How to Prepare for SSC CGL 2017 Exam in 2 Months
How to Prepare for SSC CGL 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:
- Try to solve 50 questions on reasoning questions on a daily basis. Practice makes your preparation better by the end of 2 months.
- Puzzles, analogy, coding-decoding, series, figure-based questions, etc. are scoring topics. Solve questions from sample papers related to these, your accuracy will improve.
- You need to be visually imaginative to solve non-verbal reasoning topics like image assembling, figure-counting, etc.
- 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.
- Static GK includes Culture, Indian History, Geography, Environment, Economy and Polity. Prepare notes to memorize the dates and facts.
- Practicing 75 questions in General Awareness within 30 minutes should help you cover GK.
General Awareness:
- The effective method to prepare for this particular section is to ‘Read Newspapers’.
- 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.
- Subscribe to the useful magazines/books. A few publications provide books on current matters and common information.
- Make a good use of the internet to know as much as you can while preparing for General awareness.
- 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.
- Go through all the tips and short cuts to solve a question.
- Attempt one mock test daily.
- Practice on the online apps especially for this section, analyze where you are lagging behind and prepare a strategy to work on it.
- Simplification, interest, percentages, ratio and proportion and age-problems are easy and scoring so spend more time with these topics.
- Memorize all the formulae.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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