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Best Books for

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Best Books for SSC CGL 2020

SSC CGL Recruitment Notification 2020 was released & the Prelims exam was held from 3rd

March to 9th March 2020. SSC CGL Tier III is scheduled to be held on 22.06.2020 to

25.06.2020. The competition is increasing day by day and needs to follow the right books in order to

ace competitive examinations like SSC CGL. The most common problem that an aspirant face dur-

ing the time of preparation is which books to be followed as there are tons of books that are present

in the market. They end up wasting their precious time in search of the best books. This article will

be a time-saver for you, As it will introduce you to the best books for SSC CGL 2020 and will thus

help you to score more in the real exam. Get in-depth details in this article.

Recommended Books for SSC CGL 2020

Here is the list of recommended books for English, Quantitative Aptitude, General Intelligence &

Reasoning & General Awareness.It is advised to go through the detailed SSC CGL Syllabus

SSC CGL Books For English

English is one of the scoring sections in SSC CGL provided that it is studied with the right strategy

and books. Many aspirants end up learning things that are least beneficial with the point of view of

exams. Below are given a list of best-recommended books along with the features related to these

books. You can go through it and finally make up your mind regarding the books which are suitable

for you. These books are useful for both tier 1 and tier 2 exams.

Name of Book Author Publisher Cover Page

From Plinth to

Paramount Neetu Singh KD Publication

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English For Gen-

eral Competition Neetu Singh KD Publication

A Mirror of Com-

mon Errors

Dr. Ashok

Kumar

Singh –

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Word Power Made

Easy Norman

Lewis Goyal

SSC English Ajay K

Singh MB Publi-

cation

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Objective General

English SP Bakshi

Arihant

Publication

From Plinth To Paramount-

• The bible of English is this book by paramount publication. • Any aspirant who has started preparing for SSC CGL should go through the

grammar portion of this book, the reason being it has been detailed in a very crisp manner.

• Questions are present after each and every topic in this book, you can through the grammar rules and solve those questions later.

• This book should only be referred to improve knowledge of grammar.

English For General Competition -

• This book has similar features as that of the plinth to paramount books • Aspirants who have to start from basics or are weak in English can refer to this

book. • Again this book should only be referred to for the grammar part.

A Mirror Of Common Error-

• The theory portion of this book has been written in a well-detailed and elaborat-ed manner.

• The questions present in this book are of higher levels which are needed with

changing trends of SSC. • One more key feature of this book is that the explanation has been given in both

Hindi and English making it user-friendly.

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SSC English By Ajay Singh-

• The book is useful once you are clear with all the basics of English. • The book consists of previous year questions asked in various SSC Exams

• Practicing It will give you an idea of questions being asked in the exam.

Objective General English By SP Bakshi-

• This books should only be practiced once the candidate is done with all the above-mentioned books

• The practice questions given in this book should be solved just to increase com-

mand in the subject.

Word Power Made Easy-

• This is a must-have book for students appearing for any competitive exam • The root words are mentioned in this book, and by referring this book one could

learn new words on a regular basis.

• A general tip is that after learning the words from this book try to inculcate those words in day to day li

Now that you know the best preparation material to prepare for SSC CGL English, also check the

Preparation Tips for SSC CGL English to score well in this section.

SSC CGL Books For Quantitative Aptitude

Quantitative aptitude is considered to be one of the toughest subjects among the aspirants. The main

problem being that the aspirants end up learning too much which is not necessary for the examina-

tion point of view. Selecting the right books is of utmost importance as it will solve half of your

problem by providing you with the right directions. To help you with this we have provided the

books which are highly recommended for the preparation of Quantitative Aptitude. The SSC books

for quants are useful for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 Exams

Name of Book Author Publication Cover Page

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SSC Mathemat-

ics Rakesh

Yadav

Rakesh Yadav

Reader Publi-

cation

Play with Ad-

vanced Maths

Abhinay

Sharma

Abhinay Publi-

cation

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Quantum CAT Sarvesh K

Verma Arihant

Publication

Elementary and

Advanced Math-

ematics

Kiran Pub-

lication KD Campus

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Quantitative Ap-

titude for Com-

petitive Exami-

nations

RS Agrawal S

CHAND

SSC Mathematics By Rakesh Yadav-

• The most preferred book by SSC CGL Aspirants is a book by Rakesh Yadav. • The main advantage of this book is that the book consists of QR Code through

which one can access the solution for the questions. • Though by going through experts' advice it is recommended that this book

should only be touched once you are clear with the basics. • The solutions given in this book are in a shortcut manner and the beginners may

find it difficult to understand the language of the solution. • Solve all the questions of this book as the questions are from the previous year's

paper of SSC CGL.

