How to Start Your General Awareness Preparation for SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam 2025?

How was your SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 exam? Hope you nailed it. Without spending much time, you should start your preparation for the Tier 2 exam. Starting your preparation from the general awareness section will be the best option. This section doesn’t include the problem-solving part, but it is considered a tough section due to its lengthy syllabus. A focused study of 1-2 hours daily will be enough for this section. SSC will ask 25 questions from this section in the Tier 2 exam. Each question will carry three marks. Preparing this section effectively can help save your time for other sections. In this blog, you will know how to start your general awareness preparation for SSC CGL Tier 2 exam 2025.

First, Know the SSC CGL General Awareness Tier 2 Syllabus

Most of the topics in Tier 2 General Awareness are the same as those in Tier 1. But still, you should check in case you have missed any topic during your Tier 1 preparation. General awareness is largely based on static GK and it is divided into subparts. Below, we have provided the detailed syllabus of general awareness for SSC CGL Tier 2 exam.

Topics	Sub-Topics
1. General Science	Physics, Chemistry, Biology
2. Indian Polity	Constitution, Fundamental Rights, Parliament, President, PM, Bills, Amendments
3. Geography	Physical geography, Indian rivers, Soil, Climate, World geography
4. Indian History	Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Freedom Movement
5. Economy	Basic terms, Budget, Economic policies, Schemes
6. Current Affairs (Last 8–10 months)	National & International News, Government Schemes, Summits, Appointments, Awards, Sports
7. Miscellaneous	Books & Authors, Important Days, National Symbols, Inventions, Reports & Indexes

60-Day SSC CGL Tier 2 General Awareness Study Plan (Week-wise)

Here, we have provided a 60-day study plan to help you prepare general awareness for the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam. This will help you to study general awareness systematically, covering all topics, timely practice, and revision. Most of the topics you have already studied during your Tier 1 exam preparation. This time you have to revise it and make it more strong for the Tier 2 exam level.

Week	Focus Area	Daily Tasks	Tests & Revision
Week 1 (Day 1–7)	Indian Polity	– Read 1 chapter/day from Polity – Practice 20 Qs/day – Daily current affairs (CA) notes	Topic-wise test on Polity (Day 7)
Week 2 (Day 8–14)	History – Ancient & Medieval	– 1 chapter/day – Watch YouTube videos (it will help you understand history easily) – 25 practice Qs/day – Revise Polity	History test on Day 14
Week 3 (Day 15–21)	Modern History + National Movement	– Focus on INC sessions, Acts, Gandhi Era – Practice 30 Qs/day – Daily CA (10 mins)	Sectional Test (History + Polity)
Week 4 (Day 22–28)	Geography (India + World)	– 2 topics/day (Rivers, Soils, World Capitals) – 20 Qs daily – Label maps once a week	Map-based test (Day 28)
Week 5 (Day 29–35)	General Science (Physics, Chemistry, Bio)	– 1 subject every 2 days – NCERT summaries + MCQs – Current Science News	Science Test (Day 35)
Week 6 (Day 36–42)	Economy + Government Schemes	– Budget, GDP, RBI, Banking – Daily 1 major govt scheme – 20–25 MCQs/day	Economy + Schemes Test
Week 7 (Day 43–49)	Current Affairs (Last 6–8 months)	– Revise Top 500 CA MCQs – Make notes by category (Appointments, Awards, Sports, Obits)	CA weekly tests (Day 49)
Week 8 (Day 50–56)	Mixed Practice + Static GK	– 50 mixed Qs daily – Books/Authors, Days, Indexes – Revise map, polity, schemes	Static GK Test
Week 9 (Day 57–60)	Final Revision	– Rapid revision of notes – 100 Qs/day (all topics mixed)	Final Full Mock (Day 59)

Free Resources to Prepare General Awareness for SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam 2025

Preparation of general awareness is a tough task due to its vast syllabus. If you want to prepare for it effectively, then you should be consistent with your study, focus on your regular revision, and practice. General awareness consists of dynamic and static parts. Mostly, the static part you have covered during your Tier 1 preparation, but for the dynamic part (current affairs), you should be aware of it. PracticeMock provides free preparation resources that will help you to prepare dynamic and static parts easily and systematically. You can access our:

• Free topic-wise tests
• Free weekly current affairs
• Free full-length mock test and other resources.

Topic-Wise Tips to Prepare General Awareness for SSC CGL Tier 2

Here, we have provided the topic-wise tips to prepare general awareness for SSC CGL Tier 2 exam 2025.

• General Science: It mainly consists of sub-topics such as Physics, Chemistry, and Biology that can be covered easily using NCERT books. Focus on everyday applications like acids, vitamins, diseases, and inventions. As per the previous year’s exam analysis, we have checked that the questions’ level will be from easy to moderate, so you don’t need to go too deep. SSC asks direct and simple questions. Make short notes and revise regularly. Practice at least 40 MCQs daily for revision.
• Indian Polity: Indian polity consists of the Constitution basics, Fundamental Rights, Parliament, President, and major amendments. Books like Lucent, Laxmikanth, and NCERT can help you with this topic easily. The syllabus is vast, so you are advised to break it into small chunks and test yourself with daily MCQs.
• Geography: This topic is covered in two major parts: Indian geography (rivers, soil, mountains, and states) and world geography (major continents, oceans, and capital cities). You are advised to paste maps in front of your desk so that you can go through them regularly.
• Indian History: Break history into three parts: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern.
  • Ancient History: Buddhism & Jainism, Maurya Period, Indus Civilization, Vedic Culture, Gupta Period, Regional Kingdoms, Miscellaneous.
  • Medieval History: Regional Kingdoms, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, Miscellaneous.
  • Modern History: Later Mughal Period & Sikhism, Maratha Empire, Early European Advents, Newspapers and Articles, Revolts, Governors General and Viceroys, Indian National Movements, Gandhi and his Teachings, Indian National Congress, Freedom fighters and Organizations, Making of Constitution, Indo-Pak Wars, Indo-Sino Wars.
    • Note: Watch YouTube videos, go through books, notes, and flashcards (if you have made them) so that you can cover these topics easily.
• Economy: Focus on the basics of sub-topics like GDP, inflation, fiscal policy, RBI, and banking terms. Make sure that you are updated on new changes if they happen. Focus on current economic schemes and budget updates, economic news summaries, and understand terms with examples. Practice our free topic-wise tests with the latest and exam-level questions.
• Current Affairs (Last 8–10 months): Current affairs is one of the most important topics of general awareness because it is most the highest-scoring topics. Focus on appointments, awards, sports, government schemes, summits, and international news. Usually last 8-10 months of current affairs questions can be asked in the Tier 2 exam. You can stay updated with these questions with our free weekly current affairs quizzes.

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