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[Studyplan] SSCCGL Maths, Quantitative Aptitude,
Algebra, Trigonometry: Approach, Booklist, Strategy,
Free Studymaterial 2013 for Combined Graduate Level
Exam Tier 1, 2
Posted BySupport StaffOn 10/01/2013 @ 12:11 am In SSC | 767 Comments
Introduction
#1: Getting the conceptual clarity
Breakup: SSCCGL Tier I (2010, 2011, 2012)
Breakup: SSCCGL Tier II (2010, 2011, 2012)
#2: Practice
Choice of Quantitative Aptitude Book?
Books for Maths/Quantitative Aptitude
Download: NCERT Maths Textbooks
Download: Blank answersheet
introduction
Competitive exams are meant for realmen and women. This is no country for crybabies, kids,
college teens and no0bs. So first of all, you must get rid of the following “loser” mindsets:
Yaar this maths is so hard, I can’t do it.
I’m not from science/engineering background hence this is not my cup of tea.
I’m poor in maths and I cannot improve.
Thik hai, dekh lenge. (alright, I’ll see).
Maths is not difficult. All it requires is concept clarity + lot of practice. In SSCCGL exam,
you’ve to face Mathematics at two stages
Stage MathsQuestions Penalty
TierI (Prelims) 50 Qs Negative 0.25
TierII (Mains) Paper I: Arithmetical Ability 100 Qs worth 200 marks Negative 0.50
The Approach for Maths, stands on two pillars.
Pillars How?
NCERTs (Free download links @bottom)
Conceptual
Mrunal.org/aptitude
clarity
For some topics, directly Quantitative aptitude books.
From Quantitative aptitude books.
Lot of There are lot of books in market, the question is, which one to refer? It is
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practice explained at the bottom of this article.
#1: Getting the conceptual clarity
We’ll divide Maths or Quantitative Aptitude, into topics and further into subtopics.
Your task is to cover one topic at a time, first get conceptualclarity and then solve maximum
questions at home.
Whenever you learn any shortcut technique, you note it down in your diary.
Similarly, whenever you make any mistake while solving sums, you also note that down in
your diary. Night before the exam, you review that diary of mistakes. (why do this? Because it
is the “Art of Aptitude” (Click ME)
Topic Subtopics How to approach
Divisibility,
remainders
LCM and HCF
NCERT Class 7 Chap 2, 9 (fraction)
Number Unknown
NCERT Class 10 Chap 1 (divisibility)
theory numbers from
Finally your Quantitative aptitude book.
given conditiofor
Fractions
comparisions.
Simplification
NCERT Class 8 Chap 1
(BODMAS)
Basic Surds, indices
NCERT Class 8 Chap 12
Maths Then NCERT Class 9 Chap 1
Roots, squares,
Basics from NCERT Class 8 Chap 6 and 7.
Cubes
“Mother’s age was x and daughters age..”
“3 mangos and 5 bananas purchased for…”
X+1/2x+3=3/8 then find X.
^This type of stuff. Just practice and you’ll get a hang of
Linear equation
it.
Basics given in NCERT Class 8 Chap 2 and 9.
Algebra Then NCERT Class 9 Chap 4
Lastly NCERT Class 10 Chap 3.
Factorization and roots. Heavily asked in TierII.
Quadratic
NCERT Class 8 Chap 14
equations,
And then NCERT Class 9 Chap 2
Polynomials
Lastly NCERT Class 10 Chap 4
WineWater Can be solved without formula. Go through
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mixture http://mrunal.org/2012/03/aptitude
(Alligations) alligationsmixturesalloys.html
Avg and
Ratios Simple Average Lolz
RatioProportion
For ratioproportion NCERT Class 8 Chap 13.
variations
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Partnership
profitsharing.html
Time speed
distance
Trains, platforms
All of them can be solved with just one Universal STD
STD Boatsstreams
formula. Explained in www.Mrunal.org/aptitude
Time and Work
Pipes and
Cisterns
Angles, sides,
NCERT Class 9 Chap 6, 7, 8 and 10. Quantitative aptitude
bisectors, circles
book.
etc
Mensuration Basics explained in NCERT Class 8 Chap 3, 11.
