Detailed Syllabus for SSC CHSL Tier I

2017 (Based on Latest Pattern)

The SSC CHSL 2017 Recruitment notification was released recently. The SSC CHSL
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 enough
time to prepare for the exam & practice lots of SSC CHSL Tier I Mock Test to get
command over your weak areas. 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 syllabus below is given 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 study. You can also download this Detailed Syllabus for SSC CHSL 2017
exam, as PDF after reading it.

SSC CHSL Exam Pattern 2017-18

The SSC CHSL Tier I exam will be a computer based test and consist of General
Intelligence, English, Quants and General Awareness sections. Each section will consist
of 25 Qs worth of 50 marks (total paper = 100 Qs & 200 marks). This year the SSC
CHSL Tier I timing has been reduced from 75 min to 60 min. Therefore you will
have 60 min to complete the Tier I Paper. To know the detailed exam pattern &
selection process visit the link below:

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SSC CHSL Tier I Syllabus 2017-18

The SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level exam will consist of four subjects as below:

1. General Intelligence
2. English Language
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. 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

 Types: Semantic (GK and Meaning based), Symbolic (Letters based), Number
(Numerical), Figure (Plane Figures).
 Weightage: 4-6 Qs
 Level: Easy, Not Time Consuming, Direct Questions, These questions will test
your Genaral Knowledge (Semantic), Logics (Symbolic, Number) and Visual
Imagination (Figures)
 Quiz: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#2. Blood Relation

 Question Types: General blood relation problem, Family Tree.

 Weightage: 1 Qs

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  Level: Easy & less time taking. More accuracy is possible.
 Tips: Basic Concepts for Blood Relation
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#3. Classification:

 Types: Semantic (GK and Meaning), Symbolic (Letters based), Number based.
 Weightage: 4-5 Qs
 Level: Same as Analogy
 Quiz: Quiz 1

#4. Series:

 Types: Semantic, Number, Figure based, Alphabets based.

 Weightage: 4-5 Qs
 Level: Tricky, Maybe Time Consuming, Questions will test the Clarity of your
Thought Process
 Quiz: Quiz 1

#5. Venn Diagrams

 Types: Logical Venn Diagrams, Venn Diagram based Problems and Syllogisms
 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Level: Easy to Moderate, Logical Venn Diagrams can be tricky.
 Tips: Basic Concepts of Syllogisms
 Quiz: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#6. Symbolic Operations: Coding and decoding

 Types: Analogy based, Letter Shifting, Coding Letters of a Word.

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  Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Level: Moderate , Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy
possible.
 Tips: General Tips for Coding & Decoding, Coding Decoding in Fictitious
Language, Coding by Letter Shifting
 Quiz: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3

#7. Problem Solving

 Types: Ordering and Ranking, Circular and Linear Puzzles, Logical and
Mathematical Puzzles, Clock & Calendar problems.
 Weightage: 2-4
 Level: Logical Puzzles can be tricky, Easy to Moderate
 Tips: Tricks to Crack Ordering & Ranking
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#8. Alphabet & Word Test

 Types: Logical Sequence, Meaningful sequence, Word Formation, Matrix.

 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Level: Moderate to High Accuracy Possible, Time Consuming, Easy in Difficulty

#9. Missing Numbers

 Types: Missing number in Matrix and Diagram

 Weightage: 1 Qs
 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.
 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Level: Moderate, High Accuracy Possible, Visual Imagination Required,
Elimination of Options Required

#11. Verbal Reasoning

 Types: Drawing Inference & conclusions, Statement & Assumptions, Statement

& Arguments, Course of Action.
 Weightage: 1 Qs
 Level: Easy to Moderate, Moderately Time Consuming

#12. Direction & Distance

 Question Types: Route & network based

 Weightage: 1-2
 Level: Easy, Direct Questions, Less Time Consuming
 Tips: 3 Tricks for Directions & Distances
 Quizzes: Quiz

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Syllabus for SSC CHSL English Language

The syllabus for SSC CHSL English language can be broadly divided into these major
parts:
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#1. Cloze Test

 Weightage: 5 Qs
 Easy to Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve based on Contextual usage, Moderate
Accuracy possible.
 Question Types: Single passage containing 5 blanks.
 Tips: 8 Tips to Master Cloze Test
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#2. Synonym & Antonyms

 Weightage: 4 Qs
 Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve based on Contextual usage, High Accuracy
possible.
 Question Types: Find the word similar or opposite in the meaning of the given
word.
 Tips: 10 Tips to Master Synonyms
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#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.
 Quizzes: Quiz 2, Quiz 2

#4. Phrase Idiom Meaning & One-word Substitution

 Weightage: 2-3 Qs

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  Easy to Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve based on Contextual usage, Moderate to
High Accuracy possible.
 Question Types: Find the correct meaning of the Idiom, Give the one word for
the sentence.
 Tips: 51 Important Idioms & Phrases
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#5. Reading Comprehension

