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SSC CHSL 2015: Check revised pattern for examination

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) issued a notification on Thursday giving details about Paper II or Tier II of Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) examination 2015.

Updated on: Aug 12, 2016, 17:19:27 IST
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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) issued a notification on Thursday giving details about Paper II or Tier II of Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) examination 2015.

SSC issued a notification on Thursday giving details about Paper II or Tier II of Combined Higher Secondary Level examination 2015. (Arun Mondhe/HT photo)
SSC issued a notification on Thursday giving details about Paper II or Tier II of Combined Higher Secondary Level examination 2015. (Arun Mondhe/HT photo)

In a notification on July 29, the commission said it will add one more level (Tier II) in the CHSL examination. It also announced that the tentative date for Tier II examination would be September 18.

According to the notification issued on Thursday, Tier II examination of CHSL will be of descriptive nature carrying 100 marks in ‘pen and paper’ mode. This examination will be of one-hour duration and will assess the writing skills of the candidates.

Aspirants will be asked to write an essay of 200-250 words and letter/application of around 150-200 words. They will be required to score a minimum of 33% marks to clear this paper. They can attempt this paper in either Hindi or English.

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The Tier-III of the examination will continue to be the skill test/typing test, which would be of a qualifying nature.

The final merit of the successful candidates will be determined on the basis of total score obtained by them in Tier-I and Tier-II.

Note: For latest updates on the examination visit SSC’s official website regularly.

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