SSC has announced the dates for the SSC CHSL exam of the candidates whose exam was postponed due to lockdown. The SSC CHSL exam will now take place from 17-21 and 24-27 August, 2020.
Note: These exams will be for the candidates whose exam was postponed.
SSC CHSL 2019 Tier 1 Exam Postponed due to Coronavirus outspread. SSC CHSL 2019 Tier 1 Exam for 17, 18 and 19 March 2020 took place and the Exams scheduled from 20 March to 28 March 2020 are being postponed.
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination or the CHSL exam for the recruitment to various posts in several different departments, ministries and offices of the government of India. Through the CHSL Examination, the aspiring candidates can apply for the posts of:
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4893 vacancies have been announced for the SSC CHSL 2019. This examination provides a great opportunity for candidates who are willing to serve the country by joining the government services.
The SSC CHSL is a three-tier Examination Process:
As per the SSC calendar, the SSC CHSL exam 2020 is scheduled as follows:
SSC CHSL 2020 Exam Schedule |
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Event |
DATE |
SSC CHSL 2020 Notification Release |
30 November 2020 |
SSC CHSL 2020 Tier I Exam |
15 December 2020 |
The SSC CHSL exam schedule for SSC CHSL exam 2019 is mentioned below. We will update you with the latest news related to the SSC CHSL exam dates.
SSC CHSL 2019 Exam Schedule |
|
Event |
DATE |
SSC CHSL 2019 Notification Release |
3 December 2019 |
SSC CHSL 2019 Application Process |
December 3, 2019 to January 10, 2020 |
Last date of Fee payment through Challan |
January 16, 2020 |
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Admit Card |
Available for Download |
SSC CHSL 2019 Tier I Exam |
March 17 to 19, 2020 (conducted) March 20 to 28, 2020 (postponed) |
SSC CHSL 2019 Tier II Exam |
June 28, 2020 (Scheduled) |
SSC CHSL Tier 2 Admit Card |
To be notified |
The SSC CHSL Exam 2018 Dates are given below:
SSC CHSL 2018 Exam Schedule |
|
Event |
DATE |
SSC CHSL 2018 Notification Release |
5 March 2019 |
SSC CHSL 2018 Application Process |
5 March, 2019 to 5 April 10, 2020 |
Last date of Fee payment through Challan |
9 April 2019, 2020 |
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier I Exam |
July 1 to 11, 2019 |
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier I Result |
12 September 2019 |
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier II Exam |
29 September 2019 |
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier II Result |
25 February 2020 |
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier III Admit Card |
To be notified |
The SSC CHSL 2019 Tentative vacancies were released by SSC on 7 January 2020. The post-wise and category-wise distribution of SSC CHSL 2019 vacancies are given below:
SSC CHSL 2019 Vacancy (Tentative) |
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Post |
Category |
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Total |
UR |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
ESM |
OH |
HH |
VH |
Other PwD |
|
LDC/JSA/JPA |
1269 |
601 |
108 |
351 |
141 |
68 |
88 |
19 |
18 |
13 |
6 |
PA/SA |
3598 |
1739 |
400 |
658 |
487 |
314 |
346 |
37 |
41 |
38 |
21 |
DEO |
26 |
14 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
4893 |
2354 |
509 |
1014 |
630 |
386 |
436 |
56 |
59 |
51 |
27 |
*Total is the sum of UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST category
*VH-Blindness and Low Vision, HH- Deaf and Hard in Hearing, OH- Locomotor Disability
A total of 5,918 tentative vacancies for SSC CHSL 2018 has been released by the SSC on 16 May 2019. The post-wise and category-wise SSC CHSL 2018 vacancies are given below:
SSC CHSL 2018 Vacancy (Tentative) |
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Post |
Category |
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Total |
UR |
EWS |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
ESM |
OH |
HH |
VH |
Other PwD |
|
LDC/JSA/JPA |
1910 |
999 |
101 |
335 |
293 |
182 |
163 |
23 |
21 |
18 |
4 |
PA/SA |
3954 |
1960 |
393 |
643 |
612 |
346 |
390 |
40 |
48 |
45 |
28 |
DEO |
54 |
24 |
5 |
14 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
5918 |
2983 |
499 |
992 |
912 |
532 |
558 |
64 |
70 |
63 |
32 |
*Total is the sum of UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST category
*VH-Blindness and Low Vision, HH- Deaf and Hard in Hearing, OH- Locomotor Disability
The final vacancies for SSC CHSL 2017 were revised to 5,874 and the detailed post-wise and category-wise SSC CHSL 2017 vacancies are given below. A notice regarding SSC CHSL 2017 Vacancy was released on 20 December 2019.
