Staff Selection Commission(SSC) is a government organisation which offers job opportunities to a number of candidates every year. The staff selection commission carries out Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam(CHSL) to recruit persons for various job posts like Lower division clerk, Data entry operator, Postal assistants etc. Students who wants to start their career in government organisation immediately after completing 12th can appear for SSC CHSL Exam.
- SSC CHSL (Combined Higher Secondary Level)
- SSC MTS (Multi-Tasking Staff)
- SSC GD (General Duty Constable)
- SSC JE (Junior Engineer)
- SSC Stenographer
- SSC CPO (Central Police Organization – SI in Delhi Police, CAPFs)
Exam Facts
- Level: 10+2 (Class 12th standard)
- Total Questions: 25 in Tier-I
- Total Marks: 50
- Negative Marking: 0.50 for each wrong answer
Quantitative Aptitude – SSC CHSL Syllabus
Number Systems
- Computation of Whole Numbers
- Decimals and Fractions
- Relationship between Numbers
Arithmetic
- 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
- Elementary surds
- Graphs of linear equations
Geometry
- Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts
(Triangles, Circles, Quadrilaterals etc.)
Mensuration
- Circle, Triangle, Quadrilaterals
- Regular Polygons
- Right Prism, Right Circular Cone
- Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemisphere
- Rectangular Parallelepiped
- Regular Right Pyramid
Mensuration
- Trigonometric Ratios
- Complementary angles
- Height and Distance (simple problems only)
- Use of basic identities like sin²θ + cos²θ = 1, etc.
Data Interpretation
- Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart
- Data Sufficiency