SSC CHSL 2024 Notification, Application Form, Exam Dates, Pattern

SSC CHSL 2024: SSC CHSL (Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination) is conducted on the national level by Staff Selection Commission every year to recruit: Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Data Entry Operator (DEO), Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant & Court Clerk, for various government organizations. The examination is held in three stages at various centers allotted by SSC. The essential eligibility required to fill the application form of SSC CHSL 2024, candidates must have passed the senior secondary school examination from any recognized board, and are eligible to apply for the examination.

SSC CHSL 2024 Important Dates

Publication of official notification	February 2024
Commencement of the application process	February 2024
Last date of the application process	March 2024
Last date for payment of the application fee online	March 2024
Last date and time for the generation of offline Challan	March 2024
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank)	March 2024
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ and online payment of Correction Charges.	March 2024
Downloading of admit card	May 2024
Examination date (SSC CHSL Tier-I)	May 2024
Results declaration of part I examination	To be Announced
Examination Tier-II	To be Announced
Final merit list	To be Announced

Important Links

Official Notification	Check Here
Official Website	Check Here
User Registration	Register Here

Eligibility Criteria

• For LDC/ JSA, PA/ SA, DEO (except DEOs in C&AG): Passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.
• For Data Entry Operator (DEO) in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG): Passed 12th Standard in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from a recognized Board or equivalent.

Age Criteria

• The applicants must have aged between 18 to 27 years as of 1st August 2024.

Age Relaxation:

For SC/ST age relaxation is	5 years
For OBC age relaxation is	3 years
For PH age relaxation is	10 years
For PH+OBC age relaxation is	13 years
For PH+SC/ST age relaxation is	15 years
Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	3 years
Candidates having domiciled in JK during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989	5 years
Defense Personnel disabled	3 years
Defense Personnel disabled (SC/ST)	8 years
Central Government Civilian Employees	Up to 40 years of age
Central Government Civilian Employees (SC/ST)	Up to 45 years of age
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried	Up to 35 years of age
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST)	Up to 40 years of age
Service Clerks in the last year of their color service in the Armed Forces	Up to 45 years of age
Service Clerks in the last year of their color service in the Armed Forces (SC/ST)	Up to 50 years of age

Application Fee

• Candidates will have to make a payment of Rs.100/-.
• Candidates claiming under Female/SC/ST/PH categories; are not required to make payment of the fee.
• Candidates can pay the application fee with the use of a debit card, credit card, net banking, or through an SBI bank challan.

SSC CHSL 2024 Application Form

There will be an online submission of the SSC CHSL Application form through the official website of the SSC. Applicants will have to fill in all the necessary information and personal details in the application form. Candidates will have to upload the scanned photo and signature, after filling in all the personal and educational details in the application form. Make the payment of the application fee. Make the final submission of the application form and you are done.

SSC CHSL 2024 Selection Procedure

• Tier 1: Written exam of objective-type questions of 200 marks.
• Tier 2: It is a descriptive test of 100 marks and conducted in online mode;
• Typing Test/Skill Test-For candidates who get qualifying marks in Tier 2 exam. Candidates’ data entry speed should be 8,000 key depressions per hour on the computer. 35 words per min are necessary for English typing, whereas, 30 words per min in the case of Hindi typing.

Exam Pattern

Tier	Exam Type	Exam Mode
Tier-I	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer Based Test
Tier-II	Descriptive Paper in English/Hindi	Pen and Paper Based
Tier-III	Skill Test/Computer Proficiency Test	Whatever Applicable

SSC CHSL Tier-I 

• There will be 4 sections (General Intelligence, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude & General Awareness) carrying 50 marks for each section.
• The duration of the examination will be 2 hours.
• The question paper will be available both in Hindi & English except for English Language.
• There will be MCQ-type questions and ¼ marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Each section will be of 50 marks.

Section	Subject	No of Questions	Max Marks	Exam Duration
1	General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	50	60 Minutes (80 Min for candidates eligible for scribes)
2	General Awareness	25	50
3	Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
4	English Comprehension	25	50
Total		100	200

Tips to Prepare for SSC CHSL 2024

Know the Syllabus:

• The candidates must apprehend the syllabus for the exam.
• Prepare better in those which you can easily do.
• You can easily exclude the topics in which you are not good.

Solve previous year’s questions:

• To keep in touch with the question asked in the examination, the candidates should repetitively solve the previous year’s question papers.
• This would also help them know the level of the question paper.

Save Time, Attempt More

• Saving time on one question will automatically lead to candidates attempting more questions.
• The candidates should learn the short tricks which work wonders in any type of preparation.

Take good care of your Health

• A lot depends on how you keep yourself ready for the preparation because ultimately good health matters.

Solve sample paper

• Solving the SSC CHSL Sample Paper will help the candidates grow in confidence.
• It’ll keep them well prepared for the examination in an exam-like environment.

Important Books to Prepare for SSC CHSL 2024

For the English Language

• Competitive General English by Kiran Prakashan
• Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Tata McGraw Hill
• Quick Learning Objective General English by RS Aggarwal & Vikas Aggarwal
• Objective General English by SP Bakshi

For General Intelligence & Reasoning

• Analytical Reasoning by M K Pandey
• Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
• A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Nonverbal (English) by BS Sijwali, Indu Sijwali

For Quantitative Aptitude

• Quicker Mathematics by M. Tyra
• Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal
• Elementary and Advanced Mathematics by Kiran Prakashan

For General Awareness

• Manorama Yearbook (Hindi)
• Manorama Yearbook (English)
• Lucent’s General Knowledge (Hindi)
• Lucent’s General Knowledge (English)

Official Website: https://ssc.nic.in/