SSC CHSL Recruitment Detailed Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021

Tier

Mode Of Exam

Topics

Tier I

Computer-Based

English Language, General Intelligence, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness

Tier II

Descriptive Paper

Letter/Application Writing, Essay Writing

Tier III

Skill Test

Speed Typing Test adjudged on the correct entry of data

Section

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.

Quantitative Aptitude

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 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 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 only) Standard Identities like sin2? + Cos2?=1 etc.,
Statistical Charts: Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram,
Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart.

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, Figural Series,
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence,
Word Building, Social Intelligence, Coding and de-coding,
Other sub-topics, if any Numerical operations.

General Awareness

Events and issues of National & International Importance,
Countries and Capitals, Indian Polity, Indian Geography,
Indian Budget, Science, Technology and Research, Culture,
Awards & Honours, Indian Constitution, Indian Economy,
Business, Indian Parliament, Indian History

Essay

Letter / Application

National Interest, Finance and Economy, Politics, Schemes and Governance, Technology, Environmental Concerns etc.

For letter/Application writing generally, official topics are asked. But it is always better to be aware of letter formats of all types.

Skill Test

Speed

Time

Data Entry Operator

Data Entry Speed of 8000 key depressions per hour on the computer will be determined on the basis of the correct entry of words/key depressions as per the given passage.

The duration of the test will be for 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 2000-2200 key-depressions would be given to the candidates to enter the same in the test computer.

Data Entry Operator in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG)

The speed of 15000 key depressions per hour will be determined on the basis of the correct entry of words/key depressions as per the given passage.

The duration of the test will be 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 3700-4000 key-depressions would be given to the candidates to enter the same in the test computer.

Lower Division Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (LDS/JSA) and Postal Assistants/ Sorting Assistants (PA/SA)

The speed of 10500 key depressions per hour will be determined on the basis of the correct entry of words/key depressions as per the given passage.

The duration of the test will be 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 9000 key-depressions/hour would be given to the candidates to enter the same in the test computer.