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[StudyPlan]FCI(SSC)GradeIIIExam:Strategy,Tips,ApproachandStudymaterial

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1. GeneralAwareness1. Science

1. EssentialReadingListforScience(SSC)2. WhyNCERTandNOSmaterial?3. WhattoavoidinScience?

2. Geography1. EssentialbooklistforGeography2. HowtoapproachGeography?

3. Polity4. Economy5. History6. Culture7. Yearbook8. Sports9. Personinnews

10. CurrentAffairs11. Computer12. MiscellaneousGK

2. GeneralIntelligence(LogicalReasoning)1. ApproachingVerbalReasoning2. ApproachingNonverbalreasoning

3. QuantitativeAptitude/Maths1. HowtoapproachTrigonometry2. HowtoapproachAlgebra3. HowtoapproachGeometry?4. RemainingtopicsofMaths

4. English5. Practicingathome6. DownloadlinksforNCERT/NOSMaterial(Free)

1. NCERT:Science,Geography,Historyetc.2. NCERT:Trigonometry,Algebra,Geometry3. NOS:Economy,Polityetc.

7. PriorityAreas:GA,Reasoning,Maths&English8. Books

1. ManoramaYearbookversusGK20132. RSAgarwalvsSarveshKumar

9. FCI:Posting,PromotionandCutoffs1. PostinginFCI2. PromotionHierarchyinFCI3. CutOffsFCI

Thisanalysis/strategy/approachisbasedonpreviouspapersofFCI,giveninSSCpapersetsbyKiranPrakashan

1. FCIGradeIII(NortherZone)2. FCIGradeIII(EasternZone)3. FCIGradeII

^allofthemwereheldinJanFeb2012period.

FCIsPaper1(objective)papercontainsfollowingsections:

Topic QsGeneralAwareness 50GeneralIntelligence(Verbal/Logicalreasoning) 50Maths(QuantitativeAptitude) 50English 50

Sectional Cutoffs:No

Negative Marking:Yes.

GeneralAwareness

TopicwiseBreakup

^Breakupcanbedebatable,becauseinmanytopicsscienceoverlapswithgeography,cultureoverlapswithhistoryandgeography.

Butthegoodpartis,majorityofthequestionsarefromstaticfactbasedGK/GSonly.

Science

EssentialReadingListforScience(SSC)

StartwithNCERTClass7to10ScienceTextbooks.NOSStudyMaterialonScience.Bothofthemarefree,Ivegiventhedownloadlinksatthebottomofthisarticle.SciencechapterinLucentGK

WhyNCERTandNOSmaterial?

Becausetheirlanguageislucid,lotsofcolorfulphotosandfonts=easiertoreadandmemorizecomparedtodullreadymadebooksonScienceGK.SamereasonforHistoryandGeographyPDFsofNCERT.Butonetimereadingwillnothelpyou.YoushouldrevisethesePDFsminimum3times.

WhattoavoidinScience?

Thereisnoneedtogoindeepandtrivial,forexampleAtomicweightofxyzElementis25.=avoid.MathematicalFormulaforfindingaccelerationofpendulumisxyz=avoid.TelescopewasinventedinXYZyear=avoid.(Nameofinventorisimportant,butinventionyearisnotimportant).Iadviseyoutoavoid^them,becausetherecanbenoendtotrivialinformationandmindhasverylimitedmemorycapacity.Ofcoursetheremaybeafewquestionsontrivialinfo.Butitisnotworththecost:benefitratio.So,allthebasicfactsandconceptsregardingplantsandanimals,chemicalsandmattersetc=extremelyimportant.Onetimereadingofbooks,willnotsuffice.Minimumthreetimesrevisionisnecessary.NoneedtodevotelotoftimetoSciencetechrelatedcurrentaffairs.Mostofthequestionsarefromstatictheoryportiononly.

Geography

EssentialbooklistforGeography

1. NCERTclass7to10SocialScience2. NCERTclass11,12Geography.3. NOSStudyMaterialonGeography

Allofthemcanbedownloadedforfree.Thedownloadlinksaregivenatthebottomofthisarticle.

HowtoapproachGeography?

IwouldclassifyGeographytopicinfollowingsegments

1. PhysicalGeography:Basicinformationonearth,earthquakes,tsunami,volcano,climate,monsoonetc.

2. WorldGeography3. IndianGeography:Locationbased.

Physicalgeography=noexcuse,mustbedone,priorityarea.Becausethefactsandconceptsareverylimitedinnumber.(ComparedtolocationbasedIndiangeography).

