SSC CHSL

SSC CHSL Eligibility Criteria 

Candidates preparing for the SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) exam must verify eligibility conditions such as age, educational qualification, age relaxations, citizenship requirements, and recommendations for physically impaired candidates before applying for the SSC CHSL  exam.

The commission sets the eligibility for selecting candidates for 3,131 vacancies for Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), and Data Entry Operator (DEO) posts.

Key Parameters:

• Age Limit

• Nationality

• Educational Qualification

• Physical Disabilities

SSC CHSL Age Limit 

To be eligible to apply online for SSC CHSL , candidates must fall between 18 to 27 years of age.

• The age will be determined using the date of birth provided in the online application form and the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate.

• Candidates born not before 02-08-1998 and not later than 01-08-2007 are eligible to apply.

SSC CHSL Age Relaxation 

The table below gives the age relaxations for various categories:

SSC CHSL Education Qualification 

SSC CHSL Nationality 

A candidate must be either:

1. A citizen of India, or

2. A subject of Nepal, or

3. A subject of Bhutan, or

4. A Tibetan refugee who moved over to India before January 1, 1962, to be permanently settled in India.

5. A person of Indian heritage who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the East African republics of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.

SSC CHSL Physical Disability 

SSC CHSL Exam Pattern

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) starts conducting the Combined Higher Secondary Level(CHSL) in two levels for various posts:

Before beginning the SSC CHSL preparation, it is important to make note of changes in the exam pattern and syllabus. The modifications to SSC CHSL Exam Pattern  are given below:

• SSC CHSL  Tier 1 exam will be conducted in online mode.

• Introduction of a descriptive paper of 100 marks within 60 minutes in pen and paper mode.

• Reduction in the time limit for examination of Tier -I from 75 minutes to 60 minutes.

• Tier II will include Objective Multiple Choice + Skill Test & Typing Test. 

This is an objective exam that will be conducted online. There are 4 sections in the Tier 1 exam of SSC CHSL Exam, with 100 questions that account for a total of 200 marks. The subject-wise details are given below:

SSC CHSL  Syllabus

The tier 1 syllabus for the SSC CHSL Exam includes 4 subjects, namely General Intelligence, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill), and English Language (Basic Knowledge). The topics to be included in the tier 1 exam in each subject are as follows- 

English Language: Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms/ Homonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/ Detecting mis-spelt words, Idioms and Phrases, One-word substitution, Improvement of Sentences, Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs, Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration, Shuffling of Sentence parts, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, Cloze Passage, Comprehension Passage.

General Intelligence: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal types. The test will include questions on Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Trends, Figural Analogy, Space Orientation, Semantic Classification, Venn Diagrams, Symbolic/ Number Classification, Drawing inferences, Figural Classification, Punched hole/ pattern folding & unfolding, Semantic Series, Figural Pattern-folding and completion, Number Series, Embedded figures, Figural Series, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Word Building, Social Intelligence, Coding and de-coding, Other sub-topics, if any Numerical operations.

Quantitative Aptitude: Number Systems, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Algebra, Geometry, Mensuration, Trigonometry, Statistical Charts

General Awareness: Questions are designed to test the candidate‟s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions are also designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially about History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research

Important Points:

• There is negative marking in SSC CHSL  Tier 1 Exam. Giving a wrong answer to a question will lead to a penalty of 0.5 marks in all sections

• The exam duration is 75 minutes for candidates who are visually handicapped.

To score well in SSC CHSL  exam, all candidates should be aware of the SSC CHSL syllabus and exam pattern. It is important to know the structure of the exam and the syllabus, and the subject-wise topics that need to be prepared. The exam consists of two stages- Tier 1 and Tier 2. The subjects included in paper 1 are Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, and General Awareness. 

SSC CHSL Syllabus 

Staff Selection Commission has released the SSC CHSL Syllabus along with the previous notification. SSC CHSL  Tier 1 Exam is scheduled for July-September ; therefore, candidates must begin their preparation without any delay. Here, we have shared the exam pattern and Syllabus of the SSC CHSL Tier 1 and Tier 2 exam.

SSC CHSL  Selection Process

The SSC CHSL  exam has two different phases that candidates need to clear to get selected for various posts in Government Offices. SSC CHSL Tier I is an Objective Multiple Choice Question paper and Tier II will include the following three sections, having two modules each.

SSC CHSL Tier-I Syllabus comprises 4 subjects which are: English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Intelligence: & General Awareness. The subject-wise syllabus and topics are given below, along with the SSC CHSL exam pattern 

SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam Pattern

1. The SSC CHSL Tier I exam is a computer-based online test (CBT) exam conducted online.
2. Candidates are given a total of 60 minutes to solve the SSC CHSL Tier-I paper comprising 100 questions that count to a total of 200 marks (2 marks each question).
3. For each wrong attempt, candidates are penalised with 1/2 marks in the Tier-1 exam.

