SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam 2020: Important Topics

SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam 2020: Staff Selection Commission will be conducting the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam for the candidates qualified in Tier 1 from 22 June 2020 to 25 June 2020. Over 2 lakh candidates are expected to appear in the Tier 2 exam for the recruitment of Group B and C posts under various central departments. Tier 2 will comprise of 2 compulsory papers of Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Candidates sure of getting selected in the Tier 1 exam must take note of the exam pattern and important topics for SSC CGL Tier 2 exam.

Paper	Subject	No of Questions	Max Marks	Exam Duration
1	Quantitative Abilities	100	200	2 Hours
2	English Language and Comprehension	200	200	2 Hours
3	Statistics (For JSO post only)	100	200	2 Hours
4	General Studies (Finance & Economics) (For AAO Post only)	100	200	2 Hours

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SSC CGL Tier 2 Important Topics For Quantitative Aptitude

A total of 100 questions are asked from the Quantitative Aptitude section in SSC CGL Tier 2 carrying 2 marks each. Negative marking 0.5 is there. As seen from the distribution of questions provided below, most questions are asked from advance maths.

More than 10 questions are asked from Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry and hence, they must be given more importance.
Questions from Arithmetic maths are generally lengthy and time-consuming, hence, it needs proper practice.
The toughest topic seen from previous years is Number System and some topics from arithmetic maths. Make sure your basic concepts from these topics are clear.

SSC CGL Tier 2: Topic Wise Distribution Of Questions in Quantitative Aptitude
S.No	Topic	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1	Number System/HCF/LCM	7	8	7	7	10	7	8
2	Percentage, Average	10	8	10	9	10	7	6
3	Time & Work, Pipe & Cistern	6	6	6	5	6	5	4
4	Profit & Loss, Discount	10	11	11	10	10	9	9
5	Ratio, Mixture & Alligation	6	6	4	4	7	8	6
6	Time Speed Distance, Boat & Stream Trains	4	5	6	8	4	3	4
7	Interest (CI & SI)	4	4	5	4	3	4	4
8	Geometry	18	14	15	13	15	12	13
9	Mensuration	11	15	11	13	10	13	13
10	Trigonometry, Height & Distance	9	7	10	9	10	9	11
11	DI	5	4	5	5	5	5	7
12	Algebra	7	8	10	11	10	10	5
13	Surds & Indices, Simplification	2	4	0	2	0	3	3
14	Partnership	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
15	Coordinate Geometry	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
16	Misc.	–	–	–	–	–		–
	Total	100 Questions

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SSC CGL Tier 2 Important Topics For the English Language

A total of 200 questions are asked from the English Language section in SSC CGL Tier 2 carrying 1 mark each. Negative marking of 0.25 marks is there. Check out the topic-wise distribution of questions in English Language section:

The important topics for the English Language are Error detection, Improvement of Sentences, Active/Passive voice, Sentence Rearrangement, Direct/ Indirect, Comprehension Passage, Cloze passage in which 20+ questions are asked from each topic.
Idioms & Phrases and One word substitution must be revised thoroughly as it carries more than 20 marks overall.

SSC CGL Tier 2: Topic Wise Distribution Of Questions in the English Language
S.No	Topic	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1	Spot the error	20	–	20	20	20	20	20
2	Fill In The Blanks	5	–	5	5	5	5	11
3	Synonyms	3	–	3	3	3	3	3
4	Antonyms	3	–	3	3	3	3	3
5	Spelling/detecting misspelt words	3	–	3	3	3	3	4
6	Idioms & Phrases	10	–	10	10	10	10	10
7	One word substitution	12	–	12	12	14	12	12
8	Improvement of sentences	22	–	22	22	22	22	22
9	Active/Passive voice of verbs	20	–	20	20	20	20	20
10	Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration	27	–	27	27	26	27	25
11	Jumbled Paragraph / Sentence Rearrangement	20	–	20	20	20	20	20
12	Cloze passage	25	–	25	25	24	25	25
13	Comprehension Passage	30	–	30	30	30	30	25
Total		200 Questions