Tier-I · Computer Based Exam (objective MCQ, 4 sections x 25 questions/50 marks)
4 topics · 1 sections — from the official SSC syllabus. Study material lands topic by topic.
Sections A-D (objective MCQ)
- 1General Intelligence and Reasoning (Tier-I Section A, 13.10.1; same scope at higher difficulty in Tier-II Paper-I Section-I Part B, 13.11.2) — verbal/non-verbal reasoning: analogies, similarities/differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, figural classification, number/non-verbal series, coding-decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning, symbolic operations, Venn diagrams, punched hole/pattern folding, embedded figures, critical thinking, emotional/social intelligence
- 1.Coding-Decoding6 min
- 2.Number Series8 min
- 3.Analogies7 min
- 4.Syllogisms12 min
- 5.Blood Relations10 min
- 6.Seating Arrangement10 min
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- 7.Classification (Odd One Out)7 min
- 8.Mathematical Operations9 min
- 9.Alphabet Series9 min
- 10.Paper Folding and Cutting12 min
- 11.Problems on Ages11 min
- 12.Ranking and Order11 min
- 13.Figure Patterns11 min
- 14.Direction Sense Test9 min
- 15.Cause & Effect9 min
- 16.Data Sufficiency8 min
- 17.Logical Sequences7 min
- 18.Puzzles (Logical)9 min
- 19.Statements & Assumptions10 min
- 20.Input-Output (Machine)10 min
- 21.Statements & Conclusions10 min
- 22.Mirror & Water Images10 min
- 2General Awareness (Tier-I Section B, 13.10.2; VERBATIM IDENTICAL wording in Tier-II Paper-I Section-II Part B, 13.11.4) — general awareness of the environment and its application to society; knowledge of current events and everyday-observation matters in their scientific aspect; questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research
- 1.Decline of the Mughal Empire24 min min
- 2.Rise of Regional States14 min
- 3.Advent of Europeans in India — From Vasco da Gama to British Supremacy28 min
- 4.British Conquest of Bengal17 min
- 5.Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799)14 min
- 6.Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818)8 min
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- 7.Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse & the Anglo-Sikh Wars23 min
- 8.Drain of Wealth, Deindustrialisation, and Land Revenue Systems14 min
- 9.Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings Before 185717 min
- 10.The Revolt of 185765 min
- 11.Post-1857 Administration and Crown Rule (1858-1900)17 min
- 12.Socio-Religious Reform Movements of 19th Century India15 min
- 13.Early Nationalism and the Formation of the Indian National Congress (1858-1905)11 min
- 14.Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement (1905-1911)16 min min
- 15.The Three Infrastructures of Nationalism: Press, Education and the Peasant Movements (1780-1947)24 min
- 16.World War I, Ghadar, Home Rule and the Lucknow Pact (1914-1918)18 min
- 17.Gandhi's Emergence: From the South African Laboratory to Jallianwala Bagh (1915-1920)18 min
- 18.Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan (1920-1922)26 min min
- 19.The Years of Stagnation: Swarajists, the New Forces and the Revolutionaries (1922-1931)19 min
- 20.The Gathering Storm: Simon Commission, the Nehru Report and Purna Swaraj (1927-1930)20 min
- 21.Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences (1930-34)16 min
- 22.The Constitution They Despised and the Office They Took: GoI Act 1935, Congress Ministries and the Rise of the Left (1935-1939)32 min
- 23.The Inclined Plane: Communalism from Syed Ahmad Khan to the Two-Nation Theory (1880s-1947)34 min
- 24.Wartime Politics: From the Crisis at Tripuri to the Cripps Mission (1939-1942)26 min
- 25.The Two Frontiers: Princely India and the Indian Capitalists in the Freedom Struggle (1920s-1947)36 min
- 26.Quit India Movement and the INA (1942-1945)10 min
- 27.Post-War National Scenario and the Transfer of Power (1945–47)9 min
- 28.Independence with Partition — the Freedom and the Fracture9 min
- 29.Post-Independence Consolidation (1947-1964)26 min
- 30.15. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Ancient India)16 min
- 31.25. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Medieval India)20 min
- 32.Geomorphology — The Two Forces That Build the Land and Wear It Down92 min
- 33.World Regional Physiography — Where the Earth's Relief Actually Is90 min
- 34.Climatology — What the Air Does, and Why Water Is the Reason103 min
- 35.World Climatic Regions — The Types, and Two Ways of Sorting Them78 min
- 36.Oceanography — The Relief, the Salt, the Heat and the Currents of the Water Half of the Earth113 min
- 37.Biogeography and the Natural Vegetation of the World — How an Ecosystem Works, and Why the Living Cover of the Earth Lies in Belts109 min
- 38.India: Physiography — A Shield, a Rising Wall, a Filled Trough, and Two Kinds of Island96 min
- 39.Drainage Systems of India — How the Rivers Are Arranged, and Why They Behave As They Do67 min
- 40.India: Climate and the Monsoon — One Rhythm, and the Variety Inside It49 min
- 41.Soils of India — Formation, the Profile, the Groups, and the Erosion That Takes Them68 min
- 42.India's Natural Vegetation and Wildlife — The Forest Types, the Belts Up the Himalaya, and What Has Been Done to Them64 min
- 43.Water Resources of India — Four Per Cent of the World's Water for Seventeen Per Cent of Its People42 min
- 44.World Resources and Industry — Where the Minerals Lie and Where the Factories Went97 min
- 45.Minerals and Energy Resources of India — What the Rock Decides, and How Old Every Number Here Is79 min
- 46.Industries of India — Why a Factory Stands Where It Does, and Which of These Sentences Has Expired69 min
- 47.Economic Geography and Human Activities — Why an Activity Is Where It Is127 min
- 48.India's Agriculture — Where the Crops Are, in Which Season, and Why the Yields Divide101 min
- 49.Transport, Communication and Trade in India — The Network That Carries the Economy, and the Date on Every Number79 min
- 50.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Economic Planning, Resource Mobilization and Employment186 min
- 51.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Growth and Development — Concepts, Measurement and Contemporary Debates157 min
- 52.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Monetary Policy & Banking110 min
- 53.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Inflation89 min
- 54.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: External Sector102 min
- 55.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Capital Markets102 min
- 56.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Inclusive Growth167 min
- 57.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Government Budgeting — Process, Instruments and Fiscal Policy146 min
- 3Quantitative Aptitude (Tier-I Section C, 13.10.3) — whole numbers/decimals/fractions, percentage, ratio/proportion, square roots, averages, interest, profit/loss, discount, partnership, mixture/alligation, time/distance/work, basic algebra, graphs of linear equations, triangles/circles/geometry, mensuration (prism/cone/cylinder/sphere/pyramid), trigonometric ratios, degree/radian, heights/distances, histogram/frequency-polygon/bar-diagram/pie-chart
- 4English Comprehension (Tier-I Section D, 13.10.4) — candidate's ability to understand correct English, basic comprehension and writing ability