Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will be conducting next phase of Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam from 30 November to 2 December, 2016. Candidates who successfully qualified in the SSC CGL tier 1 exam can attend the tier 2 examination.

During exam, time management plays an important role in defining your success. If you plan and prepare for each section within the defined time limit along with speed and accuracy , it will surely help you to get closer to your goal of scoring well and stand apart from other aspirants.

In this article, we present you with top time management tips for SSC CGL tier 2 exam.

Before we start, let us have a look at the exam pattern.

SSC CGL TIER II PATTERN:-

It will be an Objective Type Paper.

PAPER	Subject	Questions	Marks
I	Quantitative Abilities	100	200
II	English Language & Comprehension	200	200
III	Statistics	100	200
IV	General Studies (Finance and Economics)	100 (60+40)	200

• Time Duration is 120 minutes (2 Hour) for Each of the Papers.

• There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks in Paper-II and 0.50 marks in Paper-I and Paper-III for each wrong answer.

• Exam will be conducted online.

Many student are confused during preparation because they get less time to prepare for a vast syllabus. This arises due to lack of proper time management.

5 Time Management tips to crack SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam 2016:

1. Understand and become familiar with the exam syllabus and pattern. This will be the key as you know what to study.
2. Complete the whole syllabus before a week of the exam and give last week for revision.
3. While revising, keep focus on important topics and special points which you note down while studying.
4. Try to finish revising at least 2-3 days before the exam.
5. Take mock practice tests – both full length and sectional along with the revision. Also, keep a timer while you attempt the mock test. This will help you in finding time consuming and non- time consuming topics.

Tips for SSC CGL Tier 2 Time consuming topics:

You can save time in numericals and maths by applying short cut methods and formulas. Learn these tricks which will be beneficial in solving the questions in less time period. Memorise basic arithmetic operations – squares, cubes, root etc. , mensuration formulas , trignometric and geomentric functions.

Time Management tips for SSC CGL Tier 2 Quantitative Aptitude :

• For the Quantitaive aptitude and Numerical ability section , memorise all the formulas and practice mock tests . Try to attempt maximum questions in 2 hours.
• Recommeded Book: Chapter wise Quantitative Aptitude Book by Kiran Publications

 

Time Management tips for SSC CGL Tier 2 English Language & Comprehension :

• Read newspapers and magazines to improve reading speed. Try to learn antonyms and synonyms of words and also learn new words.
• Recommeded Book: Quick learning Objective General English by RS Aggarwal & Vikas Aggarwal

• Perfect Competitive English by K. Sinha

• Competitive General English by Kiran Prakshan

Time Management tips for General Studies :

• This section will test knowledge of finance and economics. This implies more focus on theoretical knowledge. Try to attempt the questions you are confident of.
• Recommeded Book: Objective Lucent

Time Management tips for Statistics:

• Statistics section requires good observation skill and usage of correct formulas.
• Recommeded Book:  SSC CGL: Statistics Tier II Practice workbook By Kiran Prakashan

Hope you will benefit from this article and put up a good show in the SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam. We wish you all the best!