ReadandreviseitmultipletimesfromNCERT+NOS.

ForWorldGeography(examplewhereisxyzplacelocatedorxyztemple,mountain,riverislocatedinwhichcountry?).Hardlya1or2questionbuttheamountofdatatomugupishuge.Socostbenefitratioisnotgood.DoreadtheNCERTsbutnoneedtogobeyondthat(e.g.avoidManoramayearbook)

ForIndianGeography:LocationbasedIndiangeography(rivers,temples,monuments,wildlifesanctuariesetc)areimportant.ButnoneedtodoPh.D.

BesidestemplemonumentquestionsalsocomeinHistory/culturetopicsopayattention.

YoucanpreparesuchthingsfromNCERT,NOS,GSManual,GK2013,ManoramaYearbooketcmanysources.Butbeyondalevel,itllgiveyoudiminishingrateofreturns.Therefore,NCERT+NOS+GK2013=goodenough.

Polity

1. NOSStudymaterialonIndianPolity(Freedownloadlink@bottom)2. PolityChapterinLucentGK

SSC/FCIPolityquestionsarebasedonstaticfacts.So,thistopicisnoexcuse,mustbedone,prioritytopic.ReviseNOSmaterialoftenandyoudbeabletosolvemajorityofthequestions.

IfyoualreadyhaveabooknamedIndianPolitybyM.Laxmikanth,thenthereisnoneedtogothroughabovetwobooks.InthatcasereadM.Laxmikanthreligiously,aapkaabedaapaarhojaayega.(atleastforthepolitysection!)

Economy

1. NCERTtextBooksonEconomy2. NOSstudymaterialonEconomy

Bothofthemarefree,downloadlinks@bottomofthisarticle.

Justtrytounderstandtheconceptsanddefinitions,withoutmuggingupformulasordefinitions.AlsomuguptheestablishmentyearofRBI,NABARD,LIC,Greenrevolutionetc.importantevents.(butnotallofthem,onlytheimportantones).

History

Source:NCERTSocialScienceandHistorybooks.(Freedownloadlinksgivenatbottom)

Historycanbeclassifiedintothreeparts

1. Ancient(Harappa,Maurya,Guptaempireetc)2. Medieval(DelhiandMughalsultanate)3. Modern(after1857freedomstruggle)

ThequestionsinSSC/FCIarefromallthreetopics.

Butdontwastetimeinmuggingupallthedatesortrivialsmalltimekings.Payattentiononimportantpersonalities,details.Butyearofmajorbattles,andtimelineofeventsinfreedomstruggle=important.

NCERTshavecoveredtheHistoryinverylucidmanner.AndalsorevisetheHistorychapterofGK2013multipletimes,becauseLucentGKhasprovidedalltheessentialfactsofancient,MedievalandModernHistoryinjust24pages.

Culture

1. NCERTbooksonSocialScience,History,Geography.2. NOSStudymaterialonCulture

Althoughbarely23questionscomefromthispart.ButusuallytheyreusuallyeasytosolvebecausethereisoverlappingwithNCERTHistoryandGeographybooks.So,doprepareit.YearbookPrepareWhateverisgiveninLucentGK,regardingvariousGovernmentschemesetc.

Beyondthat,notmuchpointindoingthegiventhetimelimit,vastnessoftopicandveryfewquestions.OtherwisethereisIndiaYearboorbook2011PDFfilebutlikeIsaidtoomuchdata,toolessquestions.SportsInpreviouspaprs,therewerequestionsonF1race,sportsterminology.Butonly12questionsandtoomuchdatatomugup=cost:benefitrationotgood=skipit.AtmostyoucandoOlympicwinners.Person in newsSameasabove.ButprepareNobleprizewinners.Current AffairsCurrentaffairsrelatedtoGovernmentschemes,economy,polity,sciencetechetc.ReadtheupdatesfromMrunal.org/current.YoumaybereadingsomecompetitionmagazinelikePratiyogitaDarpan,Chronicleetc.Ifyouvereadthemalready,betterreviseitonemoretime.Justgothroughextremelyimportantfactsonly,suchasOlympic,FDIpermission,Budget(incometaxslabsetc).Otherwisecost:Benefitratioisnotgood,giventhefactthatpreviousFCIexamweremostlybasedonstaticpart.

Computer

Computerquestionsareusuallyquiteeasythereforeitisnoexcuse,mustbedone.IsupposeyoualreadyhavesomeGSManual/IBPSmanual/ManoramaGKbook/GK2013etc.thenpreparecomputerportionfromit.