 Weightage: 0-7 Qs
 Moderately Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy Possible.
 Question Types: The passage will focus on topics like moral stories, humanities
(medicine, psychology, arts, human behaviour, etc.), social issues economy,
business, etc.
 Tips: General Tips for RC, Tips for Economics & Banking based passages
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#6. Active Passive Voice

 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Easy to moderate, Tricky questions, High Accuracy Possible
 Question Types: Converting of voice and speech
 Tips: Basics of Active Passive Voice, Types of Active & Passive Voice

#7. Direct Indirect Speech

 Weightage: 1 Qs
 Easy to Moderate, Medium to High Accuracy Possible
 Question Types: Converting of Direct and indirect speech.
 Tips: Misconceptions of Reported Speech, Basics of Direct Indirect Speech
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  Quiz: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#8. Para Jumble / Sentence Jumble

 Weightage: 2-3 Qs
 Level: Easy, Low to Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy possible.
 Question Types: Para Jumbles and/or sentence jumbles.
 Tips: 7 Tips for Solving Para Jumbles
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#9. Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, Fill in the Blanks

 Weightage: 7-8 Qs
 Question Types: Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement/ Sentence Correction,
Fill in the Blanks.
 Level: Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Less to Moderately Time Consuming,
Moderate Accuracy Possible.
 Topics Covered: Tenses, Articles, Prepositions, Subject Verb Agreement,
Parallelism, Degrees of Comparison, Sentence Construction, Phrasal Verbs,
Pronouns, Adverbs, Non-Finite Verbs, Common Errors etc.
 Tips: 52 Tips for Error Spotting, Easy Tips for Grammar, General Tips on Tenses
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3

Syllabus for SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude

Here is the complete syllabus for SSC CHSL Numerical Aptitude/Quantitative Aptitude
section:

#1. Data Interpretation

 Weightage: 4-5 Qs
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  Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible
 Question Types: Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon,
Bar-diagram, Pie-chart.
 Tips: Tips for Line Graphs
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#2. Algebra

 Weightage: 3-4 Qs
 Scoring, Easy if Concepts Clear and Steps Followed, Could be Tricky, Time
Consuming.
 Question Types: Basic Algebraic Identities, Polynomials, Elementary Surds,
Quadratic Equations, Linear Equations in One and Two or more Variables.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#3. Geometry

 Weightage: 2-3 Questions

 Easy to Difficult, Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
 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.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#4. Mensuration

 Weightage: 2-4 Qs
 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.
 Tips: Quickest method for Mensuration.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#5. Trigonometry

 Weightage: 2-3 Questions

 Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy
Possible.
 Question Types: Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles,
Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin20 +
Cos20=1 etc.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#6. Profit and Loss

 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Question Types: Profit and Loss, Successive Selling type questions,
Partnerships, Discount & MP.
 Difficulty Level: Scoring, Easy if Proper Steps Followed, Moderately Time
Consuming.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#7. Ratio and Proportion

 Weightage: 1-2 Qs

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  Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate , Moderately Time Consuming, High
Accuracy Possible
 Question Types: Simple Ratios, Mean Proportional, Componendo or
Dividendo, Direct or Indirect Proportion.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#8. Simplification & Approximation

 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Difficulty Level: Easy, Less time consuming
 Question Types: Based on BODMAS, Approximate
Values, Percentage, Fractions etc.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#9. Interest

 Weightage: 1 Qs
 Difficulty Level: Scoring, Easy if Formulas & Proper Steps Followed,
Moderately Time Consuming.
 Question Types: Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Mixed Interest,
Installments.
 Tips: How to Quickly Find Rate of Simple Interest, Simple Interest for Different
Rates, Shortcut for Compound Interest Problems.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#10. Speed, Time and distance

 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Difficulty Level: Moderate, Moderately Time Consuming

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  Question Types: Relative Speed, Average Speed, Problems on Train, Boat &
Stream.
 Tips: How to Calculate Average Speed.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#11. Time and Work

 Weightage: 1-2 Qs
 Difficulty Level: Moderate, Moderately Time Consuming
 Question Types: Work Efficiency, Work & Wages, Pipes & Cisterns etc.
 Tips: Shortcut for Time & Work.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#12. Percentages

 Weightage: 1 Qs
 Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
 Question Types: Calculation-oriented basic percentage.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#13. Number System

 Weightage: 0-1 Qs
 Difficulty Level: Could be tricky, Moderately time Consuming
 Question Types: Divisibility & Remainder, Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM
& HCF.
 Tips: Divisibility Test Trick for Quick Calculations
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

#14. Averages

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  Weightage: 1 Qs
 Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
 Question Types: Average Weight/Height/Age/Marks, Average Money
Expenditure, Average Temperature etc.
 Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

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.

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