2. Approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies announced; final numbers are subject to revision.
3. Tier-I proposed for 30 November to 31 December 2026, according to SSC's 1 October schedule notice.
4. A separate 15-minute timer applies to each of the four Tier-I subjects.
5. Tier-II also uses sectional timers, including separate timers for Mathematical Abilities and Reasoning.
6. Application and correction windows have closed.
7. Tier-II exam dates and candidate-specific admit card details should be checked through the official SSC website.
About the Exam
SSC CHSL 2026 (Combined Higher Secondary 10+2 Level Examination) is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for recruitment to Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Data Entry Operator (DEO), and DEO Grade A posts in Government of India departments and offices.
The SSC CHSL 2026 notification was released on 7 September 2026, announcing approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies. The proposed Tier-I examination window is 30 November to 31 December 2026.
Tier-I includes four subjects with separate 15-minute timers. Candidates should review the official eligibility conditions, updated examination pattern, Tier-II requirements, and official announcements before preparing for the examination.
Important Dates
Notification releasedDate passed7 Sept 2026test
Applications ClosedDate passed7 Oct 2026
Correction WindowIn Process7 Oct 2026 – 14 Nov 2026
Tier-I ExaminationExpected, not confirmed30 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Tier-II ExaminationAwaiting announcementNot announced in the cited source
Exam Pattern
SSC CHSL 2026 is conducted in two computer-based tiers.
Tier-I: 100 objective questions for 200 marks, covering English Language, General Intelligence, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness. Each subject has 25 questions worth 50 marks. Total duration is 60 minutes, with a separate 15-minute timer for each subject. Negative marking is 0.50 marks per wrong answer.
Tier-II: Session-I covers Mathematical Abilities, Reasoning, English Language, General Awareness and a qualifying Computer Knowledge Test. Session-II includes the applicable Skill Test or Typing Test. Tier-II has sectional timing and negative marking of 1 mark per wrong objective answer.
Tier I
Section
Questions
Marks
Timing
Wrong-answer deduction
English Language
25
50.00
15 minutes
0.50
General Intelligence
25
50.00
15 minutes
0.50
Quantitative Aptitude
25
50.00
15 minutes
0.50
General Awareness
25
50.00
15 minutes
0.50
100 questions · 200.00 raw marks · 60 minutes · Section timers
Tier II - Objective Session I
Section
Questions
Marks
Timing
Wrong-answer deduction
Section I / Mathematical Abilities
30
90.00
30 minutes
1.00
Section I / Reasoning and General Intelligence
30
90.00
30 minutes
1.00
Section II / English Language and Comprehension
40
120.00
40 minutes
1.00
Section II / General Awareness
20
60.00
20 minutes
1.00
Section III - Qualifying Computer Knowledge / Computer Knowledge Test
15
45.00
15 minutes
1.00
135 questions · 405.00 raw marks · 135 minutes · Section timers
Tier II Session II - DEO Skill Test, 15000 KDPH (Part A)
Test
Assessment
Duration
Data Entry Skill Test
Qualifying
15 minutes
Skill / typing test applicable to the selected post.
Tier II Session II - DEO Skill Test, 8000 KDPH (Part B)
Test
Assessment
Duration
Data Entry Skill Test
Qualifying
15 minutes
Skill / typing test applicable to the selected post.
Tier II Session II - LDC/JSA Typing Test (Part C)
Test
Assessment
Duration
Typing Test
Qualifying
10 minutes
Skill / typing test applicable to the selected post.
Selection Process
1
Tier-I Computer Based Examination
100 objective questions carrying 200 marks.
2
Tier-II Computer Based Examination
Tests Mathematical Abilities, Reasoning, English, General Awareness and Computer Knowledge.
3
Skill Test / Typing Test
Conducted according to the requirements of the selected post.
4
Document Verification
Candidates must satisfy the applicable verification and appointment conditions.
Final selection follows SSC's notified merit and qualifying rules.
Syllabus
SSC CHSL 2026 syllabus includes four Tier-I subjects:
1. English Language: grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, sentence correction, synonyms, antonyms and related topics.
2. General Intelligence: analogies, classification, series, coding-decoding, logical reasoning, spatial reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
3. Quantitative Aptitude: number systems, percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, interest, profit and loss, time and work, algebra, geometry, mensuration and trigonometry.
