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Notification 2020

The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive examination [Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL)-2020] for recruitment to the posts 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 details of the examination are as under:



Important Dates
Dates Event
6 November 2020 Notification Release Date
6 November 2020 Apply Online Start Dates
26 December 2020 Last Date to for generation of offline Challan.
26 December 2020 Last Date to  pay fee (Online mode).
26 December 2020 Last Date to  pay fee. (payment through Bank Challan)
23rd July 2021 Last Date to  Tier-1 Admit Card
12th April 2021
to
19th April 2021

04th April 2021
to
09th April 2021
 Online Examination – Tier-1
20th August 2021 Provisional Answer Key
27th October 2021 Result of Online exam – Tier-1
05th November 2021
to
04th December 2021 		Final Answer Key
05th November 2021
to
25th December 2021 		Tier-1 Marks
December 2021 Tier-2 Admit Card
9th January 2022 Tier-2 Exam Date



Vacancy Count
Post UR SC ST OBC EWS Total ESM OH HH VH Other PwD
LDC/JSH 670 214 102 417 135 1538 109 17 13 15 23
PA/SA 1509 534 208 454 476 3181 263 36 44 39 18
DEO 1 2 2 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
Total 2180 750 312 872 612 4726 373 53 57 54 41



Application Fee
Category Fee
Fee payable ₹ 100
Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST),
Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM)		 ₹ Nil






Eligibility
Age (As on 01.01.2021):
  Minimum: 18 years Maximum: 27 years
  i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.01.1994 and not later than 01.01.2003 (both dates inclusive)

  Relaxation of Upper age limit:
Category Age relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe 5 years
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years
PwD (Unreserved) 10 years
PwD (OBC) 13 years
PwD (SC/ST) 15 years
Ex-Servicemen (ESM) 3 years after deducting the military service rendered from the actual age on the last date for receipt of online application
Candidates domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1s Jan 1980 to 31st December 1989 5 Years
Defence personnel disabled in hostilities with a foreign nation 3 years
Defence personnel disabled in hostilities with a foreign nation (SC/ST) 8 years
Civilian Central Government Employees who have rendered at least 3 years of regular and continuous service as on a closing date for receipt of online application Upto 40 years of age
Civilian Central Government Employees who have rendered at least 3 years of regular and continuous service as on a closing date for receipt of online application (SC/ST) Upto 45 years of age
Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who are not married Upto 35 years of age
Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who are not married (SC/ST) Upto 40 years of age
Service Clerks in the last year of their service in the Armed Forces Up to 45 years of age
Service Clerks in the last year of their service in the Armed Forces (SC/ST) Up to 50 years of age
Retrenched census employees of the office of Registrar General of India (3 years) + (the length of service rendered by them in connection with census and weightage of past service)
Educational Qualifications:
  
LDC/JSA 12th passed or equivalent examination from a recognized board or university
PA/SA 12th passed or equivalent examination from a recognized board or university
DEO 12th passed or equivalent examination from a recognized board or university
DEO in Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) 12th passed in Science Stream with Mathematics as a subject, or equivalent examination from a recognized board or university


Experience
  No prior experience required.

Nationality / Citizenship:
  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 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, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Number of Attempts
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Pattern
Tier-1 (Computer Based Exam)
Name of Tests No. Of Question Maximum Marks Duration
General Awareness 25 50 60 minutes (80 Minutes for PwD candidates)
Reasoning/ General Intelligence 25 50
English Language (Basic Knowledge) 25 50
Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) 25 50
Total 100 200
  • There will be negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer

Tier-II (Descriptive Paper):
  • Tier-II Paper will be a descriptive Paper of 100 Marks in ‘Pen and Paper’ Mode. The duration of the Descriptive Paper will be for one hour (20 minutes compensatory time will also be provided to the candidates eligible for scribe). The Paper will comprise of writing Essay/ Letter/ Application/ Precis etc.
  • The minimum qualifying marks in Tier-II would be 33 per cent.
  • The paper will have to be written either in Hindi or in English. Part paper written in Hindi and Part in English will be awarded zero marks

Tier-III (Skill Test):
  • Skill Test/ Typing Test for the shortlisted candidates will be conducted on the computers provided by the Commission or its authorized agency.
  • Skill Test/ Typing Test will be conducted in the cities where Regional Offices of the Commission are located or as decided by the Commission.
  • Skill Test/ Typing Test will be of qualifying nature.
  • Errors in the Skill Test will be calculated up to 2 decimal places.






Syllabus
Tier-I (Computer Based Examination)
General Intelligence/
Reasoning		 Quantitative Ability English Language General Awareness
Logical Reasoning XXXX Reading Comprehension History
Alphanumeric Series Profit & Loss Cloze Test Culture
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices Para Jumbles Geography
Data Sufficiency Work & Time Synonyms/Antonyms/Homonyms Economic Scene
Coded Inequalities Time & Distance Fill in the Blanks General Policy
Seating Arrangement Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting Scientific Research
Puzzle Data Interpretation Paragraph Completion
Tabulation Ratio & Proportion, Percentage One Word Substitution
Syllogism Number Systems Active/Passive Voice
Space Orientation, Semantic Classification, Sequences & Series
Figural Series, Critical Thinking, Mixtures & Allegations
Coding/Decoding Permutation, Combination & Probability

Tier-II (Descriptive Paper)
Topics Word Count Maximum Marks Duration
Essay Writing 200-250 100 60 minutes
Letter/Application Writing 150-200 60 minutes
  • As stated above, this paper calls for candidates to write an essay and Letter/Application that tests their writing skills of the candidates. The essay topics will be related to National Interest, Finance & Economy, Ecological Issues, Politics, Social Issues, Schemes & Governance, Sports, Technology, Geopolitics, Environmental Concerns etc. While, the type of letter/ application asked will be Application, Complaint, Suggestion, Official Appreciation, Follow up or Feedback etc


Tier-III (Skill Test)
 Data Entry Operator:
  • Candidate should have a data entry speed of 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depressions per hour
  • The duration of the Test is 15 minutes and an English document having about 2000-2200 strokes/key-depressions is given to type.
 Data Entry Operator in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG)
  • The ‘speed of 15000 key depressions per hour 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 for 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 3700-4000 key-depressions would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the test computer.
 Lower Division Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (LDS/JSA) and Postal Assistants/ Sorting Assistants (PA/SA)
  • The speed of 10500 key depressions per hour 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 for 15 minutes and printed matter in English containing about 9000 key-depressions/hour would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the test computer.



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