Staff Selection Commission Scientific Assistant (IMD / MHA) General Intelligence & Reasoning Syllabus

Staff Selection Commission Scientific Assistant (IMD / MHA) General Intelligence & Reasoning: topic-wise syllabus

1. 1

   Analytical Reasoning

   ~2 marks

   Puzzles, Syllogism, Coding, Per SSC Official Notification

   • Puzzles — Seating, Floor, Scheduling, Comparison, Day/Month (where applicable)
   • Syllogisms, Venn Diagrams, Inequality, Coding-Decoding
   • Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Order-Ranking, Alphabetical
   • Number Series, Alpha-Numeric Series, Analogy, Classification
   • Coding-Decoding (Fictitious Language, Coding by Numbers)
   • Statement-Conclusion, Statement-Assumption, Course of Action
   • Data Sufficiency, Input-Output, Calendar, Clock
2. 2

   Visual Reasoning

   ~2 marks

   Pattern, Mirror, Embedded Figures, Per SSC Official Notification

   • Series, Analogy (Visual, Pattern-based)
   • Pattern Completion, Figure Matrix, Paper Folding
   • Mirror Images, Water Images, Embedded Figures
   • Dice, Cubes, Counting Figures, Block Assembly
   • Figure Formation, Grouping of Figures
   • Venn Diagrams (Visual), Mathematical Operations
   • Visual Reasoning, Spatial Orientation