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SSC CHSL 2020 Previous Year Question Paper

SSC CHSL 2020 question paper was never officially released. Practise our labelled 2020 mock: 20 questions with answers, built on the reported pattern.

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The SSC CHSL 2020 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 2020 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 2020 question paper. Practise the SSC CHSL 2020 mock paper: original questions modelled on candidate reports, clearly labelled as a mock.

Why this year matters

Older SSC CHSL papers like 2020 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 2020

Disrupted calendar. Keep current SSC rules.

2020 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 2020 sits next to other years

Use 2020 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 2020 paper. The mock below is original practice in the reported pattern; treat coaching “memory-based” papers as unofficial reconstructions.

SSC CHSL 2020 Tier-I mock paper (modelled on candidate reports)

This is a mock paper we wrote. The official 2020 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 2020 exam: section mix, topics and difficulty. Use it to practise the pattern. The questions themselves are not from the real exam.

SSC has not published any CHSL question paper since the exam moved online: the question paper and answer key are shown only inside each candidate's login for a few days, for personal use, and the 'Previous Year Question Paper' page on ssc.gov.in holds only a 2011 generic CHSL model paper. This original mini-paper follows candidate reports of the CHSL 2020 Tier-I computer-based exam, held 12–19 April 2021 and, after a COVID-19 postponement, 4–12 August 2021 for the remaining candidates.

What candidates reported about 2020

  • Tier-I was a 60-minute online paper of 100 questions (25 each in English, General Intelligence, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness) for 200 marks, with 0.50 deducted per wrong answer.
  • Shifts ran from 12 to 19 April 2021; the rest of the schedule was postponed because of the second COVID-19 wave and held on 4–12 August 2021.
  • Most shifts were rated easy to moderate overall; the 18 April morning shift was reported as the hardest, with Quant and Reasoning moderate to difficult.
  • English was usually the easiest section: a 5-question cloze test plus pairs of synonyms, antonyms, active/passive, direct/indirect speech, one-word substitution and error spotting.
  • Quant mixed arithmetic (profit and discount, SI/CI, ratio) with 3–5 data-interpretation questions and roughly 7–8 advanced-maths questions on algebra, geometry and trigonometry.
  • Reasoning was dominated by analogy, series, odd-one-out and coding-decoding, with single questions on blood relations, mirror images, Venn diagrams and paper folding.
  • General Awareness was rated moderate and carried around 9–10 current-affairs questions per shift alongside history, polity, geography and science.

Suggested time: 12 minutes. The real Tier-I paper had 100 questions (25 per section) for 200 marks in 60 minutes, computer-based, +2 for each correct answer and −0.50 for each wrong answer. For this 20-question mock allow 12 minutes in total and use the same marking (maximum 40 marks).

English Language

Cloze passage

When the monsoon failed for the second year in a row, the farmers of Kesarpur decided to __(1)__ the old stepwell that had lain buried under silt for decades. Nobody was sure it would still hold water, but the village elders __(2)__ that their grandparents had drawn from it through the driest summers.

Volunteers worked in shifts, removing cartloads of mud each day. By the end of the month a thin stream of clear water had begun to __(3)__ in at the bottom, and the whole village gathered to watch.

  1. Select the most appropriate option to fill blank (1).

    1. revive
    2. abandon
    3. demolish
    4. ignore
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (revive)

    The farmers wanted to bring the buried stepwell back into use, so 'revive' fits. 'Abandon', 'demolish' and 'ignore' contradict the effort described in the next paragraph.

  2. Select the most appropriate option to fill blank (2).

    1. denied
    2. insisted
    3. doubted
    4. forgot
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (insisted)

    The word 'but' contrasts the elders with those who were unsure; the elders were certain, so they 'insisted' that the well had once supplied water.

  3. Select the most appropriate option to fill blank (3).

    1. shout
    2. collapse
    3. seep
    4. flatten
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (seep)

    Water slowly oozing in at the bottom of a well 'seeps' in. The other verbs do not describe the movement of water.

  1. Select the passive form of the sentence: The committee will announce the results tomorrow.

    1. The results are announced by the committee tomorrow.
    2. The results would be announced by the committee tomorrow.
    3. The results will have been announced by the committee tomorrow.
    4. The results will be announced by the committee tomorrow.
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (The results will be announced by the committee tomorrow.)

    Simple future active (will announce) becomes 'will be + past participle' in the passive: The results will be announced by the committee tomorrow.

  2. Select the word that can substitute the phrase: A person who is unable to pay his or her debts.

    1. Insolvent
    2. Miser
    3. Spendthrift
    4. Philanthropist
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (Insolvent)

    An insolvent person cannot pay debts. A miser hoards money, a spendthrift wastes it and a philanthropist gives it away for good causes.