Elementary and Advanced Mathematics-

• The book is on par with the book of Rakesh Yadav. • The book begins with the analyzing part of portions being covered in various ex-

ams of SSC

• It consists of previous year papers dating back from 1999. • The book doesn't explain any concepts, and then again it should be solved only

when one's fundamental is clear.

Quantum CAT-

• A high level and a top-class book which improves your basics to the next level.

• One should learn the concepts from this book to make oneself strong in funda-mentals.

• The questions framed in this book is of good level and can be useful for SSC CGL

Mains. • The only drawback of this book is that the book doesn't cover the advance

mathematics part.

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Play With Advanced Maths-

• This book is written by Abinay Sharma who has a vast experience of teaching for SSC

• The book is a bit costly than other books but the content provided is of very good level

• The content of this book is bilingual and the book is more focussed on clearing

the basics • The questions under the advance maths session are of a very high standard.

• The proof of every theorem and identities is explained in this book.

Also, check the Preparation Tips to Crack SC CGL Quant Section along with the best books for

SSC CGL Quant.

SSC CGL Books For Reasoning

Reasoning and Intelligence is one of the key subjects in which a candidate can score more if he/she

prepares well. Though many books for reasoning are not recommended the reason being that reason-

ing is all about the presence of mind and problem-solving skills. But to understand what the subject

demands the following books can be referred for boosting up your confidence.

Books Author Publication Cover Page

A Modern Ap-

proach to Ver-

bal & Non-

Verbal Reason-

ing

RS Aggrawal S Chand and Sons

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Perfect Verbal

Reasoning By

Ajay Chauhan Ajay Chauhan

Gyanda Publica-

tion

Verbal & Non-

Verbal Reason-

ing By Disha

Publication

Gajendra Ku-

mar Disha Publication

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Rakesh Yadav

Reasoning Rakesh Yadav

Rakesh Yadav

Readers Publica-

tion

Kiran Publica-

tion Reasoning Kiran Kiran Publication

A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning -

• One of the best books for practicing reasoning for SSC CGL • This book is only available in English, hence those who are comfortable with

English can Follow this book.

• The questions framed in this book are more than enough for cracking the rea-soning section of SSC CGL.

• Practice all the questions from this book on a repeated basis and analyze your progress.

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Perfect Verbal Reasoning By Ajay Chauhan-

• The book is in par with the book of RS Agrawal • What differentiates this book from others is a large number of questions and its

explanation. • The book is updated from time to time so that one can always prefer this book.

Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning By Disha Publication-

• This book includes high-level questions. • Solving the problems from this book can do a word of good for your confidence

in Reasoning.

Rakesh Yadav Reasoning-

• Best book If you want to solve previous year questions • The book has a QR code that redirects you to the solution. • Also, each and every topic has been explained in a brief manner before the prob-

lems are solved. • The book has a good interface that is liked by many students.

Kiran Publication Reasoning-

• The book has features similar to the Rakesh Yadav Reasoning Book • The main highlighting point is that the Book comes up with a scratch card which

the candidate can use for solving the mock papers (15 papers) • This will be very useful for aspirants who have a poor financial background.

• The theoretical concept is not well defined in these books and can only be used to solve questions that are arranged systematically.

Also, check the Preparation Tips to Crack SC CGL Reasoning Section along with the best books

for SSC CGL Quant.

SSC CGL Books For General Awareness

Check the list given below to get the best books you need to refer to for SSC CGL General Aware-

ness Preparation.

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Lucent - Lucent Publica-

tion

NCERT - - -

Current Af-

fairs(Testbook) - - -

Disha - -Disha Publica-

tion

Lucent General Knowledge-

• This book is almost used by everyone who is preparing for SSC CGL. • The book consists of Static Gk topics and covers subjects such as History, Geog-

raphy, etc • The explanation is to the point and concise.

• The important dates and events have been highlighted separately in this book which makes it user-friendly.

• The static part is covered at the end of the book, which the aspirants need to go

through in order to fetch more marks in General Awareness.

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NCERT

• There is always a confusion among the aspirants whether to refer NCERT'S or not

• NCERT'S are the best books if you need to build your basics strong • The reason is that each and every topic in NCERT is detailed out beautifully and

makes your grip even more strong in the subject

• More factual knowledge can be gained through NCERT'S and one can also find direct questions being asked in the exams.

Current Affairs by Testbook

• Current Affairs is one of the important parts of general awareness as with latest changing trends most of the questions are asked from this topic.

• The current affairs by Testbook are one-stop solution to the problems as the content and news get updated on a regular basis

Also, check the Preparation Tips to Crack SC CGL General Awareness Section along with the

best books for SSC CGL Quant.