Staff Selection Commission CHSL 2015, December 20, 2015 Slot-2(Afternoon Shift) Analysis

Staff Selection Commission SSC CHSL 2015, December 20, 2015 Slot-2(Afternoon Shift) Analysis ssc chsl exam review & question paper analysis, ssc chsl cut off marks expected check here : 

The Staff Selection Commission (Combined Higher Secondary Level) Exam (afternoon slot), conducted on December 20, 2015, saw certain changes as compared to the previous year’s papers. Overall, the difficulty level of the paper ranged from easy to moderate but it was slightly difficult than morning slot question paper. The afternoon slot saw various number of sets with 1 unique question paper. All sections, except English Language, were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question was followed by 4 options. There was a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer.

The pattern of the paper was as given below:

Section	Total Questions	Level of difficulty	Good Attempts	Approximate time taken (in minutes)
General Intelligence	50	Easy-Moderate	36-38	35
English Language	50	Easy-Moderate	31-33	25
Quantitative Aptitude	50	Easy-Moderate	32-35	45
General Awareness	50	Easy-Moderate	25-30	15
Total	200	Easy-Moderate	125-132	120

A score of about 120 can be considered a good score.
Expected Cut-offs (Out of 200 marks)

For Typing Test for LDC

UR (General)	OBC	SC	ST
108-112	98-102	92-95	88-92

For Skill Test for Data Entry Operator

UR (General)	OBC	SC	ST
115-118	105-110	100-104	90-95

SSC CHSL General Intelligence Section Analysis

The section primarily saw questions of easy to moderate level. There were more questions than usual from Visual Reasoning. There was a typing mistake in a number series question.
Evening slot question paper saw a question from Blood Relations although the Circular Arrangement question was missing which was there in the morning slot.
Besides this, this paper saw a question based on counting of vowels in 4 different words, which is not a usual type of question asked in SSC exams.

Topic	No. of questions	Level of difficulty
Odd one out	9	Easy to moderate
Series	5	Easy to moderate
Directions	1	Easy
Visual Reasoning	6	Easy
Verbal Reasoning	2	Easy to moderate
Analogy	9	Easy
Puzzles	4	Moderate
Word Matrix	1	Easy
Dictionary arrangement	2	Easy to moderate
Venn Diagram	1	Easy
Word formation	2	Easy
Blood relation	1	Easy
Coding decoding	2	Easy
Maths based questions	4	Easy to moderate
Meaningful order	1	Easy

SSC CHSL English Language Section Analysis

The section comprised questions of easy to moderate level. The questions came from Vocab, Sentence Improvement, Spelling, Voice change, Direct and Indirect speech, etc.

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Antonyms	4	Easy-Moderate
Synonyms	4	Easy-Moderate
Cloze Test	10	Easy-Moderate
Spellings	4	Easy-Moderate
One word substitution	4	Easy-Moderate
Sentence improvement	4	Easy-Moderate
Spotting the error	4	Easy-Moderate
Idioms/Phrases	4	Easy-Moderate
Direct/Indirect	2	Easy
Active/Passive	2	Easy
Sentence Jumble	4	Easy
Sentence Completion (FIB)	4	Easy-Moderate

SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude Section Analysis

This section comprised questions from a variety of areas.  A major part of the section was based on Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry and Data Interpretation. The paper also had questions from Ratio, Profit & Loss, Averages, Time-Speed-Distance, Time & Work and Percentages. A few questions were of slightly higher level in comparison to the questions asked in the morning slot. A candidate could have easily attempted 32-35 questions.

Topic	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Number System	3	Easy
Percentage	2	Easy
Profit, Loss & Discount	4	Easy
SI & CI	4	Easy
Ratio/Mixture/Alligation	3	Easy - Moderate
Time, Speed & Distance	3	Easy
Time & Work	2	Easy- Moderate
Average	2	Easy
Algebra	3	Easy
Geometry	7	Easy - Moderate
Mensuration	3	Easy - Moderate
Trigonometry	4	Easy - Moderate
Coordinate geometry	1	Easy
DI (Bar Graph)	5	Easy
DI (Pie Chart )	4	Easy

SSC CHSL General Awareness Section Analysis

The questions in the section are of easy to moderate level. Questions from history, geography and polity were easier than other sections. Some questions from physics, chemistry and biology were moderately difficult compared to other sections. 25-30 questions can be easily attempted. One of the questions asked about the foundation of modern cartography, which was laid by Eratosthenes. This answer is not present in any of the options.

Topic	Number of questions	Level of difficulty
History	4	Easy
Geography	8	Easy to moderate
Polity	5	Easy to moderate
Economics	3	Easy to moderate
Physics	5	Moderate to difficult
Chemistry	3	Moderate to difficult
Biology	3	Moderately difficult
Computers	1	Easy to moderate
Miscellaneous GK	15	Easy to moderate
Books and authors	0
Important Days	1	Easy to moderate
Abbreviations	1	Easy
Sports	1	Moderately difficult

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