For SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination, the General Awareness Section plays a very important role, mostly due to the fact that it is very scoring. For a well prepared SSC candidate,it will take less than 2 seconds to answer the questions in written examination.
But, the General Awareness Section which comes in SSC CGL is very different from those asked in Banking and Insurance Examination. In prominent Banking and Insurance Exams, General Awareness Section are more focussed on Current Affairs whereas in the case of SSC CGL, more questions will be based on Static General Knowledge.
In SSC CGL 2016, there will be 50 questions on 1 mark each and various topics can be from the following.
Indian HistoryIndian PolityGeographyIndian EconomyScience (Physics, Chemistry and Biology)Miscellaneous
There are almost 5-6 questions from each topic mentioned above except the miscellaneous section. Among all the topics, General Science is expected to have 10-15 questions, with Biology being central.