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English language for SSC CGL Exam
In SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam, there are 25 questions from the English Language Section.
The Topic wise breakup of the questions for the previous years is given below:
SSC CGL English Topics | No. of Questions (2016) | No. of Questions (2017) | No. of Questions (2018) |
Synonym/Antonym | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Sentence Correction | 3-4 | 3 | 2 |
Reading Comprehension | 5 | 2-3 | 4 |
Error Detection | 3 | 3-4 | 3 |
Idioms and Phrases | 3 | 2 | 2 |
One Word Substitution | 3 | 2-3 | 2 |
Spelling correction | 1-2 | 2 | 2 |
Fill in the Blanks | 3 | 4-5 | 1 |
Cloze Test | – | 2-3 | 5 |
In SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam, there are 200 questions in the Paper 2 of English Language and Comprehension.
SSC CGL English Topics | No. of Questions (2017) |
Reading Comprehensions | 30 |
Para jumble | 20 |
Idiom and Phrases | 15 |
Cloze Test | 25 |
One Word Substitution | 10 |
Direct/Indirect Speech | 25 |
Sentence Improvement | 10 |
Fill in the Blanks | 10 |
Correct Spelling | 4 |
Synonym/Antonym | 6 |
Error Spotting | 20 |
Active Passive Voice | 25 |
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English Language for SSC CHSL Exam
The weightage of the English Section in the SSC CHSL Exam is 50 marks having 25 questions. The negative marking in the exam 0.50 marks. The topic wise analysis of the SSC CHSL 2018 English section is as below:
Topics | Number of Questions |
Fill in the blanks | 2 |
Synonym/Antonym | 2 |
Idioms/Phrases | 2 |
One Word Substitution | 2 |
Spotting Error | 3 |
Sentence Correction | 3 |
Reading Comprehension | 5 |
Cloze Test | 5 |
Spelling Mistakes | 1 |
Check here – SSC CHSL Exam Pattern
English Language for SSC CPO Exam
The weightage of the English Section in the SSC CPO Exam is 50 marks having 50 questions. The negative marking in the exam is 0.25 marks for the SSC CPO Exam.
The topic-wise analysis of the SSC CPO 2018 English Section is as below:
Topics | Number of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 10 |
Cloze Test | 5 |
Error Spotting | 5 |
Sentence Improvement | 10 |
Synonym/Antonym | 6 |
Spelling Mistakes | 5 |
Idioms and Phrases | 5 |
One Word Substitution | 3 |
English Language for SSC GD Constable Exam
The weightage of the English Section in the SSC GD Exam is 25 marks having 25 questions. The topic wise analysis of the SSC GD 2018 English Section is as below:
Topics | Number of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 5 |
Direct/Indirect Speech | 3 |
Common Error | 2 |
One Word Substitution | 3 |
Synonym/Antonym | 4 |
Idioms and Phrases | 2 |
Sentence Arrangements | 1 |
Sentence Correction | 2 |