How to Prepare Current Affairs for SSC Exams 2022-23?

Current Affairs Preparation for SSC Exams 2022-23

Current affairs preparation for SSC is an important aspect of the preparation where current affairs have great weightage in all the SSC exams below we are going to provide details regarding Current Affairs preparation.

Sections of Current Affairs and their Weightage in SSC Exams

Current affairs cover several subjects that are spoken about in the global, world News as well as awards & honours, books & writers, Government programmes and policies, sports activities and lastly people in the News. Here we will cover each section that comes under current affairs and the number of questions that are being asked from these sections in the SSC Exams.

Check: List of Important Government Schemes in India for SSC CGL/CHSL & Railway Exams 2022

International News

It includes news related to important events in the world which affect other countries and can change international relations, the economy, geography etc. Apart from that news related to international organisations, their annual meet and venue or any important decision taken on the international platform can be considered under this section. All the important index and ranking of India in the index is important from the exam point of view. Aspirants can expect 2 – 4 questions from international current affairs.  

National News

All the events which are of national importance are being asked in this section. Any recent science or space project, satellites launched, Organisation/centre which is first in the country etc come under this section. Around 1 – 3 questions always come from this area. 

Awards and Honours

Important national and international awards/ honours like the booker prize, oscar award, bafta awards, Bharat Ratna, etc have been repeatedly asked in the exams. Students must prepare this topic as 2 – 3 questions are asked based on awards and honours. 

Books and Authors

It included books written by famous personalities, books launched by any famous international/national platform by any famous person or any book which has got a lot of appreciation or criticism or being in news for quite some time. Around 1 – 2 questions are generally seen in the SSC exams from this segment.

Sports and Events

Questions based on ICC awards, any big win in sports like tennis, badminton etc. can be asked. Other than that questions based on Olympic wins, the world cup, formula1 race or famous international tournaments, are also frequently, asked in exams. Around 2 – 4 questions can be asked.  

Government Programmes and Policies

It includes any new scheme launched by the central government for the welfare of citizens or for some specific group. Questions might also be asked from any policies launched by the state government which is one of its kind or unique. Usually, 1 – 2 questions are asked from this topic. 

Famous personalities and Person in News

This topic includes newly appointed heads of any organizations, obituaries, new appointments in the government. 

Current Affairs preparation for SSC CGL

After understanding the important topics and their weightage in the SSC Exams, let us take a look at the preparation tips for SSC CGL specifically Current Affairs preparation for SSC CGL which can help you in the exam.   

Solve Previous Years Papers

Aspirants should regularly solve previous years’ papers especially the last 5 years’ papers. It will help mainly in two ways:

• Give you an insight into the type of questions usually are asked from the current affairs in the exam
• Sometimes in exams questions appear from current affairs of the last 2-3 years. So this would help you answer those type of questions too.
• If the candidates go through the Previous year’s current affairs questions, that might be helpful as it provides rough knowledge to candidates regarding the depth and types of questions asked in the examination. 

Focus More on the Current Affairs of the Last 6 Months Before the Exam

The current affairs section covers various topics and there is so much uncertainty about the questions that can be asked from this section. So, students can use the following tips to cover the current affairs of the last 12 months 

• Focus more on the current affairs of the last 5 – 6 months before the exam. 70 – 80% of questions of the current affairs are asked from here. 
• If time allows, then cover only the most important news from the remaining 6 months of the current affairs. 

Solve Daily Current Affairs Quiz 

Attempting the quiz would help you revise current affairs on daily basis. If any day you miss reading the newspaper, you can easily attempt the daily current affairs quiz and catch the latest updates of the day

Attempt the daily current affairs quiz on the BYJU’S Exam Prep app: Click Here

Current Affairs SSC PDF

Current affairs are important for the SSC & Railways exams 2022-23. Therefore, aspirants should go through the current affairs at least up to the last 6 months before the date of examination in order to prepare well for the examination. Below we are going to provide you with all PDFs of the current affairs that candidates must go through if they are preparing for Government jobs like SSC & Railways exams 2022-23. 

Current Affairs SSC PDF

How to Make Current Affairs Notes?

Students often find it difficult to memorize all the important points because till you sit for your exam you get a bundle of notes and it’s not easy to keep all of them in your little brain. Here are some tips to give you an idea about making current affairs notes

• You need to buy a notebook and make short notes daily but remember do not write everything in your notes. Half a page is enough. Jot down highly important points that you think can be asked in the examination 
• Discuss important news with your friends regularly because discussion makes things easier to remember and in the exam, you will easily memorize everything.

Revision of Important Points

After Making notes the next step is revision because if you keep reading current affairs on a daily basis but do not revise, it’s all going to get wasted in some days. You will become nervous about your exam. 

• Always remember that forgetting things is human nature but yes you can help it. Just make a small group of friends and discuss important news with them. Maybe you would have missed something which they know. Trust me guys this really helps. Weekly revise everything which you read during the whole week. 

Tips to Read Newspaper Effectively for SSC Exams 2022 

Students generally get confused while reading the newspaper because if you take good newspapers like THE HINDU, TIMES OF INDIA, HINDUSTAN TIMES takes almost two hours to read it properly and students do not have this much time as most of us are lazy.

• Read the editorial page of the newspaper daily and jot down English words which you are not able to understand and look for them in the dictionary. This will improve your vocabulary as well. 
• Skip reading Bollywood news as it is not important for your exam.
• Focus on international events, Environmental issues, Articles related to science & technology, and Multipurpose Projects, and the most important thing is jotting down important points in your notebook. 
• Read current affairs on a regular basis because you can’t mug them up in a single day or in a month, discuss with your friends regularly and revise. Do not get panic because you are going to crack SSC CGL definitely. 

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