The SSC CHSL Exam is held in both online and offline mode. There are about 3 stages in the exam - Tier 1, 2 and 3. The Tier-1 paper is objective and Tier-2 paper is descriptive in nature. The Tier-1 exam is for a total of 200 marks while the Tier-2 paper is for a total of 100 marks. The Tier-1 exam is for a duration of 75 minutes and Tier-2 is for a total duration of 60 minutes. The exam is held in a bilingual mode - English and Hindi.
The following are the stages of the exam explained in detail:
- Tier-1 - Computer Written Based Examination (Objective Type)
- Tier- 2 - Written Exam (Descriptive paper)
- Tier- 3 - Typing Test/Skill Test
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Detailed Pattern
- The objective paper needed to be given in an online mode.
- The Question paper consists of 4 components: General Intelligence, English, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness
- Tier 1 exam would have 100 questions totaled for 200 marks.
- The Duration of the exam would be for about 75 minutes.
- The Question paper would be in both English and Hindi for Papers 1,3 and 4.
- For every wrong answer, 0.5 marks would be deducted.
- Every section would have 25 questions each for 50 marks.
Tier 2 Descriptive Paper
- The second stage of SSC CHSL is a descriptive exam which would be conducted offline ( Pen and Paper based)
- Candidates would be required to write letters/essay/application letter etc.
- This paper carries a total of 100 marks for a duration of 1 hour.
- The qualifying marks set in this case is about 30%.
- The word limit would be set on an average for about 200-300 words.
Tier 3 Skill Test
- The typing test would be conducted for candidates who are applying for the post of Data Entry Operator.
- Candidates would have to qualify this test as per the speed limit indicated by the convenor.