How to Start SSC CGL Preparation: A Beginner's Strategy

1. Understand the syllabus and pattern

Print the Tier 1 and Tier 2 syllabus and keep it at your desk. Sort every subject's topics into easy, medium and hard.

2. Build a daily routine

• Quant: 1.5–2 hours (concepts + practice)
• Reasoning: 1 hour
• English: 1 hour (vocabulary + grammar)
• GK / Current Affairs: 45 minutes

3. Solve previous year papers

Solve at least the last five years of papers. They show you the pattern and which topics are asked again and again.

4. Take mocks and analyse them

Take 2–3 full mocks every week and analyse your mistakes after each one.