Recommended Books and Free Study Material Syllabus for SSC CGL General English for Tier 1, 2

Selecting of Book for General English

English is one of most important part of SSC CGL Exam. You have to face it in both tier 1,2.
Exam Type and Pattern
  • Tier 1: Objective Type question of 1 marks each (50 question) Total 50 marks with negative marking of 1/4th each.
  • Tier 2: Objective Type question of 2 marks each (100 question) Total 200 marks negative marking of 1/4th each.


Books for General English

Book NameAuthorPublisherBuy Online
Word Power Made Easy Norman Lewis Goyal Publisher Click here
Objective General English by . S.P Bakshi Arhiant Publication Click here
* If you are form Hindi Medium then you can try "English for General Competitions from Plinth to Paramount" By Neetu Singh to buy online click here.


For Vocabulary and Comprehension
Read any of the following Newspaper: (At least 3 Newspaper in a week.)
  • The Hindu
  • Indian Express
* You can read any of the newspaper online for more info click here.

If you have habit of reading online newspaper, magzine or articles then you can try a free software "WordWeb" you can download it from http://wordweb.info/

For Practice 
  • Solve last year question paper.
  • Complete all exercise of referred English books.

Syllabus for Tier 1,2  Examination
Major portion syllabus include following topics which are further divided into subtopics.


Main Topic Sub-Topic
1. Grammar
  1. Active-Passive (Voice)
  2. Direct Indirect (Narration)
  3. Sentence Correction
  4. Sentence Improvement
2. Sentence Arrangement
  1. Sentence Arrangement
3. Comprehension
  1. Comprehension
4. Vocabulary
  1. Fill in Blanks
  2. Idioms
  3. Synonym
  4. Antonym
  5. Spelling Check

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