On December 23, 2021, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) released a notification for filling up various vacancies in Group B and Group C in different Ministries/Departments/Organisations of Government of India and various Constitutional Bodies/Statutory Bodies/Tribunals, etc. The SSC CGL exam is conducted every year to recruit eligible candidates.
In this article, we will go over the analysis and cut-offs of the SSC CGL 2020 Tier 1 exam, which will help us understand the type of questions which may be asked in the upcoming SSC CGL 2021 exam. Moreover, it will help us recognise the major topics and exam pattern for the respective subjects.
SSC CGL 2020 Exam Pattern Details
The SSC CGL exam is conducted in four phases-
- Computer Based Exam- Tier 1
- Computer Based Exam- Tier 2
- Pen and Paper Mode (Descriptive Paper)- Tier 3
- Computer Proficiency Test/Skill Test/Document Verification- Tier 4
Take a look at the SSC CGL 2021 exam pattern here.
SSC CGL 2020 Exam Analysis
In Tier 1 Exam the candidates are evaluated on the basis of 4 subjects-
- General Intelligence & Reasoning
- General Awareness
- Quantitative Aptitude
- English Comprehension
In the following section we will examine each subject carefully.
English Language
It is evident from the table below that the questions have been asked from the basic grammar topics and there was no Reading Comprehension. This makes the level of the English language section easy.
| Topics | No. Of Questions asked | Level Of Exam |
| Fill in the Blanks | 2 | Easy |
| Sentence Improvement | 2 | Easy-moderate |
| Error Detection | 2 | Easy-moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 2 | Easy |
| Idioms and Phrases | 2 | Easy |
| Synonyms | 2 | Easy |
| Antonyms | 2 | Easy |
| Active Passive | 1 | Easy |
| Narration | 1 | Easy |
| One Word | 2 | Easy |
| Spelling Correction | 2 | Easy |
| Cloze test | 5 | Easy |
| Total Questions | 25 | Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude
Maximum questions in this section were asked from Data Interpretation, Trigonometry, Mensuration and Algebra. Additionally, you should also focus on easy topics that are mentioned in the table below. The overall level of this section was easy-moderate.
| Topics | No. Of Questions asked | Level of Exam |
| Ratio | 2 | Easy |
| Average | 1 | Easy |
| Number System | 2 | Easy |
| Simplification | 1 | Easy |
| Time & Work | 1 | Easy-moderate |
| Time, Speed & Distance | 1 | Easy-moderate |
| S.I./C.I | 1 | Moderate |
| Profit & Loss | 2 | Easy |
| Geometry | 2 | Easy |
| Mensuration | 3 | Easy-moderate |
| Trigonometry | 3 | Easy-moderate |
| Percentage | 1 | Easy |
| Algebra | 3 | Easy-moderate |
| DI | 4 | Easy-moderate |
| Total questions | 25 | Easy-moderate |
Reasoning Ability
It can be seen from the table below, most of the questions were asked from Analogy, Coding-Decoding and Mathematical Operations. The level of difficulty of this section was easy.
| Topics | No. Of Questions asked | Level Of Exam |
| Analogy | 3 | Easy |
| Odd One Out | 2 | Easy |
| Series | 1 | Easy |
| Statement & Conclusions | 1 | Easy |
| Sequence (Acc. to Dictionary) | 1 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 3-4 | Easy-moderate |
| Mathematical Operations | 2-3 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 1 | Easy |
| Mirror Image | 1 | Easy |
| Venn Diagram | 1 | Easy |
| Paper Folding Image | 1 | Easy |
| Missing Term | 2 | Easy |
| Hidden Figure | 1 | Easy |
| Cube | 1 | Easy |
| Counting Figure [Rectangle] | 1 | Easy |
| Complete Figure | 1 | Easy |
| Total Questions | 25 | Easy |
SSC CGL 2020 Exam: Tier 1 Cut-offs
Given below are the cut-offs of the SSC CGL 2020 Tier 1 exam listwise-
List 1- Candidates who qualified Tier 1 will be eligible for appearing in Tier 2 (Paper-1, Paper-2 and Paper 4 [General Studies {Finance and Accounts}]) and Tier 3 Exam
| Category | Cut-off Marks |
| UR | 180.12237 |
| EWS | 175.31247 |
| OBC | 172.76640 |
| SC | 156.73419 |
| ST | 151.46077 |
| OH | 147.08520 |
| HH | 117.49075 |
| Others-PWD | 83.70627 |
List 2- Candidates who qualified Tier 1 will be eligible for appearing in Tier 2 (Paper-1, Paper-2 and Paper-3 [Statistics]) and Tier 3 Exam
| Category | Cut-off Marks |
| UR | 165.77474 |
| EWS | 152.03803 |
| OBC | 154.87053 |
| SC | 130.76651 |
| ST | 119.99291 |
| OH | 130.86331 |
| HH | 86.44781 |
| VH | 110.67982 |
| Others-PWD | 40.00000 |
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