SSC CHSL 2017 Recruitment notification was released recently. The online registration has started from 18th November & will continue till 18th December 2017. All of you must have started your preparation in order to reserve one seat for yourself among 3259 vacancies. Since the SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Tier I exam is scheduled on 4th March 2018 to 26th March 2018. Therefore, you have sufficient time to prepare for the exam & practice lots of SSC CHSL Tier I Mock Test. In order to ensure that you cover all the topics of the syllabus for SSC CHSL exam, here is the detailed Syllabus for SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2017.
The detailed syllabus is given below for each subject, separately.
These subjects are further divided into topics, sub-topics, weightages, etc. to
give you a clear picture of everything that you need to cover while preparing yourself.
SSC CHSL Tier I Syllabus 2017-18
The SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level exam will
consist of four subjects as below:
·
General Intelligence
·
English Language
·
Quantitative Aptitude
·
General Awareness
Syllabus for SSC CHSL
General Intelligence
The General Intelligence subject is known as a
reasoning section. The topics that you will be asked are:
#1. Analogy
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Types: Semantic (GK and Meaning based),
Symbolic (Letters based), Number (Numerical), Figure (Plane Figures).
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Weightage: 4-6 Qs
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Level: Easy, Not Time Consuming, Direct
Questions, These questions will test your Genaral Knowledge (Semantic), Logics
(Symbolic, Number) and Visual Imagination (Figures)
#2. Blood Relation
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Question Types: General blood relation
problem, Family Tree.
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Weightage: 1 Qs
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Level: Easy & less time taking. More
accuracy is possible.
#3. Classification:
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Types: Semantic (GK and Meaning), Symbolic
(Letters based), Number based.
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Weightage: 4-5 Qs
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Level: Same as Analogy
#4. Series:
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Types: Semantic, Number, Figure based,
Alphabets based.
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Weightage: 4-5 Qs
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Level: Tricky, Maybe Time Consuming,
Questions will test the Clarity of your Thought Process
#5. Venn Diagrams
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Types: Logical Venn Diagrams, Venn
Diagram based Problems and Syllogisms
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Level: Easy to Moderate, Logical Venn
Diagrams can be tricky.
#6. Symbolic Operations: Coding and decoding
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Types: Analogy based, Letter Shifting,
Coding Letters of a Word
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Level: Moderate, Moderate to Highly Time
Consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible.
#7. Problem Solving
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Types: Ordering and Ranking, Circular
and Linear Puzzles, Logical and Mathematical Puzzles, Clock & Calendar problems.
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Weightage: 2-4 Qs
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Level: Logical Puzzles can be tricky,
Easy to Moderate
#8. Alphabet & Word Test
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Types: Logical Sequence, Meaningful sequence,
Word Formation, Matrix.
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Level: Moderate to High Accuracy
Possible, Time Consuming, Easy in Difficulty
#9. Missing Numbers
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Types: Missing number in Matrix and
Diagram
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Weightage: 1 Qs
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Level: Moderate to Tough, Moderate to
High Accuracy Possible
#10. Non-Verbal Reasoning
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Types: Paper folding & cutting,
Embedded figures, Mirror Image, Water Image, Cubes and Dices, Pattern
Completion, Counting Figures.
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Level: Moderate, High Accuracy Possible,
Visual Imagination Required, Elimination of Options Required
#11. Verbal Reasoning
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Types: Drawing Inference &
conclusions, Statement & Assumptions, Statement & Arguments, Course of
Action.
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Weightage: 1 Qs
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Level: Easy to Moderate, Moderately Time
Consuming
#12. Direction & Distance
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Question Types: Route & network
based
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Weightage: 1-2Qs
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Level: Easy, Direct Questions, Less Time
Consuming
Syllabus for SSC CHSL
English Language
Syllabus for SSC CHSL English language can be
broadly divided into these major parts:
#1. Cloze Test
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Weightage: 5 Qs
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Easy to Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve
based on Contextual usage, Moderate Accuracy possible.
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Question Types: Single passage
containing 5 blanks.
#2. Synonym & Antonyms
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Weightage: 4 Qs
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Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve based
on Contextual usage, High Accuracy possible.
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Question Types: Find the word similar or
opposite in the meaning of the given word.
#3. Spellings
Weightage: 2 Qs
Easy to Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve based on
Contextual usage, Moderate to High Accuracy possible.
Question Types: Find the correct spelt word.
#4. Phrase Idiom Meaning & One-word Substitution
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Weightage: 2-3 Qs
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Easy to Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve
based on Contextual usage, Moderate to High Accuracy possible.
