SSC CHSL 2025 Application Form, Syllabus, Exam Date, Pattern, Eligibility

SSC CHSL 2025: SSC CHSL Exam is conducted to recruit eligible candidates for the post of Lower Divisional Clerk / Junior Secretariat Assistant, Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant, and Data Entry Operators for various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India. The candidates should have passed their (10+2) or an equivalent examination from a Recognised University or board and they should apply online mode at the official website. In this article, candidates get details about SSC CHSL 2025 Application Form, eligibility, vacancies, selection process, exam pattern, etc.

SSC CHSL Notification 2025:

• SSC CHSL 2025 Application Form will release on December 2025.

Contents:

• SSC CHSL 2025 Highlights
• CHSL Exam Date 2025
• SSC CHSL Application Form 2025
  • Application Fee
• Vacancies
• Eligibility Criteria
• Exam Pattern
• Syllabus
• Best Book for SSC CHSL Preparation 2025
• Exam Center
• Admit Card
• Result
• Pay Scale

SSC CHSL 2025: Highlights

Name of Exam	SSC CHSL 2025
Conducted by	Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
Exam Level	National Level Test
Frequency	Once a year
Mode of Apply	Online
Official Website	www.ssc.nic.in

SSC CHSL Exam Date 2025:

Events	Exam Dates
Submission of the Application Form Date	December 2025
Application Form Submit Last Date	January 2026
Last date and time for the generation of offline Challan	January 2026
Last date and time for making online fee payment	January 2026
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of the Bank)	January 2026
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ and online payment of Correction Charges.	January 2026
Admit Card Issue Date	To be announced soon
Tier-I Exam (Computer Based Exam)	Feb-March 2026
Tier-I Exam Result	To be announced soon
Date of Tier-II Examination	To be announced soon
Final Result Announcement	To be announced soon

SSC CHSL 2025 Application Form:

• The Application Form for SSC CHSL 2025 will be available online at the official website. The selection body does not entertain any other mode of submission of the application form.
• The application form consists of two parts i.e, Part 1 and Part 2. The aspiring candidates have to fill up both parts before submission otherwise the application will not be accepted.
• Applicants from the general category have to pay an application fee of Rs.100. The application form from SC/ST, the ex-serviceman, female candidates, and physically handicapped candidates are exempted from any application fee.
• The application fee can be paid both offline and online mode. Those candidates paying in cash have to generate and print a copy of the SBI Challan and those who pay online shall have to complete both parts of the application form to complete the payment.
• The recent passport size photo and signature should be uploaded in the specified format.
• Before submitting the application form it should be previewed completely about all the filled in details.
• Finally, the printout of the hard copy should be taken for future references.

Application Fee:

• The Application Fee is Rs.100/- (Rs one hundred only).
• Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Disabilities (PwD), and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of the fee.
• Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking, or by using Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, RuPay Credit, or Debit cards or in cash at SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan.

Eligibility Criteria:

Nationality: A candidate must be either:

• a citizen of India, or
• a subject of Nepal, or
• a subject of Bhutan, or
• a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
• a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania(Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia
  and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Educational Qualification: Applicants must have qualified in the Class XII examination or its equivalent examination from any recognized board or university.

Age Limit: Applicants should be within the age group of 18 to 27 years. Candidates can find below age relaxation by category wise:

• For SC/ST – 5 Years
• For PH – 10 Years
• OBCs – 3 Years
• For PH + SC/ST – 15 Years
• For PH + OBC – 13 Years

SSC CHSL 2025 Exam Pattern:

The examination is held in two stages.

Check Complete Exam Pattern of SSC CHSL 2025:

Tier	Types of Exam	Mode of Exam
Tier 1	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer-Based (online)
Tier 2	Objective Multiple Choice	Computer-Based (online)

Tier-I:

Subjects	No. of MCQ	Max Marks
English Language	25	50
General Intelligence	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
General Awareness	25	50
Total	100	200

Tier-II:

• 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.
• Tier-II will include following three sections having two modules each:

Section-I:

• Module-I: Mathematical Abilities
• Module-II: Reasoning and General Intelligence.