4. General Awareness: current events, history, geography, Indian polity, economy, science and general knowledge.
Tier-II additionally includes Mathematical Abilities, Reasoning, English Language and Comprehension, General Awareness, Computer Knowledge and the applicable Skill/Typing Test. Use the official notice for the full topic-wise syllabus.
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Tier I
English Language (3)
Passage Structure and Reading Skills
Sentence Grammar and Transformation
Word Meaning, Spelling and Expressions
General Intelligence (18)
Alphabetic and Mixed Sequences
Awareness and Visualization
Explicit Decision Criteria
Informal Premises and Conclusions
Numerical and Semantic Sequences
Positional Arrangements
Rule-Based Analogies
Set Theory
Syllogistic Validity
Three Dimensional Perception
Visual Transformations
Decoding Substitution Rules
Emotional and Social Awareness
Evaluating Explanations and Claims
Family and Relative Position
Matching and Scheduling Constraints
Membership Rules
Flawed Argument Patterns
Quantitative Aptitude (41)
2D Mensuration
Angles and Ratios
Average
Cartesian Plane
Data Presentation
Fractions
Percentage Fundamentals
Polynomials
Ratio
Simple Interest
Speed, Time and Relative Motion
Tables
Types of Numbers
Work Efficiency
Algebraic Identities
Charts and Graphs
Compound Interest
Decimals
Divisibility & Factors
Identities and Formulae
Prisms, Cylinders and Related Solids
Profit and Loss
Proportion
Straight Lines
Trains
Triangles
Work Schedules and Payment Problems
3D Mensuration - Pyramids & Cones
Boats and Streams
Discount
Number Representation
Partnership
Pipes and Cisterns
Simplification
Surds and Radical Expressions
Variation
Applications and Equations in Trigonometry
Circles in Euclidean Geometry
Digit Patterns and Special Integer Properties
Mixture and Alligation
Spheres and Recasting Problems
General Awareness (357)
Agricultural Policy Updates
Alkanes
Amendment Procedure
Architecture
Asia
Bhakti Movement
Cell Organisation
Classical and Sanskrit Theatre
Classification and Nomenclature
Climate & Environment
Coastal Configuration
Colonial Agrarian Economy
Company Administration
Composition and Membership
Constituent Assembly
Constitutional & Electoral Affairs
Constitutional Electoral Framework
Controls of Indian Climate
Core Economic Institutions
Culture & Heritage
Development of the Periodic Table
Digestion & Nutrition
Diplomacy
Directive Principles of State Policy
Discovery of Subatomic Particles and Atomic Models
Drainage Fundamentals of India
Early Resistance
Earthquakes
Economic Indicators
Election Commission of India
Electric Current and Resistance
Establishment and Dynasties
European Trading Companies
Evolution of Local Government
Excretion
Faraday and Lenz Laws
Festival Frameworks
Folk Dance Traditions
Force and Inertia
Foundation and Consolidation
Foundation and Expansion
Foundations of Indian Dance
Foundations of Indian Music
Framework and Applicability
Fuels and Energy Chemistry
Gandhi's Early Career
Governance & Policy
Governor
Growth
Gupta Empire
Heritage Concepts
Indian Science and Technology Institutions
Indo-Greeks, Shakas and Pahlavas
Ionic and Covalent Bonding
Language Families and Cultural Geography
Launch Technology
Location and Extent
Magnetic Dipoles
Magnetic Field from Currents
Medicinal Chemistry Basics
Mendelian Genetics
Mineral Resource Geography
Money and Monetary Aggregates
Motion in One Dimension
Nation-Building
National Cultural Institutions
National Emergency
National Security
Nature and Structure of the Indian Economy
Nature of the Constitution
Nature, Scope and Language of Chemistry
Nervous System
Occurrence, Concentration and Pretreatment of Ores
Origins and Chronology
Origins of Nationalism
Oxidation-Reduction Concepts
Pathogens & Diseases
Photosynthesis
Physical Map Identification
Physical Quantities and SI System
Planning in Independent India
Plant Cell Wall
Plant Tissues
Political Transformation
Population Distribution and Density
Poverty Concepts and Measurement
President of India
Principles of Taxation
Reflection
Reform in Hindu Society
Renewable Energy
Reports & Indices
Reproductive Systems
Research & Innovation
Rise of Marathas
Road Transport
Root
Rural Settlements
Second Urbanization
Sources and Geography