General Intelligence

  1. Select the number that is related to the third number in the same way as the second is related to the first. 7 : 50 :: 9 : ?

    1. 81
    2. 82
    3. 80
    4. 90
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (82)

    7² + 1 = 50, so 9² + 1 = 81 + 1 = 82.

  2. Select the number that comes next in the series: 3, 8, 18, 38, 78, ?

    1. 156
    2. 160
    3. 158
    4. 152
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (158)

    Each term is (previous × 2) + 2: 3×2+2 = 8, 8×2+2 = 18, 18×2+2 = 38, 38×2+2 = 78, 78×2+2 = 158.

  3. In a certain code language, TABLE is written as UBCMF. How will CHAIR be written in that language?

    1. DIBJS
    2. DHBJS
    3. DIBKS
    4. EIBJS
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (DIBJS)

    Each letter moves one place forward: T→U, A→B, B→C, L→M, E→F. So C→D, H→I, A→B, I→J, R→S, giving DIBJS.

  4. A is the brother of B. B is the daughter of C. D is the father of C. How is A related to D?

    1. Son
    2. Grandson
    3. Nephew
    4. Brother
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (Grandson)

    B is C's daughter and A is B's brother, so A is C's son. D is C's father, so A is D's grandson.

  5. Select the odd one out.

    1. 17
    2. 23
    3. 35
    4. 29
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (35)

    17, 23 and 29 are prime numbers. 35 = 5 × 7 is not prime.

Quantitative Aptitude

  1. A trader marks his goods 20% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?

    1. 10%
    2. 8%
    3. 12%
    4. 6%
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (8%)

    Let CP = 100. Marked price = 120. Selling price = 120 × 0.9 = 108. Profit = 8 on 100, i.e. 8%.

  2. What is the compound interest on ₹8,000 for 2 years at 10% per annum, compounded annually?

    1. ₹1,600
    2. ₹1,760
    3. ₹1,640
    4. ₹1,680
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (₹1,680)

    Amount = 8000 × (1.1)² = 8000 × 1.21 = ₹9,680. CI = 9680 − 8000 = ₹1,680.

  3. If x + 1/x = 5, what is the value of x² + 1/x²?

    1. 21
    2. 25
    3. 23
    4. 27
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (23)

    x² + 1/x² = (x + 1/x)² − 2 = 25 − 2 = 23.

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

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

    Answer: B (3/2)

    sin 30° = 1/2 and cos 60° = 1/2, so each square is 1/4; tan 45° = 1. Total = 1/4 + 1/4 + 1 = 3/2.

Data interpretation

The table shows the number of units of a product sold by a shop in four months.

MonthUnits sold
January240
February300
March270
April330

  1. By what percentage did sales in April exceed sales in January?

    1. 37.5%
    2. 30%
    3. 35%
    4. 40%
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (37.5%)

    Increase = 330 − 240 = 90 units. Percentage = 90 ÷ 240 × 100 = 37.5%.

General Awareness

  1. Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?

    1. Article 14
    2. Article 17
    3. Article 19
    4. Article 21
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (Article 17)

    Article 17 abolishes untouchability and makes its practice in any form an offence punishable by law.

  2. The Hirakud Dam in Odisha is built across which river?

    1. Godavari
    2. Krishna
    3. Mahanadi
    4. Narmada
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (Mahanadi)

    The Hirakud Dam stands on the Mahanadi river near Sambalpur in Odisha; it was formally inaugurated in 1957.

  3. Who commanded the British East India Company's forces at the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757) against Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah?

    1. Robert Clive
    2. Warren Hastings
    3. Lord Cornwallis
    4. Arthur Wellesley
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (Robert Clive)

    Robert Clive led the Company's forces at Plassey on 23 June 1757 and defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, helped by the defection of Mir Jafar.

  4. Scurvy is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?

    1. Vitamin A
    2. Vitamin B1
    3. Vitamin D
    4. Vitamin C
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Vitamin C)

    Scurvy results from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

  5. Joe Biden was sworn in as President of the United States on 20 January 2021. Which President of the USA is he?

    1. 44th
    2. 45th
    3. 46th
    4. 47th
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (46th)

    Joe Biden was inaugurated on 20 January 2021 at the US Capitol as the 46th President of the United States, succeeding Donald Trump, the 45th.

Reports this mock is modelled on

How to sit SSC CHSL 2020

  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 2020’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 2020 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 2020 paper analysis include?

A year snapshot, what the paper stresses, what to extract into your error log, and how 2020 compares with neighbouring years on this hub.

How should I practise the SSC CHSL 2020 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 2020 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 2020 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.