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Important Section-Wise Preparation Tips for SSC CGL 2021 Exam

SSC CGL Tier I 2021 examination is to be held on 29th May, 2021. With only 25 days left in hand for the exam preparation its time that a candidate should prepare for the examination in full attempt. those who are willing to join reputed banks and government organizations should start their exam preparations accordingly since its a golden opportunity for them. The SSC CGL 2021 exam is already scheduled to start from May 29, 2021. Checkout how to clear SSC CGL 2021 exam in first attempt. The entire recruitment process of SSC CGL 2021 is Computer Based Examination (Tier I) followed by Computer Based Examination (Tier II) followed by Descriptive Paper (Tier III) and finally Computer Proficiency Test/ Data Entry Skill Test (wherever applicable). For those who are willing to clear this examination in the very first attempt have already started their exam preparation. There are 4 sections to cover for SSC CGL Tier I and each and every section is to be considered important. So, here we are for guiding the aspirants with the important section-wise preparation tips for the SSC CGL 2021 exam that is scheduled in May 2021.

Before moving ahead, let’s first take a quick glance at the SSC CGL 2021 important dates and exam pattern etc.

SSC CGL 2021 Important Dates

Dates for submission of online applications29-12-2020 to 31-01-2021
Last date and time for receipt of online applications31-01-2021 (23:30)
Last date and time for making online fee payment02-02-2021 (23:30)
Last date and time for generation of offline Challan04-02-2021 (23:30)
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank)06-02-2021
Schedule of Computer Based Examination (Tier-I)29-05-2021 to 07-06-2021
Date of Tier-II Examination (Descriptive Paper)To be notified later

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SSC CGL 2021 Tier I Exam Pattern

S.NoName of TestNo.of QuestionsMax MarksDuration
1General Intelligence & Reasoning255060 mins
2General Awareness2550
3Quantitative Aptitude2550
4English Comprehension2550
5Total10020060 mins

Note: In SSC CGL Tier I paper, there is a negative marking of 0.50 for every wrong answer. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English Comprehension in Tier-I.

SSC CGL 2021 Exam Preparation Tips

SSC CGL 2021 Exam Preparation Tip 1

Before starting with the exam preparation it is extremely critical to know the exam pattern and syllabus in detail, failing which you will not be able to formulate a well planned exam strategy.

SSC CGL 2021 Exam Preparation Tip 2

SSC CGL Tier I will be an online examination comprising of 4 sections of a total of 200 marks and a total of 60 minutes allotted to the candidate to do the paper. SSC CGL exam is conducted for several profiles thus, a post specific test verification is done and it can be either a Computer Proficiency Test, Skill Test (wherever applicable) or Document Verification.

SSC CGL 2021 Exam Preparation Tip 3

SSC CGL 2021 important topics are to be taken care of first for all the 4 sections and the questions are to be attempted in the right manner. Below mentioned are section-wise preparation tips for the SSC CGL examination.

General Intelligence & Reasoning Must to Do Topics

  • Analogy
  • Classification
  • Coding Decoding
  • Venn diagram
  • Series
  • Distance & Directions
  • Word formation
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • Missing number
  • Verbal reasoning

Try and cover all these topics and this will help you score good in this section.

Quantitative Aptitude Must to Do Topics

This section is time-consuming and a little tough thus, needs lot of practice. SSC CGL free mock test will help you practice all sorts of questions expected from this section. Some of the must do topics are:

  • Ratio & proportion
  • Speed, time & distance
  • Percentage
  • profit & loss
  • boat & stream
  • Data Interpretation
  • Geometry
  • Mensuration
  • Trigonometry

English Language Must to Do Topics

Main sections of the English language are: Grammar, Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary. As far as vocabulary is concerned, read newspaper daily and also prepare your own list of words along with their meanings by checking out our daily Hindu vocabulary articles. Moreover, if we talk about Grammar part learn and revise tenses, grammar rules, active & passive voice and other important topics.

General Awareness Must to Do Topics

GA section is quite vast and when it comes to its preparation it gets extremely difficult if you have not been keeping a track of it and trying to do it all in few days. General Awareness is all about sports, updated events, history, important dates, person in news, obituaries, political events etc. Though, this section is quite vast, but is quite scoring at the same time. So, try to gain the maximum benefit of it by picking and choosing subjects of your choice and start preparing one by one.

Questions can be asked from History, Geography, History, Economics, Politics, Current Affairs and Miscellaneous etc. Pick the subject if your interest first and start preparing.

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SSC CGL 2021 Exam Preparation Tip 4

The simple motto to ace the SSC CGL 2021 examination is practice, learn and practice. Once you know the exam pattern and syllabus well the next step is to practice as much as possible.

  • Keep your focus on practicing your weak concepts more. Candidates will easily get to know their weak and strong areas after they take a free mock test.
  • Learn from your mistakes every time you give a SSC CGL mock test and try not to repeat the mistake.
  • Keep revising important topics regularly.
  • Try to avoid making same mistakes again and again.
  • While you are practicing SSC CGL mock tests stay calm and avoid any kind of stress.

SSC CGL 2021 Exam Preparation Tip 5

The last and the most important preparation tip to ace SSC CGL examination is to have good speed and accuracy at the same time.

  • Try to answer and practice questions without using pen and paper. Doing mind calculations will help enhance your speed.
  • Analyze the questions done wrongly and check for the solution.
  • For the questions you don’t know how to solve or getting the answers, don’t sit on it for long. Rather, move onto the next one.
  • Try and take a mock test in the given time frame.
  • Solve those questions first which you are confident of solving accurately.

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Following these 5 SSC CGL exam preparation tips and it will surely help you achieve a good score.

All the very Best!

Cheena Sawhney

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