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Question Types: Find the correct meaning
of the Idiom, Give the one word for the sentence.
#5. Reading Comprehension
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Weightage: 0-7 Qs
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Moderately Time Consuming, Moderate
Accuracy Possible.
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Question Types: The passage will focus
on topics like moral stories, humanities (medicine, psychology, arts, human
behaviour, etc.), social issues economy, business, etc.
#6. Active Passive Voice
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Easy to moderate, Tricky questions, High
Accuracy Possible
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Question Types: Converting of voice and
speech
#7. Direct Indirect Speech
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Weightage: 1 Qs
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Easy to Moderate, Medium to High
Accuracy Possible
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Question Types: Converting of Direct and
indirect speech.
#8. Para Jumble / Sentence Jumble
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Weightage: 2-3 Qs
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Level: Easy, Low to Moderately Time
Consuming, High Accuracy possible.
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Question Types: Para Jumbles and/or
sentence jumbles.
#9. Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, Fill in the
Blanks
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Weightage: 7-8 Qs
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Question Types: Error Spotting, Phrase
Replacement/ Sentence Correction, Fill in the Blanks.
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Level: Easy to Moderate in Difficulty,
Less to Moderately Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy Possible.
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Topics Covered: Tenses, Articles,
Prepositions, Subject Verb Agreement, Parallelism, Degrees of Comparison,
Sentence Construction, Phrasal Verbs, Pronouns, Adverbs, Non-Finite Verbs,
Common Errors etc.
Syllabus for SSC CHSL
Quantitative Aptitude
The complete syllabus for SSC CHSL Numerical
Aptitude/Quantitative Aptitude section:
#1. Data Interpretation
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Weightage: 4-5 Qs
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Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy
Possible
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Question Types: Use of Tables and
Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart.
#2. Algebra
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Weightage: 3-4 Qs
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Scoring, Easy if Concepts Clear and
Steps Followed, Could be Tricky, Time Consuming.
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Question Types: Basic Algebraic
Identities, Polynomials, Elementary Surds, Quadratic Equations, Linear
Equations in One and Two or more Variables.
#3. Geometry
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Weightage: 2-3 Questions
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Easy to Difficult, Moderately Time
Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
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Question Types: 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.
#4. Mensuration
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Weightage: 2-4 Qs
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Easy to Moderate in Difficulty,
Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
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Question Types: 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.
#5. Trigonometry
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Weightage: 2-3 Questions
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Easy to Moderate in Difficulty,
Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
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Question Types: Trigonometry,
Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple
problems only) Standard Identities like sin20 + Cos20=1 etc.
#6. Profit and Loss
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Question Types: Profit and Loss,
Successive Selling type questions, Partnerships, Discount & MP.
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Difficulty Level: Scoring, Easy if
Proper Steps Followed, Moderately Time Consuming.
#7. Ratio and Proportion
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate ,
Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible
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Question Types: Simple Ratios, Mean
Proportional, Componendo or Dividendo, Direct or Indirect Proportion.
#8. Simplification & Approximation
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Difficulty Level: Easy, Less time
consuming
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Question Types: Based on BODMAS,
Approximate Values, Percentage, Fractions etc.
#9. Interest
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Weightage: 1 Qs
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Difficulty Level: Scoring, Easy if
Formulas & Proper Steps Followed, Moderately Time Consuming.
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Question Types: Simple Interest,
Compound Interest, Mixed Interest, Installments.
#10. Speed, Time and distance
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Difficulty Level: Moderate, Moderately
Time Consuming
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Question Types: Relative Speed, Average
Speed, Problems on Train, Boat & Stream.
#11. Time and Work
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Weightage: 1-2 Qs
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Difficulty Level: Moderate, Moderately
Time Consuming
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Question Types: Work Efficiency, Work
& Wages, Pipes & Cisterns etc.
#12. Percentages
Weightage: 1 Qs
Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy
Possible.
Question Types: Calculation-oriented basic
percentage.
#13. Number System
Weightage: 0-1 Qs
Difficulty Level: Could be tricky, Moderately time
Consuming
Question Types: Divisibility & Remainder,
Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM & HCF.
#14. Averages
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Weightage: 1 Qs
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Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High
Accuracy Possible.
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Question Types: Average
Weight/Height/Age/Marks, Average Money Expenditure, Average Temperature etc.
Syllabus for SSC CHSL
General Awareness
The questions in SSC CHSL exam will test your
general awareness of the environment around you and its application in the
society. The questions will also test your knowledge of current events and
matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect. The
syllabus for SSC CHSL exam, also includes questions relating to India and its
neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography,
Economic Scene, General Awareness and scientific research.
