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Exam Pattern

SSC CHSL Exam Pattern

Staff Selection Commission: Combined Higher Secondary Level

The SSC CHSL exam pattern below is checked stage by stage, so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.

Tier 1

Review pending

Timing behaviour is unresolved and is not asserted here. This record carried a single composite 60-minute window on the 2025 cycle. SSC CGL Tier 1, which is the same shape of paper at 100 questions for 200 marks in 60 minutes with the same four subjects, moved to a 15-minute timer per subject for 2026, and that change is recorded on this site against the CGL 2026 notice. Current secondary reporting says CHSL did the same. This site has not read the CHSL 2026 notice directly, so neither timing model is published as fact until it can.

Tier 2

Review pending

Confirmed via multiple independent current secondary sources (the official SSC portal is not reachable from this environment): Tier 2 runs in two sessions on the same day. Session 1 covers 135 objective MCQs for 405 marks (+3 per correct answer, -1 per wrong answer): Mathematical Abilities (30Q), Reasoning and General Intelligence (30Q), English Language and Comprehension (40Q), General Awareness (20Q), and Computer Knowledge Test (15Q). Session 2 is a practical Skill Test/Typing Test, not multiple-choice. This site's Tier 2 content covers Mathematical Abilities, Reasoning and General Intelligence, English Language and Comprehension, and Computer Knowledge Test only (115 of the 135 objective questions); General Awareness needs current, fact-checked content and is not yet built, and the Skill Test/Typing Test cannot be auto-graded as a multiple-choice mock.