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SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Pattern 2023

The SSC CGL Tier 1 exam tests a candidate’s aptitude, knowledge, and mental ability. The successful candidates will get eligible for the next stage of the exam process.

Check out the table below for more details:

Subject	Total Questions	Total Marks	Duration
General Intelligence & Reasoning	25	50	60 minutes (For VH & Candidates suffering from Cerebral Palsy: 80 minutes)
General Awareness	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
English Comprehension	25	50
Total	100	200

Note: There is a negative marking of 0.50 marks per question.

SSC CGL Tier-I 2023 Syllabus for English Language Section

SSC CGL Tier-I: English Language Topics

–Reading Comprehension
-Synonyms-Antonyms
-Active Passive
–Sentence Rearrangement
-Sentence Improvement
-Cloze test
-Idioms and Phrases
-One-word Substitution
–Sentence Correction
-Error Spotting
–Fill in the Blanks
-Spellings Correction

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SSC CGL Tier 1 2023-How to Score 20+ Marks in English Comprehension?

Here are some of the strategies that combine to become a perfect strategy for you:

Previous Year’s Questions

One of the very first and best strategies to make before starting your preparation or revision is to go through the previous year’s question papers. Through it, you will get an idea of the questions that come in the English Comprehension Section again and again. You’ll get to know the set of questions that are prepared about a certain passage. And you can prepare accordingly.

Given under a chart shows the number of questions that were asked in Past Exams. Take a deep look into it before moving on further!

S. No.	Topics	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CGL 2016	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CGL 2017	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CGL 2018-19	No. Of Questions asked in SSC CGL 2019-20
1.	Fill in the Blanks	3	2	2	2
2.	Sentence Improvement	5	2	2	2
3.	Error Detection	3	2	2	2
4.	Sentence Rearrangement	–	2	2	2
5.	Idioms and Phrases	6	2	2	2
6.	Synonyms	1	2	2	2
7.	Antonyms	1	2	2	2
8.	Active Passive	–	1	2	1
9.	Direct Indirect	–	1	–	1
10.	One Word Substitution	–	2	2	2
11.	Spelling Correction	1	2	2	2
12.	Passage	Reading Comprehension (5)	Cloze Test (5)	Cloze Test (5)	Cloze Test (5)
	Total Questions	25	25	25	25

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