SSC Exam- Important Tips to Succeed

Dear Candidates,

In today's time, government jobs are more secure than private jobs. As much as it is true, it is a pain to accept that with every passing day, it’s getting tough to get a government job. One of the toughest exams is the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Exam.

Millions of youth apply for this exam every year but only a handful of them get to pass through this competitive exam. In this blog, we will tell you how to prepare better for the SSC exam so that you can crack it on your terms. But first of all, you must know what the SSC exams are –

What are the SSC Exams??

SSC stands for Staff Selection Commission. SSC is the board that selects and appoints employees for Group B and C in the Ministries of Central Government and other Central Departments. To accomplish this task, the board conducts various examinations, such as CGL, CHSL, Stenographer, JE, GD, MTS, CPO, etc. However, SSC CGL and CHSL exams are the most popular ones among today’s youth.

• SSC CGL: SSC CGL stands for Combined Graduate Level exams- the tests that provide an opportunity for young graduate candidates to get a government job. CGL exam asks objective type questions and recruits candidates for positions like Food Officer, Tax Officer, Auditor.
• SSC CHSL: If you are a 12th pass student, then you can apply for this ‘Combined Higher Graduate Level Examination’ of SSC. Through this exam, one can get jobs for posts like LDC, Postal Clerk, Court Clerk, and Data Entry Operator.
• SSC Steno: If you want to make your career in stenography, then this exam might prove right for you.
• SSC JE: If you hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, then you can apply for Junior Engineer post and get a job in various government departments.
• SSC GD: If you dream of becoming an Inspector or Sub Inspector in security forces like Border Security Force (SSB), Armed Forces Border (SSB), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), National Investigation Agency (NIA), then this exam is for you. After passing this exam, you will be appointed as a police employee.
• SSC MTS: MTS stands for Multi-Tasking Staff who work under higher officers in the government departments. To apply for this exam, you must pass the matric exam (10th Class).

How to Prepare for SSC Exams??

Many students join the best tuition institutes to pass a Competition Exam and still they are not able to clear the SSC exam. This is because in order to pass this exam, you have to understand the exam format and prepare an efficient time table for regular studies, which students often do not find important. Keeping these things in mind, today I am going to tell you a few important tips to crack SSC exam, so read carefully- 

1. Understand the Exam Format

To clear any exam, it is important to know its pattern first. Otherwise, how do you going to know the marks-weightage for every subject?? No exam can be passed without knowing the exam format and syllabus. 

Our main objective here is to understand which subject needs more time and focus than others so that you can manage your time accordingly and this can only happen when you have a deep knowledge of the question pattern, their repetition through previous years, important topics, and difficulty level. Thus, it becomes necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the exam syllabus as well as the pattern.

2. Create Time Table for Study

Millions of people apply for the SSC exam every year, but only a few of them are able to clear it. If you have to qualify the SSC exam, then make time table from the beginning and study for 6-7 hours daily. Also, one should take into the habit of exercise and meditation to relieve stress physically and mentally. It will increase the concentration of your learning ability. 

First of all, pay attention to the weak subjects, so that you can have a good hold of that subject. While making the timetable, also make sure that you do not give too much time to only one subject, the timetable should be such that all the subjects should be given proper time.

3. Read Newspaper and Magazine Everyday

In every competitive exam, a subject of general knowledge has its place. GK is a subject which neither has a limited scope nor a shortcut. This is the only subject that can not be learned via books. You can strengthen your general knowledge, well, via general things such as your surroundings, everyday events, newspaper, magazines, etc.

If you are serious about clearing an SSC Exam, you need to go through the Current Affairs. While the current affairs are never stable, they change over time, it is expected from you to get into the habit of reading newspapers, online articles, and magazines daily.

4. Practice with Mock Tests

Before giving any exam, it is necessary to assess yourself, so that you can evaluate yourself from this analysis of how much you are preparing for the exam. 

Thus, Mock Test Papers come into the picture to test one’s ability to withstand the examination stress and his preparation level. It gives you a real-time exam experience by asking the similar difficulty level of questions as per the original exam format. 

Mock test papers contain questions that are very similar to that of the official exam and helps to visualize the original question paper.

5. Revise All Topics

You must leave a margin of a month to revise each and every subject at the very end-point of your preparation. Also, revise previous topics after a regular interval of time according to the time table. 

Apart from this, try to understand all your subjects with time management and planning to prepare for the exam. Assign some extra time to the topics and subjects in which you find difficult to understand.

6. Stay Positive

“When you focus upon a problem, you find more problems but when you focus upon solutions, you find solutions everywhere.”

You surely would have heard this quote somewhere, sometime. It directly indicates the positive nature and this theory works in every aspect of our lives.

If you are fighting for a competitive examination, you need to stay positive because whatever we see around us has a direct effect on our brain and we start thinking likewise. Therefore, it would be beneficial for you to stay close to those who encourage and motivate you.

Conclusion

Friends, today we have given you complete information about what this SSC is and what is the best way to prepare for it. If you are preparing for the SSC exam, then you should pay attention to these tips mentioned in our post. 

If you have any problem related to this post, you can ask us in the comment box.

All the Best!!