STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION
Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination, 2016
Updated on 11.11.2016
F.No. 3/2/2016-P&P-I (Vol-1)
Change of Age Criteria and Extension of Last Date
SSC declared that Candidates meeting the age criteria as on 01.08.2016 and also on 01.01.2017 are eligible to apply for CHSL 2016.
Last Date-
The last date for filling up of online application form is 25.11.2016 upto 5.00 pm.
The challan generation facility will be available upto 23.11.2016
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F.No. 3/2/2016-P&P-I.
Updated on 10.10.2016
Extension of time for filling up of application
F.No. 3-2/2014-P&P-I (Vol. IV) :
The Staff Selection Commission has notified that the servers of Staff Selection Commission are being closed down for maintenance from 12:00 noon on 10.10.2016 (Monday) till 12:00 noon on 13.10.2016 (Thursday).
Accordingly, candidates will not be able to apply during this period for Constable (Delhi Police) 2016 Examination, Examination for the Selection Posts, JE 2016 Examination and CHSL 2016 Examination.
The new closing dates-
CHSL 2016 Examination: 5:00 pm on 11.11.2016
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The Staff Selection Commission will hold an examination for Recruitment of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants, Data Entry Operators, Lower Divisional Clerks and Court Clerk during the period from 07.01.2017 to 05.02.2017 the details of which are as under-
Key Dates-
Closing Date:07.11.2016
Date of Computer Based Examination (Tier-I): 07.01.2017 and 05.02.2017
Date of Tier-II (Descriptive Paper): 09.04.2017
No. of Tentative Vacancies-
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant- 3281
LDC- 1321
DEO- 506
Court Clerks-26
Total- 5134
Pay of the Posts-
1. Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant PB -1(Rs. 5200-20200) Grade Pay 2400 (pre-revised)
2. Data Entry Operator : Pay Band-1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay Rs. 2400 (pre-revised)
3. Data Entry Operator : Pay Band-1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay Rs. 1900 (pre-revised)
4. Lower Division Clerk: Pay Band -1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay Rs. 1900 (pre-revised)
5. Court Clerk: Pay Band -1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay Rs. 1900 (pre-revised)
Age Limit-
18-27 years as on 01.01.2017 (Candidates born not before 02-01-1990 and
not later than 01-01-1999).
Relaxation of Upper age limit for different categories will be given as per norms.
Educational Qualification ( As on 01.01.2017)-
Must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or
University.
As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10.06.1995 published
in Gazette of India, all the degree/diplomas/certificates including technical education
degree/diploma awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the
Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to
be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act 1956 and
Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically
recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central
Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau,
University Grants Commission.
Candidates who have not acquired but will acquire the educational qualification and acquire
documentary evidence from the Board/University in support thereof as on 01.01.2017 will
also be eligible.
All candidates who are called for appearing at the Typing Test/Skill Test will be required to
produce the relevant Certificate in Original such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificate, etc.
as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before 01.01.2017
failing which the candidature of such candidate will be cancelled by the Commission. The
candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence that the result of the qualifying
examination was declared on or before the cutoff date i.e. 01.01.2017 and he/she has been
declared passed, will also be considered to have the required Educational Qualification.
Application fee-
Mode of payment of fee payable Rs. 100/-(Rupees One Hundred only).
Candidates may note that online application will be accepted at http://ssconline.nic.in only.
Fee paid in respect of online application through SBI Challan/Net banking and any credit
and debit cards will be accepted.
Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe,
Persons with disability and Ex-servicemen eligible for reservation are exempted from
payment of fee as per rules/instructions of Department of Personnel and Training,
Government of India.
How to apply-
The online submission of the application may be made at website
http://ssconline.nic.in
Syllabus for Computer based Written examination (Tier-I)-
General Intelligence: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type.
The test will include questions on Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations,
Symbolic/Number Analogy, Trends, Figural Analogy, Space Orientation ,Semantic
Classification, Venn Diagrams, Symbolic/Number Classification, Drawing inferences ,Figural
Classification ,Punched hole/pattern-folding & unfolding , Semantic Series, Figural Pattern –
folding and completion, Number Series, Embedded figures, Figural Series, Critical Thinking,
Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Word Building, Social Intelligence, Coding and de- coding, Other sub-topics, if any Numerical operations.
