How to Prepare / Crack SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam Test - Best Tips

Overview: Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) Exam conducts every
year for the recruitment of qualified job seekers to fill up vacant seats under different departments.
As we all know that at least 2 months preparation is necessary for cracking SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam,
so it is the right time to start the studies now. Normally, we have seen that aspirants are in different
state of minds about how to make strategies to prepare for each section in the SSC CGL Exam, about
the exam pattern and which are the important topics to be prepared first. If you plan well for the exam,
we assure that you can crack this exam in your first attempt. But, you have to start your preparation
from today.

Preparation Plan for each section

SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam contains 4 sections which include Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General
English and General Awareness. It is very important to make a preparation strategy for the exam.
It is common knowledge that every body has his strengths and weaknesses. For competitive exams it is
very important to understand your plus and minus points. While working on strengths gives us
confidence, improving our weak points may become a big pain. It is not useful to worry about the cutoffs before the exams. It is fine to have the previous years' data but predicting the current years' cut-off
will only lead to the wastage of time. Let us now come to the exact strategy.

Mains
Prelim Prelim
Mains
Mark
Marks Weightage
Weightage
s
Arithmetic 50
25%
200 50%
Verbal
50
25%
200 50%
Reasoning 50
25%
0
0%
General
50
25%
0
0%
Awareness

Total
Weightage
41.7%
41.7%
8.33%
8.33%

Now, Tips for cracking each section are:

1. Reasoning >
Reasoning is a test of observing our mental and problem solving ability. Reasoning is not like
numerical skill where you learn some formula and solve question by applying that formula. You have to
be very careful while answering these questions.
The most important questions from this section are on the topics such as
Seating Arrangements,
Syllogism,
Coding-Decoding,
Statement and Conclusions,
Directions,
Blood Relations,

Analogy,
Classification,
Series problems,
Ranking,
Data sufficiency,
Assumptions and Directions.
Non-Verbal is the toughest of all.
Also, deals with maximum number of problems especially with problem figures and mirror images.
2. Quantitative Aptitude : This section is there in both Tier I and II Papers.
You should get good grip on all the basic concepts of maths to get good marks in this section. You have
to improve your calculation speed. Practice more, it will help you getting good accuracy and speed.
Focus on:
Numerical Ability,
Probability,
Profit-Loss,
Interest,
Partnerships,
Averages,
Time and Distances,
Speed and Distances,
Algebra and Trigonometry (focus more on these two areas, as these are new for banking aspirants).
The total weight-age of this section is 250 marks (50 marks in Tier I and 200 marks in Tier II). So try to
score atleast 170 marks in this section (150 marks for non maths students).
3. General English >Believe it or not, this is the scoring section for SSC CGL. English section is
there for both the Tier I and Tier II SSC Exams. So, you have to keep this in your mind during your
preparation. The weight age is also high for this section (50 marks in Tier I + 200 marks in Tier II).
So you have to score at least 160 to 225 marks in this section. Make your preparation plan according to
it. The questions will be based on Passages, Common Errors, Cloze test, Antonyms and Synonyms. You
have to improve your vocabulary.
4. General Awareness >
General Awareness is the most important section of SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam. This section acquires more
importance because this is the only section which can be attempted quickly and at the same time, very
high marks can be scored in this section.
How many hours should I spend per a day ? It completely depends on you. If you are sincere and
dedicated to your preparation, then 5 hours / day is enough. If not, you should spend the whole day.
Let's do 1 thing. Instead of making time schedule, you just make the list of topics you should prepare
per day. Based on it you can spend your day. No matter what you do during the whole day, you should
complete those topics at the end of the day.