Section Wise Tips for Clearing SSC CGL Exams

Accuracy and speed are the two most important points that help a student in clearing an entrance exam. Lacking on any of these qualities will not solve the purpose. On joining a SSC CGL coaching, candidates are given the special tips on how to improve their accuracy and speed. There tips are given section wise because each section is different from the other and different techniques are required to master them. Here are certain points to be remembered while attempting the different sections. 

This is a scoring section and most of the students rely on it for gaining maximum marks. Hence, paying attention to this topic can help in covering up the marks that one might not be able to score in weaker or less coring topics. The questions in this section are scoring because most of them can be completed in less time. They require more of thinking skills and less of pen paper solving like aptitude questions and this saves time. With appropriate direction and sufficient practice, one can get full marks in General Intelligence and Reasoning. 

Topics that need to be focused upon - Problem Solving, Semantic Series, Semantic Analogy, Semantic Classification, Coding and de-coding, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Symbolic/Number Classification, Venn Diagrams, Water Images, Mirror Image, Number Series and Figural Pattern – collapsing and consummation. 

It is also a vital and scoring section of SSC exam. Focus should be on selecting those topics that have maximum potential for scoring marks, for example, Errors, Miss Spelt Words, One Word Substitution, Comprehension, Cloze Test, etc. Mugging antonyms and synonyms can prove to be a wastage of time because one never knows what can be asked in the exam and the dictionary is huge. This part is anything but difficult to score and less time taking. Merely focusing on 5 or 6 topics can scoring well. 

Topics that need to be focused upon - Idioms and Phrases, Active Passive Voice, Cloze Passage, Fill in the Blanks, Spot the Error, Misspelt words, Spellings/Detecting, One word substitution and Comprehension Passage. 

Candidates who practice this section well, have a chance to score beyond 130 marks out of 200. They need to spare time from other sections in order to give maximum time to this section. Applicants are encouraged to spare time from Reasoning, English and General Awareness as it takes far more time to solve the quantitative questions. One cannot solve all the questions in the time frame of 2 hours. Hence, it is best to decide on the minimum number of questions that one can attempt with accuracy and speed.Candidates are encouraged to not waste time on lengthy questions. On must get an idea of the time taken to solve a problem but just looking at it. 

Topics that need to be focused upon - Frequency polygon, Square roots, Use of Tables and Graphs, Decimal and Fractions, Ratio and Proportion, Profit and Loss, Time and work, Relationship between numbers, Geometry, Percentages, Pie-diagram, Averages, Trigonometry, Interest (Simple and Compound), Time and separation, Histogram and Bar-outline.

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