Current Affairs Half Yearly Guide 2021 PDF for Competitive Exams
Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam 2025 ( SSC CGL )
Current Affairs 2021 half-yearly guide will be extremely helpful for the candidates preparing for the competitive exam. Read and download the Current Affairs 2021 Half Yearly Guide PDF here.
Current Affairs 2021 Half Yearly Guide is the collection of the most important events of national and international importance. The news is selected based on their importance for the competitive exams. The candidates will find it very useful for the upcoming competitive exams.
Current Affairs is the need of the candidates for all the examinations spanning from entrances exams to competitive exams. Current Affairs lays the foundation of any competitive exam preparation in India because the current affairs section is the most dynamic section of the preparation. The current affairs section needs constant updation and preparation because it is changing with each passing day. The candidates need to prepare the current events of national and international importance regularly and preferably should prepare the notes of it.
The Current Affairs Half-Yearly Guide 2021 will immensely help the candidates in various upcoming exams. The candidates can read and download the Current Affairs guide once it will be available for download. The Current Affairs Half Yearly Guide will be very helpful in the preparation of the SSC exam, Banking exams, Railway Recruitment exams, Police recruitment exams and the UPSC exam always ask questions related to current affairs.
It will play a very important role in the interviews also because in most of the interviews, current events of national and international importance. The government examinations and the interviews are highly slanted towards current affairs. Most of the questions asked in any competitive exams are influenced or shaped by the current events of national and international importance.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
The Staff Selection Commission is expected to announce the SSC CGL Result 2025-26 at ssc.gov.in. The exam was held on January 18 and 19. It will consists of the information about the candidates roll number of the qualified candidates in the form of PDF.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a week ago
The Tier 2 cut off for the SSC CGL 2025-26 exam will be released at ssc.gov.in along with the result. Also, it will be issued category and post-wise for the exam that was held on January 18 and 19.
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Contributor-Level 6
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The SSC CGL cut off 2025-26 for Tier 2 is expected to be released in March 2026 along wit the final result for Tier 2. The Tier 2 exam was conducted on January 18-19, 2026. It will be released category and post-wise cutoff PDF. It will be released on the official portal at ssc.gov.in.
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Contributor-Level 6
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Candidates can study Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal and Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey to prepare for SSC CGL General Intelligence & Reasoning subject.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
Candidates can check below some of the topics covered in the SSC CGL Quantitative Aptitude for Tier 1 exam:
Whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers
Percentage
Ratio & Proportion
Square roots
Averages
Interest
Profit and Loss, Discount
Partnership Business
Mixture and Alligation
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Contributor-Level 6
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Candidates can check below the topics covered in the SSC CGL Reasoning and General Intelligence for Tier 2 exam.
| Semantic Analogy | Symbolic operations | Symbolic/ Number Analogy |
| Trends | Figural Analogy | Space Orientation |
| Semantic Classification, | Venn Diagrams | Symbolic/ Number Classification |
| Drawing inferences | Figural Classification | Punched hole/ pattern-folding & unfolding |
| Semantic Series | Figural Pattern-folding and completion | Number Series |
| Embedded figures | Figural Series | Critical Thinking |
| Problem Solving | Emotional Intelligence | Word Building |
| Social Intelligence | Coding and de-coding | Numerical operations |
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a week ago
Yes, the syllabus of the SSC CGL Tier 1 differs from the Tier 2 syllabus. Mainly, it differs in the depth, advancement and also is domain specific. In the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam topics asked in the exam are advanced including Mathematical Abilities, Reasoning, English, General Awareness, Computer Profi
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Contributor-Level 6
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Yes. There is a negative marking in the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam. Candidates can check below:
SSC CGL Tier-II | Marks Awarded per Question | Negative Marking |
|---|---|---|
Paper 1 | 3 Marks | 1 marks |
Paper 2 | 2 Marks | 0.50 marks |
Paper 3 | 2 marks | 0.50 marks |
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a week ago
No. The Tier 1 marks for the SSC CGL are not used in the preparation of the final merit list. The SSC CGL Tier 1 exam is qualifying in nature. Candidates are shortlisted for Tier 2 exam. However, the final selection and ranking is based on the marks obtained in the SSC CGL Tier 2 exam.
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Contributor-Level 6
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Yes, there is a negative marking in the SSC CGL Tier 1 exam. Candidates need to complete the exam in one hour. 0.50 marks are deducted for each correct answer. Total number of questions asked are 100 and marks provided to each answer is 2 marks. Therefore, total marks are 200.
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