SSC CHSL 2017 Vacancy |
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Post |
Category |
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Total |
UR |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
ESM |
OH |
HH |
VH |
|
LDC/JSA/JPA |
2646 |
1366 |
717 |
355 |
208 |
132 |
28 |
19 |
19 |
PA/SA |
3222 |
1871 |
712 |
440 |
199 |
295 |
39 |
38 |
38 |
DEO |
6 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
5874 |
3241 |
1430 |
795 |
408 |
427 |
67 |
57 |
57 |
*Total is the sum of UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST category
*VH-Blindness and Low Vision, HH- Deaf and Hard in Hearing, OH- Locomotor Disability
A SSC CHSL candidate should meet the following eligibility criteria:
SSC CHSL Eligibility Criteria of Nationality |
A candidate should be a citizen of India, or a citizen of Bhutan or Nepal, or a Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with an intention of permanently settling in India, or a person of Indian origin migrated from either/or Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India |
For all posts in SSC CHSL 2019, the age of candidates should be 18-27 years as on 01-01-2020, i.e. candidates born on or after 2 Jan 1993 and before 1 Jan 2002. However, there are age relaxations given to candidates based on the category as per the SSC CHSL 2019 exam. The following age relaxations are permissible:
SSC CHSL Age Relaxation |
|
Category |
Age Relaxation |
SC/ST |
5 years |
OBC |
3 years |
PwD (Unreserved) |
10 years |
PwD (SC/ST) |
15 years |
PwD (OBC) |
13 years |
Ex-servicemen |
3 years after deduction of military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of online application |
SSC CHSL Educational Qualification Eligibility |
|
Post |
Educational Qualification |
LDC/JSA, PA, SA, DEO (except DEOs in CA&G) |
Must have passed 12th standard or equivalent examination from recognized board or university |
Data Entry Operator, DEO (Grade A) in CA&G |
Must have passed 12th standard or equivalent examination in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from recognized board or university |
The Maths section of SSC CHSL is sought as the most difficult by the majority of the students. The SSC CHSL Maths section requires practice and revision more than other sections of the exam. The SSC CHSL Maths syllabus is given below:
SSC CHSL Quant Syllabus |
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TOPICS |
SUB-TOPICS |
Arithmetic |
Number System Time and Work Time and Distance Average Ratio and Proportion Percentage Profit and Loss Problems on Age SI and CI Clocks and Calendar |
Advanced Maths |
Simplification Algebra Trigonometry Geometry Mensuration |
Data Interpretation |
Based on Pie Chart, Bar Graphs, Charts, etc. |
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam consists of a General Awareness section in which 25 questions are asked from various topics broadly classified into three categories, viz. General Awareness-Static, Current Affairs and General Knowledge-Misc. Based on the SSC CHSL Tier I previous year paper analysis, these topics can be further segregated into different sub-topics. Since the General Awareness section nature is dynamic; one should not limit his preparation to these topics. Detailed ssc chsl syllabus Tier I General Awareness is as follows:
SSC CHSL Tier-I GENERAL AWARENESS DETAILED SYLLABUS |
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GENERAL AWARENESS-STATIC |
CURRENT AFFAIRS |
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-MISC |
|
Polity |
National News |
First Person |
|
History |
International News |
Institutions in India |
|
Geography |
Reports and Indices/Rankings |
Books & Authors |
|
Economy |
Important events |
Committees/Commissions |
|
Art and Culture |
Summits/Meetings |
Inventions and Discoveries |
|
Environment and Ecology |
