Previous year papers
SSC CGL Tier I Previous Year Papers
Real Tier I shifts, question by question, with SSC's answers and our step-by-step explanations. Attempt any shift as a free 60-minute mock with the exam's marking (+2, −0.5), or read it with answers.
Where these papers come from
Questions, options and answers are taken from the question papers SSC published with its answer keys (ssc.gov.in). Answers follow SSC's provisional (tentative) key for each shift. Explanations are written by NextGenPSC. Figure-based questions whose official figure we could not obtain are listed but not reproduced, so a shift may have fewer than 100 questions.
SSC CGL 2024 Tier I
SSC CGL Tier I 2024 – 11 Sep, Shift 2
11 Sep 2024 · 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM80 questions (20 figure-based not reproduced)
SSC CGL Tier I 2024 – 24 Sep, Shift 2
24 Sep 2024 · 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM82 questions (18 figure-based not reproduced)
SSC CGL Tier I 2024 – 25 Sep, Shift 1
25 Sep 2024 · 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM87 questions (13 figure-based not reproduced)
SSC CGL Tier I 2024 – 26 Sep, Shift 3
26 Sep 2024 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM80 questions (20 figure-based not reproduced)
SSC CGL 2021 Tier I(held in 2022)
SSC CGL Tier I 2021 – 20 Apr 2022, Shift 1
20 Apr 2022 · 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM88 questions (12 figure-based not reproduced)
SSC CGL Tier I 2021 – 21 Apr 2022, Shift 2
21 Apr 2022 · 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM91 questions (9 figure-based not reproduced)
Next steps
- Tier I full mock tests in the same pattern, with All-India rank.
- Tier I cut-offs to see what score to aim for.
- SSC CGL notes for every topic these papers test.
