How to Prepare SSC CGL Tier III Descriptive Paper

Staff Selection commission conducts the CGL exam every year for the recruitment of candidates in various government department across the country. From this 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 II is over and the candidates who are confident enough of qualifying Tier II are looking for the preparation of Tier III. As this is the first 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.

Pattern of Tier III

1.Tier III will be a descriptive type paper of 100 marks

2.Exam will be conducted in Pen and Paper mode

3.Duration of Paper will be 60 minutes i.e. 1 hour

4.There will be questions of Essay Writing (250 Words)/ Precise Writing/ Letter Writing

5.This exam will be of qualifying nature but marks are included in the preparation of final merit

6.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 skill 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 current period. As newspaper provide content for every topics and you can understand how the paragraph are 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 good manner whenever you write.
3. By reading 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 confidence 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 essay 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 type 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 want to convey
4. Write the meaning and message of paragraph in your own word.