Otherwise,gothroughselectivereadingoffollowing

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/az/2. http://www.nios.ac.in/onlinecoursematerial/vocationalcourses/basiccomputingskills.aspx3. http://www.nios.ac.in/onlinecoursematerial/vocationalcourses/computerandofficeapplications.aspx4. Anyothergoodsitethatyoucanfindviagoogle.

MiscellaneousGK

ForexampleRanksinArmy,disease,inventorsetc.ConsultLucentGK

IfyouhaveManoramaYearbook,dosuchtopicsfromit.IfyoudonthaveManorama,thenthereisno

needtospeciallybuyitatthismoment.

IthinkthiswouldbesufficientforGeneralAwarenessportion.NowmovingtoAptitude,whichismadeupofthreetopics:Reasoning(Gen.Intellegence),Maths(quantativeaptitude)andEnglish

GeneralIntelligence(LogicalReasoning)

JustafancytitleGeneralIntelligenceotherwiseinpreviousyears,theybasicallyaskedtheusualverbalandnonverbalreasoning.Forboththetopics,essentialbookisAModernApproachtoVerbalandNonVerbalReasoningbyRSAgarwal.Approaching Verbal ReasoningDoatleast1015sumsfromeachofthechapter/topic/varietyofquestionofRSagarwal.AndIsuggestyougiveextra practice to following topics(i.e.solveallthequestionsgiveninthosechapters,insteadofjust1015)

Series(Alphabet,numberbased),Analogy(wordsandnumbers),Blood/Familyrelation,Sittingarrangement.Dictionarybasedwordarrangement,DirectionSenseTest(map)

Approaching Nonverbal reasoning

Nonverbalmeansyouregiven34imageboxesandyouvetodeterminethenextimagebox.Sometimesitalsoinvolvesquestionsonmirror,paperfolding,colorofcubeetc.INFCI/SSCexam,atleast5questionsarebasedonNonVerbalreasoningalwaysappear.Thereforeitisanessential,mustbedone,prioritytopic.Manypeopledontpracticeitathome(kiismekyapreparekarnaahai!Sidhaaexamhallmeinsolvekardenge!)Butthisapproachiswrong.Becausewhenyoupracticesuchquestionsathome,yourspeedincreases.Otherwiseyoumightendupwastinggood710minutesinsolvingjustonestupidquestion.Therefore,mysuggestionissolveALLthequestionsonNonVerbalreasoning,fromRSAgarwalsbook.

QuantitativeAptitude/Maths

PriorityareasareAlgebra,TrigonometryandGeometry.

Somepeoplemayfindthesetopicsuncomfortableandboring(particularlyTrignometryandAlgebra),butthereareusuallyminimum710questionsfromthesetwotopicsonly.Soduringtheexam,ifyoureunabletoattemptthem,itgeneratesnegativevibes,increasesstressandindirectlybringsdownyourperformanceinevenotherquestions.Sodonotignorethemcompletely.How to approach Trigonometry

DownloadtheMathsTextbookofNCERTClass10.(freedownloadlinkatthebottomofthisarticle).GothroughChapter8and9tounderstandthebasicconceptsofTrignometry.Thatshouldhelpyoudomostofthesums.Donotedowntheformulasinseparatediary.Forextrapracticequestions,consulteitherQuantamCATbySarveshKumarORRSAgarwalsbookonQuantitativeAptitudeOROldSSCpapersets

How to approach Algebra

DownloadMathsTextbooksofNCERTClass8,9and10.(Freedownloadlinkatbottom)Understandthebasicconcepts(forAlgebra+Geometry)andDonotedowntheformulasinseparatediary.ThendothesumsfromForextrapractice,eitherQuantamCATbySarveshKumarORRSAgarwalsbookonQuantitativeAptitudeOROldSSCpapersets.

How to approach Geometry?

IFyouveRSAgarwals(bogus)bookonQuantitativeaptitude,thenconsultGeometrychaptersfromNCERTclass8,9,10.(Freedownloadlinks@bottom)andthendosumsfromRSAgarwal.IfyoureQuantamCATbySarveshKumar,thenthereisnoneedtoconsultNCERTforGeometry.DirectlyproceedwithSarveshKumarIneithercase,DOnotedowntheformulasandconceptsinadiary.

Remaining topics of Maths

1. Doalltheintroductoryandlevel1exercisesgiveninQuantamCATbySarveshKumar(ArihantPublication).Skipthechapteronfunctions,graphsandlogarithms.

