Cheatsheets: One-Page Revision Notes for Government Exams
One-page references worth keeping open the week before a paper: formulas, rules and lists that are faster to revise from a single sheet than from a chapter. Updated when the syllabus they cover changes.
86 cheat sheets
Average Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on averages for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the basic average formula, the averages of the first n natural, even, odd, square and cube numbers, weighted average, average speed, and the shortcut for a change in average when an item is added, removed or replaced.
Time, Speed and Distance Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on time, speed and distance for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the basic formula, the km/hr to m/s conversion, average speed, relative speed, train problems like crossing a pole or platform, and boats and streams, with worked examples.
HCF and LCM Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on HCF and LCM for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It explains the highest common factor and the lowest common multiple, how to find each by prime factorisation, the product rule linking HCF and LCM to two numbers, the formulas for HCF and LCM of fractions, and the common word-problem types.
Number System Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on the number system for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the types of numbers, the divisibility rules from 2 to 11, the sum of the first n natural numbers, squares and cubes, unit-digit cyclicity, and how to count the factors of a number.
Ratio and Proportion Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on ratio and proportion for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers how to read and simplify a ratio, proportion and the cross-multiplication rule, mean, third and fourth proportionals, duplicate and sub-duplicate ratios, dividing a quantity in a given ratio, and the componendo-dividendo shortcut.
Cloze Test Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet for cloze test questions in SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It explains how a cloze passage works, a reliable step-by-step approach, the kinds of blanks that are tested — vocabulary, prepositions, conjunctions and verb forms — and the grammar, collocation and context clues that point to the right word.
Para Jumbles Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet for para jumble questions in SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It explains how to rearrange jumbled sentences into a logical paragraph — finding the opening sentence, using link words and pronouns, spotting mandatory pairs and chronology, and eliminating options quickly to save time.
Sentence Improvement Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet for sentence improvement questions in SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It explains how the question works, the common error types that are tested — grammar agreement, tense, prepositions, articles, pronouns, modifiers, parallelism and redundancy — a step-by-step approach, and how to handle the "No improvement" option.
Reading Comprehension Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet for reading comprehension in SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers a fast reading strategy, the common question types — main idea, inference, vocabulary, tone and fact-based — how to find the answer in the passage, the traps to avoid, and time-saving tips for scoring these sure marks.
Error Spotting Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet for error spotting questions in SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It explains how the question is set out, the main grammar error categories to scan for — agreement, tense, nouns, pronouns, articles, prepositions, adjectives and conjunctions — and a reliable method for finding the one part that carries the mistake.
Commonly Confused Words Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet of commonly confused English words for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It pairs the look-alike and sound-alike words that candidates most often mix up — such as affect and effect, principal and principle, stationary and stationery — with their meanings and a quick way to remember each one.
Computer Fundamentals Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer fundamentals for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the input-process-output cycle, data versus information, hardware versus software, the parts of a computer, the five generations, types of computers, and the units of memory, with the full forms and shortcuts most often asked.
Memory and Storage Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer memory and storage for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It explains primary versus secondary memory, RAM versus ROM and their types, cache and registers, volatile versus non-volatile memory, the units from bit to terabyte, and the capacities of CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs.
Networking Essentials Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer networking for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It covers the types of networks PAN, LAN, MAN and WAN, the common topologies, networking devices like the hub, switch, router and modem, wired and wireless transmission media, and the full forms most often asked in exams.
Operating Systems Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on operating systems for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It covers what an operating system does, its main functions, the types of operating systems, common examples such as Windows, Linux and Android, the GUI versus CLI difference, booting, and key terms like kernel and virtual memory.
Internet and Email Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on the internet and email for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It explains the internet versus the World Wide Web, IP addresses, URLs and domains, the common protocols HTTP, FTP and SMTP, browsers and search engines, the parts of an email with To, Cc and Bcc, and the full forms most often asked.
Input and Output Devices Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on input and output devices for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It lists the common input devices, output devices and input-output devices, the types of printers and monitors, the special scanners OMR, OCR and MICR, and the full forms most often asked in exams.
Simple Interest Formula Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet covering Simple Interest formulas, principal, rate, time, amount, yearly and monthly interest, fractional time periods, rate and time shortcuts, comparison formulas, and common competitive-exam question patterns. Useful for SSC, Banking, Railway, Defence, State Government exams, and other competitive examinations.
Profit & Loss Formula Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet covering important Profit and Loss formulas, Cost Price, Selling Price, profit percentage, loss percentage, marked price, discount, successive discounts, dishonest dealer questions, false weights, and common competitive-exam shortcuts. Useful for SSC, Banking, Railway, Defence, State Government exams, and other competitive examinations.
Percentage Formula Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet covering important percentage formulas, percentage increase and decrease, successive percentage changes, reverse percentages, fraction-to-percentage conversions, comparison formulas, price-consumption problems, population growth, depreciation, shortcuts, and common exam mistakes. Useful for SSC, Banking, Railway, Defence, State Government exams, and other competitive examinations