How to Prepare for SSC CGL 2017 Exam in 2 Months

Graduate level Examination to recruit various group B level gazetted as well as non gazetted officers to serve the duties in various central government offices across the country. It is conducted in three tiers. Tier 1 exam is scheduled to be held on 19 June 2017 to 2 July 2017. Tier 1 tests the basic knowledge and reasoning ability to screen the candidate for level 2 or tier 2 examinations. This article provides preparation tips for SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam in 2 Months.

Firstly, the candidates must be aware of the syllabus as well as the pattern of the exam.

The pattern of SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam:

Subject	Questions	Marks	Time
General Intelligence & Reasoning	25	50	75 Minutes
General Awareness	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
English Language	25	50
Total	100	200

Section-Wise Preparation guidelines:

General Intelligence and Reasoning:

1. Try to solve 50 questions on reasoning questions on a daily basis. Practice makes your preparation better by the end of 2 months.
2. Puzzles, analogy, coding-decoding, series, figure-based questions, etc. are scoring topics. Solve questions from sample papers related to these, your accuracy will improve.
3. You need to be visually imaginative to solve non-verbal reasoning topics like image assembling, figure-counting, etc.
4. Solve as many sample papers as you can, this is the only to be accurate and improve your speed. The aim is to attempt 15-20 questions accurately in 20 minutes.
5. Static GK includes Culture, Indian History, Geography, Environment, Economy and Polity. Prepare notes to memorize the dates and facts.
6. Practicing 75 questions in General Awareness within 30 minutes should help you cover GK.

General Awareness:

1. The effective method to prepare for this particular section is to ‘Read Newspapers’.
2. Watch channels like NDTV, ABP News, and Times now etc. to stay updated about the events around the world. Watch programmes like fact based shows and talk shows.
3. Subscribe to the useful magazines/books. A few publications provide books on current matters and common information.
4. Make a good use of the internet to know as much as you can while preparing for General awareness.
5. Make short notes about dates and events, Books and authors etc for a quick revision.

Quantitative Aptitude:

One of the challenging sections is Quantitative Aptitude because of its complexity and time consumption while attempting these questions. Start with the topics such as percentage, profit & loss, ratio & proportion, speed distance & time, boat & stream, data interpretation etc.

1. Go through all the tips and short cuts to solve a question.
2. Attempt one mock test daily.
3. Practice on the online apps especially for this section, analyze where you are lagging behind and prepare a strategy to work on it.
4. Simplification, interest, percentages, ratio and proportion and age-problems are easy and scoring so spend more time with these topics.
5. Memorize all the formulae.
6. Self evaluation is very important. Practice the mock tests, previous years’ sample papers etc.

English Language:

The three important aspects for the test of English are Grammar, Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension.

1. Error Spotting, Phase Replacement, Fill in the Blanks are the topics to be concentrated in Grammar. Practice 30 questions each day on a daily basis.
2. Learn basic Grammar concepts like Tenses, Articles, Prepositions, Degrees of Comparison, Subject-Verb Agreement, Conjunctions, Parts of Speech, Standard Construction, Adverbs, Number in Nouns, etc. These grammar rules help you in a long run.
3. Reading Newspapers and Magazines not only improve your vocabulary but also GK. Make a note of the unknown words and find out the synonyms, antonyms and usage.
4. Practice at least 10 comprehension passages on a daily basis from the previous year question papers.

You must try to attempt sectional mock tests on a daily basis until the exam. Prepare well and revise well. You can crack the Tier 1 with these useful preparation tips for SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam.