SSC CHSL Exam Syllabus

The candidates appearing for SSC CHSL 2016 can check the SSC CHSL Exam syllabus from this page. The candidates
will be recruited to various posts of LDC (Lower division clerk) and DEO (Data Entry Operators) of central govt. through
this examination. It is very important to go through the syllabus of the examination to get well prepared for the
examination.

Examination pattern
The candidates must know the examination pattern of SSC CHSL 2016 before they start their preparation. This will help
them to make strategies for them to perform well in the examination.

The question paper will be divided into 4 sections- English language, General Awareness,
General Intelligence and Quantitative aptitude.
There will be total 50 questions allotted to each section and the total marks for each section will
be 50.
The duration of the examination will be 2 hours. The questions will be of MCQ type.
The question paper will be available in both Hindi and English language for Section I, III and IV.
There will be a penalty of marks for each wrong answer.
Subjects Questions Marks

English Language 50 50

General Awareness 50 50

General Intelligence 50 50

Quantitative Aptitude 50 50

Examination syllabus for English Language

Improvement of sentences
One word substitution
Idioms & phrases
Spelling/detecting misspell words
Antonyms
Synonyms
Fill in the blanks
Spot the error
Comprehension passage
Cloze passage
Shuffling of sentences in a passage
Shuffling of sentence parts
Conversion into direct/indirect narration
Active/passive voice of verbs

Examination syllabus for General Intelligence

Problem solving
Figural series
Number series
Semantic series
Figural classification
Symbolic/number classification
Semantic classification
Figural analogy
Symbolic/number analogy
Semantic analogy
Indexing
Figural pattern- folding & completion
Punched hole/ pattern- folding & unfolding
Drawing inferences
Venn diagram
Space orientation
Trends
Symbolic operations
Numerical operations
 Coding & decoding
Word building
Address matching
Data & city matching
Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers
Small & capital letters/ number-coding/decoding/classification
Embedded figures
Critical thinking
Emotional intelligence
Social intelligence

Examination syllabus for Numerical Aptitude

C.1 Arithmetic
C.1.1 Number Systems
Relationship between numbers
Computation of whole number
Decimal & fractions
C.1.2
Mixture & allegation
Partnership business
Discount
Profit & loss
Interest (simple & compound)
Averages
Square roots
Ratio & proportion
Percentages
Time & distance
Time & work
C.2 Algebra
C.2.1
Basic algebraic identities of school algebra (and their simple applications). For example-
formulas for (a+b), (a-b)2, (a+b)3, (a-b)3, a3-b3, a3+b3, a2-b2; if a+b+c=0, then a3+b3+c3=3 abc
etc. and elementary surds (simple problems).
C.2.2
Graphs of Linear equations.
C.3 Geometry
3.1- triangle & its various kinds of centres such as centroid, In-centre, orthocentre, circumcentre.
3.2- congruence & similarity of triangle.
3.3- circle & its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to
two or more circles.
C.4 Mensuration
4.1- triangle, quandrilaterals
4.2- regular polygons
4.3- circle
4.4- right prism
4.5- right circular cylinder
4.6- right circular cone
4.7- sphere, hemispheres
4.8- rectangular parallelpiped
4.9- regular right pyramid with triangular or square base
C.5 Trigonometry
5.1- trigonometry ratios, degree & radian measures, standard identities like sin20+cos20=1 etc.
52- complementary angles, heights and distances (simple problems only).
C.6 Statistics
6.1- histogram
6.2- pie-chart
6.3- frequency polygon
6.4- Bar-diagram

Examination syllabus for General Awareness

Culture
History
Economics
General polity
Questions related to society
 Surroundigs
Geography
Scientific research
Current affairs
Other related topics