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How to Prepare SSC CGL Tier III Descriptive Paper

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Staff Selection Commission conducts the CGL exam every year for the recruitment
of candidates in various government department across the country. From the last
year, SSC has changed a little bit in pattern and mode of exam. SSC has introduced
a new paper i.e. Tier III in place of interview. As the Tier I is over and the
candidates who are con dent enough of qualifying Tier I are looking for the
preparation of Tier II & III. As this is the second time that SSC is conducting this
paper, so many students are not aware of its pattern. Some students are confused
and don’t know how to prepare this exam. So here we are going to provide you all
the information regarding this paper.

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Tier III will be a descriptive type paper of 100 marks

Exam will be conducted in Pen and Paper mode
Duration of Paper will be 60 minutes i.e. 1 hour
There will be questions of Essay Writing (250 Words)/ Precise Writing/ Letter
Writing
This exam will be of qualifying nature but marks are included in the
preparation of nal merit
The paper will be bilingual i.e. you can write answer either in Hindi or English
Language.

This paper is introduced to evaluate the writing skills of candidates. The best
strategy for this paper is “Practice”:  the more you write, the better you become.
Good content and the ability to provide a proper structure to content are needed to
write an essay or letter. If you practice, then both these skill can be improved over
the time. This paper is introduced to make the selection procedure fair and clear.
For this paper, you need to focus on Essay/ letter/application/ precise writing
equally. Here we will discuss points for each question that can help in your
preparation.
Essay Writing:

1. Read newspaper daily to understand the effective way of writing and topics
that are important in the current period. As newspaper provide content for
every topic and you can understand how the paragraph is connected to each
other and what approach does the editor takes.
2. Read the editorial of well-known newspaper and build your own arguments
related to the topics. Jot down the important points of topics and relate them
 in a good manner whenever you write.
3. By reading a newspaper you will learn the proper use of words, this will also
help in improving grammar as proper grammar is required in writing skill so
works on your grammar portion also. Build your vocabulary as it will play a
major role in any type of writing.
4. Practice writing essay as it will build your con dence and help you during the
exam time
5. Write your essay and get it evaluated by your friends so that you can work on
weak portion.
6. Try to write what you know about the topic as many students write whatever
comes to their minds and it will affect their marks even after writing too
much.
7. Buy a good book which contains a number of essays as it will provide you
good content on important topics.

Letter/Application  Writing:

1. The most important thing in letter writing is its format so you should know the
proper format of both.
2. Introductory paragraph, main body and closing body should be in proper place
as it will play a major role.
3. Avoid rewriting and cutting in letter/application writing as it will cast a
negative impact on the examiner.
4. Practice makes a man perfect so write letter/application to evaluate your
improvement.
5. Practice both types of letter i.e. formal and informal

Precis Writing:

1. Decide the main heading/ theme of passage after careful reading

2. Size of the precise should be less than the original paragraph.
3. Don’t write it as it is, understand what author wants to convey
4. Write the meaning and message of the paragraph in your own word.

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Shekher Rajput
Sep 23 SSC

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