SSC CHSL (10+2) Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2017

Pattern 2017

SSC CHSL exam has three different phases that candidates need to clear to get selected for various posts in the Government Offices. SSC CHSL Tier I is Objective Multiple Choice Question paper, Tier II exam is Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi, while Tier III is the Computer Proficiency Test.

Tier	Type	Mode
Tier – I	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer Based (online)
Tier – II	Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi	Pen and Paper mode
Tier – III	Skill Test/Computer Proficiency Test	Wherever Applicable

SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam Pattern

Section	Subject	No of Questions	Max Marks	Exam Duration
1	General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50	75 minutes
2	General Awareness	25	50
3	Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
4	English Comprehension	25	50
	Total	100	200

SSC CHSL Tier-II Exam Pattern

SSC CHSL Tier-II is a descriptive test that is conducted to test the written skills of candidates in English/Hindi. The paper involves writing of an Essay of 200-250 words and Letter/Application writing of about 150-200 words. The minimum marks that a candidate needs to qualify SSC CHSL Tier-II are 33 per cent.

• • The total time duration of the exam is of 60 minutes and total marks are 100 marks.
• • All the questions are based on the concepts of 10th standard.
• • The total time duration is 80 minutes for candidates who are visually handicapped or suffer from cerebral palsy.

SSC CHSL Tier-III Exam Pattern

The Tier III of SSC CGL 2017 comprises of a couple of skill tests which are needed for selection to certain government posts.

SSC CHSL Syllabus 2017

SSC CHSL is conducted in three different levels, the syllabus of all the three levels is different. All candidates must be well-informed about the latest changes (if introduced any) in SSC CHSL syllabus and exam pattern to prepare for SSC CHSL 2017.

SSC CHSL Tier-1 Syllabus

General Intelligence and Reasoning	Quantitative Ability	English Language	General Awareness
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension	History
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test	Culture
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures & Allegations	Para jumbles	Geography
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Miscellaneous	Economic Scene
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks	General Policy
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting	Scientific Research
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion	Awards and Honors
Tabulation	Data Interpretation	One Word Substitution	Books and Authors
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage	Active/Passive Voice
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input Output	Sequence & Series
Coding Decoding	Permutation, Combination &Probability

SSC CHSL Tier II Syllabus

As stated above, this paper calls for candidates to write an essay and Letter/Application that tests their writing skills of the candidates. The essay topics will be related to National Interest, Finance & Economy, Ecological Issues, Politics, Social Issues, Schemes & Governance, Sports, Technology, Geopolitics, Environmental Concerns etc. While, the type of letter/ application asked will be Application, Complaint, Suggestion, Official Appreciation, Follow up or Feedback etc.

SSC CHSL Tier III Syllabus

Tier-III of SSC CHSL 2017 will be a Skill/ Typing Test of qualifying nature. The final merit of the selected candidates will be based on the basis of total score obtained in Tier-I and Tier-II.

Skill test for the post of Data Entry Operator:

In this test, a candidate should have data entry speed of 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depressions per hour.

Duration of the Test is 15 minutes and English document having about 2000-2200 strokes/key-depressions is given to type.