Staff Selection Commission conducts recruitment examinations every year for recruiting the candidates for several posts under departments and ministries of Central Government. Although most of the aspirants are sure of their success in Tier I examination as the questions asked in this paper are quiet simple and familiar. In this article we are going to discuss some of the myths about SSC Examination.

Facts and Myths about SSC CGL Examination

Myth 1: Questions do not repeat in the examination

Fact: This is not true at all about this exam and is completely baseless. SSC introduces previous years' questions not only in any specific section but in all the sections including GK, English Reasoning and Quant. Candidates can look the previous years' question papers of past 2 to 3 years and they will find certain questions repeated in the examination. Generally questions from the topics Trigonometry, Geometry, Mensuration, Algebra, etc, are repeated in the Quantitative Aptitude section and Idioms/ phrases, synonyms/ antonyms, one word substitution, etc. are repeated in the English section.

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Myth 2: Mathematics is about Short Tricks and Methods

Fact: As this section is quite tricky and clumpsy in nature, most of the aspirants believe that it is not possible to clear this examination without shortcuts and tricks. But in reality to grasp the concept of the question and topic is essential to score good marks in the section.

Myth 3: Current Affairs are not useful for this Examination

Fact: Yeah, this is true that most of the part in GK section contains questions from History, Indian Polity, Geography, Economics, General Science, etc. But it also contains questions based on the latest news and current affairs. So, if the candidates cover current affairs then they can score 2-3 extra marks in the section.

Myth 4: GK is very vast and difficult to cover.

Fact: This is the greatest myth about this paper and bothers only those candidates, who are unaware of the pattern and syllabus of the examination. If the candidates go through the previous years' question papers then they can see that questions are repeated from certain topics.

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Myth 5: Comprehension section can be left as it consumes time.

Fact: Comprehension is very scoring but the candidates need to follow certain tricks to solve the questions based on this toipc. Candidates should read the comprehension quickly and carefully and prepare a summary of it in their mind. This way they will be able to attempt the questions from this topic.

Myth 6: Grammar is necessary to score good marks.

Fact: Out of 50 questions only 15 questions are there, which require good grammar for being solved. Rest of the questions are framed from the topics like reading comprehension, vocabulary, etc.

Myth 7: Above 50% marks are enough to qualify Tier I Examination.

Fact: Until the final cut off is released by the commission, no body can predict the marks that are enough to qualify the Tier I examination.

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