SSC CHSL 2021 Exam Overview:
The staff Selection Commission (SSC) is one of the most desirable organizations for Government exams in India. It conducts a number of exams for the graduates, 12th Pass, and 10th Pass candidates annually. SSC CHSL (10+2) includes Postal Assistants (PA)/Sorting Assistants (SA), Court Clerks, Lower Division Clerks (LDC), Data Entry Operators (DEO), Junior Secretariat Assistant, and Junior Passport Assistants.
SSC CHSL 2021 Recruitment Highlights:
Exam Name |
Staff Selection Commission – Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam (SSC CHSL Exam) 2020 |
Conducting Organization |
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
Name of Posts |
LDC, JSA. JPA, DEO, Postal/Sorting Assistants (PA/SA), Court Clerk. |
Location of Posting |
All Over India |
Number of Vacancies |
4726 |
Application Mode |
Online |
Mode of Exam |
Online for Tier I, Offline for Tier II and III |
Number of Stages |
Three |
Official Website |
|
Exam Duration |
Tier-I: 60 minutes Tier-II: 60 minutes Tier-III- 15 minutes |
SSC CHSL 2021 Exam Important Dates:
Events |
Dates |
SSC CHSL 2021 Notification Date |
06th November 2020 |
Online Form submission Start |
06th November 2020 |
Last Date to Apply Online for SSC CHSL 2021 |
26th December 2020 |
Last date for Online Payment |
28th December 2020 |
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of the Bank) |
01st January 2021 |
SSC CHSL 2021 Tier 1 Exam Dates |
12th April to 19th April 2021 and 04th August to 12th August 2021 (For West Bengal candidates) |
SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-1 Answer Key Date |
20th August 2021 |
SSC CHSL 2021 Result Date |
27th October 2021 |
SSC CHSL 2021 Tier 2 Exam Date |
9th January 2022 |
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Marks |
05th November 2021 |
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Final answer key |
05th November 2021 |
SSC CHSL 2021 Tier 2 Result Date |
To be notified later |
SSC CHSL 2021 Tier 3 Exam Dates |
To be notified later |
SSC CHSL 2021 Final Result Date |
To be notified later |
SSC CHSL 2021 Official Notification:
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) had released the Official Notification for SSC CHSL 2020-21 exam for the post of Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant (PA/SA) and Data Entry Operator (DEO) on 6th November 2020. The Official notification PDF is available for which the link is provided.
Download SSC CHSL 2021 Official Notification PDF: Click here
SSC CHSL 2021 Vacancy Details:
The officials have released the SSC CHSL vacancy details. A total of 4726 vacancies are released for LDC/ JSA, PA/ SA and DEO posts. Check the post-wise SSC CHSL vacancy details from below:
Posts |
Vacancies |
LDC/ JSA/ JPA |
1538 |
PA/ SA |
3181 |
DEO |
7 |
Total |
4726 |
Download SSC CHSL 2021 Official Detailed Vacancy PDF: Click Here
SSC CHSL 2021 Eligibility Criteria:
Nationality:
The candidate of SSC CHSL 2021 must be a Citizen of either India or Nepal or Bhutan. If a candidate is a citizen of Nepal or Bhutan shall have a Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Government of India in favour of him/her.
Educational Qualification:
Note: Candidates who are appearing in their 12th standard can also apply provided they produce the educational qualification and the documentary evidence from the board/ university as of January 1st, 2021
Age Limit (as on 01 January 2021):
Category |
Age Relaxation |
SC / ST |
5 years |
PwD (UR) |
10 years |
OBC |
3 years |
Ex-Serviceman |
3 years |
PwD (OBC) |
13 years |
PwD (SC/ ST) |
15 years |
SSC CHSL 2021 Apply Online Form:
SSC CHSL 2021 application form is made available online on the official websites- ssc.nic.in. Online registration & filling up the online SSC CHSL application form is mandatory to appear for the exam. The application process consists of several stages such as ‘Registration’, ‘Filling of Application Form’, ‘Uploading Documents’ and ‘Fee Payment’.
Important things which you should keep with you while filling the Application Form:
Note: The Registration Number & Password as you will need the login details in the future, be it for downloading SSC CHSL Admit Card or for checking SSC CHSL Result. So, preserve it for future reference.
SSC CHSL 2021 Apply Online Form: Direct Link Click Here
SSC CHSL Recruitment 2021 Application Fee:
The SSC CHSL Application fee for different categories is as below:
Category |
Application Fee |
SC/ ST/ PWD/ Ex-Serviceman/ Female |
No fee |
Others |
Rs 100 |
Fees can be paid using Mastercard/ Visa/ Maestro/ Rupay Credit/ Debit card or SBI Challan/SBI Net banking or BHIM UPI.
SSC CHSL Application Status 2021
SSC releases the CHSL Application Status on the regional SSC websites. All the candidates who have applied for the posts can check the application status. Candidates will have to enter their ‘Registration Number’ and ‘Password’ or ‘Date of Birth’ to check whether or not their application has been accepted by SSC. After the release of the Application status, the SSC CHSL Admit Card is released on the official website, i.e., ssc.nic.in.
SSC CHSL Recruitment 2021 Selection Process:
The exam of SSC CHSL is conducted in three stages:
Stages |
Details |
SSC CHSL Tier-1 |
Computer-Based Written Exam |
SSC CHSL Tier-2 |
Descriptive Test (Offline) |
SSC CHSL Tier-3 |
Skill Test/ Typing Test |
The SSC CHSL exam pattern is different for all three stages. Candidates need to clear all three stages to be eligible for final selection.
