7 6 4
Computer 1 2 2
Subtotal (Science) 18 16 17
Crap
Misc.GK, Sports, PIN, Books, Current
Affairs
3 3 6
Yearbook (institutes, schemes, dates etc.) 0 2 4
Subtotal (Crap) 3 5 10

Grand Total 50 50 50

In the SSC exams, new players tend to pay too much attention to the crap part. They
keep buying books and magazines all the time as if there is nothing else to prepare
except current-affairs.
But you must keep in mind that the Cost-benefit ratio is not really great for crap
questions = no. of data entries to be mugged up vs probability of getting a question
vs probability of recalling the correct answer in actual exam.
Im not saying ignore current affairs, all Im saying is, dont invest too much time
and energy in them.
On the other hand, If you look at bigger picture, almost 80% of General awareness
questions come from Static + Science portion alone. Hence they should form the
priority.







Reasoning
ANALYSIS 21 April 2013
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.

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






Analysis 2010/2011/2012


Logical Reasoning portion doesnt have much theory/formulas as such, except for
Syllogism, clock-Calendars, Permutation combinations etc. so the only way to master
Reasoning= via maximum practice at home.
Here comes the problem: Youve to face Reasoning/General Intelligence only at the
tier-I stage. (50Q) But In tier II: there is no reasoning, but only Maths +English.
Besides, you dont have to tick 200/200 questions in tier-I, to pass the exam.
So, you should have some sort of strategy about how much time and energy should
be invested in Logical Reasoning portion. (like in General Awareness , the priority
order was Static>>Science>>Crap.)

MATHS
Analysis 2010/2011/2012 (CGL-Tier-2)

Topic 2010 2011 2012
basic math 11 4 3
Misc. 2 2 3
number theory 8 7 5
DI 10 20 5
Ratio+Partnership 6 4 6
Avg+alligation 5 6 7
TSD 7 12 7
Trigonometry 0 4 8
Algebra 10 13 10
% 27 18 19
Geometry 14 10 27
Total 100 100 100

Analysis 2010/2011/2012/2013 (CGL-Tier-1)
You can easily find the no. of question has been increased from 2012 in DI and the level of question in
trignometry and geometry has been raised.Also, question from algebra, work and time ,Numbers are bit
tricky so I personaly recommend to have lot of practice before sitting for exam.
Topic 2010 2011 2012 2013(1st shift) 2013(2nd shift)
Ratio+Partnership 3 3 1 1 2
number theory 6 5 2 2 3
Avg+alligation 3 3 2 2 2
TSD 6 5 2 5 5
Misc. 3 0 2 - -
basic math 11 11 5 - -
algebra 6 0 5 7 7
DI 3 4 5 7 7
% 6 14 5 7 6
Trigonometry 0 0 9 7 6
Geometry 3 5 12 12 12
Total 50 50 50 50 50

ENGLISH
Analysis 2013 paper
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

Follows the usual pattern / difficulty level of previous years.
Analysis 2010/2011/2013

Tier I Tier II

TOPIC 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012
Vocabulary
1. Synonyms
2. Antonyms
3. Fill in the blanks (single
statement)
4. Fill in the blank (huge
paragraph)
5. Spelling mistake
6. Idioms and phrases
7. One word substitution (similar
to synonyms)
20 35 30 55 45 41
Grammar
8. Sentence improvement
9. sentence correction
10. Active passive
11. Direct-indirect
20 15 10 85 85 89
Comprehension
12. Comprehension
13. Sentence Arrangement 10 0 10 60 70 70
Total Grand Total 50 50 50 200 200 200

The SSC exams, the English questions usually come in the multiple of fives e.g. 5
question on synonyms, then 5 on antonyms and so on. (tier 1)
Similarly in tier-ii, 10 questions on fill in the blanks, 20 questions on active passive
and so on.
Please do not live in overconfidence that SSC is a pappu exam and Im a master of
English. so I dont need to prepare anything for vocabulary or grammar.
If you observe the previous SSC papers particularly the tier-II papers of English, the
vocabulary portion is not pappu at times, they ask meaning of words that are not
used in the day to day English.
Similarly, a lot of things that we say and write in English in our day-to-day life, are
not grammatically correct. So you may not be able to tick the right choice in sentence
correct/ improvement question.