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As the famous saying goes, If you fail to plan you are planning to fail. It is imperative, that every aspirant preparing for an exam has a study plan in place. It includes everything from schedule management, right study resources, attempting mock tests and previous year’s papers for greater productivity in the exam. With the SSC CHSL Exam around the corner, all those preparing for the exam should have an SSC CHSL Study Plan in place and should have already started with the preparation.
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has earlier released exam dates for the Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) exams. According to the SSC exam calendar, Tier 1 Exam was scheduled on 21st and 22nd May 2021. This is now postponed until further notice.
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SSC CHSL Selection Procedure
SSC CHSL is conducted in three stages.
- Tier 1 Exam: Objective Test– Computer Based Written Test which consists of four sections
- Tier 2 Exam: Descriptive Test – Descriptive Test which asks Letter/ Application and Essay Writing
- Tier 3 Exam: Skill Test/Typing – which is qualifying in nature
SSC CHSL Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2021
As the SSC CHSL Exam is around the corner, let us first have a look at the syllabus and exam pattern.
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam Pattern 2021
| Subject | Max Marks | Total Timing |
| General Intelligence (25 Questions) |
50 | 60 Minutes
For VH/OH afflicted |
| English (25 Questions) |
50 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude (25 Questions) |
50 | |
| General Awareness (25 Questions) |
50 |
SSC CHSL: Tier 2 Pattern (1 hrs, 100 marks)
| Sections | No. Of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time Duration |
| Letter/Application | 1 | 50 | 60 Minutes
|
| Essay Writing | 1 | 50 |
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Syllabus
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | Quantitative Ability | English Language | General Awareness |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit and Loss | Cloze Test | Culture |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Mixtures and Allegations | Para jumbles | Geography |
| Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest and Compound Interest and Surds and Indices | Miscellaneous | Economic Scene |
| Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension | History |
| Coded Inequalities | Work and Time | Fill in the blanks | General Policy |
| Seating Arrangement | Time and Distance | Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting | Scientific Research |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | One Word Substitution | Books and Authors |
| Syllogism | Ratio and Proportion, Percentage | Active/Passive Voice | Awards and Honors |
| Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion | |
| Blood Relations | Number Systems | ||
| Input-Output | Sequence and Series | ||
| Coding-Decoding | Permutation, Combination and Probability |
SSC CHSL Tier 2 Syllabus
Tier 2 is a descriptive Test one is asked to write an essay and letter/application.
- Essay topics are usually any current social, political, economic or cultural issue.
- For letter/application writing, expect official topics. But it is always better to be aware of letter formats of all types.
NOTE: For descriptive paper, you just have to increase your writing skills and you can do it by daily practice.
SSC CHSL Syllabus For English Language Section
The English Language section consists of objective questions to test your knowledge of English vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension.
NOTE: If you want to score good in this section then strengthen your vocabulary as this is the most important thing which will help you in all exams and this will also increase your comprehension skill which helps you to solve para jumbles, antonyms, synonyms, paragraph, cloze test, rearrangement of sentences etc. Grammatical portions will also help you a lot.
Recommended Books:
For grammatical section follow H.C HARDWICK & VOCAB 24 APP)
A mirror of common error by Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh or SP Bakshi General English.
The various topics that are included under this section are as tabulated below:
| SSC CHSL Syllabus For English Language Section | |
| Parts of Speech | Voice Change – Active and Passive Voice |
| Tenses | Articles – A, An, The |
| Singular and Plural | Narration – Direct and Indirect Speech |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | Phrases and Idioms |
| Sentence Improvement | Sentence Correction / Spotting Errors |
| Fill in the Blanks | Cloze Test |
| Para-Jumbles | One Word Substitution |
| Spell Check | Comprehension Test |
SSC CHSL Syllabus For Quantitative Aptitude
This is also a very scoring section and an easy one. For this section just practice the previous year’s paper. There are some parts where u can practice like no series, mirror image, cutting of paper, dice based questions and some odd term type based questions.
Recommended Books:
Verbal and Non- verbal by RS Agarwal or analytical reasoning by M K Pandey
SSC CHSL General Awareness Section
This section tests your general knowledge and current affairs. The topics included under this section are tabulated below:
| SSC CHSL Syllabus For General Awareness Section | |
| Events and issues of National and International Importance | Books and Authors |
| Countries – Capitals and Countries | Awards and Honours |
| Indian Polity | Indian Constitution |
| Indian Geography | Indian Economy |
| Indian Budget | Business |
| Science, Technology, and Research | Indian Parliament |
| Culture | |
In the General Awareness section, there are questions from a variety of topics which are: History, Geography, Economy, Polity, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Current Affairs etc. If the candidates know the answers then this section does not take the time and they can solve the questions from other sections which ultimately increase their scores. Some of the topics once can focus on are
- Population Census
- Union Budget, Demonetization, and Economic Survey
- Important Books & Writers
- Oscar Winners
- First in Sports for India and World like First Olympics, First Asian Games etc.
- Famous Sea Ports, Airports and their locations
- State Animals and Symbols
- Important Institutions of India and World & their locations (like BRICS, World Bank, IMF, and RBI etc.)
- Indian Art & Culture, Awards & their Significance
- Nobel Laureates & their Fields
Recommended Books:
- NCERT Textbooks for Social Science Class 7 to 10
- NIOS study material and Lucent books.
- NCERT textbooks of Science from class 6 to 10
- Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth.
- NCERT Textbooks for Economics class 9th & 11th
SSC CHSL Tier 3 Syllabus 2021
One must start the preparation for the skill test once you clear the Tier1 because this might be the biggest hurdle for many aspirants. One should start his/her practice for typing test once he/she clear Tier 1, as it normally will take at least 4to 5 months to attain the speed of 35+ wpm.
NOTE: The typing test is of qualifying nature so that should not be forgotten.
SSC CHSL Study Plan 2021
- Aspirants who have aced the exam claim that if you plan your preparation good, you can definitely cover the syllabus within 2 months.
- Read NCERTs and prepare some short notes. Some questions actually come from NCERTs, especially in History, Geography, Microeconomics, and General Science.
- The best strategy for the candidate is to make a timetable and stick to it. Time duration also matters and if one uses that available time wisely, It will raise their chances to achieve success.
- The most important thing is that you should practice the previous year’s questions ( and try to solve the paper within time (60 minutes) as per the latest pattern.
Once you have a definitive study plan in place and you follow it religiously, success in the exam is not far away. Attempting more mock tests helps you identify your weak spots and you can then improve your performance.
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