SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2024 (27th, 28th & 29th June): Difficulty Level & Good Attempts

SSC Central Police Organisation (SI/ASI) 2025 ( SSC CPO )

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Anangsha Patra
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Updated on Jun 29, 2024 13:08 IST

SSC successfully conducted SSC CPO Paper 1 2024 exam on June 27, 28 and 29, 2024. According to students, the overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate. Questions in the Current Affairs were asked from the events that took place last year. All the sections were easy and the total marks allotted to the test were 200. However, students found the GK section to be moderate. Check here SSC CPO 2024 Exam Analysis & Student Reaction.

SSC CPO 2024 Exam Analysis & Student Reaction

SSC CPO 2024 Exam Analysis & Student Reaction

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducted the SSC CPO 2024 exam successfully on June 27, 28 & 29, 2024. Lakhs of students appeared for SSC CPO 2024 exam against 4,187 vacancies. According to students, the overall difficulty level of SSC CPO 2024 exam was easy. However, the GK section was moderate. The Maths and Reasoning sections were easy. In Maths, questions were asked from Geometry, Triangle, Chord, Length, Hemisphere, Questions in English were asked Synonyms, Antonyms, One Word, Grammar, Idioms, Spellings, etc. Questions in the Current Affairs were asked from the events that took place last year. SSC CPO cut off 2024 for Tier 1 is expected to be around 130. Read below for more details on SSC CPO 2024 Tier 1 exam analysis.

Table of content
  • SSC CPO Paper 1 Exam Analysis 2024 (June 29)
  • SSC CPO Paper 1 Exam Analysis 2024 (June 28)
  • SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024: Overall Analysis (Shift 2)
  • SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024: Overall Analysis (Shift 1)
  • SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024: Good Attempts
  • SSC CPO 2024 Student Reaction
  • SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2024 Video
  • SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2024: Section-Wise Difficulty
  • SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024 for General Intelligence
  • SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024 for General Intelligence
  • SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2024 for English
  • SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024 for Quant
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SSC CPO Paper 1 Exam Analysis 2024 (June 29)

The overall difficulty level of SSC CPO 2024 exam held on June 29 was easy to moderate. The overall difficulty level is given in the table below.

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Section Difficulty Level
General Intelligence Easy-Moderate
General Awareness Easy-Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude Easy-Moderate
English Language Easy-Moderate

Number of Good Attempts

Section Good Attempt
General Intelligence 34-35
General Awareness 32-35
Quantitative Aptitude 30-32
English Language 32-36

Section-Wise Distribution of Questions

General Intelligence

Topics Number Of Questions Asked
Mirror Image 1-2
Seating Arrangement 2-3
Dice 1-2
Logical Reasoning 2-3
Syllogism 1
Coding Decoding 1
Alphabet 3-4

General Awareness

Topics Number Of Questions Asked
Constitution 1-2
State News 1-2
Samudragupta 1
Chemistry 2-3
Biology 2-3
Sports 1-2
Battle of Kanoj 1
Classical/ Folk Dance 1
Biggest Solar Power Plant 1
Khaelo India Games 1
Commonwealth Games 1-2
Padma Shree 1
Biosphere 1
Census 1
Policy (Finance Commission) 1-2
Static GK 5-6

Quantitative Aptitude

Topics Number Of Questions Asked
Time and Work 1-2
Boat And Stream 1-2
Graph 1-2
Profit and Loss 3-4
Average 1-2

English Language

Topics Number Of Questions Asked
Cloze Test 3-4
Comprehension 5
Vocab 3-4
Active and Passive Voice 1-2

SSC CPO Paper 1 Exam Analysis 2024 (June 28)

The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. The Reasoning paper was easy. The English and Quant papers were easy. The General Awareness paper was moderate. Some of the questions asked in the General Awareness section are given below:

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SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024: Overall Analysis (Shift 2)

The overall and section-wise difficulty level of Shift 2 is given below:

Overall 

Subject Difficulty Level
General Intelligence & Reasoning Easy
General Knowledge & General Awareness Easy to Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude Easy to Moderate
English Comprehension Easy to Moderate
Overall Easy to Moderate

Section-Wise SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis Shift 2

General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Clock
  • Coding Decoding
  • Number series
  • Direction- 1
  • Syllogism- 2
  • Ven Diagram- 4
  • Sitting Arrangement

