SSC CGL 2014- Pattern, Strategy for preparation, Study Material & recommended books

This article contains the details of Strategy for preparation of SSC CGL-2014 & list of recommended books & free study material.

SSC published the notification for Combined Graduate Level (CGL)-2014 on 18 January,2014. CLICK HERE

If you have already applied for SSC-CGL-2014, then its good. If not, then have a look at the details of various profiles offered by SSC-CGL exam CLICK HERE

Details about the Pattern of Examination

SSC-CGL exam consists of three stages:

1. Tier-I (Objective type Paper)
2. Tier-II (Again Objective type paper)
3. Tier-III (Interview/CPT/DEST)

Tier-I

Tier-I paper of SSC-CGL will consist of 4 sections namely:

General Intelligence + Reasoning	50 marks
General Awareness	50 marks
Quantitative Aptitude	50 marks
English Comprehension	50 marks

• Total Marks: 200    Duration- 2 hrs
• Number of question: 200
• Note: There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.

Tier-II

After qualifying Tier-I, the second stage tier-II paper consists of 2 Papers namely:

	Marks	time	Negative marking
Quantitative Abilities	200 marks	2 hrs	0.50
English Language & Comprehension	200 marks	2 hrs	0.25

• Total: 400 marks
• There will be an additional paper-3 (200 marks) of Statistics for ONLY those who have applied for the post of Statistical investigator.

Tier-III

After qualifying in tier-II, there will be tier-III in which following is going to happen:

What	For	Job codes
Interview (100 marks)	Only for interview posts	A to S
Computer Proficiency Test (CPT)	Assistant posts	A to I, N
Data Entry Skill Test (DEPT)	Tax Assistant only	Z, @

So, in total:

• For interview post (other that stats investigator): 700 marks
• For non-interview post: 600 marks
• For statistical investigator post: 900 marks

Note: CPT/DEPT are just for checking your skills.

Syllabus of Tier-I & Tier-II

Coming to the main point i.e. syllabus of the exam that is given in the notification, I am not going to just copy paste it here. Refer to page 15 (Tier-I) & page 18 (Tier-II) for syllabus printed in the notification.

I will be writing more separate articles about analysis of syllabus, preparation strategy & recommended books for all the sections in coming articles, namely:

• General Awareness section
• Quantitative Aptitude/Maths section
• General Intelligence/Reasoning section
• English language & comprehension section