December 15, 2020
Staff Selection Commission has extended the SSC CHSL 2020 online registration dates. Candidates can apply online till December 19 and pay the application fee through online mode by December 21, 2020. Whereas, the last date to pay the application fee through offline mode is December 24, 2020.
Click Here to read the official notice on the extension in SSC CHSL online application dates.
November 05, 2020
Staff Selection Commission has released the SSC CHSL 2019 exam provisional answer key on the official website. Canddiates can download the answer key, response sheets and challenge the answer key from November 05 to 10, 2020 (Upto 6pm).
Click Here to read the official notice
Click here to download answer key, response sheet and challenge the answer key.
October 01, 2020
Staff Selection Commission has released the test dates for the SSC CHSL 2018 skill test. Based on the SSC CHSL 2018 Tier 2 result released, eligible candidates, can appear for the skill test which is to be held on November 26, 2020.
Click Here to read the official notice.
Also, SSC CHSL 2019 Tier 1 exam (for leftover candidates) application status is released on the regional SSC websites.
SSC Regions | Application Status Links |
Karnataka Kerala Region | Click Here |
Eastern Region (Kolkatta) | Click Here |
Southern Region (Chennai) | Click Here |
Madhya Pradesh Region | Click Here |
Central Region | Click Here |
Northern Region | Click Here |
North West Region | Click Here |
September 22, 2020
Staff Selection Commission has released the SSC exam calendar. SSC CHSL 2019 Tier 1 exam (for left out canddiates) will be conducted from October 12 to 26, 2020. The Tier 2 exam is scheduled on February 14, 2021.
The SSC CHSL 2020 Notification is scheduled to release on November 06, 2020.
Click Here to download the SSC Exam Calendar
July 21, 2020:
The Staff Selection Commission has revised the SSC CHSL exam dates due to the prevalent situation of COVID 19 pandemic. The SSC CHSL Tier 1 exam will be conducted for left-over candidates from October 12 to 16, 19 to 21 and October 26, 2020.
Click Here to read the official notification on the revised SSC exam dates.
20th December 2019
SSC CHSL 2017 Result Announced
Click here to check SSC CHSL 2017 Result
16th December 2019
SSC has released the category-wise SSC CHSL 2017 vacancies on the official website.
Click Here to download the SSC CHSL 2017 vacancy list
3rd December 2019
SSC CHSL 2019 Official Notification Out!
Staff Selection Commission has released the SSC CHSL Notification 2019 on the official website. The SSC CHSL Vacancies are not yet finalised and the same will be updated by the officials in due course of time.
Download Official Notification PDF
12th September 2019
SSC CHSL 2018 TIER I Result OUT!
The Staff Selection Commission has uploaded the list of the candidates who have been selected in the SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam. Candidates who have appeared in the exam can check their result.
List-II: List of candidates qualified in Tier-I for appearing in Tier-II for the post of DEO in C&AG
Click Here to Check the Cut Off
11th September 2019
SSC CHSL 2018 Result has been Postponed!
Staff Selection Commission has issued a notice regarding SSC CHSL Tier I exam result date. It has been postponed now, so to know the new date click here.
22nd July 2019
SSC CHSL Tier I Answer Key 2018 Out!
SSC CHSL Answer Key 2018 out! The Staff Selection Commission has uploaded the answer key of the SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam. Candidates who have appeared in the exam can check their answer keys.
12th July 2019
Important Update- Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination 2018
19th June 2019
SSC CHSL 2018-19 Exam Admit Cards OUT!
Candidates who have successfully submitted the online application can now Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I, Admit Card:
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for MP Sub-Region [Click Here]
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for Central Region [Click Here]
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for Eastern Region [CLICK HERE]
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for North Region [CLICK HERE]
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for Southern Region [CLICK HERE]
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for North Western Region [CLICK HERE]
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for Karnataka-Kerela Region [CLICK HERE]
Download SSC CHSL 2018-19 Tier-I Admit Card for Western Region [Click Here]
13th May 2019
SSC CHSL Tier 2 Marks Out
Staff Selection Commission has released the Tier-II marks of CHSL (Combined Higher Secondary Level) Exam 2017. The SSC CHSL Tier-II result was published on 10th May 2019.
