CHSL Syllabus Summary

The CHSL (Combined Higher Secondary Level) exam is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) for recruitment to various posts in different ministries and departments of the government of India. The syllabus for the CHSL exam is as follows:

I. General Intelligence and Reasoning:                                                                                                               :

Analogies, Similarities and Differences, Space Visualization, Spatial Orientation, Problem Solving, Analysis, Judgment, Decision Making, Visual Memory, Discrimination, Observation, Relationship Concepts, Arithmetical Reasoning, Verbal and Figure Classification, Arithmetical Number Series, Non-Verbal Series, Coding and Decoding, Statement Conclusion, Syllogistic Reasoning.

II. English Language:                                                                                                                                              :

Spotting Errors, 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.

III.Quantitative Aptitude:                                                                                                                                        :

Arithmetic: Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals 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 Allegation, Time and distance, Time and work.

Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centers, 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.

IV.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 & Scientific Research.

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The above syllabus is indicative and not exhaustive. Candidates are advised to refer to the official notification and exam pattern for detailed syllabus and exam scheme