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SSC CHSL 2016 Previous Year Question Paper

SSC CHSL 2016 question paper was never officially released. Practise our labelled 2016 mock: 20 questions with answers, built on the reported pattern.

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The SSC CHSL 2016 question paper was not officially published, so this page does not host it. Instead it has a clearly labelled mock paper with original questions modelled on the reported 2016 pattern, plus a timed attempt plan and an error-log routine. The SSC CHSL exam covers English, Quant, Reasoning and GA.

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No official paper released

The conducting body did not publish the SSC CHSL 2016 question paper. Practise the SSC CHSL 2016 mock paper: original questions modelled on candidate reports, clearly labelled as a mock.

Why this year matters

Older SSC CHSL papers like 2016 are for mining, not nostalgia. Keep current marking rules, and skip topics the latest brochure dropped. Speed with accuracy is the game. Tag silly misses ruthlessly; they repeat on SSC papers.

Count attempts and accuracy by section. A high raw score with a failed sectional cut-off is still a fail in the real exam.

Paper analysis

Snapshot of SSC CHSL 2016

Deep archive CHSL.

2016 may feel differently paced than the newest cycle. Borrow stamina and theme lessons; do not copy obsolete section orders or marking quirks.

What this paper stresses

  • GA current + static mix that coaching dumps mis-weight.
  • Quant silly misses at high attempt rates.
  • Shift normalisation anxiety that wrecks accuracy.
  • English error patterns that repeat every year.

What to extract before you move on

  • GA static lists that actually appeared (not the 200-page PDF).
  • Quant chapters producing silly misses.
  • English error rules worth a one-page sheet.
  • Attempt-rate targets per section under current negatives.

How 2016 sits next to other years

Use 2016 only after SSC CHSL 2024, SSC CHSL 2023, SSC CHSL 2022 are logged. Archive years are for frequency maps, not for predicting tomorrow’s cut-off.

Analyst note: The conducting body did not publish the SSC CHSL 2016 paper. The mock below is original practice in the reported pattern; treat coaching “memory-based” papers as unofficial reconstructions.

SSC CHSL 2016 Tier-I mock paper (modelled on candidate reports)

This is a mock paper we wrote. The official 2016 paper was never released.The conducting body has not published it. These 20 questions are original, written by previousyearquestions.app to match what candidates and exam analyses reported about the 2016 exam: section mix, topics and difficulty. Use it to practise the pattern. The questions themselves are not from the real exam.

SSC has not released CHSL question papers publicly since the exam moved online; the question paper and answer key are shown only inside each candidate's login for a few days and are meant for personal use, and the 'Previous Year Question Paper' page on ssc.gov.in holds only an old 2011 model paper. This is an original 20-question mini-paper modelled on shift analyses of the Tier-I held from 7 January to 8 February 2017.

What candidates reported about 2016

  • Computer-based Tier-I held from 7 January to 8 February 2017, with two shifts on the early days and three later; about 30.6 lakh candidates appeared.
  • 100 questions (25 in each of four sections) for 200 marks in 75 minutes, with 0.50 mark deducted for each wrong answer.
  • Most shifts were rated moderate overall, with General Intelligence the easiest section.
  • English had a short reading comprehension (about 4 questions) along with fillers, idioms, synonyms/antonyms, one-word substitution, spellings and error spotting.
  • General Intelligence was dominated by number and alphanumeric series (10-12 in an early shift), plus direction sense, odd one out and simple logical items.
  • Quantitative Aptitude mixed arithmetic (percentage, profit and loss, time and work) with geometry, trigonometry and algebra, and a little DI.
  • General Awareness had 5-6 current affairs questions; science and technology questions were the hardest part.

Suggested time: 15 minutes. The real 2016 Tier-I gave 75 minutes for 100 questions. This 20-question mock keeps that pace: 15 minutes for all four sections, answered in any order. Each question has four options; +2 for a correct answer, −0.50 for a wrong answer, 0 if left blank.