Personality in News |
Famous Personality |
|
Biology |
Awards and Prizes |
India and its neighbour |
|
Physics |
Sports |
Miscellaneous |
|
Chemistry |
Government Schemes/Initiatives |
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Computer |
The SSC CHSL Reasoning section is usually of moderate level. There are 25 questions in which questions are from variety of topics. The SSC CHSL General Intelligence (Reasoning) syllabus is given below:
SSC CHSL Reasoning Syllabus |
Series (Alphabet/Number/Figure based) |
Odd one out |
Analogy |
Coding and Decoding |
Mathematical Operation |
Syllogism |
Dictionary |
Blood Relation |
Venn Diagram |
Decision Making |
Logical Arrangement |
Distance and Direction |
Embedded Figure |
Paper Folding |
Complete the Figure |
Mirror/water Image |
Counting Figures |
Dice and Cube |
Matrix Based |
Analytical Reasoning |
The SSC CHSL English language section is to test the candidates’ ability to understand appropriate grammar usage, knowledge of vocabulary and basic comprehension skills. Generally, the questions asked are of easy to moderate level. The topics covered in SSC CHSL syllabus for English section are given below:
SSC CHSL English Syllabus |
|
TOPICS |
SUB-TOPICS |
GRAMMAR |
Error Spotting Fill in the Blanks Phrase Replacement ParaJumble Sentence Rearrangement Active/Passive Voice Direct/Indirect Speech |
VOCABULARY |
One-word Substitution Incorrectly spelt words Synonyms/Antonyms Idioms and Phrases Fill in the Blanks |
VERBAL ABILITY |
Reading Comprehension Cloze Test Para Jumble |
SSC CHSL Exam is conducted in stages. The first stage is the SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam. This is a Computer-based examination which consists of four sections with Multiple Choice Questions. The structure of CHSL Tier 1 exam is as follows:
SSC CHSL TIER I EXAM PATTERN |
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Subject |
Number of Questions |
Marks |
Duration |
English Language |
25 |
50 |
60 minutes in total |
General Intelligence |
25 |
50 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
25 |
50 |
|
General Awareness |
25 |
50 |
|
Total |
100 |
200 |
Important Points to remember regarding the SSC CHSL Tier I Paper:
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier II Examination Pattern
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier II Examination Pattern |
|
Examination Type |
Descriptive |
Language |
English/Hindi |
Time Duration |
one hour (20 minutes extra for candidates using a scribe) |
Number of Questions |
2 One Essay of 200-250 words One Letter or Application of 150-200 words |
Marks |
100 |
Negative Marking |
No |
Important points to remember for the SSC CHSL 2018 Tier II Examination
SSC CHSL 2018 Tier III Examination Details:
The SSC CHSL Selection procedure begins once the candidate successfully applies for the examination.
The candidate should obtain the required cut-off as per the category for the Tier I Examination. The candidates who clear the cut off for SSC CHSL Tier 1 are eligible for SSC CHSL Tier 2 exam.
The candidates who clear the Tier 1 + Tier 2 combined cut off with a minimum of 33% in the SSC CHSL Tier 2 exam will be eligible for SSC CHSL Tier 3 exam and Document Verification.
The final selection of the candidates and the allotment of the ministries/departments/offices will be based on the performance in Tier 1 and Tier 2 and as per the post preference of the candidate.
Previous Year papers always carry great importance for any exam. All SSC CHSL aspirants should go through the previous year's papers of SSC CHSL to have the idea of the pattern and understand it well. A thorough study of previous year papers will develop confidence pertaining to the syllabus as that can be observed in SSC CHSL previous year papers.
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