Geometry (area and Then NCERT Class 9 Chap 9, 12, 13.
volume). Lastly Lastly NCERT Class 10 Chap 13
Understand basics from NCERT Class 10 Chap 8 and 9.
Trigonometry Then examoriented concepts from your Quantitative
Aptitude book.
Basic %
(increase,
decrease in Also do NCERT Class 8 Chap 8.
consumption,
population)
Mere extention of % concept. Just practice.
Data For long division, use this approximation method:
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%
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discount, marked priceandsuccessivediscountsprofitlosswithoutstupid
price. formulas.html
Simple and
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interest rate
Not asked as such.
But Sometimes a question or two comes in the
Permutation “Reasoning” portion of TierI. Hence not much attention
PCP Combination necessary.
Probability But again, they too can be solved without mugging up
formulas: go through various articles on
www.Mrunal.org/aptitude
Lately SSC has started asking 12 question in each of Tier
Coordinate I and II. But they can be solved by merely plugging
Geometry numbers in the readymade formulas given in your
Quantitative Aptitude book.
Again, rarely asked in SSC. Sometimes a question or two
Misc. Progression: comes in the “Reasoning” portion of TierI.
Arithmetic+ Basically you just have to plug in the values in formulas.
Geometry Basics of Arithmetic progression explained in NCERT Class
10 Chap 5.
Logerithms Not asked.
Breakup: SSCCGL Tier I (2010, 2011,
2012)
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Total 50 50 50
The 2012’s TierI paper, is “trendbreaker”. Because
The conventional questions from ratioproportion, basic maths, timespeedwork are asked for
namesake only.
Otherwise, Out of 50 Maths questions in tierI, almost 30 questions are from just
Geometry+Trig+Percentage application.
Earlier, they used to ask mostly areavolumeperimeter type questions from Geometry
segment. You just had to plugin values into the formulas and get the answer.
But This 2012’s paper has mostly theory based geometry (angle, bisector, tangent, inequality
of triangles etc.)
Similarly the difficulty level of algebra, number theory based questions is bit raised.
Or perhaps SSC too decided to employ the BackbreakingTM move of UPSC! Anyways, jokes
apart, the lesson here is, “adapt.”
Breakup: SSCCGL Tier II (2010, 2011,
2012)
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% 27 18 19
Geometry 14 10 27
Total 100 100 100
Here too, Geometry+Trigonometry have been given emphasis like never before.
Almost 65% of the paper is made up of Geometry, Trig, Percentage and Algebra (and in that
too, mostly Quadratic equations.)
#2: Practice
Merely knowing the concepts or formulas won’t help. Because unless you practice different
variety of questions, you won’t become proficient in applying those concepts flawlessly in the
actualexam.
Second, despite knowing concept and formulas, people make silly mistakes either in
calculation or in pluging the values.
Third reason Tier I has 200 questions in 120 limits. =not even 2 minutes per question. Plus,
questions reasoning and comprehension might take more than 5 minutes! Therefore speed is
essential. Since there is negative marking system, accuracy also matters.
So it is beyond doubt that you have to practice excimer number of questions at home.
The question is where to get the practice? Which book should be used for SSC exam?
Choice of Quantitative Aptitude Book?
In all competitive exams, “uncertainity factor” is involved. Despite your best preparation, you
might lose the successtrain by 23 marks.
Therefore you must never put all eggs in one basket.
While you are preparing for SSC, you should also keep open mind and apply for other
competitive exams, such as IBPS, ACIO, ONGC, Railways, LIC, CDS, Coast Guard etc.
(Depending on your careertaste).
Publication houses will come up with new books for each and every of ^these exams, but we
have neither the time nor the money to buy a new book for every new exam.
Such readymade books are only skimmed down version of original topicbooks. For example, if
there is SSCFCI exam, or ACIO exam, these people will combine a few topics of GK, maths,
reasoning and english. And present you a book.
