How to prepare SSC CGL and Bank PO Exam Simultaneously?

SSC CGL and BANK PO are one of the most hunted exams and are immeasurably renowned amongst the aspirants across the country. These exams offer prestigious career opportunities to those who are aspiring for public sector undertaking jobs.

There is competition is higher for these exams as crores of aspirants appear every year for these exams. The eligibility criteria of these exams are graduation from any stream but from a reputed university.

Most of the aspirants are generally found confused while preparing for both these exams simultaneously. Well, it depends upon the aspirants and their priority for the sector which they prefer the most.

There are very few candidates who set their goal towards one dream job while others find it difficult to select any one of these exams and start trying their luck in both the exams simultaneously. According to the analysis and research work are done on the successful candidates, there are some basic things and facts which should be focused while preparing for them.

First of all, it is important to know the difference between the syllabuses of both the exams. 

SYLLABUS: Let's examine each topic at the moment and recognize what strategy could be adopted to start the preparation.

1. Quantitative Aptitude: To does extremely well in this section, it is highly recommended to take the exam dates into consideration and prepare accordingly. Keeping the basics strong as it will avoid general mistakes for it being a complex subject. Common mistakes committed by the aspirants while attempting quantitative aptitude section can be understood and taken care of are as follows:
2. Not Reading Questions Carefully: Sometimes candidates do not read the question carefully and commit silly mistakes as even after solving the question methodically one does not get the correct answer matching to any of the given option.  It leads to frustration and also wastes a lot of time. Therefore, read the question twice before solving to get reach to the correct solution.
3.  Practice shortcuts thoroughly: It is good to apply shortcuts while solving the mathematical calculations as it saves time.  It is advisable to pick only those shortcuts which you have practiced during your preparation. Otherwise, it is better to solve the question by applying basic method or conventional way to avoid any mistake.
4.  English Language
5. In Bank exams, most of the questions are asked to test the comprehension skills of the candidates whereas in
6. Through the SSC CGL Notification 2021 SSC Exam gives more weight-age on the usage of grammar rules.
7. In order to do the effective preparation for this section, it is better to develop the habit of reading lot of newspapers, magazines, novels, journals, biographies, whatever it could be. Choose your interest and start reading. Keep your wits high while reading as it will help you to build your comprehension skills, vocabulary and improve the logical thinking.
8. There are sections which have no similarities in these exams (BANK and SSC) those sections can be prepared as follows:
9. Reasoning Aptitude: The reasoning is a scoring section for both the exams. One can score high if the topics are very well practiced. The more you practice the more you will score. But the difficulty level differs in both the exams.  In SSC CGL the level of reasoning question is easy and in BANK PO exam it is difficult. The topics like seating arrangements, Syllogism, Puzzles, Sequential Output Tracing, etc. will test your intelligence and one need to be quick witted to deal with such questions.  Besides these topics, there are a lot of other topics in the syllabus to be covered and practiced. The time required to prepare for SSC CGL exam is less and only little effort is required to master the topics as the level is low whereas for BANK PO Reasoning section one needs a lot of practice as the difficulty level is high.
10. General Awareness (SSC): There are a number of topics to be prepared like History, Geography, Polity, Science and General Knowledge facts. Besides these, questions are asked on last one year's current affairs. To overcome this section, it is advised not to overburden with more topics rather focus on the important and relevant topics with respect to the exam in consideration.
11. General knowledge is not one day work rather it needs constant touch with the relative topics.  Daily give 20-30 minutes to concentrate on the latest news and learn them.  It will help you to get a decent score in this section.

Study General Knowledge in the form of a one-liner.  Descriptive notes should be read for the topics like general science where you need to understand the concepts. 

Follow only one general studies book to study the contemporary topics.

General Awareness should be studied for BANK PO Exams. This section has questions with a special focus on banking industry and economics.

For effective preparation of this section, one needs to focus on the current affairs of last 6 months and banking knowledge. One can score well in this section of BANK PO Exam if one gets into the habit of reading of newspaper daily. Keep a track on the current affairs, appointments, sports and of course the recent changes or happenings in the Banking industry. Learn the basic information rather than the entire description of the same.  Besides, learn the key terms related to banking such as definitions and their features.

1. Marketing and Computer Knowledge (For bank PO)

These subjects are different and are not similar to one another if these are prepared well then one can fetch good marks.  The facts related to the topics of these subjects can be easily grasped but it needs your keen interest to understand the same. After going through all the topics test your understanding by solving a lot of past year questions as there is a probability of repeating the questions.

Hope this strategy will help the aspirants to maintain a balance between the preparations of SSC CGL Exam and BANK PO Exam shared from IBT.