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SSC CGL 2021 General Awareness Preparation Tips

The SSC CGL 2021 notification has been out for quite some time now. The SSC CGL 2018 features 11,271 vacancies thus, giving full opportunity to the candidates to grab their position. The SSC CGL 2021 Prelims exam is scheduled for 29th May 2021 with only 44 days left for the exam starting today. General Awareness is an important section in the exam and so we are here to help you out with some SSC CGL 2021 General Awareness preparation tips. Let’s first take a sneak peek into the SSC CGL 2021 exam pattern so the aspirants can get a better idea about how to formulate their own preparation strategy.

SSC CGL 2021 Tier I Exam Pattern

Sr.No.Name of TestNo.of QuestionsMax MarksDuration
1General Intelligence & Reasoning255060 mins
2General Awareness2550
3Quantitative Aptitude2550
4English Comprehension2550
Total100200

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SSC CGL 2020-21 Important Dates

ActivityTentative Dates
Notification Release Date29th December 2020
Online Application Process Duration29th December 2020 -31st January, 2021
SSC CGL Tier-I Application StatusMay 2021
SSC CGL Tier-I Admit CardMay 2021
SSC CGL Exam Date 2021 Tier-IMay 29 to June 7, 2021 (CBE)
SSC CGL Tier-I ResultJuly 2021
SSC CGL Exam Date 2021 Tier-IINotified Soon
SSC CGL Tier-III Exam DateNotified Soon
SSC CGL Tier-IV Exam DateNotified Soon

Since, aspirants have already taken a look at the SSC CGL 2021 important dates and exam pattern one can start preparing the same by attempting a free mock test.

SSC CGL 2021 Important Topics for General Awareness

General awareness is quite a vast topic and the most scoring one at the same time as far as SSC CGL exam is concerned. Few of the important topics that aspirants must cover are:

History

  • Harappa Civilization
  • Vedic culture
  • Name of the Kings who built important ancient Temples and Institutions like Nalanda
  • Chronology of Medieval India and their important systems
  • India’s freedom Movements and their leaders

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Biology

  • Important Inventions and their inventors
  • Important and Interesting facts about human body part
  • Nutrition in Animals and Plants
  • Diseases and their causes like Bacteria
  • Viruses and Protozoa
  • Last 4 chapter of NCERT of Class 12th for environment

Chemistry

  • Chemical Properties of Substance and their uses;
  • SI units
  • Chemical Name of Important substances like Plaster of Paris etc.
  • Chemical Change and Physical Change
  • Properties of Gases
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Chemistry in Everyday life

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Physics

  • Important Inventions and their Inventors;
  • S.I. units
  • Motion
  • Sound
  • Light
  • Wave
  • Energy
  • Electricity

Geography

  • India’s neighboring countries
  • Famous Sea ports, Airports and their locations
  • Important Institutions of world/India and their Headquarters like BRICS, World Bank, IMF and RBI etc

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Economy

  • Important Financial Terminologies of Budget (like National Income, GDP, Fiscal Deficit and many more)
  • Five Year Plan and its importance
  • Famous persons in Economy
  • Institutions and their importance like RBI, SEBI etc

Polity

  • Supreme Court
  • Election of President and his functions
  • Important constitution bodies like CAG
  • Facts about parliament
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Governor and his functions
  • State legislature
  • Major Constitutional amendments and their importance
  • Official Language
  • Emergency Provisions
  • National political parties and their symbols

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Computer

  • Development of computers
  • Input and output devices
  • Memory

Miscellaneous

  • Population Census
  • Important books and their writers
  • First sports achievement for India and world like first Olympic, first Asian Game etc.
  • State Animals and Symbols
  • Awards and their importance
  • Name of the Scientist who got Noble prize for important discoveries

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SSC CGL 2021 General Awareness Preparation Tips

As far as preparation for General Awareness section is concerned for SSC CGL 2021 exam here are few general preparation tips:

  • Clear your basics from NCERT books for science, economics and polity
  • Aspirants will have to memorize all important facts related to history, current affairs and geography.
  • Current Affairs to be covered of at least 6 months for SSC CGL general awareness preparation.
  • Our monthly magazine Bazooka will surely help you prepare better for updated current affairs.
  • Give as many mock tests as possible in order to stay well prepared. Analysis of the mock tests is equally important as it gives an insight about an aspirant’s overall preparation including the strong and weak areas.
  • Candidates must make a habit of reading newspaper on a daily basis as it will serve a dual purpose of enhancing your current affairs knowledge along with making your vocabulary strong which will be helpful in the English section. You can take help from our vocabulary articles.
  • The more you practice the more your score will get better with time.

Formulate a proper study plan and try and follow the same religiously. By creating a study plan you will get an idea and you can plan your further preparation levels accordingly. Last but not the least, let’s talk about few books and preparation resources for SSC CGL 2021 exam.

SSC CGL 2021 General Awareness Books

BooksAuthor
Pratiyogita Darpan
Lucent’s General KnowledgeDr Binay Karna and Manwendra Mukul
Manorama Yearbook
QuizzesPracticeMock app
14000+ Objective Questions    General StudiesManohar Pandey- Arihant Publications

Here are few tips as How to Clear SSC CGL 2021 Exam in First Attempt. This is all from us related to SSC CGL 2021 general awareness preparation tips and exam books. We hope it will help you.

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