General Awareness

  • Finance Commission
  • RBI Related Question 
  • Classic Dance
  • Article 141
  • Magna Carta
  • 2023- Ice Hockey
  • Not a Dance Of Goa
  • Sajda and Pabos
  • Kathak Dance (Gharana)
  • 2011- Women Employment
  • 1st Busshist Council
  • Economics- 4 Question
  • SLR (Related Question)
  • Article 174
  • Mohan Jo Daro
  • Milan ( Mughals)
  • Chlorop Cast
  • Primary Sector (economic)

English Language

  • Antonyms and Synonyms- 2 Questions
  • Voice- 2 Questions
  • Passage- 8 Questions
  • Idioms- (Take with a pinch of salt)
  • Interrogative Case (Indirect Speech)

Quant Section

  • Percentage- 3
  • Profit and Loss- 2
  • Geometry (triangle 1, circle 2)
  • Ratio

SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024: Overall Analysis (Shift 1)

The overall difficulty level of the exam held in Shift 1 was easy to moderate. The overall difficulty level is given below.

Subject Difficulty Level

General Intelligence &Reasoning

Easy to Moderate

General Knowledge & General Awareness

Easy to Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

Easy to Moderate

English Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

Overall

Easy to Moderate

SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024: Good Attempts

According to the SSC CPO exam pattern, the exam carried questions from four sections. Each section carried 50 questions. For correct answer, one mark will be awarded to candidates. 0.25 marks are deducted for wrong answers. The number of good attempts in Shift 1 of SSC CPO 2024 exam is given below.

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Subject

Good Attempts

General Intelligence & Reasoning

39

General Knowledge & General Awareness

37

Quantitative Aptitude

29

English Comprehension

39

SSC CPO 2024 Student Reaction

Shiksha reported live from one of the SSC CPO exam centres in Noida. Check below the feedback shared by the students.

Neeraj said, “The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. In Maths, questions were asked from BODMAS. The difficulty level of GK paper was moderate. The Reasoning and English sections were easy.”

Ankit said, “The GK questions were easy. The English section was doable. The Maths and Reasoning sections were moderate.”

Dipanskh said, “I have attempted 151 questions. The Maths paper was bit time-taking. However, the overall difficulty level of the paper was easy to moderate.”

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SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2024: Section-Wise Difficulty

Questions in Paper 1 were asked from General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge & General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Comprehension. Given below is the section-wise difficulty level.

SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024 for General Intelligence

General Intelligence & Reasoning section questions were asked from topics like Counting Figure, Embedded Figure, Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Coding/Decoding, Blood Relation, Questions, Dice, Direction and Distance, Venn Diagram, Mathematical Operations, Number/Alphabetical Series, etc. Candidates can check below the distribution of qiestions.

  • Mirror Image- 3 Questions
  • Coding Decoding- 8 Questions
  • Number Serious- 4 Questions
  • Dictionary- 2 Questions
  • Direction- 2 Questions
  • Seating Arrangement- 2 Questions
  • Vem Diagram- 4 Questions

SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024 for General Intelligence

General Awareness section carried questions from topics like news of national and international importance, Book and Authors, etc. Topic-wise distribution of questions are given below:

Current Affairs

  • Padma Shri Dance
  • Sport
  • Government Schemes
  • Khelo India Games
  • Common Wealth Games Venue 2023

Static GK

  • Dance- 4 Questions
  • Music Instrument- 2 Questions
  • Biosphere
  • Cancer Population Density

Polity 4-5 Question

  • DPSP- 48 A
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Governor- 2 Question
  • Finance Commission
  • Books and Author- 2 Questions (Bad man book author)
  • The Guide Author Name
  • Ancient History
  • Megathas

Science

Periodic table

Chemistry (2-3 Question)

Biology- 2-3 Question

SSC CPO Exam Analysis 2024 for English

English Comprehension section carried questions from Idiom Antonym, Synonym, Para Jumbles, Error Detection, Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, One Word Substitution, Fill in the blanks, Sentence Improvement, etc. The distribution of questions is givenm below.

  • Spelling- 4-5 Question 
  • Idioms- 4-5
  • Grammer- 4-5
  • One Word Substitution- 4-5
  • Synonyms And Antonyms- 5-6
  • Reading Comprehension- 5
  • Cloze Test- 5

SSC CPO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2024 for Quant

Quantitative Aptitude carried questions from topics like Trigonometry, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Discount, Time and Work, DI, Algebra Identity-Based Questions, ctc.

  • DI- 5-6 Questions
  • Mensuration
  • Geometery: 2 to 3
  • Ratio- 3 Questions
  • Circle Tangent- 2 Question
  • Triangle- 1 Question
  • Trigonometry- 1 Question
  • Compound Interest
  • Simple Interest
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