Staff Selection Commission, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions is an organization under Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and in Subordinate Offices. SSC through Combined Higher Secondary Level recruitment exam also known as SSC CHSL 2017 recruitment notification invites applications for the post of Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant (PA/SA) and Data Entry Operator (DEO). Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants (PA/SA), Court Clerk.
SSC CHSL 2017-18 Recruitment
Staff Selection Commission has released SSC CHSL Notification 2017-18 on 17th November on their official website, www.ssc.nic.in . SSC CHSL 2017-18 Recruitment has released vacancies for 3259 Posts in various Ministries and Department of Government of India. The SSC is a government organization that yearly conducts CHSL examination. The Combined Higher Level Secondary examination is one of the most important exams which is conducted for the recruitment of Data Entry Operator and other posts. SSC CHSL 2021 Tier I exam will be conducted from 4th March to 28th March 2021 and Tier II exam will be conducted on 8th July 2021 to recruit the eligible candidates for Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants, Lower Divisional Clerks, and Data Entry Operators (LDC & DEO) Posts.
SSC CHSL Recruitment 2021 Details: |
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Examination Name |
SSC CHSL (10+2) 2017-18 |
Organized by |
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
Exam Mode |
Online |
Name of Posts |
SSC CHSL (10+2) |
Total Number of Vacancies |
3259 |
Apply Mode |
Online |
Official Website |
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Important Dates: |
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SSC CHSL 2021 Notification Release Date |
17th November 2017 |
SSC CHSL Apply Online Starting Date |
18th November 2017 |
SSC CHSL Application Form Last Date |
27th December 2017 |
Tier-I Exam Date |
4th March to 28th March 2021 |
Tier-II (Descriptive Paper) |
8th July 2021 |
Tier-III (Skill Test) Exam Date |
Nov-Dec 2021 |
Eligibility Criteria |
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Educational Qualification: |
12th / equivalent exam from a government recognized Board |
Age Limit: |
Minimum - 18 Years Maximum - 27th Years |
Application Fee |
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General / OBC |
Rs. 100/- |
ST/SC/Female/PWD |
Nil |
Selection Process |
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Tier 1 |
Computer Based Test Objective (CBT) |
Tier 2 |
Descriptive |
Tier 3 |
Skill Test |
SSC CHSL Application Form online submission starts from November 2021 and will be closed by December 2021. Hence, SSC CHSL 2021 Online Form link will be opened only at that time on their official website www.ssc.nic.in for online submission. Eligible candidates are advised to read the notification carefully and fill the form online for SSC CHSL 2021 Exam on or before the last date.
SSC CHSL Recruitment 2021 Vacancy Details :
The 3259 total number of vacancies have been published for 5 major posts in SSC CHSL notification 2017. Candidates are advised to read the official notification.
Name of Organization: – Staff Selection Commission
Examination Name: Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination 2017-18
Name of Posts: – Postal/Sorting Assistant, Court Clerk, Lower Division Clerk (LDC) & Data Entry Operator (DEO)
Total Vacancies: 3259
S.No |
Post's Name |
Vacancies in 2017 |
Vacancies in 2016 |
Pay Scale |
Grade Pay |
1. |
Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) |
898 |
2879 |
Rs. 5200-20200 |
Rs.1900 |
2. |
Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) |
2359 |
3295 |
Rs. 5200-20200 |
Rs. 2400 |
3. |
Data Entry Operator(DEO) in C & AG |
2 |
500 |
Rs. 5200-20200 |
Rs. 2400 |
4. |
Court Clerks |
Nil |
25 |
Rs. 5200-20200 |
Rs. 1900 |
5. |
DEO in Other Deptt. |
Nil |
10 |
Rs. 8000/- |
Rs. 2400 |
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Total |
3289 |
6709 |
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SSC CHSL 2021 Eligibility Criteria :
Education Qualification: Combined Higher level Secondary Exam requires candidates who have passed the 12th exam from a government recognized Board or University. To apply for Data Entry Operator in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India, candidates must have passed 12th Standard in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from a recognized Board or equivalent.
