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SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2018-19
SSC CPO Exam Analysis (16th March 2019) for SI and ASI: General Intelligence and Reasoning Analysis for Shift 1
The questions that appeared in the Reasoning section were from the topics of Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. This section was of a high difficulty level.
The students mentioned that GS was difficult. However, if the candidate has come in the exam with proper preparation and time management, the exam sure would have been easy for them.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Analogy | 3-5 | Easy |
| Series | 5 | Easy |
| Odd one out | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Visual Reasoning | 7 | Easy |
| Directions | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Venn diagram | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Statement-conclusion/Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
| Word formation | 3 | Easy |
| Missing number | 4 | Moderate-difficult |
| Coding-decoding | 2 | Easy |
| Blood relation | 1 | Easy |
| Matrix-based | 3 | Easy |
| Meaningful order/Dictionary Order | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 9 | Easy-Moderate |
SSC CPO Exam Analysis (16th March 2019) for SI and ASI: GK and General Awareness Analysis Shift 1
The question paper’s difficulty level was moderate. The candidates found many new questions in the exam
8 to 9 questions appeared from the topic of Medieval History. From Current Affairs, the questions came from recent current affairs.
Prepare from the recent current affairs as well as keep yourself updated about the Asian Games 2018. Each shift has questions from Asian Games.
There were questions from Nuclear Reactor in this exam along with Tamil Nadu temples.
Current Affairs hold the maximum weightage of 15-20 questions in this section. Given below is the detailed analysis for the GK section in SSC CPO:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Polity | 6-7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Biology | 6-8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Chemistry | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Physics | 5 | Moderate |
| Economics | 6 | Moderate |
| Geography | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| History | 6 | Moderate |
| Current Affairs | 10-11 | Moderate-Difficult |
SSC CPO Exam Analysis (16th March 2019) for SI and ASI: Quantitative Aptitude/ Maths Analysis for Shift 1
This difficulty level of this section was moderate. Many questions appeared from the previous year question papers of SSC CPO Exam.
There were no new questions on the exam. The same old pattern was followed. The questions were separated into Advanced and Basic Arithmetic sections
Due to the time-consuming nature of the exam, it was quite time-consuming. The candidates who had done proper preparation with great practicing and who had attempted mock test series time-to-time can easily solve the questions.
Here is the detailed analysis for the SSC CPO Maths section:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Data Interpretation | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Work & Time, Pipes & Cisterns | 7 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Geometry | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Mensuration | 6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Trigonometry | 4-6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Algebra | 4-6 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Percentage | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Profit, Loss, and Discount | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| SI/CI | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Mixture & Allegation | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Average | 2 | Moderate |
SSC CPO Exam Analysis (16th March 2019) for SI and ASI: English Comprehension Analysis for Shift 1
The English section in the exam was quite easily done. The topic of synonyms and antonyms covered most questions in this section
There were a total number of 10 questions from sentence improvement and 7 questions from spelling.
The difficulty level of the comprehension passage in the exam was easy. The candidates should concentrate on the questions from the synonyms and antonyms topic.
Given below are the topic wise questions for English section:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Cloze Test (Story Based) | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Spelling | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Sentence Improvement | 8-10 | Easy-Moderate |
| Spot the error | 4-6 | Moderate |
| One-word substitution | 4-6 | Difficult |
| Synonyms and Antonyms | 10-13 | Difficult |
| Idiom/Phrases | 5-6 | Easy-Moderate |
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