SSC CHSL New Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2017

SSC CHSL New Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2017

Staff Selection Commission has recently published the SSC CHSL 2017 Examination notification. The exam is conducted in three tiers i.e. Tier I, Tier II and Tier III. In 2017 SSC has made some significant changes in the exam pattern. In Tier I exam of this year, the time is reduced from 75 minutes to 60 minutes. Here the latest changed pattern in the SSC CHSL(10+2) examination 2017, Syllabus and Previous year cut-off are discussed.

Exam Pattern of CHSL Tier I –

• Total time for the Online Test is 60 minutes (80 minutes for VH/OH candidates).
• Question will be of MCQ type.
• There will be negative marking of 0.50 for every wrong answer.
• There will be 100 questions and the question would be in English/ Hindi (Except Language).

Subject	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks
General Intelligence	25	50
Basic English	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
General Awareness	25	50

Exam Pattern of CHSL Tier II –

• The qualifying marks of this exam are 33%.
• The exam is descriptive in nature and total marks are 100.
• The time limit for the Examination is 1 hour. The VH/OH/ OH with Writing hand candidate would avail the 20 minutes time relaxation.
• The performance of Tier II examination would be considered for preparing merit list.
• The paper can be answered in either in Hindi or in English (both languages cannot be used).
• The marks will be calculated for the final list of successful candidates.

Subject	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks
Application/ Letter (150-200 words)	1	50
Essay(200-250 words)	1	50

Exam Pattern of CHSL Tier III –

• In this section there would be a skill test/ Typing test.

Syllabus of CHSL Tier I-
The tier I examination of SSC CHSL examination has four sections i.e. General Intelligence, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness. The Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning,  Arithmetic, Trigonometry are very important for these exams. Maximum questions come from these topics. On the other hand, the aspirants must be well aware of the basic GK for the General Awareness section. For the English Language, strong concept of vocabulary is needed. The detailed syllabus for these sections are given below.

Subject	Syllabus
General Intelligence	Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Trends, Figural Analogy, Symbolic operations, Space Orientation ,Semantic Classification, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences ,Figural Classification ,Punched hole/pattern-folding & unfolding , Symbolic/Number Classification,  Semantic Series, Figural Pattern – folding and completion, Embedded figures, Figural Series, Critical Thinking, Number Series, , Coding and de- coding, Emotional Intelligence, Word Building, Social Intelligence, Problem Solving,
English Language	Spot the Error, Synonyms/Homonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/ Detecting wrong-spelt words, Fill in the Blanks, One word substitution, Conversion into Direct/Indirect narration, Shuffling of Sentence parts, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, Cloze Test,   Comprehension Passage, Idioms & Phrases, Improvement of Sentences.
Quantitative Aptitude	Arithmetic – Number Systems, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time and work. Algebra- Surds, simple Algebra and Linear Equations Geometry- Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Congruence and similarity of triangles, Triangle and its various kinds of centers, Circle and its chords, angles subtended by chords of a circle, tangents, common tangents to two or more circles. Menstruation- Triangle, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons,  Right Circular Cylinder, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Sphere, Hemispheres, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base. Trigonometry- Trigonometry, Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin20 + Cos20=1 etc., Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles. Statistical Charts- Use of Tables and Graphs, Bar- diagram, Pie-chart, Histogram, Frequency polygon.
General Awareness	History of India and other countries, Culture, World, Geography, Economy, General Policy and Scientific Research.

There would be no questions on map, graphs, diagrams etc. for the Visually Handicapped (40%) aspirants.

Pattern for Skill Test –

• It is qualifying in nature. The candidate has to meet the required speed limit mentioned by the Commission.
• The candidate who has secured the required qualifying marks in the Tier I and Tier II exams, would be called for the Skill Test.
• The Commission holds the rights to change or fix qualifying marks in each part of the examination.
• A key depressions speed of 8000 per hour on computer is required.
• Candidates have to type from an English printer material which contains approximately 2000-2200 words.
• Timing is 15 minutes for the skill test.
• The marks would be adjusted on the basis of correct key depressions.
• If there is any shortage of qualified candidates in OBC, SC, ST, VH, HH, OH or other reserved seats, the candidates from General category can fill up the vacancy.
• Every qualified candidate of Tier I and II has to appear for the Skill Test.
• The Skill Test would be held at Regional Offices of the Commission or other centers mentioned by the Commission.

Pattern of Typing Test –

• It would be conducted in English or Hindi.
• Speed required for English and Hindi Medium students is 35 and 30 words per minute respectively.
• Timing for the test is 10 minutes (30 minutes for VH candidates).

Cut-off for SSC CHSL in previous years

Official Cut-Off of Tier I -

The cut-off of the SSC CHSL(10+2) examination Tier I of previous 3 years are provided here. The students can insight the expected cut-off of the exam for this year from the table given below.

Category	2016	2015	2014
Gen	127.5	119	120
OBC	120	110	108
SC	108	99	95
ST	99	89.5	86
VH	96	83.5	82
OH	97.5	88	84
HH	65	55	53
Ex-Serviceman	64.5	45.5

Official Cut-Off of Tier II -

The official Cut-off of SSC CHSL Tier II exam for various posts are given here on Category basis. The aspirants can estimate the Cut-off trend of Tier II examination from the table provided below.

 of Tier II -

Category	Cut-off  marks (Paper I + II)	Cut-off  marks (Paper I + II)	Cut-off  marks (Paper I + II)
	DEO in C and AG	Postal Assistance/ Sorting Assistant/LDC/ Court Clerk	Data Entry Skills For DEO Except C and AG
General	202.50	160.5	222.00
SC	182.50	141	200.50
ST	172.00	132	195.00
OBC	194.00	153	177.50
Ex. Serviceman	149.50	97.5
OH	180.00	130.5
HH	145.00	98	151.00
VH	170.50	129

Final Cut-Off of Selection of SSC CHSL –
The Final Cut-Off of last year DEO, PA/SA and LDC posts according to the category is provided below.

Post	General	OBC	SC	ST
DEO	202.25	197.5	179.25	173.5
PA/ SA	185.75	181.75	160.75	151.25
LDC	182	180.5	160.5	149.75

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