SSC CHSL Notification 2022 Out for 4500 Vacancies

SSC CHSL Notification 2022 Out – The SSC Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level ( SSC CHSL ) is a nationwide exam conducted for the recruitment to the posts of Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Data Entry Operator (DEO), Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistants (PA / SA) in various central government departments and ministries. SSC has released the SSC CHSL Notification 2022 today on 6th December 2022. Read further to know complete details.

SSC CHSL Notification 2022 | Official Notice

SSC on 6th November 2022 has released the SSC CHSL 2022 Notification. Approximately 4500 vacancies has been announced for this year’s SSC CHSL Exam.

SSC CHSL Notification 2022 | Important dates

Events	Dates
Date of release of notification	6th December 2022
Dates for submission of online applications	From 6th December 2022
Last date and time for receipt of online applications	04-01-2023 (23:00)
Last date and time for making online fee payment	05-01-2023 (23:00)
Last date and time for the generation of offline Challan	To be notified
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ and  online payment of Correction Charges.	09-01-2023 to 10-01-2023 (23:00)
Schedule of Computer-Based Examination (Tier-I)	Feb-Mar, 2023
Dates of Tier-I Examination	To be notified later

SSC CHSL Notification 2022 | Vacancy

Tentative vacancies: There are approx. 4500 vacancies. However, firm vacancies will be determined in due course. Updated vacancies, if any, along with Post-wise & category-wise vacancies will be made available on the website of the Commission.

SSC CHSL 2022 Eligibility

SSC CHSL Eligibility 2022 is as follows :

Age limit (As on 01-01-2022)

A candidate has to fulfil the following age criteria.

• Minimum Age – 18 years
• Maximum Age – 27 years 

There is a provision of relaxation in the upper age limit as follows.

Code No.	Category	Permissible age relaxation beyond the upper age limit
01	SC/ ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	Persons with Disabilities (PwD-Unreserved)	10 years
04	PwD OBC	13 years
05	PwD SC/ ST	15 years
06	Ex-Servicemen	03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
07	Candidates who had domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989.	5 years
08	Defence personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof.	3 years
09	Defence personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST).	8 years
10	Central Government civilian employees who have rendered 3 or more years of regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications.	Up to 40 years of age
11	Central Government civilian employees who have rendered 3 or more years of regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications (SC/ ST).	Up to 45 years of age
12	Widows/Divorced women or judicially separated women and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
13	Widows/Divorced women or judicially separated women and who are not remarried (SC/ ST).	Up to 40 years of age

Essential Educational Qualifications (Crucial date to be announced)

1. For LDC/ JSA, PA/ SA, and DEO (except DEOs in C&AG): Candidates must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.
2. For Data Entry Operator (DEO Grade ‘A’) in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG): 12th Standard pass in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from a recognized Board or equivalent.
3. The candidates must possess essential qualifications on or before the closing date for receipt of online applications.

SSC CHSL Application Form 2022 | Steps to Apply

You can apply for the SSC CHSL exam by following the steps below:

1. Visit the SSC official website – https://ssc.nic.in/
2. Next click on the tab “Apply.” Now click on the “Combined Higher Secondary Level” exam.
3. After filling in all the required information, it will generate the registration number and password.
4. Next, fill in the required personal details and educational qualifications.
5. Upload a scanned copy of your passport-size photograph and signature.
6. Now, You can select any three examination centres within the same region
7. Carefully verify the information when you have completed the form. Once you submit the form, it’s final and you can’t make any further changes to the application form
8. Finally, pay the application fee.

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Documents required during form-filling

The following documents should be kept at hand so that the form-filling is smooth and uninterrupted.

1. A scanned copy of the applicant’s signature (of a size 1 kb – 12 kb) in JPG format.
2. A scanned copy of a passport-sized photograph of the candidate that is not more than three months old from the date of notification of the examination (size 20 kb – 50 kb) in JPG format. The date of when the photograph was taken should be typed and be clearly visible on the photograph and on its scanned version too.
3. Valid e-mail ID of the candidate for the purpose of registration and all related correspondence.
4. Valid ID proof of the candidate.

SSC CHSL 2022 Application Fee

Application fees for SSC CHSL needs to paid online. Application forms without application fees (wherever applicable) will be rejected immediately. The application fees for the various categories are as follows:

Category	Fees
Male (General/OBC)	₹ 100
Female (All Category)	Exempted (No fees)
SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen	Exempted (No fees)

SSC CHSL Notification 2022 | Exam Pattern

Check the complete SSC CHSL Exam Pattern below :

SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam Pattern

Subjects	Questions	Total Marks
General Awareness	25	50
General Intelligence	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
English Language	25	50
Total	100	200

Note-

• Total time of 60 minutes is there.
• The Tier-I Examination will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions only. The questions will be set in English and Hindi for Part-II, III & IV.
• There will be negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

SSC CHSL Tier 2 Exam Pattern

The SSC CHSL exam pattern has been changed this year, find the updated exam pattern below.

