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JSSC CGL study plan

JSSC CGL · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

General Studies (History, Geography, Polity, Economics, General Science)

  • Build a one-page timeline of Indian history from the Indus Valley Civilization to 1947, marking the 25 dates you are least sure of

  • Write short notes distinguishing Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures with two site examples each

  • List the major dynasties of ancient and medieval India in sequence and state one administrative or cultural contribution for each

  • Solve 40 previous-year General Studies questions on ancient and medieval history and log every wrong answer with the correct fact

Your checkpoint

A dated history timeline sheet plus a 40-question error log with corrected facts written beside each mistake

Week 2

General Studies (History, Geography, Polity, Economics, General Science)

  • Draw a labelled outline map of India marking major rivers, mountain ranges, plateaus and passes from memory

  • Classify Indian soil types, forest types and climate zones and match each to at least one state

  • Memorise the constitutional bodies, fundamental rights articles and key amendments using a numbered cheat sheet

  • Attempt 50 mixed Polity and Geography questions and tabulate accuracy by sub-topic

Your checkpoint

A hand-drawn India map with 30 labelled features and an accuracy table showing Polity and Geography scores separately

Week 3

General Studies (History, Geography, Polity, Economics, General Science) & General Knowledge and Current Affairs

  • Summarise the Indian economy basics: GDP, inflation, monetary policy tools, budget terminology and major welfare schemes

  • Prepare a science revision sheet covering human body systems, common diseases, and basic physics and chemistry laws

  • Start a monthly current-affairs log covering the last six months, grouped into national, international, sports and awards

  • Answer 60 General Studies questions under a 45-minute timer to build speed

Your checkpoint

A two-page economics and science revision sheet plus a current-affairs log with at least 100 dated entries

Week 4

General Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude

  • Drill number system, HCF-LCM, simplification and surds using 20 questions per sitting

  • Master percentage, ratio-proportion and average by solving 15 word problems each and writing the formula used

  • Learn time-speed-distance and time-and-work shortcuts and apply them to 30 timed questions

  • Record every formula on a single revision card you can review in ten minutes

Your checkpoint

A one-page formula card and a timed 30-question arithmetic set scored at 70 percent or above

Week 5

General Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude & General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Solve profit-loss, simple and compound interest, and mensuration problems with at least 25 questions per topic

  • Practise data interpretation sets such as tables, bar graphs and pie charts under a five-minute-per-set limit

  • Cover reasoning basics: series, analogy, coding-decoding, blood relations and direction sense with 20 questions each

  • Maintain a mistake register separating concept errors from calculation errors

Your checkpoint

A mistake register with at least 50 entries tagged as concept or calculation errors, plus a scored DI practice set

Week 6

General Intelligence and Reasoning & Jharkhand-Specific Knowledge (state history, culture, geography, and current affairs)

  • Work through seating arrangement, syllogism, statement-conclusion and non-verbal reasoning with 15 questions per type

  • Build a Jharkhand fact sheet covering formation day, districts, rivers, minerals, forests and major festivals

  • Outline Jharkhand history from the Chhotanagpur region through the Santhal revolts to the 2000 statehood movement

  • List Jharkhand government schemes and current appointments relevant to the exam cycle

Your checkpoint

A four-page Jharkhand dossier covering geography, history, culture and current affairs, self-tested with 25 questions

Week 7

General Hindi (grammar, vocabulary, comprehension) & General English (grammar, vocabulary, comprehension)

  • Revise Hindi grammar rules for संधि, समास, उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय and कारक with 20 practice items each

  • Practise Hindi vocabulary including पर्यायवाची, विलोम, मुहावरे and लोकोक्तियाँ through daily 15-item quizzes

  • Complete two Hindi comprehension passages and two English comprehension passages with timed reading

  • Review English grammar: tenses, articles, prepositions, subject-verb agreement and common error spotting

Your checkpoint

A completed Hindi and English practice booklet with 100 solved grammar items and two scored comprehension passages

Week 8

General Studies (History, Geography, Polity, Economics, General Science) & General Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude & Jharkhand-Specific Knowledge (state history, culture, geography, and current affairs)

  • Take two full-length mock tests simulating exam timing and section order

  • Analyse each mock by domain, listing the three weakest sub-topics and revising them the same day

  • Re-read all condensed sheets, formula cards and the Jharkhand dossier in spaced repetition cycles

  • Finalise an exam-day strategy covering question order, time per section and skip rules

Your checkpoint

Two completed mock tests with a written analysis sheet and a one-page exam-day strategy note

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 60 percent on a 50-question General Studies set drawn from history, geography and polity, with no more than 15 errors

Week 4: Complete a 30-question arithmetic set within 30 minutes at 70 percent accuracy and recite the full formula card from memory

Week 6: Answer 25 self-made Jharkhand questions at 80 percent accuracy and finish a 20-question reasoning set within 20 minutes

Week 8: Reach an overall score of 65 percent or higher on both full-length mocks with every domain attempted