One of India’s most competitive exams, SSC is sought after by lakhs of students each year as a doorway to their dream job. Considering the exam’s difficulty, the Best SSC Online Coaching has laid out a detailed study plan covered through their online and offline classes for finishing the complete syllabus in a limited time period. Many students find the history section the most challenging part of the SSC syllabus. By the end of this blog, you would have a better idea of tackling the history section of the SSC Syllabus.
Categorization of History in SSC Syllabus
The History section in SSC Syllabus can be categorized into three main categories, i.e.:
- Ancient History
- Medieval History
- Modern History
These categories should be studied in this particular sequence for the best memorization of events and facts. However, students should feel free to explore whichever portion they find the easiest first.
Suggested Books for History Section
The experts at Sharma Academy, the leading SSC Coaching in Indore, suggest studying from the following books to cover the main topics under the History section for SSC Syllabus:
- For Ancient History:
- History NCERT Class 11
- History NCERT Class 12
- For Medieval History:
- History NCERT Class 9
- History NCERT Class 10
- For Modern History:
- A spectrum of Modern History by Rajiv Ahir
You can also refer to the history books of the MP Board to find topics that are not there in the above-mentioned books.
Tips for Preparing History for SSC exam
Preparation of the History Section for the SSC Exam can be made easier if you study smartly and with a strategy. The experts at the leading SSC Exam Coaching suggest you follow the below-mentioned study tips to strengthen your History Preparation for the SSC exam:
Limit your sources
In order to finish your study plan in time, it is vital to limit your sources of study. Apart from studying from NCERT, you can use any one reference book. However, you should avoid using too many books as it is unnecessary and a waste of time and energy.
Maintain a Diary for Dates of Occurrence
When studying History, it is essential to remember the important events that happened in the past of Madhya Pradesh and India, along with their Dates of Occurrence. It would help you to revise the dates of important events quickly and several times if you keep a separate small diary of important dates with you all the time.
Events in the order of Occurrence
Studying History becomes more exciting and easier to remember if you try to relate events in chronological order. Learning History like a story is the best way to memorize events and dates, as well as the various factors related to those events. You can also create a flow chart listing all the events in chronological order to help you with last moment revision.
Maintain a file for Maps of significant events and places
Remembering various places of importance for events, wars and battles, is crucial if you want to prepare History well for your SSC Exam. Hence, to make this process easier, you should maintain a separate file of Maps to organize places of interest marked in a series of maps. This will make the revision of maps easier and faster for you. Try to use more colors and symbols to make use of visuals for better memorization of details.
Refer to previous years’ SSC Paper
To get a clear idea about the questions that are asked on the SSC exam and the depth of each topic that you need to cover, it would help you if you go through the previous exams’ questions papers of the SSC Exam. Analyzing the previous year’s papers will also help you determine the weightage and mark distribution of each topic or unit on your exam syllabus.
Self-written Notes
All the toppers, subject experts, and coaching centers always emphasize preparing self-written notes during your preparation, even if you have some external supplementary notes with you. Creating self-written notes improves your memory, makes preparation stronger, and makes the revision process faster for you.
Short notes in the form of Flow Charts
The best way to prepare notes of History is to use as few words as possible. This can be made more effective by making notes in the form of flow charts, cyclic diagrams, tables, graphs, piecharts, etc.
For example, you can make flowcharts and cyclic diagrams to explain the following:
- What reasons led to any movement
- What were the results of a movement or Act
- Allies in War or Battles
- Important Battles or events listed location wise
Such visual representations will help you remember things better and make your revisions faster and more effective.
Mock Tests and Sample Paper
Once you have covered a significant part of your History syllabus, you can begin attending various mock tests and solve sample papers pertaining to the History syllabus. You shall also evaluate your performance on these tests and identify your weak points in the same. You should also ensure that you attend these tests in a time-constrained and disciplined environment to give you a feel of the final exam and improve your performance.
Regular Revisions
History is one such subject where regular revisions become a necessary activity. There is no shortcut to remembering dates and names. You shall revise as many times as possible until you can answer questions related to History, even when you are half asleep. Make sure that you set out 20-30 minutes every day for revising whatever you have studied on the previous day and so on.
Use Fun Abbreviations
Last but not least, while trying to memories names of places, years, and lists of names and causes, you can use fun abbreviations to make memorization easier. For example, do you remember how we memorized planets’ names by making an easy-to-remember sentence with the first letter of the name of each planet? Yes, that is what you do with History too. This can make studying History more fun and interesting for you.
