SSC CGL Tier 2 Syllabus and Best Books for Preparations
Published on Sep 26, 2020
The Staff Selection Commission has released the revised calendar according to which the SSC CGL Tier 2 examination will commence from 02 November 2020 to 11 November 2020. The students who are aspiring for the SSC Combined Graduate Level exam must have the correct idea of the important books which are to be considered for the preparation of the CGL Tier 2 exam.
Team Livolearn has zeroed on the important books for SSC CGL Tier 2 subject wise, do check out space below for a better insight.
SSC CGL 2019 Exam Pattern
The SSC CGL examination is conducted in four stages in which Tier 1 and 2 are a computer-based test while Tier 3 is a descriptive paper conducted in pen and paper mode. The students have to qualify each stage by clearing the cut-off decided by the authority category wise.
SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam Pattern
The SSC CGL Tier 1 is a computer-based objective test comprising of a total of four subjects. Each subject will have 25 questions with maximum marks of 50. The candidates will get 2 marks for the correct answer while 0.50 marks for every wrong answer.
Subjects
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Maximum Question
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Maximum Marks
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Duration
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General English
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25
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50
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60 minutes
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General Mathematics
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25
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50
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General Awareness
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25
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50
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General Intelligence and Reasoning
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25
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50
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SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Pattern
The CGL Tier 2 will be a computer-based test comprising of 4 papers out of which the first two are compulsory while the last two are optional. The question asked will be in MCQ form and students will have to mark the correct answer against the options available.
Subjects
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Maximum Question
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Maximum Marks
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Duration
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English
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100
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100
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2 Hours
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Mathematics
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200
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200
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2 Hours
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Statistics
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100
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100
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2 Hours
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General Studies
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100
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100
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2 Hours
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SSC CGL Tier 3 Exam Pattern
The students who will clear the cut-off of the SSC CGL Tier 2 will be called in for writing the descriptive test in the CGL Tier 3. The total number of questions asked in Tier 3 will be 2 or 3 and will comprise of Essay. Letter writing, Report writing, etc. The whole paper will account for 100 marks for a duration of 60 minutes.
SSC CGL Tier 4
The SSC CGL Tier 4 is a computer proficiency test that is conducted to test the computer knowledge of the candidate. This examination is qualifying in nature only.
Syllabus of CGL Tier 2
The syllabus of SSC CGL Tier 2 is given in the space below for all the subjects that are asked in the examination:
SSC CGL English Syllabus
- Active Passive, Sentence Rearrangement,
- Sentence Improvement, Cloze test
- Reading Comprehension
- Fill in the Blanks
- Phrases and Idioms
- Spellings
- Sentence Correction
- One-word Substitution
- Error Spotting
SSC CGL Mathematics Syllabus
- Simple Interest and Compound Interest
- Averages
- Percentage
- Problem on Ages
- Ratio and Proportion
- Speed, Distance, and Time
- Circle and its chords,
- Triangle,
- Quadrilaterals,
- tangents,
- Angles subtended by chords of a circle,
- Regular Polygons,
- Circle,
- Right Prism,
- Right Circular Cone,
- Right Circular Cylinder,
- Sphere,
- Heights and Distances,
- Hemispheres,
- Rectangular Parallelepiped,
- Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base,
- Histogram,
- Frequency polygon,
- Data Interpretation
- Time and Work
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Trigonometry
SSC CGL Statistics Syllabus
- Measures of Central Tendency-
- Partition values- quartiles, deciles, percentiles.
- Measures of Dispersion-
- Measures of relative dispersion.
- Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis.
- Correlation and Measures of association of attributes; Multiple regression;
- Multiple and partial correlations
- Probability Theory
- Independent events; Bayes’ theorem.
- Sampling Theory
- Statistical Inference
- Testing of hypothesis
- Analysis of Variance
- Time Series Analysis
- Index Numbers
SSC CGL General Studies syllabus
- Indian Economy
- Economy and Finance
- Latest Development in the Economy and Finance Field
Important Books for SSC CGL Phase 2
The important books recommended for the preparation of SSC CGL Tier 2 is given below subject wise:
Subjects
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Important Books
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English
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Objective English by S P Bakshi
English by R S Aggarwal
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Mathematics
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Mathematics by R S Aggarwal
Objective Mathematics by Arihant
Advanced Mathematics by Rakesh Yadav
Kiran 8900+ Maths book
Magical Books on Quicker Maths by M Tyra
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Statistics
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Statistics Practice Workbook– Kiran publication
Statistics Paper- R. Gupta
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General Studies
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Economics NCERT books (11th and 12th standard)
Economic journals and newspapers
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