SSC CGL Exam Analysis 11 October 2026 — Shift 2

Candidates rated the 11 October 2026 Shift 2 paper Easy to Moderate (reports differ) overall. Candidates reported mixed overall difficulty, with one source rating the paper Moderate and another Easy. Reasoning, General Ability, Quantitative and English sections were mostly seen as Easy. The reasoning section featured 6‑7 statement‑based questions. Topics repeated from shift 1 across all sections. Calculations in Quant were lengthy and option elimination was advised.

General Intelligence & Reasoning was Easy. Topics reported: Statement‑based reasoning questions (6-7).

General Awareness was Easy. Topics reported: 1990 reforms impact on industry, Harappa site, ISRO launch vehicle.

Quantitative Aptitude was Easy. Topics reported: Direct geometry and trigonometry formulas, Volume calculations of 3‑D shapes.

English Comprehension was Easy. Topics reported: Vocabulary‑based passage, Error detection with sentence count.

The partial analyses indicate that Shift 1 was seen as moderate, whereas Shifts 2 and 3 received varying opinions, with some sources rating them easy and others moderate.

All three shifts featured reasoning questions that were considered doable, but Shift 1 had lengthy statements requiring careful time‑management, while Shifts 2 and 3 included fewer statement‑based items and more pattern‑based number series.

Candidates reported standard topics with heavy calculations in Shift 1, while Shifts 2 and 3 noted lengthy calculations and advised skipping the longest problems to save time.

"Partial" indicates that a limited review of each shift has been published, but the findings need further corroboration before being considered definitive.

The figure of 17–18 good attempts for Shift 1 is unofficial, and the good‑attempt numbers for Shifts 2 and 3 are not reliably reported, so they should be treated with caution.