SSC CHSL Recruitment 2021 Exam Pattern:
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam Pattern:
The exam will be conducted through online mode. There will 100 objective type questions SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam.
Subject |
No. of questions |
Maximum marks |
Time |
English Language |
25 |
50 |
60 Minutes (80 Minutes for candidates eligible for scribes) |
General Intelligence |
25 |
50 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
25 |
50 |
|
General Awareness |
25 |
50 |
|
Total |
100 |
200 |
SSC CHSL Exam will be set both in English & Hindi. There will be negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer.
SSC Tier 2 Exam Pattern:
The paper will be conducted in pen and paper mode on following topics.
Important Topics |
Word Limit |
Total Marks |
Time |
Essay Writing |
200 - 250 Approx. |
100 |
1Hour |
Letter/Application Writing |
150-200 Approx. |
The minimum qualifying marks in Tier-II will be 33%.
SSC Tier 3 Skill Test:
Typing Test for DEO:
It is qualifying in nature. The speed of the candidates should be 8,000 Key Depressions per hour on Computer. The ‘Speed of 8000 key (15000 for DEO in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India -C&AG) depressions per hour on computer’ will be adjudged on the basis of the correct entry of words/ key depressions as per the given passage. the duration of the Test will be 15minutes and printed matter in English containing about 2000-2200 key-depressions (3700-4000 for DEO in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India - C&AG) would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the computer
SSC CHSL Final Selection will be done on the basis of Document Verification (DV)
SSC CHSL Recruitment Detailed Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021: Direct Link Click Here
SSC CHSL 2021 Recruitment Syllabus:
The SSC CHSL Tier I Syllabus consists of four sections such as:
Tier II is a descriptive test and consists of ‘Letter Writing’ and ‘Essay Writing’. Candidates can check the detailed SSC CHSL Syllabus from the linked article.
Download SSC CHSL 2021 Recruitment Detailed Syllabus Tire 1, Tire 2 and Tire 3: Click Here
SSC CHSL 2021 Admit Card:
SSC CHSL Admit Card 2021 for all regions has been made available on the official website.
To download the call letter for SSC CHSL you will need to have your SSC Registration no. and Password.
Download SSC CHSL 2021 Admit Card: Direct link Click Here
SSC CHSL Answer Key 2021:
SSC will release the CHSL Answer Key after the Examination is over. The expected date is generally 10 days after the commencement of the exam.
Download SSC CHSL Official Answer Key 2021: Direct link Click Here
SSC CHSL 2021 Result:
After declaring the SSC CHSL Answer Key, the SSC will declare the Result. One can expect the result to be declared in a month from the date of declaration of the SSC CHSL Answer Key.
The SSC CHSL Result will be released separately for each stage of the exam. Candidates will have to enter their ‘User ID’ and ‘Password’ to view and download the scorecard. The SSC CHSL result will be available in the form of a PDF on the official website. Thereafter, the SSC CHSL Scorecard will also be released.
Download SSC CHSL Result 2021: Direct link Click Here
SSC CHSL Cut Off Marks:
SSC CHSL Tier-1 Cut Off 2021:
SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-1 Cut-Off for the posts of LDC/JSA and PA/SA which has been released officially by SSC. Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination (Tier-I), 2020-21 was conducted from 12th April to 19th April 2021 and 04th August to 12th August 2021
Category |
Cut off Marks |
UR |
141.88884 |
SC |
114.16301 |
ST |
108.88563 |
OBC |
139.46324 |
EWS |
117.59934 |
ESM |
72.10346 |
OH |
106.37516 |
HH |
63.80870 |
VH |
93.81684 |
PwD – Other |
51.12050 |
SSC CHSL Previous Year 2019-20 TIER- 1 Cut-Off:
we must have an idea about previous years cut-off. Have a look at the cut-off for SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2019-20:
Category/Posts |
Cut Off |
UR |
159.52 |
SC |
136.10 |
ST |
127.32 |
OBC |
156.10 |
EWS |
149.98 |
ESM |
87.32 |
OH |
124.36 |
HH |
81.08 |
VH |
123.78 |
Other PWD |
74.32 |
Total Candidates Qualified |
44856 |
SSC CHSL Recruitment Detailed Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021: Direct link Click here
SSC CHSL 2021 Cut off and Previous Years Cut off: Direct link Click here
FAQs Related to SSC CHSL 2021 Recruitment:
Q. How much percentage is required in the 12th Class for SSC CHSL.?
Ans: There is no bar on percentage, anyone who had passed the 12th class can fill the SSC CHSL Application.
Q. SSC CHSL exam is online or offline.?
Ans. SSC CHSL exam is an online exam.
Q. What is the age limit for SSC CHSL.?
Ans: The candidate’s age must be between 18 and 27 years to be eligible for SSC CHSL 2021.
Q. Is there any negative marking on the SSC CHSL examination?
Ans: Yes, 0.25 marks will be deducted for wrong answers.
Q. Is it mandatory to appear for all the tiers of the SSC CHSL exam?
Ans: Yes, candidates need to appear for all the tiers of the exam to qualify for the SSC CHSL exam.
Q. When is SSC CHSL Tier II Exam?
Ans. SSC CHSL Tier 2 Exam is on 9th January 2022.
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