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SSC GD 2025 Question Paper – 20 Feb 2025 Shift 3 (with Solutions)

Actual SSC GD 2025 paper of 20 Feb Shift 3, covering dice and seating puzzles, Moseley and the Deoband Movement, interest and work problems, and idioms and spellings.

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Questions
76

Across 4 sections

Duration
60 min

4 timed sections

Marks
152

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Attempts
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SSC GD 2025 20 Feb Shift 3 Question Paper: Reasoning, GK, Maths, English

This SSC GD 2025 paper from 20 Feb 2025 Shift 3 tests dice positions, embedded figures, Henry Moseley's atomic number work, simple versus compound interest and idioms across Reasoning, GK, Maths and English.

Topic-wise questions in each section of SSC GD 2025 Question Paper – 20 Feb 2025 Shift 3 (with Solutions)

Reasoning
11topics
Series3 · 19%
Analogy2 · 13%
Coding-Decoding2 · 13%
Seating Arrangement2 · 13%
Alphabet & Word Test1 · 6%
Blood Relations1 · 6%
Classification1 · 6%
Dice & Cube1 · 6%
Mathematical Operations1 · 6%
Syllogism1 · 6%
Venn Diagrams1 · 6%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (84% of this section).

General Knowledge
8topics
Art & Culture4 · 23%
Polity3 · 17%
Economy2 · 12%
Geography2 · 12%
History2 · 12%
Sports2 · 12%
Biology1 · 6%
Chemistry1 · 6%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (94% of this section).

Mathematics
10topics
Profit, Loss & Discount3 · 15%
Simple & Compound Interest3 · 15%
Time, Speed & Distance3 · 15%
HCF & LCM2 · 10%
Percentage2 · 10%
Ratio & Proportion2 · 10%
Simplification & Approximation2 · 10%
Average1 · 5%
Mensuration1 · 5%
Time & Work1 · 5%
English Language
8topics
Cloze Test5 · 28%
Synonyms & Antonyms5 · 28%
Sentence Improvement2 · 11%
Spelling2 · 11%
Error Spotting1 · 6%
Fill in the Blanks1 · 6%
Idioms & Phrases1 · 5%
Word Usage & Swap1 · 5%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (95% of this section).

What this tells you: course of action

Reasoning

  • First priority: Series, Analogy, Coding-Decoding and Seating Arrangement, roughly 56% of the questions between them.
  • Leave for last: 7 topics appear only once, about 44% in total. Revise them from short notes after the topics above are solid.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group and 4 for the leave-for-last group.

General Knowledge

  • Start with Art & Culture, Polity and Economy: together about 53% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Geography, History and Sports, a steady 35% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 2 one-question topics (12% together). Skim them last rather than building long study blocks around them.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Mathematics

  • Begin with Profit, Loss & Discount, Simple & Compound Interest, Time, Speed & Distance and HCF & LCM. These carry about 55% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Percentage, Ratio & Proportion and Simplification & Approximation, a steady 30% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Leave for last: 3 topics appear only once, about 15% in total. Revise them from short notes after the topics above are solid.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group, 3 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

English Language

  • First priority: Cloze Test and Synonyms & Antonyms, roughly 56% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Sentence Improvement and Spelling, a steady 22% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 4 one-question topics (22% together). Skim them last rather than building long study blocks around them.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group, 2 for the keep-in-rotation group and 2 for the leave-for-last group.

Key concepts to revise for this SSC GD shift

  • Opposite faces of a dice from two given positions
  • Reversing symbol swaps before applying BODMAS
  • Indian religious and social reform movements and their leaders
  • Classical dance forms, instrumentalists and cultural awards

FAQs about SSC GD 2025 Question Paper – 20 Feb 2025 Shift 3 (with Solutions)

What subjects are in the SSC GD 2025 question paper?
The SSC GD paper has four parts: Reasoning, General Knowledge, Mathematics and English or Hindi. This shift covers Reasoning, GK, Maths and English.
How to find the opposite face of a dice from two positions?
Find the letter common to both positions, then read the other faces in the same clockwise order from that common face. The letters that match up in the two readings sit on opposite faces.
Who led the Deoband Movement?
The Deoband Movement was led by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. They founded the Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband to preserve Islamic learning and culture.
What is the difference between simple interest and compound interest?
Simple interest is charged only on the original principal. Compound interest is also charged on interest already earned, so for the same rate it is higher after the first year.

Test structure

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

SectionQuestionsTime
GD25 · 20 Feb 2025 · S3 · Reasoning1915 min
GD25 · 20 Feb 2025 · S3 · GK1815 min
GD25 · 20 Feb 2025 · S3 · Maths2015 min
GD25 · 20 Feb 2025 · S3 · English1915 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
152 across 76 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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