SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam Analysis 9 September 2024 Shift-1: Difficulty level, Good Attempts & Section-wise Analysis

The SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam held on 9th September 2024, Shift-1, was analyzed for difficulty, good attempts, and section-wise performance to help candidates gain insights into the paper’s overall structure and question types. Here's a comprehensive look at the exam:
Overall SSC CGL Tier-1 Difficulty Level:
The exam was considered Easy to Moderate overall, making it manageable for well-prepared candidates. Below is the section-wise breakdown of difficulty levels:
| Section | Difficulty Level |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Easy to Moderate |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | Moderate |
| English Comprehension | Easy |
| General Awareness | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | Easy to Moderate |
Good Attempts:
The number of good attempts, based on feedback from candidates, suggests that those attempting between 79-87 questions could have secured a good score.
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 18-21 |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 20-22 |
| English Comprehension | 20-21 |
| General Awareness | 21-23 |
| Overall | 79-87 |
SSC CGL Tier-1 Memory-Based Questions (9th September, Shift-1):
General Intelligence & Reasoning:
- Syllogism (2-3 questions)
- Coding-Decoding (3 questions)
- Number Series (1 question)
- Alphabetical Series (1 question)
- Coded Blood Relation (1 question)
- Order Ranking (2 questions)
General Awareness:
The General Awareness section had a mix of static GK and current affairs questions. Some of the questions asked were:
- Dodabetta Peak
- Article- Supreme Court
- 5-year yojna related
- Lucknow Gharana related
- Festivals related
- Gram Panchayat Articl 40
- Union Miniter of Information Technology
- Neel Darpan related one question
- Article 226 related
- Sudarshan Lake
- Vishwa Mohan
- Prathna Samaj
- Which state is the highest producer of pulses?
- Headquarters of BCCI
- Economic Planning
- Right to Constitutional Remedies- Article 32
- President Qualification related
- Lata Mangeshkar Award related
- Black Soil is found in which plateau
- CM of Tamil Nadu in 2023
Quantitative Aptitude:
Quantitative questions involved basic arithmetic and geometry. Some notable questions were:
- Simple Interest and Installments
- Profit & Loss
- DI (Tabular form)
- Equilateral Triangle one question
- Cylinder-related question (Radius was given)
- Percentage (election question)
English Comprehension:
The English section was simple with questions based on basic comprehension and vocabulary:
- Antynom of Fatal
- Alturistric
- Narrow Scape
- Idiom: A big fish to fry
- Innendous
- Relevant Spelling Error
- 2 questions Active Passive Voice
- 2 Questions Direct Indirect Speech
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