{"id":2224,"date":"2025-01-27T14:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:30:49","slug":"how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clear SSC CGL Exam in First Attempt? Tips to Clear SSC Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSC CGL exams are undoubtedly regarded as the most prestigious among all recruitment exams managed in India. Around 65 lacs candidates register for the SSC CGL exam every year. Therefore, the competition has grown quite tough over the years. With only a few days remaining in SSC exams (tier-I), it is high time that the candidates should pull up their socks and perform the best they can.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam\/#Tips_To_Clear_SSC_CGL_Exam\" >Tips To Clear SSC CGL Exam<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam\/#Quantitative_Aptitude_Maths\" >Quantitative Aptitude (Maths)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam\/#Reasoning_General_Intelligence\" >Reasoning (General Intelligence)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam\/#English_preparation_for_SSC_CGL_Exams\" >English preparation for SSC CGL Exams<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam\/#General_Knowledge\" >General Knowledge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-ssc-cgl-exam\/#Some_Effective_Tips_to_Clear_SSC_Exams\" >Some Effective Tips to Clear SSC Exams<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips_To_Clear_SSC_CGL_Exam\"><\/span>Tips To Clear SSC CGL Exam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One needs to realize that he\/she needs to follow a systematic exam-oriented preparation because only then you will grab that correct path to success. Keeping this in mind, follow subject-wise preparation tips and follow the below mentioned pointers of SSC exams.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quantitative_Aptitude_Maths\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quantitative Aptitude (Maths)<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Maths section comprises of four major areas in SSC exams: Algebra, Arithmetic, Geometry and Trigonometry.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geometry is the most crucial among all the areas. The candidates need to offer special emphasis to this sub-segment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Trigonometry shouldn\u2019t be avoided at any cost. Also, focus on height and distance along with different trigonometric identities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaining a good knowledge about percentage would help you in Data interpretation and Analysis. The same goes for learning ratio and proportion. Algebra, including simplification, is often tagged as tough to clear. Offer more practice to this segment as compared to other areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the arithmetic segment, simple interest, profit and loss, compound interest, time and work along with time and distance happen to be the prime topics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasoning_General_Intelligence\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reasoning (General Intelligence)<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a major share of candidates sitting for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42w2lJN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SSC exams, reasoning<\/a> is regarded as the most scoring section.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good focus must be offered to the key areas such as: non-verbal reasoning, Analogy and classification, syllogisms, blood relations, coding-decoding, direction test and series.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under non-verbal reasoning, the most crucial types of questions offered in the exam include: (a) paper cutting, punching and folding, (b) mirror image and water image, (c) embedded figures and (d) figural series completion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For questions based on series and finding the missing number questions, one can expect both semantic series and number series to be present in the exam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not avoid statement-conclusion &amp; statement-assumption questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"English_preparation_for_SSC_CGL_Exams\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English preparation for SSC CGL Exams<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Below are the preparation tips of English in SSC exams:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparation for this section would need you to focus on the following topics: one- idioms and phrases, word substitution, fill in the blanks (sentence completion), synonyms and antonyms, sentence errors, sentence rearrangement, reading comprehension and jumbled-up sentences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narration and active voice \/ passive voice is not necessarily be there in tier-I exam. But do not skip it and learn these topics for the tier-II exam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually vocabulary-based questions (synonyms, antonyms and one-word substitution) along with well as idioms and phrases from the previous SSC papers do get repeated. Make sure to go through the previous year exam papers and practice such questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The toughness level of reading comprehension passages is not that much. However, some amount of practice is obviously needed to locate the answers for the questions asked from the passages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to solve sentence error spotting questions, a good level of knowledge of grammatical rules is required. If you think you are lacking in grammar, try to focus on practicing English usage questions like fill in the blanks, jumbled-up sentence and sentence rearrangement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"General_Knowledge\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Knowledge<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As compared to all other sections, GK holds the most comprehensive syllabus and demands a lot of time for preparation of SSC exams. It means that, the candidates should understand the pattern of the questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always make sure that, go through the previous year SSC questions papers, and focus on the frequently asked questions from politics, science, geography and history.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must surely pay attention on questions based on (a) common chemical compounds (b) the firsts in India (c) Indian constitution (d)folk dances of India &amp; traditional festivals (e) socio-religious movements of pre-independent India (f)important scientific phenomena (g) national income &amp; market structure (h) medieval &amp; modern Indian history.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_Effective_Tips_to_Clear_SSC_Exams\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Effective Tips to Clear SSC Exams<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gather the syllabus of the SSC exams. One can download it from the official website of SSC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the SSC exam books from a better publication and do not forget to get separate books for every different section of the SSC exams paper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare a time table of your study. Try to focus on at least 4 hrs. a day for a year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study with full concentration and learn to clear basics of various topics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to focus on shortcuts of doing the questions and build your own shortcuts to solve the different problems in a faster manner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One can also buy various books for understanding shortcuts and implementing them to solve problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always remember to work on your speed for solving problems. Practice previous year question papers daily to in order enhance speed by putting yourself on a time limit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work to polish your weaker sections and build them as your strength through practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the SSC paper, try to solve as many questions as you can but only those about which you are sure. Do not attempt questions which you aren\u2019t familiar with. Remember negative marking is active in the SSC exams.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a particular question makes you feel stuck, then move onto the next question. Save your precious time and work to solve maximum known questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not forget to wear a watch while giving any kind of examination.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to work on your quickness to solve problem. Most of the aspirants do not clear these tests due to the time limit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work harder and plan a systematic order when you approach the questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Final Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above mentioned points are quite crucial and helpful for each and every candidate who is planning to sit for the SSC exams. Hard work isn\u2019t always the key, but sensible study schedule along with speed together makes the difference. Consult your elders, friends or family members who have already given the SSC exams. They would prove as a perfect counselor for gaining knowledge about the true reality of these tests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/hssc-cet-haryana-2024-25-key-dates-fees-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HSSC CET Haryana 2024-25: Key Dates, Fees, and More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSC CGL exams are undoubtedly regarded as the most prestigious among all recruitment exams managed in India. Around 65 lacs candidates register for the SSC CGL exam every year. Therefore, the competition has grown quite tough over the years. With only a few days remaining in SSC exams (tier-I), it is high time that the &#8230; <a title=\"How to clear SSC CGL Exam in First Attempt? 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