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Dear students, Staff Selection Commission is conducting CPO 2017 Exam from 1st July to 7th July 2017. Today is the fourth day of SSC CPO Exam Tier-1 2017. We are providing Exam analysis of SSC CPO Tier-1 2017 Shift-1, so that all other aspirants can get an overall and clear idea about exam pattern and difficulty level. SSC issued notification for the much awaited CPO Exam 2017 on 22 April 2017. The SSC CPO Exam will be 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 | 25-32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate | 30-35 |
| General Intelligence | Easy | 40-44 |
| General Awareness | Moderate | 21-25 |
| Overall | Moderate | 110-125 |
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. Vocabulary based questions and idioms were difficult to answer.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence Improvement | 8-10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Error Detection | 5-6 | Moderate |
| Idioms/Phrases | 5-6 | Difficult |
| Comprehension | 5 | Moderate |
| Antonym/ Synonym | 8-9 | Difficult |
| One-word substitution | 3-5 | Difficult |
| Spelling check | 4 | 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 on calculations and some were directly based on formulas. for example, SI and CI questions were based on formulas.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| S.I, CI, Profit/Loss | 7-8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Mensuration | 5-6 | Difficult |
| Trigonometry | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Algebra | 3-4 | Difficult |
| Time and Work/ Pipe & Cistern | 5-6 | Moderate |
| Geometry | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Speed and Distance | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Average & Percentage | 6-7 | Moderate |
| DI | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
General Intelligence
In SSC CPO Tier-1 Exam 2017, General Intelligence(Reasoning) questions were of easy and moderate level, non-verbal questions were easy.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Syllogism | 3 | Moderate |
| Matrix | 2 | Easy |
| Non-Verbal (Mirror Image) | 3-4 | Easy |
| Odd one out | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 8-9 | Easy-Moderate |
| Direction Sense Test | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Analogy, figure counting | 5-6 | Moderate |
| Series | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 13 | 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.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| History | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Geography | 6-7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Polity | 5-7 | Difficult |
| Economics | 5-6 | Moderate |
| Chemistry | 4-5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Physics | 5-6 | Moderate |
| Biology | 8-9 | Easy-Moderate |
| Current Affairs | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Moderate |
All the best for upcoming shifts.
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