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Dear students, Today is the SECOND day and second paper of SSC CGL Tier-II Exam. The Exam will be conducted by SSC from 17th February to 22nd February 2018. We are providing Exam analysis of SSC CGL Tier-II Paper-II (English), so that all other aspirants can get an overall and clear idea about exam pattern and difficulty level. The SSC CGL Tier-II is being held in online mode. So dear students, without much ado, let’s get straight to the detailed Exam analysis.
The timing for SSC CGL Tier-II Exam:17.02.2018 To 21.02.2018:-
- P-I 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM &
- P-II 03:15 PM to 5:15 PM
22.02.2018:-
- P-III -10:30 AM to 12:30 PM &
- P-IV – 03:15 PM to 5:15 PM
| Section | Level | Good Attempts |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | easy-moderate | 162-173 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Difficult | 65-72 |
SSC CGL Tier-II Quant [10:30 AM to 12:30 PM]
In SSC CGL Tier-II Exam, Quantitative Aptitude was of difficult level. Most of the questions were very lengthy or very calculated and time demanding. Questions from Algebra were very lengthy. Difficult level of Quantitative Aptitude was unexpected unlike previous years which is surely going to affect score gained by the candidates. Its direct impact is on the attempt of the number of questions and morale of the candidates which seem to be very down comparatively. Now, one must need to be precociously cautious regarding English Language Section.There were 1 DI in the Exam:-
- Tabular (Profit & Loss)
Some questions from exam:
- A chord is drwan to Two concentric circles. Lenght of chords are 4 and 16. Whats is the difference of the square of radii of both circles.
- A mixture contains acid and water in the ratio 11:2. If 35 litre of water is added quantity of acid becomes twice of water. Whats the initial quantity of acid.
- Average of the number from 100 to 400 which are divisble by 13.
- A man buys 5 sarees of avg cost 2250. If he had bought 3 more sarees the avg cost would have been 2750. Whats the avg cost of all sarees together.


- A shopkeeper marked up his good by 125% and allowed a discount of 25%. If the selling price of good is rs64p, find the cost price of the good.
- A point made a angle of elevation to the top of a tower with tangent of 3/4. If point shifts 300 meter towards tower then the tangent becomes 4/3. What is the height of the tower?


- Two mans starts walking towards each other with speed of 21 km/hr and 24 km/hr. If they meet after 1 hr 15 mins, Whats the distance beetween them initially.
- If a cube is cut in 27 equal cubes. Whats the percentage change in the total surface area.
- A cylinder of height 8 cm and radius 3.5 cm is perfectly put inside of another cylinder with their axis perpendicular to each other. Whats the radius of other cylinder.
- If a no is increased by 20 it becomes 116% of itself. Find the number?
- A b c can do a work in 7.5 days. C is thrice as good as A. B working alone can do the same work in 15 days. In how many days A and C together can complete the same work.
- Speed of a boat going downstream is 30 km/hr while 18 km/hr going upstream. Find the average speed of the boat.
- If the Speed of a bus without stopage is 60 km/hr and 45 km/hr with stopages. For how many minutes the bus stops per hour.
- Area of a hexagon is equal to the area of a square. Find the ratio od their paremeters.
we will update more questions soon…
| Topics | No. Of Questions | Level Of Difficulty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number System/HCF/LCM | 4 | moderate |
| 2 | Percentage | 3-4 | easy |
| 2 | Average | 3-4 | moderate |
| 3 | Time & Work | 5 | easy-moderate |
| 4 | Profit & Loss , Discount | 9-10 | moderate |
| 5 | Ratio | 4-5 | easy-moderate |
| 6 | Time Speed Distance | 4 | easy |
| 7 | Interest (CI & SI) | 4-5 | moderate |
| 8 | Geometry | 7-8 | Difficult |
| 9 | Mensuration | 10-12 | moderate-difficult |
| 10 | Trigonometry , Height & Distance | 6-7 | easy-moderate |
| 10 | Height & Distance | 3 | easy |
| 11 | DI | 5 | typical calculation |
| 12 | Algebra | 10-11 | moderate-difficult |
| 13 | Mixture & Alligation | 3 | moderate |
| Total | 100 Questions | Difficult |
SSC CGL Tier-II English Language [03.:15 PM to 5.15 PM]
In SSC CGL Tier-II Exam, English language section was of easy to moderate level and give a relief to the CGL aspirants to overcome the shock of Quant section today. Some questions were lengthy in sentence rearrangement. If we talk about reading comprehension, 3 RC’s are of easy level but 2 RC contains lengthy questions.
Some Questions from exam:-
Idiom/phrases
- Catch 22
- Foot the bill
- Breadth of hair
- Jog one’s memories
- Carry the can
- Get cracking
- Paper on cracks
- To be red
Antonyms/ Synonyms
- Acerbic
- nuisent
- combustible___inflammable
- scurrilous
- Esoteric
- Ribald
- Acerbic
One word Substitution-
- One who deserts principle
- A girl having brown hairs
- Study of culture and tribes
- Bank of river
- Old weak lady
- Phobia to disease
- One who climbs mountain
- Church prayer
- Causing vomit
- medicine to induce vomiting
Passages based on
- Rohit Sharma three double hundred
- Gandhian principal
- Storm names in south asia
We will update questions soon…
| Topics | No. Of Questions | Level Of Difficulty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spot the error | 19-20 | easy-moderate |
| 2 | Fill In the Blanks | 5 | easy-moderate |
| 3 | Synonyms | 3 | easy-moderate |
| 4 | Antonyms | 3 | easy-moderate |
| 5 | Spelling/detecting mis-spelt words | 3-4 | easy-moderate |
| 6 | Idioms & Phrases | 11-12 | moderate |
| 7 | One word substitution | 9-10 | easy |
| 8 | Improvement of sentences | 22-23 | easy-moderate |
| 9 | Active/Passive voice of verbs | 20 | easy-moderate |
| 10 | Conversion into direct/indirect narration | 20 | easy-moderate |
| 11 | Sentence Rearrangement | 25 | moderate(lengthy) |
| 12 | Cloze Test | 24 | easy-moderate |
| 13 | Comprehension Passage | 30 | easy-moderate |
| Total | 200 Questions | easy-moderate |
Practice Mocks For English Exam:-
Download below provided Mock Tests with solutions to be invincible in the final exam.
Practice Mocks For Quant Exam:-
Download below provided Mock Tests with solutions to be invincible in the final exam.
| Download Practice Mock | ||
|---|---|---|
| Quant Mock Test-1 | ||
| Quant Mock Test-2 | ||
| Quant Mock Test-3 | ||
| Quant Mock Test-4 | ||
| Quant Mock Test-5 |
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