SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) CHSL Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2026
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined 10+2 Examination Scheme
SSC CHSL Syllabus 2026: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level examination annually for recruiting Lower Division Clerks (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistants (JSA), and Data Entry Operators (DEO) in various central government ministries, attached departments, and subordinate offices. To clear this competitive recruitment, candidates must be thoroughly familiar with the Tier-I and Tier-II computer-based examination structures, section-wise marks allotment, negative marking rules, and core curriculum topics detailed below.
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SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam Pattern
| Part | Subject Area | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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| Part I | English Language (Basic Knowledge) | 25 | 50 | 60 Minutes (80 Minutes for eligible scribe candidates) |
| Part II | General Intelligence (Reasoning) | 25 | 50 | |
| Part III | Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) | 25 | 50 | |
| Part IV | General Awareness | 25 | 50 | |
| Total | 100 Questions | 200 Marks | Negative: 0.50 Mark per wrong answer | |
SSC CHSL Tier-II Detailed Exam Structure
| Session | Section | Module / Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
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| Session I (2 Hours 15 Minutes) | Section I | Module-I: Mathematical Abilities Module-II: Reasoning & General Intelligence |
30 + 30 = 60 Qs | 180 Marks (3 Marks each) | 1 Hour |
| Section II | Module-I: English Language & Comprehension Module-II: General Awareness |
40 + 20 = 60 Qs | 180 Marks (3 Marks each) | 1 Hour | |
| Section III | Module-I: Computer Knowledge (Qualifying) | 15 Questions | 45 Marks | 15 Minutes | |
| Session II | Section III | Module-II: Skill Test / Typing Test (DEO & LDC/JSA) | Typing Passage | Qualifying | 10 to 15 Minutes |
Tier-II Negative Marking: There will be a negative marking of 1 mark for each incorrect answer in Section-I, Section-II, and Module-I of Section-III.
Subject-Wise Detailed Curriculum Breakdown
- English Language: Spotting errors, fill in the blanks, synonyms/homonyms, antonyms, spellings/detecting misspelt words, idioms & phrases, one-word substitution, improvement of sentences, active/passive voice of verbs, conversion into direct/indirect narration, shuffling of sentence parts, cloze passage, and reading comprehension passages.
- General Intelligence: 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, critical thinking, problem solving, emotional intelligence, word building, social intelligence, coding and decoding, numerical operations.
- Quantitative Aptitude:
- Number Systems: Computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions, relationships between numbers.
- Fundamental Arithmetical Operations: Percentages, ratio & proportion, square roots, averages, interest (simple and compound), profit and loss, discount, partnership business, mixture and alligation, time and distance, time and work.
- Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of school algebra and elementary surds, graphs of linear equations.
- Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: triangle and its various kinds of centres, 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, hemispherical figures, 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 $\sin^2 \theta + \cos^2 \theta = 1$.
- Statistical Charts: Use of tables and graphs: histogram, frequency polygon, bar-diagram, pie-chart.
- General Awareness: Questions designed to test knowledge of current affairs, everyday science, Indian history, culture, geography, economic scene, general polity, Indian constitution, scientific research, and environmental factors.
- Computer Proficiency (Tier-II): Basics of computer, CPU, input/output devices, computer memory, organization, Windows Explorer, keyboard shortcuts, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), basic internet navigation, search engines, web browsing, email protocols, downloading/uploading files, basics of networking and cyber security essentials.
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