Age Limit: Candidates applying for SSC CHSL 2021 Exam, age should be between 18 to 27 years. Age relaxation is applicable for the reserved category candidates as per the government rules. (18-27 years as on 01.08.2021).
Category |
Age Relaxation |
ST/SC |
5 years |
OBC |
3 years |
PH |
10 years |
PH + OBC |
13 years |
PH + SC/ST |
15 years |
Ex- Serviceman (Unreserved / General) |
03 years after deduction of military service rendered |
Ex-Servicemen (OBC) |
06 years ( 3 years + 3 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date. |
Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST) |
08 years ( 3 years + 5 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date |
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (General/Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on crucial date |
Up to 40 years of age |
Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( OBC ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on crucial date. |
Up to 43 years |
Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( SC/ST ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on crucial date. |
Up to 45 years of age |
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( Unreserved/General ) |
5 years |
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( OBC ) |
8 years |
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( SC/ST) |
10 years |
Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried ( Unreserved/General ) |
Up to 35 years of age |
Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( OBC ) |
Up to 38 years of age |
Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( SC/ST ) |
Up to 40 years of age |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (Unreserved/General ) |
5 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (OBC ) |
8 (5+3) years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ST) |
10 (5+5) years |
SSC CHSL Application Form 2017-18 :
The SSC CHSL 2021 Application Form online submission process will start from November 2021 till last week of December 2021. For more details candidates need to visit the official website www.ssc.nic.in .
SSC CHSL Application Fee :
Candidates will have to pay Rs 100/- as SSC CHSL application fee. However, all female/ SC/ST and physically handicapped candidates are exempted from the application fee. Online payment can be done using net banking, debit cards etc. and offline the application fee can be deposited by SBI challan or CRF stamps that can be bought from any post office.
SSC CHSL 2021 Exam Pattern :
The examination will consist of a Computer Based Examination (Tier-I), Descriptive Paper (Tier-II) and Typing Test/ Skill Test (Tier-III).
SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-I Exam Pattern
S.No. |
Subjects |
Maximum Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Time Duration |
1 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
25 |
50 |
60 Minutes |
2 |
General Awareness |
25 |
50 |
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3 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
25 |
50 |
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5 |
English Comprehension |
25 |
50 |
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Total |
100 |
200 |
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Points to keep in mind;
The question paper will be available in both languages I.e. English & Hindi
The questions will be MCQ
There will be Negative marking and for each wrong answer, 0.50 marks will be deducted.
There will be 25 questions from each of the above sections
The total number of marks will be 200
There will be a skill test for the post of Data Operator and the other test will be a typing test for the post of Assistant and clerk.
Tier II Exam Pattern
Tier II will be a descriptive exam of 100 marks, in ‘Pen and Paper’ Mode of one-hour duration. Candidates need to write an easy of 200-250 words and letter/ application of 150-200 words. The paper will have to be written either in Hindi or in English.
Skill Test/ Typing Test:
Here, candidates have to give a typing speed test. The test will be conducted for both English and Hindi languages:
For English medium- typing speed of 35 words per minute
For Hindi medium – typing speed of 30 words per minute.
Test will be for 10 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 2000-2200 strokes/key-depressions. VH candidates (with 40% disability and above) will be allowed 30 minutes.
SSC CHSL 2021 Selection Procedure :
SSC CHSL Recruitment 2021, selection of the candidate will be done on the basis of written examination scores. Candidates need to qualify all the stages i.e. Tier I and Tier II to get final selection. After which he will be required to appear for typing test/ skill test. The Final selection will be done on the basis of overall performance and merit of the candidate.
SSC CHSL Syllabus 2021 :
I. 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 and de-coding, Other sub-topics, if any Numerical operations.
II. 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.
III. Quantitative Aptitude:
ARITHMETIC:
Number Systems: Computation of 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 Alligation, 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 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, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.
