Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination (CHSL) to recruit candidates for the post of DEO, LDC, Postal Assistant, Court Clerk, etc. SSC CSHL (10+2) 2016 started with Tier 1 which was held from January 07 to February 08, 2017. The result of Tier 1 was announced on June 01, 2017, and the qualifying candidates appear for Tier 2 on July 09, 2017. Now, on October 13, 2017, the Commission has released the result for SSC CHSL Tier 2 as well.

The Tier 2 result has been announced through a PDF. It contains the Roll Number, Name, and Category of the qualified candidates. To check the result, visit ssc.nic.in. Then seek the result link under the ‘Latest News’ section. Use the image below for reference. The candidates can also access the result by clicking here.


With the result, the cutoff for the examination has also been announced by SSC. It is 182.50, 172, 194, and 202.50 for SC, ST, OBC and UR candidates aspiring for DEO in C&AG. However, for selection of DEO in Other Department, the cutoff is 200.50, 195.00, and 222.00 for the candidates belonging to SC, ST, and UR category. The cutoff for the Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant/LDC /Court Clerk is 33 for candidates of all the categories.

In all, 30 lakh candidates appear for CHSL Tier 1 and out of these only 53201 qualified for the descriptive paper. Out of these, 47436 candidates have been termed qualified in the Tier 2 exam. For DEO in C&AG post, 5766 candidates have been selected. The number of selected candidates in DEO Other Deptt. are 344 and the same for Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant/LDC /Court Clerk posts is 41326.

Successful candidates will now be called for Skill Test and Typing Test. The schedule for the SSC CHSL Tier 3 will be announced soon. The Skill Test is to be taken by the DEO aspirants, whereas, for other posts, the candidates are going to appear for the Typing Test.

Under the Skill Test, the Data Entry Speed of the candidates will be evaluated. The candidates will have to punch 8000 Key Depression per hour on Computer. However, for the DEO in C&AG the limit will be 15000 Key Depression per hour. The duration of the exam will be 15 minutes and the printed matter has to be in the English language.

As for the Typing Test, it will be qualifying in nature. It will only be conducted in the Eglish and Hindi language. The candidates will have to display typing speed of 35 w.p.m in 10 minutes in English Language and 30 w.p.m in 10 minutes for the Hindi language. The time limit for the VH candidates will be 30 minutes.

After the Skill and Typing Test, the final merit list of the qualified candidates will be announced. It will contain the Name, Roll Number, CAT 1, CAT 2, CAT 3, Catsel, Post, PREF, and Rank of the candidates. The selection of the candidates for the merit will also be done on the basis of the cutoff. The final CHSL cutoff last year was 507, 151, 75, and 270 for UR, SC, ST, and OBC category (DEO). For Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant, it was 2958, 724, 347, and 1174 and for Lower Divisional Clerk it was 1583, 384, 197, 824.

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