SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam Important Question Topics 2023: SSC CHSL 2023 Tier-1 Exam is being held online from August 2 to 17, 2023. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the admit cards for the Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) 2023 exam on its regional websites. SSC is conducting this exam for the recruitment of Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), and Data Entry Operator (DEO) for various ministries/ departments/ offices of the Government of India.
Below is the exam pattern of SSC CHSL 2023 Tier-1:
| SSC CHSL 2023 Tier-1 Exam Pattern | ||
| Section | Questions/Marks | Time |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 25/50 | 60 mins/ 1 Hour (80 mins for PwD) |
| General Awareness | 25/50 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25/50 | |
| English Language (Basic Knowledge) | 25/50 | |
| TOTAL | 100 |
So, let’s look at the important Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, General Awareness, and English Language Topics of the SSC CHSL 2023 Tier-1 Exam.
SSC CHSL GK/General Awareness Important Question Topics 2023
Below are the major topics covered in the SSC CHSL Tier-I exam under the General Awareness Section:
| Category | Topics | Sub-Topics | No. Of questions asked |
| Static Gk | History | Facts about Harappa Civilisation | 9-11 |
| Vedic culture | |||
| Name of the kings who built important ancient temples and institutions like Nalanda | |||
| Chronology of medieval India and their important systems | |||
| India’s freedom movement and their leaders | |||
| Geography | India and its neighbouring countries | ||
| Famous seaport and airport and their location | |||
| Important institutions of the world and India and their locations like BRICS, World Bank, IMF, RBI, etc | |||
| Economy | Terminology of budget (like national income, GDP, fiscal deficit, and many more) | ||
| Five-year plan and its importance | |||
| Famous persons in the economy | |||
| Institutions and their importance like RBI, SEBI, etc | |||
| Polity | Supreme Court | ||
| Meaning of Write | |||
| Election of President and his functions | |||
| Important constitution bodies like CAG | |||
| Facts about parliament | |||
| Fundamental Duties | |||
| Governor and his functions | |||
| State legislature | |||
| Major constitutional amendments and their importance | |||
| Official Language | |||
| Emergency Provisions | |||
| National political parties and their symbols | |||
| General Science | Biology | Important inventions and their inventor | 8-10 |
| Important and interesting facts about human body parts | |||
| Nutrition in animals and plants | |||
| Diseases and their causes like bacteria | |||
| Viruses and protozoa | |||
| Last four chapters of NCERT of Class 12th for environment | |||
| Chemistry | Chemical properties of substances and their uses | ||
| SI units | |||
| Chemical names of important substances like plaster of paris, etc. | |||
| Chemical change and physical change | |||
| Properties of gases | |||
| Surface chemistry | |||
| Chemistry in everyday life | |||
| Physics | Important inventions and their inventor | ||
| S.I. units | |||
| Motion | |||
| Sound | |||
| Light | |||
| Wave | |||
| Energy | |||
| Electricity | |||
| Current Affairs | Recent Developments | Sports | 3-5 |
| Awards | |||
| Politics | |||
| Finance and banking sector | |||
| International events | |||
| Miscellaneous | GK | Population census | 3-5 |
| Important books and their writers | |||
| First sports achievements for India and the world like the first Olympic, the first Asian Games, etc. | |||
| State animals and symbols | |||
| Awards and their importance | |||
| Name of the scientists who got a Noble Prize for important discoveries | |||
| Important days | |||
| Computer | Development of computers | ||
| Input and output devices | |||
| Memory | |||
| Total | 25 |
SSC CHSL General Intelligence & Reasoning Important Question Topics 2023
Below are the major topics covered in the SSC CHSL Tier-I exam under the General Intelligence and Reasoning section:
| Topic | Subtopics | Number of questions asked |
| Series | Analogy (both word-based and numerical) | 3-4 |
| Odd pair (both word-based and numerical) | ||
| Classification | ||
| Missing characters | ||
| Coding-Decoding (Ex - NAME is written as GFDN then MEAN is written as..) | 3-4 | |
| Symbols | ||
| Mathematical Operations | ||
| Arrangement | Seating arrangement (Linear and Circular) | 4-5 |
| Blood relations | ||
| Ranking | ||
| Puzzles | ||
| Direction Sense | ||
| Logic | Syllogism | 2-3 |
| Venn Diagrams | ||
| Assumption or Inference or Conclusion | ||
| Miscellaneous | Clock | 0-1 |
| Calendar | ||
| Non-Verbal | Cube and dices (predicting colors or numbers on the faces of the object) | 7-8 |
| Sequence of figures | ||
| Matrix (Finding missing numbers or letters) | ||
| Paper-cutting, folding, punching | ||
| Mirrors and water reflection | ||
| Configuration, fitting pieces, odd pieces, etc. | ||
| Total 25 Questions of 50 Marks |
SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude Important Question Topics 2023
Let’s segregate the Quantitative Aptitude topics into three levels, i.e., easy, moderate, and difficult:
| Easy level Topics | No. of Questions Asked |
| Simplification (Fractions and Decimals, Square roots) | 1-2 |
| 1 | |
| Average | 1 |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1-2 |
| Problems on Ages | 1 |
| Number System | 1 |
| Number Series | 1 |
| Moderate Level Topics | No. of Questions Asked |
| Time, Speed, and Distance (Problems on Boats and Streams, Problems on Trains) | 1-2 |
| Profit and Loss (Discount and Partnership) | 1-2 |
| Simple Interest and Compound Interest | 1-2 |
| Time and Work (Pipes and Cisterns) | 1-2 |
| Mixture and Alligation | 1 |
| Data Interpretation (Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Tables, etc) | 4-5 |
| Difficult Level Topics | No. of Questions Asked |
| Algebra | 2-3 |
| Geometry | 3-4 |
| Mensuration | 1-2 |
| 2-3 | |
| Total | 25 Questions/ 50 Marks |
SSC CHSL English Language Important Question Topics 2023
Let’s take a look at the analysis of the SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam for English Language and Comprehension Topics Section:
| Category | Topics | (No. Of Questions Asked) |
| Vocabulary | Synonyms & Antonyms | 2-3 |
| Fill in the blanks | 1-2 | |
| Spelling Test | 1-2 | |
| Idioms and Phrases | 1-2 | |
| 1-2 | ||
| Sentence or Phrase Improvement | 1-2 | |
| Grammar | Sentence correction/ Spotting the error | 2-3 |
| Fill in the blanks/ Cloze Test | 2-3 | |
| 2-3 | ||
| 2-3 | ||
| Comprehension | Reading Comprehension | 5 |
| Total 25 Questions of 50 Marks |
Candidates are advised to revise important topics of all the above sections to score high marks in the SSC CHSL 2023 Tier-1 exam.