SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam 2020: Staff Selection Commission will be conducting the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam for the candidates qualified in Tier 1 from 22 June 2020 to 25 June 2020. Over 2 lakh candidates are expected to appear in the Tier 2 exam for the recruitment of Group B and C posts under various central departments. Tier 2 will comprise of 2 compulsory papers of Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Candidates sure of getting selected in the Tier 1 exam must take note of the exam pattern and important topics for SSC CGL Tier 2 exam.
| Paper | Subject | No of Questions | Max Marks | Exam Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantitative Abilities | 100 | 200 | 2 Hours |
| 2 | English Language and Comprehension | 200 | 200 | 2 Hours |
| 3 | Statistics (For JSO post only) | 100 | 200 | 2 Hours |
| 4 | General Studies (Finance & Economics) (For AAO Post only) | 100 | 200 | 2 Hours |
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SSC CGL Tier 2 Important Topics For Quantitative Aptitude
A total of 100 questions are asked from the Quantitative Aptitude section in SSC CGL Tier 2 carrying 2 marks each. Negative marking 0.5 is there. As seen from the distribution of questions provided below, most questions are asked from advance maths.
- More than 10 questions are asked from Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry and hence, they must be given more importance.
- Questions from Arithmetic maths are generally lengthy and time-consuming, hence, it needs proper practice.
- The toughest topic seen from previous years is Number System and some topics from arithmetic maths. Make sure your basic concepts from these topics are clear.
| SSC CGL Tier 2: Topic Wise Distribution Of Questions in Quantitative Aptitude | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Topic | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| 1 | Number System/HCF/LCM | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Percentage, Average | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Time & Work, Pipe & Cistern | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Profit & Loss, Discount | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | Ratio, Mixture & Alligation | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | Time Speed Distance, Boat & Stream Trains | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Interest (CI & SI) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Geometry | 18 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| 9 | Mensuration | 11 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| 10 | Trigonometry, Height & Distance | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| 11 | DI | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | Algebra | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| 13 | Surds & Indices, Simplification | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Partnership | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Coordinate Geometry | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 16 | Misc. | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 100 Questions | |||||||
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- The important topics for the English Language are Error detection, Improvement of Sentences, Active/Passive voice, Sentence Rearrangement, Direct/ Indirect, Comprehension Passage, Cloze passage in which 20+ questions are asked from each topic.
- Idioms & Phrases and One word substitution must be revised thoroughly as it carries more than 20 marks overall.
| SSC CGL Tier 2: Topic Wise Distribution Of Questions in the English Language | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Topic | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| 1 | Spot the error | 20 | – | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 2 | Fill In The Blanks | 5 | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Synonyms | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Antonyms | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Spelling/detecting misspelt words | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Idioms & Phrases | 10 | – | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | One word substitution | 12 | – | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 8 | Improvement of sentences | 22 | – | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| 9 | Active/Passive voice of verbs | 20 | – | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 10 | Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration | 27 | – | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 25 |
| 11 | Jumbled Paragraph / Sentence Rearrangement | 20 | – | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 12 | Cloze passage | 25 | – | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
| 13 | Comprehension Passage | 30 | – | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Total | 200 Questions | |||||||
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