SSC CHSL General Awareness Syllabus

Questions from the General Awareness section are designed to test the candidate's general knowledge of the environment around him and its 14 applications to society. Questions are also designed to test knowledge of current events and such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to:

1. History
2. India and its neighbouring countries
3. Culture
4. Geography
5. Economic Scene
6. General Policy
7. Scientific Research
8. Awards and Honors
9. Books and Authors
10. Current Affairs
11. Sports GK
12. Indian GK
13. Indian Polity

SSC CHSL General Intelligence Syllabus

This section includes questions of both verbal and non-verbal reasoning. The questions will be asked from 

1. Semantic Analogy
2. Symbolic operations
3. Symbolic/ Number Analogy
4. Trends
5. Figural Analogy
6. Space Orientation
7. Semantic Classification
8. Venn Diagrams
9. Number Series
10. Embedded figures
11. Figural Series
12. Critical Thinking
13. Problem Solving
14. Symbolic/ Number Classification
15. Drawing inferences
16. Figural Classification
17. Punched hole/ pattern folding & unfolding
18. Semantic Series
19. Figural Pattern-folding and completion
20. Emotional Intelligence
21. Word Building, Social Intelligence
22. Coding and de-coding
23. Other sub-topics if any Numerical operations.

SSC CHSL English Language Syllabus

The English Language questions will be asked from the following topics: 

1. Spot the Error
2. Fill in the Blanks
3. Synonyms/ Homonyms
4. Antonyms
5. Spellings/ Detecting misspelt words
6. Idioms and Phrases
7. One Word Substitution
8. Improvement of Sentences
9. Active and Passive Voice
10. Conversion into Direct/Indirect narration
11. Shuffling of Sentence parts
12. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
13. Cloze Passage
14. Comprehension Passage

SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus

1. Number Systems: Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers.
2. Fundamental arithmetical operations: Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time and work.
3. Mensuration: Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.
4. Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations.
5. Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.
6. Trigonometry: Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin2 𝜃 + Cos2 𝜃=1 etc.
7. Statistical Charts: Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart.

SSC CHSL Tier 2 Syllabus 

SSC has revised SSC CHSL Tier 2 Exam Pattern and released the updated syllabus which has been detailed below-

Tier-II will include the following three sections, having two modules each:

Section-1: Module-I: Mathematical Abilities and Module II: Reasoning and General Intelligence.

Section-2: Module-I: English Language and Comprehension and Module-II: General Awareness

Section-3: Module-I: Computer Knowledge Test and Module-II: Skill Test/ Typing Test

Tier-2 will be conducted in two sessions - Session- 1 & Session-2, on same day. Session-I will include conducting of Section-1, Section-2 and Module-1 of Section-3. Session-2 will include conducting of Module-2 of Section-3.

Tier-2 will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions, except for Module-2 of Section 3. The questions will be set in English and Hindi except for Module-2 (i.e. English Language and Comprehension module) in Section 2.

There will be negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer in Section-1, Section-2 and Module-I of Section-3.

SSC CHSL Tier 2 Syllabus and Topics

Module I of Session I (Mathematical Abilities)

Module II of Section I (Reasoning and General Intelligence)

Module-I of Section-II (English Language And Comprehension)

Module-II of Section-II (General Awareness)

Module I of Section III of Paper I (Computer Proficiency)

SSC CHSL Skill Test

Skill Test for the post of DEO/ DEO Grade 'A’ in the Department/ Ministry

The speed of 15000 (Fifteen Thousand) Key Depressions per hour on a Computer will be adjudged based on the correct entry of words/ key depressions as per the given passage. The duration of the Test will be 15 (Fifteen) minutes and printed matter in English containing about 3700-4000 key depressions will be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the Computer. The passage to be entered into the computer may also be displayed on the computer screen.

Skill Test for the post of DEO/ DEO Grade 'A’ except in the Department/ Ministry 

Data Entry Speed of 8,000 (Eight Thousand) Key Depressions per hour on the Computer will be adjudged based on the correct entry of words/ key depressions as per the given passage. The duration of the Test will be 15 (Fifteen) minutes ,and printed matter in English containing about 2000-2200 key depressions will be given to each candidate who will enter the same in the Computer. The passage to be entered into the Computer may also be displayed on the computer screen.

SSC CHSL Minimum Qualifying Marks

Minimum qualifying marks in Tier-I, Section-I, Section-II & Module-I of Section-III of Tier-II Examination are as follows:

1. UR: 30%
2. OBC/ EWS: 25%
3. All other categories: 20%