General awareness is not something you can expect to master in a day. But from an exam point of view, if you spend time consistently, you will reach a good level in a month or so.

The GK which comes in SSC exams is very different from which you have seen in Bank and Insurance exams.

The bank and insurance exams' GK is more Current Affairs and Banking Awareness focused but SSC GK is more General Studies focused.

So let's talk about the syllabus details of SSC CGL GK. The GK is only in Tier - I and it comprised of 50 Marks.

The following are the topics of SSC GK
Indian History
Indian Polity
Geography
Economics & Indian Economy
General Science (Physics, Chemistry & Biology)
Computer Knowledge
Miscellaneous

Best GK books:

Manorama Yearbook 2016 (English)
Manorama Yearbook 2016 (Hindi)
Lucent’s General Knowledge 2015 (English)
Lucent’s General Knowledge (Hindi)


SSC books:

Math/Quant
Arihant’s Fast Track Objective Arithmetic

English
Objective General English by S P Bakshi (Arihant)

Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning by M K Pandey

General Awareness
Manorama Yearbook 2016 (English)

Previous Years Solved Papers
Arihant’s SSC CGL Solved Papers (2010-2015)