English Language

Reading passage

For decades the hill town of Saranpur depended on tanker lorries every summer. In 2009 a schoolteacher persuaded her neighbours to channel rooftop rain into the old step-wells that had silted up. The first monsoon filled only two of them, and many residents laughed at the effort.

She kept records anyway, measuring the water level each week and pinning the figures outside the post office. By the third year eleven wells held water until May, and the municipality began paying households to connect their roofs. Visitors now ask what technology the town bought. The answer, residents say, is patience and a notebook.

  1. Why did the teacher most likely pin the weekly figures outside the post office?

    1. To apply for a government grant
    2. To let residents see steady evidence of progress
    3. To warn people about water theft
    4. To advertise her school
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (To let residents see steady evidence of progress)

    She kept and displayed records even when people laughed, and by the third year the results won over the town and the municipality. Public figures let everyone see the progress; nothing mentions grants, theft or her school.

  2. Which word best describes how many residents first reacted to the plan?

    1. Enthusiastic
    2. Fearful
    3. Sceptical
    4. Grateful
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (Sceptical)

    The passage says 'many residents laughed at the effort' after a poor first monsoon, which shows doubt, i.e. scepticism.

  1. Select the meaning of the idiom 'a blessing in disguise'.

    1. Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good
    2. A gift given secretly
    3. A person who hides his talent
    4. A prayer said in a low voice
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good)

    A blessing in disguise is an apparent misfortune that later proves to be beneficial.

  2. Select the one word for: a person who can speak two languages fluently.

    1. Polyglot
    2. Linguist
    3. Interpreter
    4. Bilingual
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Bilingual)

    Bilingual means using two languages fluently. A polyglot knows many languages, a linguist studies language, and an interpreter translates speech.

  3. Select the correctly spelt word.

    1. Accomodation
    2. Acommodation
    3. Accommodation
    4. Acomodation
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (Accommodation)

    The correct spelling has double c and double m: accommodation.

General Intelligence

  1. Find the next number: 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ?

    1. 125
    2. 127
    3. 129
    4. 126
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (127)

    Each term is double the previous plus 1: 3×2+1 = 7, 7×2+1 = 15, … 63×2+1 = 127.

  2. Find the next term: A1, C3, E5, G7, ?

    1. H8
    2. J10
    3. I9
    4. I8
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (I9)

    Letters skip one (A, C, E, G, I) and the number equals the letter's position (A=1, C=3, E=5, G=7, I=9).

  3. Meena walks 6 km north, turns right and walks 8 km. How far is she from her starting point?

    1. 10 km
    2. 12 km
    3. 14 km
    4. 2 km
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (10 km)

    Turning right from north means walking east. The two legs are at right angles, so distance = √(6² + 8²) = √100 = 10 km.

  4. Find the odd one out.

    1. Mercury
    2. Venus
    3. Mars
    4. Moon
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Moon)

    Mercury, Venus and Mars are planets; the Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.

  5. Statements: All roses are flowers. Some flowers are red. Conclusions: I. Some roses are red. II. All flowers are roses. Which conclusion(s) follow?

    1. Only I
    2. Only II
    3. Both I and II
    4. Neither I nor II
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Neither I nor II)

    The red flowers need not include any rose, so I does not follow. 'All roses are flowers' cannot be reversed to 'all flowers are roses', so II does not follow either.

Quantitative Aptitude

  1. By selling a book for ₹1,150 a seller gains 15%. What is his loss per cent if he sells it for ₹960?

    1. 3%
    2. 4%
    3. 5%
    4. 6%
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (4%)

    Cost price = 1150 ÷ 1.15 = ₹1,000. Selling at ₹960 gives a loss of ₹40, i.e. 40/1000 × 100 = 4%.

  2. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is the largest angle?

    1. 60°
    2. 70°
    3. 80°
    4. 90°
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (80°)

    Total parts = 9, so one part = 180° ÷ 9 = 20°. Largest angle = 4 × 20° = 80°.

