SSC CPO Reasoning Syllabus and Practice

Why start now

Twenty-five questions in fifteen minutes. That's recognition, not working out.

Here reasoning is asked twice: twenty-five questions in Paper-I, which decides who reaches the physical tests, and twenty more in Paper-II, the paper final selection is made on.

The clock is fixed to the section, too. Fifteen minutes for twenty-five questions, then Part I closes and General Knowledge begins whether you were finished or not. There is no saving a hard one for the end, so the pattern has to be visible on sight.

Seeing it on sight is a trained reflex, built in months of short, spaced practice, not in a final fortnight. Whatever stage of the cycle you're at, the day you start is the day it starts compounding.

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What · the exam

Paper-I shortlists. Paper-II selects.

Paper-I shortlists for the physical tests and Paper-II decides final selection. The physical tests and the medical are mandatory, but qualifying in nature.

Shortlists

Paper-I · Part I · General Intelligence and Reasoning

25 questions · 25 marks · 15-minute sectional timer

One of four parts: the others are GK, quant and English
100 questions and 100 marks across the paper, in one hour
Set in Hindi and English, as Parts II and III are
0.25 deducted for a wrong answer

A quarter of the paper, and the only part that is pure skill.

Selects

PST / PET, Paper-II and the medical

All stages mandatory

Physical Standard and Physical Endurance Tests
Paper-II: 20 more reasoning questions, worth 40 marks
Detailed Medical Examination
Final selection is made on Paper-II

Nothing on this side is prepared on a phone.

Concepts this exam tests

From the official syllabus, SSC CPO 2026 notice, ¶12.9.1.1: “Coding & de-coding”, “Number Series”, “syllogistic reasoning”, “symbolic Operations”, “Space Orientation”, “Venn Diagrams”.

Topics its syllabus names, in the app

From the official syllabus, SSC CPO 2026 notice, ¶12.9.1.1: “Number Series”, “arithmetic number series”, “Coding & de-coding”, “coding and decoding”, “symbolic Operations”, “Numerical Operations”, “Venn Diagrams”, “Word Building”.

How · train the section

The biggest reasoning section in these exams, trained properly.

The General Intelligence and Reasoning syllabus is a list of question types, not chapters to read. It's a thinking skill, built by practising the right questions, the right amount, over time. That's exactly what Master Mental Ability does, and SSC's own syllabus calls this part "questions of both verbal and non-verbal type", which is precisely what the app trains.

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Adapts to you

Harder as you improve, easier when you slip. No time wasted on what you've already got.

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Back before you forget

Spaced repetition returns a question right as it's about to fade, so it's still there on exam day.

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Solve first, then see

You reason it out before the answer shows. That effort is where recognition gets built.

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Calm before the clock

A moment to settle before each session. The same calm a sectional timer takes away.

What this doesn't cover: Paper-I has four parts and we train one: General Intelligence and Reasoning. General Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude and English need their own preparation, and Paper-II asks all three again: 20 questions each in General Knowledge and Quantitative Aptitude, and 100 in English Comprehension. The PST, PET and medical stages are physical, and nothing on a phone prepares you for them. Even inside reasoning, the clerical-speed items on SSC's list (indexing, address matching, date and city matching, centre-code classification), along with emotional and social intelligence, aren't what this app is for. It trains the reasoning core: analogies, series, classification, coding, figures and inference.

Works offline on Android

Practice anywhere. On Android, practice itself needs no internet.

On Android, all the questions live on your phone, so after install, daily practice costs zero data. The app needs the internet once to start, then at least once a week. In the web app, on a phone or computer, you practise in the browser while you are online.

Android works offline Full-screen web practice Progress saved online Zero data during practice

Try without an account

In the browser: no account, no card, no install. Solve one full session, then decide.

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In the years since, he built other learning products and spent a decade working with children of every background in a holistic learning centre.

This app goes far beyond that book: everything he's learned about how people actually learn, built into something you practise, not just read.

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Your questions

Common questions

Is it really free? Will money get taken from my account?

Free to try: no signup to start, no card, no auto-debit, nothing taken silently. When you want the full library there are three plans, by length: ₹499 for three months, ₹699 for six, ₹999 for a year. Each is a single payment for that period, not a subscription. When it ends we ask you, and nothing is ever taken automatically. You can also keep learning free by sharing the app, and you can always try before paying anything.

Is this app enough to clear SSC CPO?

No, and no single app is. We train one of Paper-I's four parts. General Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude and English need their own preparation (in Paper-II as well, where English Comprehension alone is 100 questions), and the physical and medical stages need the ground and the gym. What we do, we do properly.

Is the reasoning section bigger here than in other SSC exams?

Yes, and twice. Twenty-five questions in Paper-I and twenty more in Paper-II, where each is worth two marks rather than one: forty-five reasoning questions and sixty-five reasoning marks across the two papers. Paper-I decides whether you reach the physical tests, and Paper-II's marks decide final selection.

I have very little time before my exam. Is this any use?

Some. A little practice is still more than none. But be honest with yourself about what 36 seconds a question means: recognition is built over months, not in a week. Start anyway. What you build now carries to the next cycle.

Is the app in Hindi?

Yes, fully. Choose Hindi and the whole app is Hindi: the questions themselves, the options, and the explanation after each one, not an English app with Hindi labels around it. Worth knowing either way: SSC sets Parts I, II and III of Paper-I in Hindi and English, so the reasoning part is available in both.

How much internet does it need?

On the Android app, very little. The questions are on your phone, so you can practise on a train, in a village with no signal, on a phone with no data pack. It needs the internet once to start, then at least once a week to keep your access active; that is also when your progress is saved online. If it goes longer than a week without connecting, practice pauses until it does, and nothing is lost. The web app needs a connection while you practise.

When is the next SSC CPO, and where do I apply?

Only on the Staff Selection Commission's own website, ssc.gov.in. Never through an agent and never through us. Applications for the 2026 cycle closed on 30 September 2026. SSC's notice of 26 October 2026 puts the computer-based examination between 23 and 28 November 2026. SSC publishes a fresh Notice of Examination each cycle with the application window and the exam pattern. Check ssc.gov.in for the current cycle.

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SSC CPO General Intelligence and Reasoning

Part I, in numbers