Sources, Chronology and Human Evolution
Sports
Structure of the Banking System
Subhas Chandra Bose and INA
Supreme Court of India
Temperature and Thermal Expansion
Transparency and Vigilance Bodies
Union and Its Territory
Universal Gravitation
Vijayanagara Empire
Water Relations
Wave Fundamentals
Work and Power
Acids, Bases and Ionic Equilibrium
Administration
Administration and Economy
Anglo-French Rivalry
Anti-Caste and Social Justice Movements
Bahmani and Deccan Sultanates
Banking & Markets
Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi
Chief Minister and State Council of Ministers
Conventional Energy Resources
Culture and Intellectual Developments
DC Circuits
Deindustrialization and Industry
Demographic and Social Developments
Development Indicators
Early Vedic Period
Earth & Disaster Events
Economic Map Identification
Energy
Fertilizers and Industrial Chemicals
Floods and Droughts
Fluid Pressure and Buoyancy
Folk Theatre
Food Chemistry
Food Security and Rural Livelihood Updates
Graphical Description of Motion
Heat and Calorimetry
Himalayan River Systems
Hindustani Classical Music
Immunity
Important Dates
Indian Monsoon System
Indian National Congress
Inflation
Integration of Princely States
Jainism
Kushanas
Later Great Mughals
Law & Administration
Laws of Chemical Combination and Atomic Theory
Major Constitutional Amendments
Major Crops and Their Geography
Major Fairs and Gatherings
Major Manufacturing Industries
Major Soil Groups
Major Vegetation Types
Maratha Confederacy
Maritime Spatial Features
Measurement, Accuracy and Error
Museums, Archives and Libraries
National Income Concepts
Newton's Laws and Momentum
North and Western India
Palaeolithic Age
Panchayats
Parliamentary Control
Plant Growth Regulators
Plastids & Vacuoles
Political and Administrative Spatial Framework
Pollination
Population Growth and Demographic Structure
Preamble
President's Rule in States
Presiding Officers and Parliamentary Organisation
Public Administration
Public Service Commissions
Rail Transport
Recognition & People
Reduction and Refining
Refraction
Reorganization of States
Reproductive Cycles & Fertilisation
Respiration
Revolt of 1857
Right to Equality
Right to Information and Transparency
Rowlatt and Non-Cooperation
Sculpture and Painting
Security Affairs
Space & Defence Technology
Stem
Sufism
The Himalayan Mountains
UNESCO Framework
Union Budget Framework
Urban Centres and Town Planning
Urbanisation
Vaccines & Therapeutics
Vice-President
War and Constitutional Negotiations
Water Absorption & Ascent
Wood and Lacquer Crafts
World Events
Agricultural Research and Sustainability Updates
Agricultural Systems and Regional Patterns
Assertive Nationalism and Swadeshi
Biogeographic Distribution
Buddhism
Carnatic Classical Music
Cell Cycle & Division
Ceramics, Terracotta and Fibre Crafts
Chhau and Dance-Theatre Traditions
Chinese Revolution and Communist China
Circulation
Citizenship
Cleansing Agents
Conquest of Bengal
Constitutional Organisation
Crown Rule
Cultural Awards and Honours
Cyclones, Landslides and Other Hazards
Digital and Regenerative Health
Eastern India
Economic Development
Economic Reforms since 1991
Economy and Technology
Eddy Currents and Devices
Employment and Unemployment
Endocrine System
Fertilisation & Seed Development
Final Phase of British Rule
Finance Commission
Financial Emergency
Friction
Fundamental Duties
Government Receipts
Health & Biotechnology
Heat Transfer
Imperialism in Asia
Indian Cinema
Indirect Taxation and GST
Infrastructure & Development
Kathak, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam
Later Vedic Period
Leaf
Leaf Anatomy
Lenses and Prisms
Literature and Knowledge Traditions
Manuscript Culture
Mesolithic Age
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Municipalities
Muscles & Movement
Muslim Reform Movements
Northern and Northeastern Plains
Other Regional States
Peninsular River Systems
Periodic Behaviour and Reactivity
Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets
Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
Puppetry
Redox in Everyday and Industrial Processes
Regional Successor States
Renewable Energy Geography
Reproductive Health
Reserve Bank of India and Monetary Framework
Right to Freedom
Satavahanas and Deccan