Click Here to Check Your Marks: Direct Link
10th May 2019
SSC CHSL 2017 –Declaration of the Result of Tier-II
SSC conducted the Tier-II of the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination, 2017 on 15.07.2018 for recruitment to the posts of Data Entry Operator (DEO), Lower Division Clerk (LDC) / Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) and Postal
Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA).
Click Here to Check SSC CHSL 2017-18 Tier II Cut-Off
Click Here to Check SSC CHSL DEO in CA&G Result [List-1]
Click Here to Check SSC CHSL DEO in dept. Other than CA&G Result [List-2]
Click Here to Check SSC CHSL LDC Result/ JSA/ PA/ SA [List-3]
10th May 2019
SSC CHSL Tentative Vacancy 2017
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has published the tentative vacancies of SSC CHSL 2017. Click on the section below to view SSC CHSL 2017 Vacancy list.
Click Here to check the tentative vacancy list
Date: 28th March 2019
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11th March 2019
SSC CHSL Important Notice Regarding Online Application
Candidates applying for SSC CHSL Examination, 2018 are advised to submit online applications much before the closing date, i.e., 05.04.2019 and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to log in to the website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.
5th March
SSC CHSL Notification 2018
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts CHSL Exam for the recruitment of Data Entry Operator (DEO), Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant & Court Clerk. As of now, The Staff Selection Commission has officially released the exam notification for SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination 2018.(कर्मचारी चयन आयोग (SSC) ने कम्बाइंड हायर सेकंड्री लेवल (CHSL) परीक्षा 2019 के ऑनलाइन आवेदन प्रक्रिया आज (5 मार्च 2019) से शुरू कर दी है। SSC CHSL परीक्षा के जरिए 3259 पदों पर भर्ती की जा रही है। SSC CHSL 2018-19 के लिए आवेदन करने के इच्छुक उम्मीदवार 5 अप्रैल 2019 की शाम पांच बजे तक अप्लाई कर सकते हैं।)
Click Here to Download Official Notification (ऑफिसियल नोटिफिकेसन)
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The Staff Selection Commission or SSC is a part of Department of Personnel and Training(DoPT), a body under Government of India. SSC is responsible for recruiting people under various departments as well as ministries at state and union level. For the same reason, SSC conducts Combined Higher Secondary Level exam (CHSL). Candidates who appear for the paper are mainly recruited for posts like Data Entry Operator (DEO), Lower Division Clerk (LDC) and Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant posts.
SSC CHSL 2019 - Important Dates
Events | Important Dates |
Start of online applications | 03.12.2019 |
Last date to apply online | 10.01.2020 (upto11:59 P.M.) |
Last date for making online fee payment | 12.01.2020 ( upto11:59 P.M) |
Last date for generation of offline Challan | 12.01.2020 ( upto11:59 P.M) |
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank) | 14.01.2020 |
Date of Computer Based Examination (Tier-I) | March 17 to 19, 2020 October 12 to 16, 19 to 21 and 26, 2020 |
Download & Challenge CHSL Tier 1 Provisional Answer Key | November 05 to 10, 2020 |
Date of Tier-II Examination (Descriptive Paper) | February 14, 2021 |
SSC CHSL 2020 - Important Dates
Events | Important Dates |
Start of online applications | November 06, 2020 |
Last date to apply online | December 19, 2020 |
Last date for making online fee payment | December 21, 2020 |
Last date for generation of offline Challan | December 23, 2020 |
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank) | December 24, 2020 |
Date of Computer Based Examination (Tier-I) | April 12, to 27, 2021 |
Date of Tier-II Examination (Descriptive Paper) | To Be Notified |
SSC CHSL Application process
Candidates have to pay a fee of Rs.100 as application fee through Offline/ Online Mode. Follow the given steps to apply online:
Click Here to Apply: Direct Link
The officials have not yet released the SSC CHSL vacancies and will release the category-wise SSC CHSL vacancy list on the official website in due course of time.
