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SSC CPO 2017 Tier-1 Exam Analysis, Review & Expected Cut Offs

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SSC CPO 2017 Tier-1 Exam Analysis Shift-2

Dear students, Today is the last day and last shift of CPO 2017 Exam. It has been conducted by SSC from 1st July to 7th July 2017.We are providing Exam analysis of SSC CPO Tier-1 2017 Shift-2, so that all other aspirants can get an overall and clear idea about exam pattern and difficulty level. The SSC CPO Exam is being held in online mode. So dear students, without much ado, let’s get straight to the detailed  Exam analysis.

The important dates for Computer Based SSC CPO Examination 2017 are: 
  • Notification Released – 22 April 2017
  • Paper-I: 01-07-2017 to 07-07-2017
  • Paper-II: 08-10-2017
Section Level Good Attempts
English Language Difficult 22-31
Quantitative Aptitude Moderate 27-31
General Intelligence Easy 41-45
General Awareness Moderate 22-27
Overall Moderate 112-126

English Language

In SSC CPO Tier-1 Exam 2017, English language section was Difficult, there were 1 RC(Reading Comprehension) with 5 questions based on it. and 1 cloze test was also asked with 5 questions and questions from it were of moderate level. Vocabulary based(Antonyms/Synonyms) questions and idioms were very difficult to answer. Spelling check questions were not that easy although the words are very common.

Topic No of Questions Level
Sentence Improvement 6-8 Easy-Moderate
Error Detection 3-4 Moderate
Idioms/Phrases 6 Difficult 
Comprehension 5 Easy-Moderate
Antonym/ Synonym 6 Difficult
One word substitution 5-6 Difficult
Spelling check 5-7 Easy
Cloze test 5 Moderate
Total 50 Difficult

Quantitative Aptitude

In SSC CPO Tier-1 Exam 2017, Quantitative Aptitude was of Moderate Level. Most of the questions were based directly on Formulas and some were calculative.

There were 2 DI in the Exam:-

  1. Tabular
  2. Pie Chart

Topic No of Questions Level
S.I, CI, Profit/Loss  6 Easy-Moderate
Mensuration 4 Difficult
Trigonometry 6 Moderate-Difficult
Algebra 5-6 Difficult
Time and Work/ Pipe & Cistern 5-6 Moderate
Geometry 7-8 Moderate
Speed and Distance 1 Easy-Moderate
Average & Percentage 3-4 Moderate
DI 10 Easy-Moderate
Total 50 Easy-Moderate

General Intelligence
In SSC CPO Tier-1 Exam 2017, General Intelligence(Reasoning) questions were of Easy level, non-verbal questions were very easy. Questions from Mathematical operations were time-Consuming & very calculative.

Topic No of Questions Level
Syllogism 3 Moderate
Matrix 2 Easy
Mathematical operations 3 Moderate
Blood Relation 2 Easy
Non-Verbal (Mirror Image, Counting figure, Embedded figure) 6-7 Easy
Odd one out 6 Easy-Moderate
Coding-Decoding 4-5 Easy-Moderate
Direction Sense Test 2 Easy-Moderate
Analogy 4 Moderate
Series  6 Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous 9 Easy-Moderate
Total 50 Easy

General Awareness

In SSC CPO Tier-1 Exam 2017, General Awareness questions were asked from all aspects of GA, especially from Science section, if you have basic knowledge of Science, then you can easily score good marks in GA Section. In Current Affairs, questions from awards were asked.

Topic No of Questions Level
History 4-5 Moderate
Geography 5-6 Easy-Moderate
Polity 6-8 Difficult 
Economics 7-8 Moderate
Chemistry 3-4 Easy-Moderate
Physics 4-5 Moderate
Biology 6-8 Easy-Moderate
Current Affairs 8-9 Moderate 
Total 50 Moderate

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