Seasons of India
Sex Determination & Human Genetics
Sikh Tradition
Society and Culture
Sound
Sources and Society
State Legislature
Swarajists and Constructive Politics
Thermodynamic, Electrochemical and Environmental Principles
Time and Spatial Relations
Trade & Industry
Trade, Finance and Infrastructure
Vaccination & Immune Disorders
Vakatakas and Regional Powers
Water and Air Transport
Water and Hydrogen Peroxide
Acoustic Phenomena
Alloys and Functional Materials
Civil Disobedience
Civil Services, Judiciary and Local Government
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Contemporary Policy Architecture
Deccan and South India
Economic Critique
Economy and Society
Electrical Safety and Applications
Expansion of Company Rule
Fiscal Deficits and Public Debt
Folk Music and Musical Instruments
Food Management and Food Security
Food Traditions and Social Customs
Foreign Policy and Security
Harsha and North India
Indigenous, Jewish and Christian Traditions
Inflorescence, Flower, Fruit & Seed
Insurance and Pensions
Lakes, Wetlands and Inland Water Features
Legislative Procedure
Livestock, Fisheries and Allied Activities
Lymphatic System and Circulatory Disorders
Map Orientation and Strategic Location
Martial Arts as Cultural Traditions
Mauryan Art and Architecture
Monetary Policy Instruments
National Symbols and Cultural Emblems
Neolithic Age
Odissi, Manipuri and Sattriya
Official Language and Linguistic Provisions
Optical Instruments
Other Intellectual Traditions
Partition
Peninsular Plateau
Pipelines and Communication Networks
Plant Movements
Public Sector Enterprises and Disinvestment
Rainfall and Temperature Patterns
Revolutionary Nationalism
Rights against Exploitation and Freedom of Religion
Sangam Age
Sikh and Parsi Reform
Society, Religion and Culture
Space Exploration
Working of the Constituent Assembly
Chalcolithic Cultures
Coastal Plains and Islands
Communal and Constitutional Politics
Constitutional Commissions for Social Justice
Cultural, Educational and Remedial Rights
Culture
Decline
Decline and Legacy
Executive and Advisory Bodies
Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments
Global Economic Institutions and Trade Arrangements
Political and Social Developments
Social Groups in Nationalism
Society, Economy and Culture
Weather Systems Affecting India
Women and Social Reform
Arab and Turkic Contacts
Education, Press and Cultural Change
Home Rule and Lucknow
Left and Socialist Currents
Megalithic Cultures
Other Constitutional Institutions
Quit India Movement
Tier II - Objective Session I
Mathematical Abilities (44)
2D Mensuration
Angles and Ratios
Average
Cartesian Plane
Data Presentation
Fractions
Percentage Fundamentals
Polynomials
Probability Foundations
Ratio
Simple Interest
Speed, Time and Relative Motion
Tables
Types of Numbers
Work Efficiency
Algebraic Identities
Central Tendency
Charts and Graphs
Compound Interest
Decimals
Divisibility & Factors
Identities and Formulae
Prisms, Cylinders and Related Solids
Profit and Loss
Proportion
Straight Lines
Trains
Triangles
Work Schedules and Payment Problems
3D Mensuration - Pyramids & Cones
Boats and Streams
Discount
Dispersion
Number Representation
Partnership
Pipes and Cisterns
Simplification
Surds and Radical Expressions
Variation
Applications and Equations in Trigonometry
Circles in Euclidean Geometry
Digit Patterns and Special Integer Properties
Mixture and Alligation
Spheres and Recasting Problems
Reasoning and General Intelligence (18)
Alphabetic and Mixed Sequences
Awareness and Visualization
Explicit Decision Criteria
Informal Premises and Conclusions
Numerical and Semantic Sequences
Positional Arrangements
Rule-Based Analogies
Set Theory
Syllogistic Validity
Three Dimensional Perception
Visual Transformations
Decoding Substitution Rules
Emotional and Social Awareness
Evaluating Explanations and Claims
Family and Relative Position
Matching and Scheduling Constraints
Membership Rules
Flawed Argument Patterns
English Language and Comprehension (3)
Passage Structure and Reading Skills
Sentence Grammar and Transformation
Word Meaning, Spelling and Expressions
General Awareness (357)
Agricultural Policy Updates
Alkanes
Amendment Procedure
Architecture
Asia
Bhakti Movement
Cell Organisation
