SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Study Plan, Tips and Strategy

SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation becomes very critical for SSC CGL Exam because of the high scoring possibilities of this section. SSC CGL 2019-20 notification has been out for some time now, which means it is time to put your Study caps on and get down to the preparation. We have prepared some tips to help you with your SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation. In this blog, to help you with SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation, we have provided the exam pattern, study plan covering the whole syllabus for General Awareness section. Question paper analysis of General Awareness section, few previous year’s questions, book list for preparation and some sample questions for the General Awareness section of SSC CGL 2019-20 Exam.

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SSC CGL General Awareness

SSC CGL 2019-20 Exam: Important Dates

• Date of Computer Based Examination (Tier-I): 02 to 11 March 2020
• Date of Tier-II: 22 to 25 June 2020
• Date of Tier-III (Descriptive): 22 to 25 June 2020
• Date of Tier-IV (Skill test)- To be notified later

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Tier -I Exam Pattern

Section	Questions	Marks	Time
General Intelligence Reasoning	25	50	60 Minutes
General Awareness	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
English Comprehension	25	50
Total	100	200

(0.50 negative marks for every wrong answer)

The official dates are as declared by the SSC Authorities. Candidates need to put up a lot of hard work and strategy to prepare for each level of the exam. Candidates need to clear cutoff for every level to appear for the next level.

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Previous year’s paper analysis

Before moving on to the SSC CGL General Awareness 20 days study plan. Let’s have a look at the previous year’s SSC CGL General Awareness paper analysis.

Subject	No. of Questions	Difficulty level
Science	7 to 8	Easy-Moderate
Polity	5 to 6	Difficult
History	5 to 6	Moderate
Current Affairs	3 to 4	Moderate
Geography	2	Easy-Moderate
Economics	2	Moderate
Total	25	Easy-Moderate

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: 20 Days Study Plan

Day 1	Ancient History: Harappa Civilization	Day 11	Modern India – Congress (after Gandhi) Satyagraha’s
	Basic Geography – Physical: Mountains, Oceans, Rivers, Deserts, etc.		Basic Chemistry: Periodic table, Atomic structure, etc.
	Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance		Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance
Day 2	Ancient History: Gupta Dynasty	Day 12	Modern India – 1940’s independence
	Basic Geography – Agriculture, soils, Climate, Rainfall, monsoon, etc		Basic Chemistry: Metals and Non-metals, etc.
Day 3	Ancient India: Cholas, Pallavas	Day 13	Polity – Constitution (Constituent Assembly facts)
	Basic Geography – Solar system		Basic Chemistry: Carbon, Hydrogen, etc
	Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance		Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance
Day 4	Pandyas, Rashtrakutas	Day 14	Polity – Impact of other constitutions on Indian Constitution
	Basic Geography – Indian Geography, Rivers, lakes, mountains, highways, etc		Basic Chemistry: Nuclear Science
Day 5	Delhi sultanate	Day 15	Polity: Powers of President, Vice President.
	Basic Economic facts – Organisations, schemes etc		Biology: Human anatomy
	Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance		Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance
Day 6	Mughals – Akbar and Later Mughals	Day 16	Rights & Powers of Supreme Court & High Court (Habeas Corpus), CAG, Election Commission, Emergency Provisions, Union, State and Concurrent Lists
	Economics: Monetary policy, Economic Survey		Biology: Diseases, Nutrition etc
Day 7	Modern India – 1857 Revolt	Day 17	Fundamental Rights, Duties, Panchayat Raj System
	Basic Economic concepts – GDP, National Income, Inflation etc		Current Affairs
Day 8	Modern India – Social Reformers	Day 18	Constitution Amendments
	Basic Physics: Newton’s Laws, Forces, Matter and its properties, etc		Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance
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Day 9	Modern India – Congress (before Gandhi)	Day 19	Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance
	Basic Physics: Electricity and Its Properties
Day 10	Modern India – Congress (after Gandhi)	Day 20	Take A Sectional Mock Test and Analyze Yor Performance
	Basic Physics: Thermodynamics
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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Previous year Questions

SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Question 1

Q) Strait of Malacca separates which two landmasses?

Options:

1) Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Island of Sumatra
2) Africa and Europe
3) India and Sri Lanka
4) North America and South America

Correct Answer: Option 1 – Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Island of Sumatra

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Question 2

Q) Which of the following is not a plant hormone?

Options:

1) Gibberellic
2) Auxins
3) Cytokinins
4) Thyroxin

Correct Answer: Option 4 – Thyroxin

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Question 3

Q) The speed of light is maximum in _____.

Options:

1) Vacuum
2) Solids
3) Liquids
4) Gases

Correct Answer: Option 1 – Vacuum

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Question 4

Q) The process of losing electrons is known as _____.

Options:

1) oxidation
2) reduction
3) radiation
4) both oxidation and reduction

Correct Answer: Option 2 – oxidation

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Books

• NCERT 6th to 10th Std
• Lucent’s GK
• Manorama yearbook
• Sectional Tests for General Awareness on Oliveboard

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Tips

• General Awareness is a vast topic to cover, however it is also one of the high scoring sections in SSC CGL Exam. Hence SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation becomes very important to achieve success.
• First read the basics of all the subjects form NCERT (especially science, economics, and Polity) during the SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation
• SSC CGL asks direct factual questions, hence memorize important facts from history, geography and current affairs.
• Dedicate enough time to cover current affairs of at least last 6 months for your SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation.
• Give as many mock tests as possible during your SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation – Click here for mock tests
• Do not get de-motivated by low mock test scores. These are for practice only. The more you practice, the better are our chances of success in the SSC CGL exam.

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Sample Questions

SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Sample Question 1

Q) Which of the following State is the home to ‘Sundarban Tiger Reserve’?

Options

(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Orissa
(d) Tripura

Correct Answer: Option (b) – West Bengal

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Sample Question 2

Q) A Human Cell has _________ Chromosomes.

Options:

(a) 36
(b) 56
(c) 46
(d) 66

Correct answer: Option (c) – 46.

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Sample Question 3

Q) ‘NH₃’ is the chemical formula of.

Options:

(a) Argon
(b) Nitrogen Hydroxide
(c) Nitrous Dioxide
(d) Ammonia

Correct Answer: Option (d) – Ammonia

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SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation: Sample Question 4

Q) Who defeated Humayun and captured the Throne of Delhi?

Options:

(a) Sher Shah Suri
(b) Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Hemchandra Vikramaditya
(d) Allaudin Khalji

Answer: Option (a) – Sher Shah Suri

 

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SSC CGL Preparation – Important Links

SSC CGL 2020 Important Quant Questions Part 1	Click Here
SSC CGL 2020 Important Quant Questions Part 2	Click Here
SSC CGL 2020 Important Quant Questions Part 3	Click Here
SSC CGL 2020 Important Algebra Questions	Click Here
SSC CGL 2020 Important Trigonometry Questions	Click Here
SSC CGL 2020 Important General Awareness Questions Part 1	Click Here
SSC CGL 2020 Important General Awareness Questions Part 2	Click Here
SSC CGL 2020 Important Reasoning Questions	Click Here

 

This brings us to the end of the tips and strategy for SSC CGL General Awareness Preparation. We hope you found this blog useful and it will help you with your SSC CGL Preparation.

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