This article contains analysis based on two papers of SSC CGL 2013, held on 21^st April (KP series and PJ series)

Questions types in SSC CGL 2013, held on 21^st April

Maths

• SSC has continue the trend of last year (=less importance to conventional questions from profit-loss, time-speed, mensuration etc.) and more emphasis on geometry (theory), Trigonometry and algebra
• Roughly 2/3^rd of the Maths questions are from Geometry, trigonometry, algebra and Data interpretation (DI) only.
• Although SSC chief remained kept his twitter promise: trigonometry and geometry portion bit easier than last time’s
• Usually DI portion contained only one “case” and 5 questions. This time SSC has given multiple DI cases.

Reasoning

• Compared to earlier years, SSC increased the number of non-verbal questions.
• Sitting arrangement (case containing 3-5 question) =absent.
• Otherwise question pattern/difficulty level similar to previous years.

• General Awareness / GA-GK

• As usual, GA section was broadly made up of three parts: Static, Science and Crap.
• The message / lesson is clear: when it comes to the GA portion of SSC, don’t waste time chasing trivial current affairs. Because static (polity, history etc.) and science, is where your focus should be.

In PJ and KP series question papers, the GA and English questions were same (only sequence was changed) hence I’ve given only single column for no. of questions

English

Not much to say, follows the usual pattern / difficulty level of previous years