Classical and Sanskrit Theatre
Classification and Nomenclature
Climate & Environment
Coastal Configuration
Colonial Agrarian Economy
Company Administration
Composition and Membership
Constituent Assembly
Constitutional & Electoral Affairs
Constitutional Electoral Framework
Controls of Indian Climate
Core Economic Institutions
Culture & Heritage
Development of the Periodic Table
Digestion & Nutrition
Diplomacy
Directive Principles of State Policy
Discovery of Subatomic Particles and Atomic Models
Drainage Fundamentals of India
Early Resistance
Earthquakes
Economic Indicators
Election Commission of India
Electric Current and Resistance
Establishment and Dynasties
European Trading Companies
Evolution of Local Government
Excretion
Faraday and Lenz Laws
Festival Frameworks
Folk Dance Traditions
Force and Inertia
Foundation and Consolidation
Foundation and Expansion
Foundations of Indian Dance
Foundations of Indian Music
Framework and Applicability
Fuels and Energy Chemistry
Gandhi's Early Career
Governance & Policy
Governor
Growth
Gupta Empire
Heritage Concepts
Indian Science and Technology Institutions
Indo-Greeks, Shakas and Pahlavas
Ionic and Covalent Bonding
Language Families and Cultural Geography
Launch Technology
Location and Extent
Magnetic Dipoles
Magnetic Field from Currents
Medicinal Chemistry Basics
Mendelian Genetics
Mineral Resource Geography
Money and Monetary Aggregates
Motion in One Dimension
Nation-Building
National Cultural Institutions
National Emergency
National Security
Nature and Structure of the Indian Economy
Nature of the Constitution
Nature, Scope and Language of Chemistry
Nervous System
Occurrence, Concentration and Pretreatment of Ores
Origins and Chronology
Origins of Nationalism
Oxidation-Reduction Concepts
Pathogens & Diseases
Photosynthesis
Physical Map Identification
Physical Quantities and SI System
Planning in Independent India
Plant Cell Wall
Plant Tissues
Political Transformation
Population Distribution and Density
Poverty Concepts and Measurement
President of India
Principles of Taxation
Reflection
Reform in Hindu Society
Renewable Energy
Reports & Indices
Reproductive Systems
Research & Innovation
Rise of Marathas
Road Transport
Root
Rural Settlements
Second Urbanization
Sources and Geography
Sources, Chronology and Human Evolution
Sports
Structure of the Banking System
Subhas Chandra Bose and INA
Supreme Court of India
Temperature and Thermal Expansion
Transparency and Vigilance Bodies
Union and Its Territory
Universal Gravitation
Vijayanagara Empire
Water Relations
Wave Fundamentals
Work and Power
Acids, Bases and Ionic Equilibrium
Administration
Administration and Economy
Anglo-French Rivalry
Anti-Caste and Social Justice Movements
Bahmani and Deccan Sultanates
Banking & Markets
Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi
Chief Minister and State Council of Ministers
Conventional Energy Resources
Culture and Intellectual Developments
DC Circuits
Deindustrialization and Industry
Demographic and Social Developments
Development Indicators
Early Vedic Period
Earth & Disaster Events
Economic Map Identification
Energy
Fertilizers and Industrial Chemicals
Floods and Droughts
Fluid Pressure and Buoyancy
Folk Theatre
Food Chemistry
Food Security and Rural Livelihood Updates
Graphical Description of Motion
Heat and Calorimetry
Himalayan River Systems
Hindustani Classical Music
Immunity
Important Dates
Indian Monsoon System
Indian National Congress
Inflation
Integration of Princely States
Jainism
Kushanas
Later Great Mughals
Law & Administration
Laws of Chemical Combination and Atomic Theory
Major Constitutional Amendments
Major Crops and Their Geography
Major Fairs and Gatherings
Major Manufacturing Industries
Major Soil Groups
Major Vegetation Types
Maratha Confederacy
Maritime Spatial Features
Measurement, Accuracy and Error
Museums, Archives and Libraries
National Income Concepts
Newton's Laws and Momentum
North and Western India
Palaeolithic Age
Panchayats
Parliamentary Control
Plant Growth Regulators
Plastids & Vacuoles
Political and Administrative Spatial Framework
Pollination
Population Growth and Demographic Structure
Preamble
President's Rule in States
Presiding Officers and Parliamentary Organisation
Public Administration
Public Service Commissions