Problem= you don’t get comprehensive understanding or coverage. Besides, given the
population of India, competition level is always high, irrespective of exam. So halfhearted
preparations with readymade “condensed” books don’t help much.
Almost all of these exams follow same structure:
General awareness
Maths
Reasoning (Verbal, NonVerbal)
English vocabularly, grammar and comprehension.
How do they differ from each other?= number of questions, difficulty level and inclusion /
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exclusion of particular subtopics.
So when you’re picking up books for the first time, you should choose the books, that have
universal usefulness for similar exams. That way your time, effort and money will be saved.
Books for Maths/Quantitative Aptitude
DONOT use Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal for SSCCGL.
Problems with RS Agarwal’s Math book:
The way SSCCGL question pattern is transforming, R.S.Agarwal’s book on Quantitative
aptitude, is just not ‘upto the mark’ to match this changing environment.
Its chapter on Trigonometry (Height and Distance) is simply insufficient to handle SSCCGL
level bombarding.
Similarly coverage of algebra, quadratic equations and number theory is either absent or just
for namesake.
Geometry coverage is mostly confined to areavolumeperimeter (=mensuration). But SSC
CGL is moving towards Nonmensuration geometry (angle, bisectors, midpoint, circles,
triangles etc.)
The printing and presentation is very “ cluttered”. He has written the book assuming that you
were already good at maths from school level.
If you’re already good at basic concepts, use this book for practicing and improving your
speed, else don’t bother, there are better books in market.
Pricing factor
Author
R.S.Agarwal
Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations (S.Chand)
Sarvesh Kumar
Quantum CAT (Arihant)
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic (Arihant) Rajesh Verma
The point is, both books of Arihant Publication (Sarvesh or Rajesh) are way better than
R.S.Agarwal, in terms of content, presentation, language and coverage, without being too
expensive than R.S.Agarwal’s book.
And both of them have universal application for almost all of the competitive exams in India
(for maths segment).
My advice, go with either Rajesh Verma or Sarvesh Kumar. Then the question, which one to
pick up?
Fast Track Objective
Quantam CAT by Sarvesh Kumar
Arithmetic by Rajesh
Verma.
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The size and price factor goes in
favor of this book.
Although book is written for CAT and Management
Concepts, techqniues, readymade
exams, he starts explaining everything from basics.
formulas given here and there.
Then exercises are divided into “Introductory<level
Language, presentation is lucid.
1<Level 2<Final round”, based on difficulty level.
Algebra, quadratic equation and
Thus it becomes ideal choice for any aptitude exam.
Trigonometry specific chapters are
So for lower level exams (SSC/IBPS), you should solve
given for exclusively for SSC.
all his solved examples, then introductory exercises,
If you solve all the sums of this
finally level 1.
book, then mathematics portion of
That’ll be quite sufficient.
SSCCGL (TierI and II) will be as
easy as a walk in the park.
Function, graphs, Quadratic equations, Geometry,
While it is excellent for SSC, IBPS, PermutationCombinationProbability coverage is
UGC, LIC, CDS etc. level exams, its “Thorough”. (Hell even more sums than Arun
utility starts diminishing as you Sharma’s).
move towards higherend exams. This make it ideal “textbook” for CAT/CMAT and other
higher end exams.
^But merely getting either of these books, is not going to make you a topper.
If you want to become truly “invincible” for the maths portion of any competitive exam, then
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you must practice maximum numbers of questions at home and maintain a “diary of
mistakes”.
This concludes how to approach Mathematics/Quantiative Aptitude for SSCCGL exam.
Now only two topics remain (will be discussed later, in separate articles):
How to approach Logical Reasoning
How to approach English vocabulary, grammar and comprehension
Download: NCERT Maths Textbooks
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Download: Blank answersheet
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9AJvFSzIyiwVGZBbHMtUWEwV2M
Studyplans for other topics of SSCCGL
Click on following articles to know strategy, booklist for General Awareness, Reasoning and
English.
General Awareness for Tier I Click me
Reasoning / General Intelligence for Tier I Click me
English Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension for Tier I and II Click me
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