The 1st shift of SSC CHSL 2020 Tier I was conducted today. Since this exam will be conducted over a span of 18 days, a lot of candidates would be curious about the topics from which questions were asked in the 1st shift. In this article, we have come up with a detailed section-wise topic-wise analysis of the exam which was conducted today. We will be doing this for all the shifts conducted today. Let’s get started and before that have a glimpse of the exam pattern:
| Section | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 25 | 50 |
| General Awareness | 25 | 50 |
| Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skills) | 25 | 50 |
| English Comprehension | 25 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | 200 |
Note: Negative marking of 0.50 mark for each question incorrectly answered will be there.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Analogy | 3 |
| Odd One Out | 2 |
| Series | 3 |
| Statement & Conclusions | 2 |
| Sequence | 2 |
| Coding-Decoding | 2 |
| Mathematical Operations | 1 |
| Blood Relation | 1 |
| Mirror Image | 2 |
| Venn Diagram & Syllabus | 2 |
| Paper Folding Image | 1 |
| Figure Counting | 1 |
| Miscellaneous Ques | 3 |
This section was moderate. Around 10 question were from current affairs.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| History | 4 |
| Polity | 2 |
| Geography | 3 |
| Economics | 1 |
| Static Awareness | 5 |
| Current Affairs | 10 |
Some questions were asked were on the below topics:
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Profit, Loss & Discount | 3 |
| Percentage | 1 |
| Number System | 1 |
| Ration & Proportion | 1 |
| Average | 1 |
| Speed, Time & Distance | 1 |
| S.I. & C.I. | 2 |
| Mensuration | 2 |
| Problem on Ages | 1 |
| Trigonometry | 2 |
| Data Interpretation | 4 |
| Algebra | 3 |
| Geometry | 3 |
| Total Number Of Questions | 25 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Direct Indirect | 2 |
| Sentence Improvement | 2 |
| Fill in the Blanks | 2 |
| Error Detection | 2 |
| Antonyms | 2 |
| Active Passive | 2 |
| Synonyms | 2 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 2 |
| Phrase Substitution/One-word Substitution | 2 |
| Cloze Test Passage | 5 |
| Misc. | 2 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Analogy | 2 |
| Odd One Out | 2 |
| Series | 2 |
| Statement & Conclusions | 2 |
| Sequence | 2 |
| Coding-Decoding | 3 |
| Mathematical Operations | 2 |
| Dice | – |
| Blood Relation | 1 |
| Mirror Image | 2 |
| Venn Diagram & Syllabus | 1 |
| Paper Folding Image | 1 |
| Figure Counting | 1 |
| Miscellaneous Ques | 4 |
This section was moderate. Around 9 question were from current affairs.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| History | 2 |
| Polity | 2 |
| Geography | 3 |
| Economics | 1 |
| Static Awareness | 4 |
| Science | 4 |
| Current Affairs | 9 |
Some questions were asked were on the below topics:
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Profit, Loss & Discount | 3 |
| Percentage | 2 |
| Number System | 1 |
| Ration & Proportion | 2 |
| Average | 1 |
| Speed, Time & Distance | 1 |
| S.I. & C.I. | 2 |
| Mensuration | 1 |
| Problem on Ages | 2 |
| Trigonometry | 2 |
| Data Interpretation | 3 |
| Algebra | 3 |
| Geometry | 2 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Direct Indirect | 2 |
| Sentence Improvement | 2 |
| Fill in the Blanks | 2 |
| Error Detection | 2 |
| Antonyms | 2 |
| Active Passive | 2 |
| Idioms and Phrases | 2 |
| Synonyms | 2 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 2 |
| Phrase Substitution/One-word Substitution | 2 |
| Cloze Test Passage | 5 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Analogy | 4 |
| Odd One Out | 3 |
| Series | 3 |
| Statement & Conclusions | 1 |
| Sequence | 1 |
| Coding-Decoding | 3 |
| Mathematical Operations | 1 |
| Blood Relation | 1 |
| Mirror Image | 1 |
| Venn Diagram & Syllogism | 1 |
| Paper Folding Image | 2 |
| Figure Counting | 1 |
| Miscellaneous Ques | 3 |
Some questions were asked were on the below topics:
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Profit, Loss & Discount | 2 |
| Number System | 2 |
| Ration & Proportion | 1 |
| Mixture Allegation | 1 |
| Time & Work | 1 |
| Average | 1 |
| Speed, Time & Distance | 1 |
| S.I. & C.I. | 2 |
| Mensuration | 2 |
| Trigonometry | 2 |
| Data Interpretation | 5 |
| Algebra | 3 |
| Geometry | 2 |
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Direct Indirect | 1 |
| Sentence Improvement | 3 |
| Fill in the Blanks | 3 |
| Error Detection | 3 |
| Antonyms | 2 |
| Active Passive | 2 |
| Idioms and Phrases | 2 |
| Synonyms | 2 |
| Phrase Substitution/One-word Substitution | 2 |
| Cloze Test Passage | 5 |
We hope that the above analysis will be useful to those aspirants who have their exams in the upcoming shifts.
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