2. Sometimesthereisoneortwoquestionsoncoordinategeometry.Noneedtogotoomuchdeep,justdointroductoryexercisefromSarveshKumarandnotedowntheformulasindiary.

3. Understandthebasicconceptsandshortcutsoftimespeeddistancework,permutationcombinationprobability,mixturealligiationsetc.fromwww.mrunal.org/aptitude

4. TherewouldbeoneortwoDatainterpretationcases(%calculationetc).PracticeafewoldpapersofbankorSSCexam.

5. AlsoreadtheArtofAptitude(itremainstrueforallaptitudeexams):CLICKMe

English

InterestinglythereisnoquestiononreadingcomprehensionintheearlierFCIPhaseIexams!Usually5questionsonsentencecorrection:subjectverbagreement,prepositionetc.InsteadofReadingcomprehension,theygiveyouahugeparagraphwith10blanks.Youresupposedtofillitwithcorrectchoiceofwords.Thereforevocabularyisextremelyimportant.Around15questionsonsynonym,antonymsandidiomsetc.Thereforeagainvocabularyisimportant.Howtoimprovevocabulary,isexplainedinthisarticle:http://mrunal.org/2012/07/apfcenglish.htmlYoumayalsousegooglesearchforgettingthelistsofsynonym,antonym,idioms(manyfreeGMAT,SATsites)Forpractice,youmayconsultoldSSCpapersKiranPrakashan(theyincludesolution+explanations)

Practicingathome

Onceyouvecoveredthesyllabus.Downloadthisblankanswersheet:ClickME

Takeaprintout,thenget102030photocopiesasperyourrequirements.NoweitherdownloadSSCpapersfrominternetorbuySSCPapersetfromKiranPrakashan(solved)1997to2011Onebyone,solvethepapersunderthesametimelimitathome.Thencheckanswers,notedownanymistakesyoumadeinmaths/reasoning/English,inaseparatediary.Sometimesthestaticquestionsonhistory,science,politykeepgettingrepeatedsoifyoumakeanymistake,notedownthecorrectanswerinthatdiaryaswell.

DownloadlinksforNCERT/NOSMaterial(Free)

gotoMrunal.org/download.youllfindeverythingyoullneed.Priority Areas: GA,Reasoning,Maths & English

Section PriorityAreas Source

GeneralAwareness

Inthedescendingorderofimportance

1. Science2. Geography3. History4. Polity5. Economy6. Computer

NCERTandNOS.Revisionisimportant.AlsogothroughLucentGK

GeneralIntelligence(Reasoning)

1. NonVerbalReasoning(imagebasedquestions)

2. Series(Alphabet,numberbased)

3. Analogy(wordsandnumbers)

4. Blood/Familyrelation5. Sittingarrangement6. Dictionarybasedword

arrangement7. DirectionSenseTest

(map)

RSAgarwalsbookonVerbalandNonVerbalReasoning.

QuantitativeAptitude

1. Algebra2. Trigonometry3. Geometry4. Ratios(includingmixture

andalligiation)5. %,Profitloss6. Averages7. Datainterpretation

NCERT+SarveshKumarDomaintainadiaryofformulasandshortcuts.

English 1. Vocabulary:synonym,antonym,idioms. Internet+Anybooksthatyoualreadyhave.

FCI:Posting,PromotionandCutoffs

Theseinputsaregivenbymytrustedfriendfrompagalguyforum,Mr.CSL80Posting in FCIIngeneralCatPostonewillbepostedinHeadOffice/ZonalOffice/DistrictOffice.

InDepotCatPostonewillbepostedinDepotsthatmayalsobeinruralareas.

PromotionHierarchyPromotion Hierarchy in FCIAGIII>AGII>AGI>Manager>Asst.GeneralManager>Dy.GeneralManager>GeneralManager>ChiefGeneralManager>ExecutiveDirector

CutoffsforPreviousFCI(GradeIII)exam2012Cut Offs FCI Grade III 2012, Paper 1 exam (Held in February 2012)Therearenosectionalcutoffs.(unlikeRBIGradeBOfficersexam)

Gen 105OBC 94SC 86ST 84EX.S 50OH 76HH 50VH 50

Butthereisnegativemarking,sodonotforceyourselftotickwronganswersforthesakeofcrossingcutoffsbasedonpreviousexams

Formoreinformationoncutoffs,finalresultsandtechnicalinformationofpreviousFCIexam(heldinFeb2012),gothroughthesePDFfiles:CLICKME

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