Rail Transport
Recognition & People
Reduction and Refining
Refraction
Reorganization of States
Reproductive Cycles & Fertilisation
Respiration
Revolt of 1857
Right to Equality
Right to Information and Transparency
Rowlatt and Non-Cooperation
Sculpture and Painting
Security Affairs
Space & Defence Technology
Stem
Sufism
The Himalayan Mountains
UNESCO Framework
Union Budget Framework
Urban Centres and Town Planning
Urbanisation
Vaccines & Therapeutics
Vice-President
War and Constitutional Negotiations
Water Absorption & Ascent
Wood and Lacquer Crafts
World Events
Agricultural Research and Sustainability Updates
Agricultural Systems and Regional Patterns
Assertive Nationalism and Swadeshi
Biogeographic Distribution
Buddhism
Carnatic Classical Music
Cell Cycle & Division
Ceramics, Terracotta and Fibre Crafts
Chhau and Dance-Theatre Traditions
Chinese Revolution and Communist China
Circulation
Citizenship
Cleansing Agents
Conquest of Bengal
Constitutional Organisation
Crown Rule
Cultural Awards and Honours
Cyclones, Landslides and Other Hazards
Digital and Regenerative Health
Eastern India
Economic Development
Economic Reforms since 1991
Economy and Technology
Eddy Currents and Devices
Employment and Unemployment
Endocrine System
Fertilisation & Seed Development
Final Phase of British Rule
Finance Commission
Financial Emergency
Friction
Fundamental Duties
Government Receipts
Health & Biotechnology
Heat Transfer
Imperialism in Asia
Indian Cinema
Indirect Taxation and GST
Infrastructure & Development
Kathak, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam
Later Vedic Period
Leaf
Leaf Anatomy
Lenses and Prisms
Literature and Knowledge Traditions
Manuscript Culture
Mesolithic Age
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Municipalities
Muscles & Movement
Muslim Reform Movements
Northern and Northeastern Plains
Other Regional States
Peninsular River Systems
Periodic Behaviour and Reactivity
Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets
Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
Puppetry
Redox in Everyday and Industrial Processes
Regional Successor States
Renewable Energy Geography
Reproductive Health
Reserve Bank of India and Monetary Framework
Right to Freedom
Satavahanas and Deccan
Seasons of India
Sex Determination & Human Genetics
Sikh Tradition
Society and Culture
Sound
Sources and Society
State Legislature
Swarajists and Constructive Politics
Thermodynamic, Electrochemical and Environmental Principles
Time and Spatial Relations
Trade & Industry
Trade, Finance and Infrastructure
Vaccination & Immune Disorders
Vakatakas and Regional Powers
Water and Air Transport
Water and Hydrogen Peroxide
Acoustic Phenomena
Alloys and Functional Materials
Civil Disobedience
Civil Services, Judiciary and Local Government
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Contemporary Policy Architecture
Deccan and South India
Economic Critique
Economy and Society
Electrical Safety and Applications
Expansion of Company Rule
Fiscal Deficits and Public Debt
Folk Music and Musical Instruments
Food Management and Food Security
Food Traditions and Social Customs
Foreign Policy and Security
Harsha and North India
Indigenous, Jewish and Christian Traditions
Inflorescence, Flower, Fruit & Seed
Insurance and Pensions
Lakes, Wetlands and Inland Water Features
Legislative Procedure
Livestock, Fisheries and Allied Activities
Lymphatic System and Circulatory Disorders
Map Orientation and Strategic Location
Martial Arts as Cultural Traditions
Mauryan Art and Architecture
Monetary Policy Instruments
National Symbols and Cultural Emblems
Neolithic Age
Odissi, Manipuri and Sattriya
Official Language and Linguistic Provisions
Optical Instruments
Other Intellectual Traditions
Partition
Peninsular Plateau
Pipelines and Communication Networks
Plant Movements
Public Sector Enterprises and Disinvestment
Rainfall and Temperature Patterns
Revolutionary Nationalism
Rights against Exploitation and Freedom of Religion
Sangam Age
Sikh and Parsi Reform
Society, Religion and Culture
Space Exploration
Working of the Constituent Assembly
Chalcolithic Cultures
Coastal Plains and Islands
Communal and Constitutional Politics
Constitutional Commissions for Social Justice
Cultural, Educational and Remedial Rights
