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SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper – 20 Sep 2025 Shift 2 (with Solutions)

SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 questions from 20 September, Shift 2, spanning blood relations, Nalanda sculpture, partnership, Heron's formula, idioms and reported speech.

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Questions
95

Across 4 sections

Duration
60 min

4 timed sections

Marks
190

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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About this test

SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 Shift 2 Paper (20 Sep): Reasoning, GA, Quant, English

Wrong-number series, the Union List, partnership shares and one-word substitution all appear in this SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 question paper from 20 September 2025, Shift 2. It covers Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English. Aptitude360 gives a worked solution for every question in the set.

Sections and topics in the 20 Sep Shift 2 paper

  • Reasoning: letter position, statement and conclusion, wrong number in a series, sign interchange, odd one out, a family blood-relation puzzle, symbol-coded relations, words formed from a given word
  • General Awareness: the Vindhyan rock system, the Nalanda school of sculpture, the Vijayanagara Empire, football goal post dimensions, Exercise Tiger Triumph, Khelo India University Games, the Union List, State Funds under the Constitution
  • Quantitative Aptitude: square roots, successive percentage allocation, cost and profit, simple interest over months, partnership in a ratio, tiling cost of an L-shaped floor, area of a triangle from its three sides, prism volume, ratio and average
  • English: spelling, synonyms, idioms, one-word substitution, error spotting, homonyms, reading comprehension, direct and indirect speech

Key concepts across the four sections

  • Generation rules for number series, such as successive powers and multiples
  • Drawing a family tree before answering coded relation questions
  • Heron's formula and composite area for mensuration problems
  • Constitutional funds and the three lists of the Seventh Schedule
  • The subjunctive mood after verbs like request and insist

How to prepare using this shift

  • Write the time period as a fraction of a year before working out simple interest across months
  • Split irregular floors into rectangles and add their areas
  • Learn idioms and one-word substitutes in themed lists rather than alphabetically

Who this paper suits

SSC CGL aspirants who have covered all four Tier 1 subjects and want a real Shift 2 question set to check section-wise readiness.

FAQs about SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper – 20 Sep 2025 Shift 2 (with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 (20 September 2025, Shift 2) paper?
The Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 1, 20 September 2025 Shift 2 paper on Aptitude360 has 95 questions: 25 in General Intelligence and Reasoning, 25 in General Awareness, 25 in Quantitative Aptitude and 20 in English Comprehension. All are multiple-choice questions.
What was the marking scheme in SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 (20 September 2025, Shift 2)?
In the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 1, 20 September 2025 Shift 2 paper, each question carries 2 marks and a wrong answer costs 0.5 marks; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this paper is 190.
In SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 (20 September 2025, Shift 2), which Maths topics were asked?
In the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 1, 20 September 2025 Shift 2 paper, the Quantitative Aptitude section covered topics including ratio and proportion, profit, loss and discount, geometry, trigonometry and simple and compound interest. For example, one question begins: “What is the equation of line through (1,2) and…” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Ratio & Proportion and Profit & Loss practice lessons.
In SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 (20 September 2025, Shift 2), which Reasoning topics were asked?
In the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 1, 20 September 2025 Shift 2 paper, the General Intelligence and Reasoning section covered topics including blood relations, odd one out and coding-decoding. For example, one question begins: “Pointing to a woman, John said, “She is my mother’s only daughter.” How is the woman related to John?” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Blood Relation Problems and Coding-Decoding practice lessons.
How much time is given for the SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 (20 September 2025, Shift 2) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 1, 20 September 2025 Shift 2 paper runs 60 minutes, 15 minutes for each of its 4 sections. Once you finish a section you cannot go back to it.
Where can I practise the SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 (20 September 2025, Shift 2) paper online?
You can practise the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 1, 20 September 2025 Shift 2 paper on Aptitude360, where it is a free test. Normal practice is untimed and needs no account, while the Simulated test runs on one clock with a question palette and shows your score, section-wise analysis and the key at the end.

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Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
CGL25 T1 · 20 Sep 2025 · S2 · Reasoning2515 min
CGL25 T1 · 20 Sep 2025 · S2 · GA2515 min
CGL25 T1 · 20 Sep 2025 · S2 · Quant2515 min
CGL25 T1 · 20 Sep 2025 · S2 · English2015 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
190 across 95 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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