  3. What is the value of sin²30° + cos²60° + tan²45°?

    1. 1
    2. 5/4
    3. 2
    4. 3/2
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (3/2)

    sin 30° = 1/2, cos 60° = 1/2, tan 45° = 1. So 1/4 + 1/4 + 1 = 3/2.

  4. If a + b = 9 and ab = 14, what is a² + b²?

    1. 53
    2. 67
    3. 95
    4. 49
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (53)

    a² + b² = (a + b)² − 2ab = 81 − 28 = 53. (Indeed a and b are 7 and 2: 49 + 4 = 53.)

  5. A can finish a job in 12 days and B in 18 days. In how many days can they finish it working together?

    1. 6 days
    2. 7½ days
    3. 7⅕ days
    4. 15 days
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (7⅕ days)

    Work per day together = 1/12 + 1/18 = 3/36 + 2/36 = 5/36. Time = 36/5 = 7⅕ days.

General Awareness

  1. Which Indian won the silver medal in women's singles badminton at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

    1. P. V. Sindhu
    2. Saina Nehwal
    3. Jwala Gutta
    4. Ashwini Ponnappa
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (P. V. Sindhu)

    P. V. Sindhu won silver in women's singles at Rio 2016, losing the final to Spain's Carolina Marín 21–19, 12–21, 15–21.

  2. Under the demonetisation announced on 8 November 2016, banknotes of which denominations ceased to be legal tender?

    1. ₹100 and ₹500
    2. ₹500 and ₹1,000
    3. ₹1,000 and ₹2,000
    4. ₹50 and ₹100
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (₹500 and ₹1,000)

    The Prime Minister announced on 8 November 2016 that all ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series would cease to be valid; new ₹500 and ₹2,000 notes were issued.

  3. The first session of the Indian National Congress (December 1885) was held in which city?

    1. Calcutta
    2. Madras
    3. Bombay
    4. Poona
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (Bombay)

    The first session met at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay, from 28 to 31 December 1885, with W. C. Bonnerjee as president.

  4. Bauxite is the chief ore of which metal?

    1. Aluminium
    2. Iron
    3. Copper
    4. Zinc
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (Aluminium)

    Bauxite is the world's main source of aluminium (and also of gallium).

  5. Who among the following is NOT part of the electoral college that elects the President of India?

    1. Elected members of the Lok Sabha
    2. Elected members of the Rajya Sabha
    3. Elected members of State Legislative Assemblies
    4. Nominated members of Parliament
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Nominated members of Parliament)

    The President is elected by the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and of the legislative assemblies of the states (and of Delhi and Puducherry). Nominated members are excluded.

Reports this mock is modelled on

How to sit SSC CHSL 2016

  1. Work through the mock paper above under exam timing. It follows the reported pattern, but the questions are our own.
  2. Sit the paper under current brochure rules (timers, negatives, NAT/MSQ norms), even if 2016’s interface looked different.
  3. When the clock ends, stop. Review should take at least as long as the attempt.
  4. Fill the error log the same day: section, topic, and miss type (concept, silly, time, or misread).
  5. Next session, repair only logged items. Then pick another year from the decade list.

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FAQ

Where can I download the official SSC CHSL 2016 question paper?

The conducting body did not release it publicly. This page has a clearly labelled mock paper modelled on candidate reports instead.

What does the SSC CHSL 2016 paper analysis include?

A year snapshot, what the paper stresses, what to extract into your error log, and how 2016 compares with neighbouring years on this hub.

How should I practise the SSC CHSL 2016 previous year paper?

Open the official PDF, sit it timed under current brochure rules, fill an error log the same day, read the paper analysis, then move to another year in the decade list.

Is SSC CHSL 2016 still useful if I finished newer papers?

Yes, for theme and weightage mining after your newest papers are logged. Skip deleted syllabus pockets.

Are memory-based SSC CHSL 2016 papers reliable?

Treat memory-based sets as interim. Reconcile contested items with official keys or response sheets when the conducting body publishes them.

Where is the SSC CHSL syllabus and pattern for this paper?

See the SSC CHSL syllabus & pattern page on this hub, and always re-check the latest official brochure before exam day.