On a national level, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) directs SSC CHSL (Combined Higher Secondary Level) 10+2 examination which is an All India Competitive Examination for recruitment to the Group-“C” posts of Data Entry Operator in Pay Band-1 and Lower Division Clerk in Pay Band-1 in various Central Government Ministries / Departments / Offices.


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 and de- coding, Other sub- topics, if any Numerical operations.


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:

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.

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 sin 20 + Cos 20=1 etc.

STATISTICAL CHARTS:-
Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon,Bar-diagram, Pie-chart

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 pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research.


Paper Pattern:

PART- I

Part - Subject - Maximum Marks:-

I - General Intelligence (50 questions) - 50 marks
II - English Language (Basic Knowledge) ( 50 questions ) - 50 marks
III Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) (50 questions) - 50 marks
IV General Awareness (50 questions) - 50 marks

Duration:- 2 Hours

The Paper will consist of Objective Type-Multiple choice questions only. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi for Part-I, III & IV.

There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.