Section-II:

• Module-I: English Language and Comprehension
• Module-II: General Awareness

Section-III:

• Module-I: Computer Knowledge Test
• Module-II: Skill Test/ Typing Test

SSC CHSL 2025 Syllabus:

SSC CHSL Tier 1 has divided into four parts, that is – General Intelligence, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude & English Language. Bellow we mention SSC CHSL 2025 Syllabus for all four sections:

• General Intelligence: This segment includes questions of verbal as well as non-verbal categories. The test shall include questions on symbolic operations, Semantic Analogy, Figural Analogy, trends, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Semantic Classification, space orientation, Symbolic/Number Classification, Figural Classification, Drawing Inference, Venn diagram, and Punched hole/pattern-folding & unfolding.
• English Language: This segment is basically concerned with the grammatical part of the English language. The question paper would comprise of topics such as Spot the error, Synonyms/Homonyms, Fill in the blanks, Spelling/Detecting Mis-spelt words, Antonyms, Idioms & phrases, Improvement of Sentences, One-word Substitutions, Active/Passive Voice of verbs, Shuffling of Sentence parts, Conversion into Direct/Indirect narrations, Comprehension Passage, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, and Close Passage.
• Quantitative aptitude: The quantitative aptitude test is a simple mathematical-based question paper. The topics to be included are Number System, Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, Mensuration, and Statistical Charts.
• General Awareness: The general awareness question paper is based on current events. Here the questions have been designed to test the general awareness of the candidate about the environment around him, knowledge of current events, experience in scientific aspects, matters of everyday observation, about India and its neighboring countries. The questions will also be specially designed on history, geography, scientific research, economic scene, and general policy.

Best Books for SSC CHSL 2025:

Here we are giving information about the Best Books for SSC CHSL 2025. Find below the best book name with Author & Publisher:

Topic	Author/Publisher
Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning	R. S. Aggarwal
Objective English for Competitive Examinations	Tata McGraw Hill
Quantitative Aptitude	R.S. Agarwal
Analytical Reasoning	M K Pandey
Quick Learning Objective General English	RS Aggarwal & Vikas Aggarwal
Manorama Yearbook 2025 (English and Hindi)	Malayalam Manorama
Quicker Mathematics	M. Tyra

Exam Centers:

SSC CHSL 2025 exam centers are divided into 9 regions in multiple cities of India. Below we mention all-state where the exam will hold.

Uttar Pradesh	Jharkhand	Andaman and Nicobar	Uttarakhand
Arunachal Pradesh	Meghalaya	Mizoram	Telangana
Goa	Jammu and Kashmir	Bihar	West Bengal
Karnataka	Delhi	Assam	Manipur
Andhra Pradesh	Gujarat	Madhya Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh
Sikkim	Odisha	Kerala	Rajasthan
Nagaland	Tripura	Tamil Nadu	Maharashtra
Chattisgarh	Punjab

Admit Card:

The admit card for all stages of CHSL 2025 shall issue by SSC at least two weeks before the dates of the respective examinations. The SSC CHSL Admit card will be available region-wise on the website of the commission. The candidates who qualify in the first stage of the examination shall be issued a separate admit card for the stage 2 examination. They should take the printout and carry the examination hall ticket to the examination center. Applicants have to download their admit card online as the commission does not send the hall ticket online or by post.

Answer Key:

The Answer Key for the SSC HSCL stage 1 examination shall be available online by the commission for all the subjects. The candidates are required to download the answer key for checking the correct answer to all the questions. The answer key is very helpful to the candidates for calculating their expected score and analyzing their performance in the examination. Also, the candidates will have an opportunity to submit representation against the provisional answer key in case of any doubt of anomaly.

Result:

The result of the CHSL 2025 exams will announce online mode. Candidates can check the result by visiting the official website of SSC. Candidates who clear the Tier I exam will eligible for tier II and clearing tier II will make them eligible for the skill test and candidates who clear the tier III (skill test) will be called for document verification.

Pay Scale:

• Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA): Pay Level-2 (Rs. 19,900-63,200).
• Postal Assistant (PA)/Sorting Assistant (SA): Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100)
• Data Entry Operator (DEO): Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100) and Level-5(Rs. 29,200-92,300).
• Data Entry Operator, Grade ‘A’: Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100).