English Language:
Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms/Homonyms, Antonyms,
Spellings/ Detecting Mis-spelt words, Idioms & Phrases, One word substitution,
Improvement of Sentences, Active/Passive Voice of Verbs, Conversion into Direct/Indirect
narration, Shuffling of Sentence parts, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, Cloze Passage,
Comprehension Passage.
Quantitative Aptitude:
Arithmetic:
Number Systems:
Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship
between numbers.
Fundamental arithmetical operations:
Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Square roots,
Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership
Business, Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time and work.
Algebra:
Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple
problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations.
Geometry:
Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts:
Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and
its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or
more circles.
Mensuration:
Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular
Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular
Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base
Trigonometry:
Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and
distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin20 + Cos20=1 etc.
Statistical Charts :
Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar- diagram, Pie-chart
General Awareness:
Questions are designed to test the candidate’s general awareness of
the environment around him and its application to society. Questions are also designed to
test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and
experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test
will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially
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pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific
research.
For VH candidates of 40% and above visual disability and opting for SCRIBES there will be
no component of Maps/Graphs/Diagrams/Statistical Data in the General Intelligence &
Reasoning / Quantitative Aptitude.
Tier-II (Descriptive Paper)-
Tier-II Paper of CHSL 2016 will be a descriptive Paper of 100 Marks in ‘Pen and Paper Mode
The duration of the paper would be for one hour (20 minutes compensatory time will also
be provided to the candidates mentioned in Para 7 above). This paper has been
introduced to assess the writing skills of the candidates which is necessary in Government
jobs. The Paper would comprise writing of an Essay of 200-250 words and Letter /
Application writing of approximately 150-200 words. The minimum qualifying marks in Tier-II
would be 33 per cent. The performance in Tier II would be included for preparing merit. The
paper will have to be written either in Hindi or in English. Part paper written in Hindi and Part
in English will not be evaluated.
Tier-III Examination-
Tier-III of the Examination would continue to be the Skill Test / Typing Test which would be of
a qualifying nature. Skill Test / Typing Test would be in consonance with the provisions
contained in para 12.2 and 12.3 given below. The final merit of the successful candidates
would be determined on the basis of total score obtained by them in Tier-I and Tier-II.
Skill test for Data Entry Operator-
Data Entry Speed of 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depressions per hour on Computer.
The ‘Speed of 8000 key depressions per hour on Computer’ will be adjudged on the basis of
the correct entry of words/key depressions as per the given passage and the duration of the
said Test will be 15 (Fifteen) minutes and printed matter in English containing about 2000- 2200 strokes/key-depressions would be given to each candidate who would enter the same
in the Computer.
Typing Test for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant LDCs and Court Clerks-
Typing Test will be conducted for those candidates who qualify in the Computer based
Written Examination (Tier-I) and Descriptive Paper (Tier-II). Such Typing Test will be
conducted in English or Hindi and candidates while applying for the Examination, will have to
indicate his/her choice/option for Skill Test Medium in the Application Form.
Typing Test will be of qualifying in nature. It will be administered on the Computer, to be
provided by the Commission or any agency authorized by the Commission.
Candidates opting for English medium should have typing speed of 35 words per minute and
those opting for Hindi medium should have typing speed of 30 words per minute.
The speed will be adjudged on the accuracy of typing on the Computer of a given text
passage in 10 minutes. Visually Handicapped candidates (with 40% disability and above) will
be allowed 30 minutes.
Passage Dictators will be provided to VH candidates for the Typewriting test. The Passage
Dictator will read out the passage to VH candidate within the allotted time period. Further,
Passage Dictators will be allowed for Typing Test only to those VH candidates who have
taken Scribe in the written examination.
35 w.p.m. and 30 w.p.m. corresponds to 10500 key depressions per hour and 9000 key
depressions per hour respectively.
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