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📖 SSC CGL Tier 1 Official Examination Blueprint & Guide

Comprehensive examination pattern, section weightage, and negative marking rubric.

1. Reasoning (25 Qs) Analogies, Number/Letter Series, Syllogisms, Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Coding-Decoding, Visual Matrices.
2. General Awareness (25 Qs) Indian Polity (Articles 14–32), Harappan Sites, Delhi Sultanate, Drainage Systems, Total Internal Reflection, Census 2011.
3. Quantitative Aptitude (25 Qs) Algebraic Identities (x+1/x), Divisibility by 72, Tangent-Secant Theorem, Incentre Angles, 3-Year CI vs SI, AM-GM Minima.
4. English Comprehension (25 Qs) Subject-Verb Agreement, Conditionals, Prepositional Gerunds, Synonyms/Antonyms, Voice/Narration, Cloze Passages.
⚖️ Official Scoring & Penalty Mathematics: • Correct Response: +2.00 marks.
• Incorrect Response: -0.50 mark (25% negative marking penalty).
• Unattempted Item: 0.00 marks.
• Optimal Strategy: Never make random 4-choice guesses. If you eliminate 2 options, statistical expectation is positive (+0.75 mark per attempt).

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can I jump between sections during the 60 minutes?
Yes. In the official TCS iON CBT exam, all 100 questions across all four sections are accessible simultaneously without sectional timing locks.

Q: What is a competitive raw score in SSC CGL Tier 1?
A raw score of 145–155+ marks out of 200 is generally considered a safe benchmark for the Unreserved (UR) category to ensure qualification for Tier 2.