FREE STUDENT GUIDE • SSC CGL 2026 TIER 1 15 Pages 655 KB Updated September 2026

Reasoning in 30 Days

Score 45+ out of 50 inside your 15-minute section.

A simple day-by-day plan. No coaching needed. No fancy words. Just open page 1 and start today.

INSIDE

4 Tricks

With solved examples for dice, signs, syllogism and timing

INSIDE

30 Days

Exactly what to study and practise on each day

INSIDE

Cheat Sheet

Two pages you can print and revise every morning

Who is this for?

Any SSC CGL student — even if you have never solved a reasoning paper in your life. Everything here is written in easy English.

What will you get?

You will know exactly what to study on each of the next 30 days, which 4 tricks save the most marks, and how to attempt the section on exam day without losing marks to wrong answers.

What is inside this book

Complete chapter overview and estimated reading times

1

The paper

How many questions, how much time, how marks are cut

3 min
2

What changed

Five ways the new paper is different from old papers

4 min
3

Your level

Find out which stage you are in right now

2 min
4

Danger topics

The 15 topics, ranked by where students lose marks

5 min
5

The 4 tricks

Four shortcuts with solved examples

10 min
6

Exam day

The 2-round method for the locked 15-minute section

5 min
7

Daily routine

Your 2-hour plan (and a 1-hour plan if you are busy)

4 min
8

The 30 days

Day 1 to Day 30, written out for you with daily rules

6 min
9

Cheat sheet

Everything you must remember by heart, on two pages

Keep open daily

Key takeaways & core strategies

What makes this guide completely practical and easy to follow

  • Why the locked 15-minute section changes everything and why you must aim for 13-14 minutes
  • The negative marking maths nobody explains: why blind guessing is a losing trade
  • What changed under the new pattern: Coding criss-cross, 3-4 statement syllogisms, double sign swaps
  • The 3 reading mistakes that cost the most marks: negative wording, swap direction, facing direction
  • The 15 topics ranked by danger from thousands of real questions
  • Trick 1: The opposite face rule for open dice (save 40 seconds with zero mental 3D rotation)
  • Trick 2: The Divide-First filter for sign-change questions (kill 2-3 options in seconds)
  • Trick 3: The syllogism boundary rule & the three lines you must memorize
  • Trick 4: The 20-second drop rule for series & missing numbers to protect your final questions
  • The exam-day 2-round method: Round 1 (0-9 min) to bank 18-19 marks, Round 2 (9-13 min) for thinking questions
  • Full day-by-day 30-day curriculum with daily rules and practice targets
  • Two-page Cheat Sheet: Alphabet ranks, squares, cubes, primes, order formulas, directions, blood relations, and dice

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