ESIC SSO Prelims 2018 – Overall Exam Analysis – 3rd November
Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is conducting exam for filling up the post of 607 Social Security Officer/ Manager Gr-II/Superintendent vacancies on regular basis. ESIC SSO Prelims 2018 will be held in two different shifts today.
A lot of aspirants eyeing for the prestigious post, have taken their first step towards their goal by appearing for this exam. A lot of changes have been incorporated in the exam. The major being the introduction of the sectional time of 20 minutes. Hence, everyone is keen to know about the exam.
We bring you a detailed analysis of the exam along with the number of questions, marks distribution and questions asked in the exam after detailed conversation with many students who have appeared for the exam.
It is very important to go through the analysis to analyze your performance and excel well in your exam. If you are one among those, who are yet to appear in the exam, this analysis will give you an idea of the questions that will be asked in your shift.
So, let’s see what was asked in the exam.
SHIFT 1
GOOD ATTEMPTS:
| Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | 30 | 20-24 | Easy-Moderate |
| REASONING | 35 | 23-28 | Easy - Moderate |
| QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | 35 | 18-23 | Moderate |
| TOTAL | 100 | 66-75 | Easy-Moderate |
English (Easy-Moderate)
The level of the English section was easy to moderate. 8 questions were asked from Reading Comprehension. The passage was based on “Life Insurance and Profess Insurance”.
- There were 2 questions of vocabulary based i.e Antonyms, Synonyms questions.
- One word asked was ‘Liability‘.
- Another word asked was ‘Exigency‘.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 8 | Moderate |
| Error Detection | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Filler | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Vocab Based Error Detection- Identify grammatically incorrect usage of a word/spelling error | 4 | Easy - Moderate |
| Word Usage- Identify correct usage in given sentences | 3 | Easy - Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy - Moderate |
Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)
This section overall was easy to moderate. The puzzles asked were lengthy. Three sets of seating arrangement and puzzles were asked.
- Linear Arrangement – 6 persons were seated in a single row. Another parameter was cities of the persons.
- Circular Arrangement: Data related to 10 persons were given. In this some persons were facing outward direction and some were facing inward direction.
- Box-based puzzle: The data related to 6 boxes were provided.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 15 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Coding Decoding | 5 | Easy |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Direction Sense | 4 | Easy |
| Alphabet | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy - Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
This section was of moderate level. Three sets of DI based on Line Graph, Caselet and a Mixed DI of Pie+Table were asked.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | 10 | Easy |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Easy |
| Simplification | 10 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous Word Problems | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Easy-Moderate |
SHIFT 2
GOOD ATTEMPTS:
| Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH | 30 | 21-25 | Easy-Moderate |
| REASONING | 35 | 24-28 | Easy - Moderate |
| QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | 35 | 19-23 | Moderate |
| TOTAL | 100 | 66-75 | Easy-Moderate |
English (Easy-Moderate)
The level of the English section was easy to moderate like in shift 1. 6 questions were asked from Reading Comprehension with one question from Vocabulary. The passage was based on an article related to Auto Insurance.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 7 | Easy |
| Spelling Error | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 4 | Easy - Moderate |
| Word/Phrase Replacement | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Single filler | 4 | Easy |
| Total | 30 | Easy - Moderate |
Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)
This section overall was easy to moderate.Puzzles dominated the section with four sets of seating arrangement and puzzles.
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Square seating arrangement
- Month-based puzzle
- Floor Based Puzzle
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy - Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 4 | Easy - Moderate |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Blood Relations | 1 | Easy |
| Alphabet | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 35 | Easy - Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate)
Like shift I, this section was of moderate level. Three sets of DI based on Line Graph, Caselet and a Bar graph were asked.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate |
| Missing Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| Miscellaneous Word Problems | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 35 | Moderate |
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