All other guidelines under the Selection Process would be mentioned on the announcement date of the SSC CHSL examination.
All SSC CHSL candidates must meet the SSC CHSL Eligibility Criteria as mentioned by the official authority. The major eligibility parameters are as follows:
Age limit for the posts is 18-27 years as on 01-01-2020 (i.e. Candidates born not before 02-08-1993 and not later than 01-08-2002).
A few mandatory qualifications for all aspirants planning to give SSC CHSL exam are as following:
The syllabus of SSC CHSL exam would include four sections:
SSC CHSL Syllabus for Tier I
SSC CHSL Tier I syllabus paper consists of General Intelligence, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and General awareness. The SSC CHSL 2017 Syllabus for these four is mentioned below:
SSC CHSL Syllabus: General Intelligence
It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. 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-decoding, Other sub-topics, if any Numerical operations.
SSC CHSL Syllabus: English Language
Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms/Homonyms, Antonyms, Spellings/ Detecting Mis-spelt words, Idioms & 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.
SSC CHSL Syllabus: Quantitative Aptitude
Arithmetic: Number Systems: Computation of the Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers 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. Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations. Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centers, 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, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base Trigonometry: Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin20 + Cos20=1 etc., Statistical Charts : Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar- diagram, Pie-chart.
SSC CHSL Syllabus: 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 neighboring countries especially 10 pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research.
SSC CHSL Syllabus for Tier II
Tier-II Paper of SSC CHSL 2017 will be a descriptive Paper of 100 Marks in ‘Pen and Paper Mode. The total duration of the paper is one hour. The Paper would comprise writing of an Essay of 200-250 words and Letter / Application writing of approximately 150-200 words. The paper will have to be written either in Hindi or in English. There is no definite syllabus for this exam. Students can be asked to write Essay on any general topic.
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Part | Subject | Maximum Marks |
I | General Intelligence | 50 |
II | English Language | 50 |
III | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 |
IV | General Awareness | 50 |
Candidates who appear for SSC CHSL are primarily hired for three job profiles, namely:
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant
First and foremost, Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant(PA/SA) is a new designation introduced under the SSC CHSL exam category for recruitment of personnels under Indian Post offices. The key responsibilities of a Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant include office work/database entries on both computer as well as physical registers.
A Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant also has to participate in activities like managing office work and implementation of different assignments for India Post offices as well as other post offices.
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant are sub-categories based on the placements they receive. For example, Postal Assistant under Indian Post Offices(PAPO) work on counters and have to send and/or manage speed & regular posts/material/articles.
Similarly, Postal Assistant under Savings Bank Control Organization(PASBCO) have to manage savings bank related work. They are placed only in Head Post Offices working in the circle, and not in any other regular post offices.
There are also Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant Circle/Regional Offices; Returned Letter Offices; Mail Motor Services; Foreign Post Organization and Railway Mail Service.
Data Entry Operator
A Data Entry Operator or more commonly known as DEO is a person with high typing/writing speed and accuracy. A DEO should be well acquainted with softwares like MS Office, Windows Editing tools, etc.
Primarily, a DEO works as an assistant to any senior level employee. The key responsibilities of a DEO include maintaining records, verification and correction of data; check, write and reply to email; receiving dictation from seniors and converting it into useful structures for email and/or other purposes. In addition a DEO also prepares presentation, reports, data sheets, documentation and manages records.
Lower Division Clerk
Any aspirant who clears the SSC CHSL exam for the post of Lower Division Clerk or LDC would be handed responsibility for handling administrative duties in the civil and criminal judicial system.
An LDC acts as an assistant to any one of the officers, judges and lawyers of court. The selection of candidate is done by a dedicated judge of a court or through a state/country level exam. The basic responsibility of an LDC is to act as an Administrative Assistant.
The job includes maintaining court records, documentation, administering oaths during court hearings, sealing copies, preparing meeting agendas, issuing licenses/permits, creating draft agendas/bylaws for towns and/or city councils, answering official correspondence and doing research & documentation for judges.
Any LDC or Lower Division Clerk should also be well acquainted with all laws and government policies of India.
