SSC CHSL Exam : Date, Pattern, Cut Off

SSC CHSL 2017 – Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts SSC CHSL Exam every year for the recruitment of various post in the various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and in Subordinate Offices. The Combine Higher Secondary Level (10+2) exam will consist of 3 Tiers. Tier 1 following it, Tier 2 & Tier 3. The Commission is conducting SSC CHSL for huge no of vacancies every year. The selection of the candidates will be done on the basis of final merit list, which will be prepared as per the performance in Tier 1 and 2. Get here complete details of SSC CHSL Exam.

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SSC CHSL Exam

The vacancies under SSC CHSL are for the post of Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA), and Data Entry Operator(DEO). It should be noted that this year there is no vacancy for DEO Grade “A”. Candidates can check all the important dates for SSC CHSL 2017 from the table below and the details vacancies can be checked by reading further.

Event	Important Dates
SSC CHSL 2017
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam 2017	04 to 26 Mar 2018
SSC CHSL Tier 2 Exam 2017	04 to 26 Mar 2018
SSC CHSL Tier 3 Exam 2017	Dec 2018/ Jan 2019
SSC CHSL 2019
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam 2019	01 to 26 Jul 2019
SSC CHSL Tier 2 Exam 2019	29 Sep 2019
SSC CHSL Tier 3 Exam 2019	To be announced

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SSC CHSL Exam Eligibility Criteria

You are eligible to appear in SSC 10+2 Exam only if you fulfill eligibility criteria. Expected eligibility criteria are as follows.

Nationality

Candidate is either citizen of India or subject of Nepal / Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January,1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania(Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar),Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Age Limit

Candidate should be between 18 to 27 years old as on 01 January. Check age relaxation here.

Educational Qualification

Candidate must have passed class 12th or equivalent examination from a recognized board or university.

SSC CHSL Exam Pattern

Also referred to as scheme of examination, exam pattern refers to subjects in SSC 10+2 Exam, marking scheme, mode of exam. Given below is expected exam pattern. As soon as notification releases, the actual pattern for CHSL will be updated.

SSC CHSL Exam Pattern – Tier 1

Name of the exam: SSC CHSL Tier 1
Mode: Computer-based test
Duration: 60 minutes but 80 minutes for VH / PH candidates
Number of Questions: 100
Maximum marks: 200
Types of questions: Objective (multiple choice)
Negative marking: 0.5

Part	Subject	Questions	Marks
I	General Intelligence	25	50
II	English Language	25	50
III	Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
IV	General Awareness	25	50
Total		100	200

Note: The questions for Part I, III & IV will be provided in Hindi and English Language.

SSC CHSL Exam Pattern – Tier 2

Name of the exam: SSC CHSL Tier 2
Mode: Pen and Paper based
Duration: 60 minutes
Maximum marks: 100
Types of questions: Descriptive

Type of question	Words
Essay writing	200 – 250 words
Letter / Application Writing	150 – 200 words

Note: The candidates are to attempt the paper in Hindi or English Language.

SSC CHSL Exam Pattern – Tier 3

Nature: Skill Test

Skill Test for DEO	Data entry speed of 8000 key depressions per hour on the computer
Typing Test for PA/SA, LDC, Court Clerk	35 WPM for English, 30 WPM for Hindi

Note: The Tier III will only be qualifying in nature.

SSC CHSL Exam Syllabus

Knowing syllabus of SSC CHSL is a key part of doing well in the exam. SSC 10+2 Exam Syllabus contains topics on which questions are asked in the exam.

General Intelligence (Verbal, Non-Verbal)

Coding and decoding
Critical Thinking
Drawing inferences
Embedded figures
Emotional Intelligence
Figural Analogy
Figural Classification
Figural Pattern – folding and completion
Figural Series
Number Series
Numerical operations.
Problem Solving
Punched hole/pattern-folding & unfolding
Semantic Analogy
Semantic Classification
Semantic Series
Social Intelligence
Space Orientation
Symbolic operations
Symbolic/Number Analogy
Symbolic/Number Classification
Trends
Venn Diagrams
Word Building

English Language

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

Quantitative Aptitude

Algebra: basic algebraic identities, elementary surds (simple problems), graphs of linear equations.
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.
Geometry: triangle, congruence, and similarity of triangles, circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.
Mensuration: triangle, quadrilaterals, regular polygons, circle, right prism, right circular cone, right circular cylinder, sphere, hemispheres, rectangular parallelepiped, the regular right pyramid with the triangular or square base
Number Systems: computation of whole number, decimal, and fractions, the relationship between numbers
Statistical Charts: histogram, frequency polygon, bar- diagram, pie-chart
Trigonometry: trigonometry, trigonometric ratios, complementary angles, height and distances, standard identities.

General Awareness

General awareness of the environment around oneself and its application to society
Knowledge of current events
Matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects
History, culture, geography, economic scene, general policy, scientific research of India and its neighboring countries

SSC CHSL Exam Cut Off

A cut off will be fixed separately for Tier 1, 2, 3. SSC CHSL 2017 Cut Off will be announced with each result. You can check past year cutoffs to get an idea of statistics.

Following are SSC CHSL 2016 cutoffs.

SSC CHSL Tier 1 Cut Off