Is it possible to prepare for ssc cgl along with bsc maths hons

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Yes, you can for that you have to start your preparation beforehand in the sense from the last year of graduation, as you have to manage both and you cannot neglect your study for that, you have to make a timetable and accordingly follow, for initiation of any competitive exam getting acquainted with the syllabus is most, you can download the syllavus from official website of SSC, taking a print out of the syllabus will help you know what all the topics in respective sections are to be covered, Maths and English remains the common section in Tier I and Tier II of the preparation level, in Tier II both these subjects consists of 200 marks, the level of SSC CGL isn't as higher that of bank exams, you can refer previous year papers for preparation and these will help you a lot, as SSC does often repeat questions, SSC happens over four tier level and with compeition increasing day by day, the level of question too have gone up in recent times. Make a timetable accordingly, for example you can practice the mock papers in the weekends after five days of study, this way you can evaluate your progress as well. There are free mock papers available at various competitive exam sites, which you can use them to practice, it'll help you know your strength and the areas you require to improve.

Test series are highly important, as this exam is in online mode, unless an aspirant has good time management and has fair idea of what to attempt and what to skip, this will become a difficult task to handle.

You may refer the following books-

For the section of Quant, you can refer Quicker Maths by M Tyra/ Fast Track Arithmetic by Arihant Publications /Quantitative Aptitude by RS Agarwal

For section of the English, you can refer General English by SP Bakshi or Plinth to Paramount, Wren and Martin is the best book for grammar and Word Power Made Easy is great for vocabulary section.

For the section of Reasoning, you may refer RS Agarwal Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning,Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey

For General Awareness, Lucent's GK is good for static portion and when it comes to dynamic part, it's best you read newspaper on a daily basis such as The Hindu or The Indian Express, going through this will help you acquaint with latest happenings and you don't have to mug up everything at the last moment. You can also refer magazines like Pratiyogita Darpan, but newspaper is the best option always.