TRIGONOMETRY: Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems) Standard Identities like sin20 + Cos20=1 etc,
STATISTICAL CHARTS : Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart
General Awareness: In this section, questions related to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research will be asked. Also the candidate needs to be aware about the surroundings and current happenings around the nation.
How to crack SSC CHSL 2021
Preparation Strategy: Important Tips
1.SSC CHSL Admit Card 2021 :
SSC CHSL Admit Card 2021 will be released by the Staff Selection Commission for Tier-I before 10 to 15 days of examination region wise. SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam will be conducted from 4th March to 28th March 2021. All candidates who have successfully submitted the application form of CHSL will be able to download SSC CHSL 2021 Admit Card from the official website. Candidates will be able to download the admit card from official website of Staff Selection Commission and must go through all the mentioned instructions carefully.
2.SSC CHSL Cut Off 2021 :
SSC CHSL Cut Off 2021 will be released at the time of result declaration for the candidates who will be selected for the Descriptive Paper (Tier-II) exam. Cut-Off marks are the minimum qualifying marks which should be obtained by the applicants to qualify the examination. For reference last year’s cut off marks of SSC CHSL Tier-I exam have been provided below:
SSC CHSL 2016 Tier-I Cut-Off Category Wise
Category |
SC |
ST |
OBC |
VH |
OH |
HH |
Ex.S |
GEN |
Total |
Cut-Off Marks |
108.00 |
99.00 |
120.00 |
96.00 |
97.50 |
65.00 |
64.50 |
127.50 |
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No. of Candidates |
7879 |
3509 |
20813 |
436 |
1123 |
509 |
4415 |
14517 |
53201 |
Post wise SSC CHSL Cut off Marks 2016
Category |
SC |
ST |
OBC |
VH |
OH |
HH |
Ex.S |
GEN |
DEO |
110-124 |
96-101 |
119-137 |
91-100 |
94-102 |
74-87 |
77-84 |
129-138 |
LDC |
112-129 |
104-109 |
122-141 |
101-110 |
98-104 |
79-97 |
81-94 |
130-140 |
Postal/Sorting Assistant |
115-129 |
107-111 |
125-131 |
103-113 |
99-107 |
78-87 |
90-95 |
132-145 |
3.SSC CHSL Result 2021 :
After the completion of the descriptive paper, SSC CHSL Tier-II Results get declared. SSC CHSL Tier-II Exam only those candidates can appear who gets good score in SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam.
4.SSC CHSL 2021 Online Test Series :
SSC CHSL Online Test Series 2021 is provided for thorough practice with many mock test and separate sectional tests to help candidates improve their skills. These tests will determine current status and position of the candidates along with their self-assessment. Online Test Series of SSC CHSL 2021 exam is updated and prepared by experts in the field. These are further enhanced with doubt clearing sessions and online video classes.
5.SSC CHSL Preparation :
To crack SSC CHSL 2021 exam, some tips as given below should be followed by the candidates diligently:
Practice and Perfection: Regular practice will lead to perfection and excellent results. Joining the SSC CHSL 2021 Online Coaching will not only help further in your preparation but will be a regular guidance with test series and video lectures.
Self –Discipline and Time Management: Discipline will always lead to good management of time and work/study plans which will help in getting good results
Accuracy and Speed: As said above, Practice is what is required to increase speed and accuracy. Mathematical calculations can be attempted with ease with regular practice and also learning all the formulas thoroughly.
Current Affairs & awareness: This is extremely important. Generally watching news and reading newspaper will give you latest updates and happenings of around the world.
Clarity about exam pattern and structure: There should be no confusion about the procedure, dates, pattern and structure of the SSC CHSL 2021 exam among the candidates.
Dedication and Hard work always pays- As is said hard work is the key to success. Work hard with proper planning and discipline and success will be at your feet.
SSC CHSL exam 2021 Online coaching will for sure enhance score and rate of success. Candidates can also practice with sectional and full length mock tests, free online test, online practice tests, SSC CHSL online test series, Online coaching, current affairs and video lectures.
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