Culture
Decline
Decline and Legacy
Executive and Advisory Bodies
Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments
Global Economic Institutions and Trade Arrangements
Political and Social Developments
Social Groups in Nationalism
Society, Economy and Culture
Weather Systems Affecting India
Women and Social Reform
Arab and Turkic Contacts
Education, Press and Cultural Change
Home Rule and Lucknow
Left and Socialist Currents
Megalithic Cultures
Other Constitutional Institutions
Quit India Movement
Computer Knowledge Test (17)
Computer architecture basics
Network principles
OS concepts
Processor and memory
Security foundations
Web fundamentals
Word processing
Networking models
Spreadsheets
Storage and interfaces
Addressing and protocols
Computer usage
Cybersecurity & Digital Trust
Files and administration
Presentations and digital work
Protection and governance
Troubleshooting
Previous Year Cutoffs
SSC CHSL 2026 cut-offs have not yet been released.
The tables below show previous examination cycles for reference only. Cut-offs vary by post, category and year, and historical scores do not guarantee selection.
Refer to the official SSC result notices for confirmed cut-offs.
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SSC CHSL 2025 · All India · Tier-I shortlist for Tier-II · DEO other departments (List III)
Educational qualification (as on 7 October 2026): Candidates must generally have passed Class 12 or an equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University. For specified DEO/DEO Grade A posts in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Staff Selection Commission and Ministry of Culture, Class 12 Science with Mathematics is required.
Requirement 2
Age limit (as on 1 August 2026): 18 to 27 years. General age-eligible candidates must have been born between 2 August 1999 and 1 August 2008, inclusive.
Requirement 3
Upper-age relaxation: SC/ST - 5 years; OBC - 3 years; PwBD - 10 years, with additional rules for applicable categories. Other relaxations and citizenship conditions are governed by the official notification.
Requirement 4
Candidates must satisfy post-specific educational, documentation and other eligibility conditions.
Smart Preparation Tips
Prepare for SSC CHSL 2026 with a subject-wise and timer-based study plan.
• Build a realistic daily study timetable.
• Practice all four Tier-I subjects regularly.
• Take 15-minute sectional mock tests.
• Solve previous-year question papers.
• Attempt full-length 60-minute mock tests.
• Review mistakes and revise weak topics.
• Study current affairs and general awareness.
• Practice Computer Knowledge and typing where applicable.
Avoid unnecessary guessing because Tier-I has a 0.50-mark penalty for each incorrect answer.
SSC has proposed 30 November to 31 December 2026 for the Tier-I computer-based examination. Candidates should check the SSC website for any schedule changes.
How many vacancies are available in SSC CHSL 2026?
The official notification announced approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies. Final post-wise and category-wise vacancy numbers are subject to updates.
What is the age limit for SSC CHSL 2026?
The general age limit is 18 to 27 years as on 1 August 2026. Age relaxations apply to eligible categories according to SSC rules.
What is the educational qualification for SSC CHSL?
Candidates generally need Class 12 or an equivalent qualification. Certain DEO/DEO Grade A posts require Class 12 Science with Mathematics.
What is new in the SSC CHSL 2026 exam pattern?
Tier-I has separate 15-minute timers for English, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness. Tier-II also includes subject-specific timers.
Is there negative marking in SSC CHSL 2026?
Yes. Tier-I deducts 0.50 marks for each wrong answer. Tier-II deducts 1 mark for each wrong objective answer in Sections I, II and III.
Is the SSC CHSL 2026 application window open?
No. The application deadline was 7 October 2026, and the correction window closed on 16 October 2026.
When will the SSC CHSL 2026 cut-off be released?
The 2026 cut-offs are not yet available. SSC will publish them through official result notices after the relevant examination stage.
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