Ideal strategy to prepare General Awareness section of SSC CGL 2019 exam

The syllabus of General Awareness Section may sound recognizable or uncomplicated to many students, but it is very highly structured and elaborate. To grab a potential amount of information, the students should develop good memorizing skills. While preparing a schedule for preparing General Awareness section, students must maintain regularity and consistency in their studying hours to memorize and then recollect a pile of information. We believe that students should have studied the syllabus and exam pattern of SSC CGL 2019 exam. The section of General Awareness is considered to be simplest as well as most scoring section of SSC CGL exam, if and only if, candidates have done good preparation. The section of General Awareness carries 50 marks where there will be 25 questions of 2 marks each.

For promising results in the exam, the candidates should have comprehensive knowledge of current affairs, Indian politics and constitution, static GK, important events and happening worldwide, scientific developments and inventions etc. The section of General Awareness section can be broadly divided into four parts namely Current Affairs, Static General Knowledge (GK), and Science and Miscellaneous topics. If you want to score well then do prepare the topic of Current Affairs properly as it covers around 10 to 15 marks. 

The frequently asked questions from this topic are from Culture, Indian History, Geography, Environment, Economy and Polity. The topic of Science covers around 5 to 10 marks and repeatedly asked questions are from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer & Technology, Disease & Pollution and Nutrition. The Miscellaneous topic covers around 5 to 7 marks and repetitively asked questions are from Current Affairs, Dates, Portfolios, Schemes, Sports, People in News, Books.

In this blog, we will discuss significance of every prescribed topic of General Awareness section in detail.

 Ideal strategy to score high in General Awareness in SSC CGL 2019.

1. The syllabus of General Awareness is immeasurable but can be prepared, if one prepare a strategy for it. For strategically organized preparation, the first major step is to list out important topics that have made their mark in previous year question papers. It will curtail your efforts and save you from the burden of over-studying. Furthermore, it will also help you in understanding the difficulty levels of questions and distribution of marks topic-wise.

2. The topic of Current Affairs is very significant and therefore you have to update yourself with information regarding recent news, events, happenings etc. You should become a daily reader of English Newspapers, information and knowledgeable magazines (Competition Success Review, Pratiyogyta Darpan etc). It is because it will keep you updated and help you prepare well for the all relevant concepts and topics related to Current Affairs. 

3. The static General Knowledge is noteworthy topic that should be studied systematically. The students are advised to be specific and unambiguous in selecting books for studying Static GK. The students should refer standard textbooks from reputed publication houses. It is because these books guarantees accurate and updated information on various facts, figures, places, events, person, news, happenings etc. 

4. For preparing Miscellaneous topics, the students should mainly focus on information related to topics like first in Sports for India and World like First Olympics, First Asian Games etc, Famous Sea Ports, Airports and their locations, Important Institutions of India and World & their locations (like Article 370, Article 35 A, Kashmir issue, BRICS, World Bank, IMF and RBI etc.), Nobel Laureates & their Fields, Union Budget, Demonetization and Economic Survey, Important Books & Writers etc.

5. Like any competitive exam, the students should focus hard and develop good time-management skills in SSC CHSL exam. As the allotted time is restricted, the students should make sure that they should not spend more than 30 seconds on one question.

6. Similarly, the students should works hard on accuracy in SSC CHSL exam as there is negative marking for every wrong answer. Therefore, the students should stay away from guess-work and try to work hard on basics of every concept.

The students should never feel overconfident or neglect in preparing General Awareness section but plan a smart preparation strategy. This section is the most scoring section and so work as per guidelines and important tips prescribed in this blog. 

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