Tier	Session	Subject	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time allowed
II	Session-I (2 hours & 15 minutes)	Section-I: Module-I:   Mathematical Abilities Module-II:      Reasoning and General Intelligence.	30 30 Total = 60	60*3 = 180	1 hour (for each section) (1 hour & 20 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as  per Para-8.1 and 8.2)
		Section-II: Module-I:            English Language & Comprehension Module-II:          General Awareness	40 20 Total = 60	60*3 = 180
		Section-III: Module-I:        Computer Knowledge Module	15	15*3 = 45	15 Minutes (20   minutes for the      candidates eligible      for scribe as per Para-8.1 and 8.2)
	Session-II	Section-III: Module-II: Skill Test/ Typing Test Module	Part A: Skill Test for DEOs.	–	15 Minutes (20 minutes for the   candidates eligible  for scribe as per Para-8.1 and 8.2)
			Part B: Typing Test for LDC/ JSA.	–	10 Minutes (15 minutes for the      candidates eligible       for scribe as per Para-8.1 and 8.2)

*For the visually handicapped (40% disability) the test duration is 30 minutes.

Points to mention –

• Tier-II will be conducted in two sessions – Session –I & Session-II, on same day. Session-I will include conducting of Section-I, Section-II and Module-I of Section-III. Session-II will include conducting of Module-II of Section-III.
• It will be mandatory for the candidates to qualify all the sections of Tier-II.
• Tier-II will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions, except for Module-II of Section-III. The questions will be set in English and Hindi except for Module-II (i.e. English Language and Comprehension module) in Section-II.
• There will be negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer in Section-I, Section-II and Module-I of Section-III. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.
• Module-I of Section-III i.e. Computer Knowledge Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature.

Module-II of Section-III i.e. Skill Test/ Typing Test:

• Module-II of Section-III will include conducting of Skill Test/ Typing Test in Session-II on the same day.
• Skill Test/ Typing Test will be of qualifying nature.
• Errors in the Skill Test will be calculated up to 2 decimal places.

Skill test/Typing test will be conducted as per the following scheme.

• Skill Test is mandatory for Data Entry Operators. No candidate is exempted from appearing in the Skill Test.
• Part A -Skill Test for the post of DEO/ DEO Grade ‘A – ‘Data Entry Speed of 8,000 (Eight Thousand) 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. The duration of the
• Test will be 15 (Fifteen) minutes and printed matter in English containing about 2000-2200 key-depressions would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the Computer. The passage to be entered in the Computer may also be displayed on the computer screen.
• Part B – Typing Test for other posts i.e. LDC/ JSA: The medium of Typing Test will be Hindi or English. The candidates will have to opt for the medium of Typing Test (i.e. either Hindi or English) in the online Application Form.

SSC CHSL Notification 2022 | Syllabus

The syllabus for all tiers is as follows :

SSC CHSL Tier I Syllabus

General Intelligence	Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill)	English Language (Basic Knowledge)	General Awareness
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension	History
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test	Culture
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures and Allegations	Para jumbles	Geography
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Surds and Indices	Miscellaneous	Economy
Coded Inequalities	Work and Time	Fill in the blanks	General Policy
Seating Arrangement	Time and Distance	Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting	Scientific Research
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion	Awards and Honors
Tabulation	Data Interpretation	One Word Substitution	Books and Authors
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage	Active/Passive Voice
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input Output	Sequence and Series
Coding Decoding	Permutation, Combination and Probability

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SSC CHSL Tier II Syllabus

Subject	Topics
Mathematical Abilities	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 Alligation, 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 sin2𝜃 + Cos2𝜃=1 etc. Statistics and probability: Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart; Measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode, standard deviation; calculation of simple probabilities
(Reasoning and General Intelligence	Questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. These 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, Numerical operations, Other subtopics, if any
(English Language And Comprehension	Vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and their correct usage; 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. To test comprehension, two or more paragraphs will be given and questions based on those will be asked. At least one paragraph should be a simple one based on a book or a story and the other paragraph should be based on current affairs editorial or a report.
General Awareness	Questions are designed to test the candidates’ general awareness of the environment around them 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 pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research.
Computer Proficiency	Computer Basics: Organization of a computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU), input/ output devices, computer memory, memory organization, back- up devices, PORTs, Windows Explorer, Keyboard shortcuts Software: Windows Operating system including basics of Microsoft Office like MS word, MS Excel and Power Point etc.. Working with Internet and e-mails: Web Browsing & Searching, Downloading & Uploading, Managing an E-mail Account, e-Banking. Basics of networking and cyber security: Networking devices and protocols, Network and information security threats (like hacking, virus, worms, Trojan etc.) and preventive measures.

SSC CHSL Salary & Payscale

The modified salary structure for the different posts under the SSC CHSL exam, after implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, is as follows.

Post	Basic pay	HRA	TA	Gross salary	In hand
DEO – I	25500	6120	3600	35220	31045
DEO – II	25500	4080	1800	31380	27205
DEO – III	25500	2040	1800	29340	25165
LDC	19900	4776	1350	26026	22411
Court Clerk	19900	3184	900	23984	20369
PA/SA	19900	1592	900	22392	18777

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