SSC CHSL Salary Structure
Name of Posts |
Pay Band 1 |
Grade Pay |
Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) |
Rs. 19,900-63,200 |
Rs. 1900 (pre-revised) |
Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) |
Rs. 25,500-81,100 |
Rs. 2400 (pre-revised) |
Data Entry Operator (DEO) |
Rs. 25,500-81,100 |
Rs. 2400 (pre-revised) |
Data Entry Operator, Grade “A” |
Rs. 25,500-81,100 |
Rs. 2400 (pre-revised) |
The officials will release the SSC CHSL Result once the exam is conducted successfully. The result will be released separately for each stage as per the schedule.
Coming Back to the core, let us formulate SSC CHSL Expected Cut off 2017-18 for Tier I online examination. The SSC CHSL Expected Cut off 2017-18 for Tier I depends on the previous year’s cutoff, the difficulty level of exam and number of applicants & Vacancies. The people who score above the cutoff will be called for further rounds. The number of applicants is getting increased every year for SSC CHSL Level Examination. The cut-off marks may differ according to the categories such as General, OBC, SC, and ST.
Category | SSC CHSL Expected Cut Off 2017-18 |
General | 135-145 |
OBC | 130-140 |
SC | 120-130 |
ST | 110-120 |
Based on the above-mentioned factors, the expected cut off for SSC CHSL Tier I Examination 2017-18 will be in the range of 135-145 for General category.
Due to the revised pattern of SSC CHSL, the number of questions per section has been reduced to 25 from 50 questions. Let us formulate our good attempts according to the difficulty level of exam:
Section Name | Good Attempts |
Quantitative Aptitude | 19-21 |
English Language | 19-20 |
General Intelligence | 21-22 |
General Awareness | 16-17 |
Total | 75-80 |
Hence, the total number of safest and good attempts in SSC CHSL will be in 75-80 range with 90% accuracy.
SSC CHSL FAQ
Q1. What is the Age Limit to apply for SSC CHSL 2019?
Ans: The age limit is 18-27 years as on 01.01.2020 (Candidates born not before 02-02-1993 and
not later than 01-02-2002).
Q2.What Educational Qualification is required to apply for the SSC CHSL 2019?
Ans: i) The student must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.
ii) For Data Entry Operator in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(C&AG): 12th Standard pass in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from a
recognized Board or equivalent.
Q3. In how many phases the SSC CHSL 2019 exam will be conducted?
Ans: The exam will be conducted in three phases: The Tier I will be Computer Based Examination, The Tier II will be Descriptive Paper (Paper pen mode) and The Tier-III will be Typing Test/ Skill Test. There will be negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer.
Q4. How can a student be selected in SSC CHSL 2019?
Ans: On the basis of their performance inTier-I, Candidates will be shortlisted for Tier-II Examination. Candidates will be shortlisted for Tier-III Examination the basis of their performance in (Tier-I+ Tier-II) subject to having a minimum score of 33% in Tier-II. Tier-III Examination i.e. Skill Test will be of a qualifying type. The candidates who qualify TierIII will be called for Document Verification. Final allocation of candidates will be made to User Departments depending on their merit position and the option exercised by them during document verification.
Q5. Important books for CHSL 2019?
Ans: The student can follow these books:
Quantitative Aptitude: Kiran Publication, Rakesh Yadav notes for short tricks.
English Vocab : (i) MB Publication for One word and Idioms & Phrases.
(ii) SP Bakshi for Synonyms & Antonyms.
English Grammar: Plinth to Paramount.
You can learn easy tricks and rule on Onlinetyari Youtube channel(English classes with Manisha Narang)
Reasoning: Kiran Publication, Daily Mock Test is enough for Reasoning.
General Awareness: Current Affairs - Onlinetyari Current Affairs.
Q6. What is the Exam Pattern of SSC CHSL 2019?
Ans:
Subject
Questions
Maximum Marks
Total Duration
Quantitative Aptitude
25
50
60 minutes for VH/OH – 100 Minutes
For VH/OH – 80 Minutes
English
25
50
General Awareness
25
50
Reasoning
25
50