How To Crack SSC CGL In 30 Days – Preparation Tips

How To Crack SSC CGL In 30 Days

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) prestigiously conducts Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam every year.  Legions of aspirants from different parts of the country take part in the exam conducted by SSC.  The commission conducts the exam to recruit staff to fill in vacancies in various government departments.  With every passing year, the craze for SSC CGL exam is increasing and the number of aspirants who are taking the exam is also increasing every year.  With the increase in competition for the exam, the toughness of the paper is also being increased.  Of all the exams conducted by SSC, CGL is the most taken exam by millions of people every year.

There is just one month time for the exam and aspirants who have applied for the exam are hitting hard on preparation leaving no stones unturned to make their mark in the exam.  Most of the candidates must have started pulling all nighters for the preparation of SSC CGL exam.  Many of the students must be worried about the preparation as there are just 30 days hardly for the exam.  There is a great need to prepare systematically for the exam in order to make a good score.  We have come up with subject wise preparation tips that can help you a great deal in cracking the SSC CGL 2016 exam easily with last 30 days preparation.

Quantitative Aptitude (Maths)

The Quantitative Aptitude is one of the major slots in SSC CGL exam.  The maths section consists of four main topics like Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry.

• Geometry is laid a big platform in SSC CGL exam among other topics. It should be given a special read.  In the Trigonometry section, concentrate on height and distance as well as trigonometric identities.
• Algebra should be practiced more so that it won’t drain your time in solving.
• In arithmetic section, go for profit and loss, simple interest, compound interest, time and distance and time and work.

Reasoning (General Intelligence)

• Reasoning is one of the more scoring subjects in the exam. The topics that deserves special read are analogy and classification, non-verbal reasoning, syllogisms, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction test and series.
• In the non-verbal reasoning section, the key topics covered are mirror image and water image, paper cutting, punching and folding, figural series completion, embedded figures.
• Number series and semantic series.
• Statement conclusion and statement assumptions.

English Language

• You need to get thorough with one-word substitution, idioms and phrases, synonyms and antonyms, fill in the blanks, sentence errors, reading comprehension, sentence rearrangement and jumbled-up sentences.
• Mostly the questions from the prior mentioned areas will be repeated from previous year papers. So, look into old question papers.
• Give a good practice to reading comprehensions.
• You need to be good at grammar to solve the questions from aforementioned topics.

General Knowledge

• General knowledge syllabus is very vast and needs much time than any other topic for preparation.
• Go through the previous years’ SSC CGL question papers and cover all the main topics like science, politics, history and geography.
• There are more chances of repetition of the same questions.
• You need to give a good read to firsts in India, common chemical compounds, folk dances in India and festivals, Indian constitutions, movements in India, national income, scientific phenomena, modern Indian history etc.

Alongside the preparation, you need to take mock tests every now and then to know the pros and cons in you and work on your cons.