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SSC CHSL 2021 Previous Year Question Paper

SSC CHSL 2021 question paper was never officially released. Practise our labelled 2021 mock: 20 questions with answers, built on the reported pattern.

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The SSC CHSL 2021 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 2021 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 2021 question paper. Practise the SSC CHSL 2021 mock paper: original questions modelled on candidate reports, clearly labelled as a mock.

Why this year matters

By 2021, you should already have an error log. Open this paper to pressure-test whether those tags still hold. 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 2021

Useful English error-spotting year.

2021 is a mid-decade stress test. Difficulty spikes here usually come from topic mix and selection pressure, not from obsolete exam software.

What this paper stresses

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

What to extract before you move on

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

How 2021 sits next to other years

Compare 2021 with SSC CHSL 2024, SSC CHSL 2023, SSC CHSL 2022. Themes that repeat across this band deserve deliberate notes; one-off oddities do not.

Analyst note: The conducting body did not publish the SSC CHSL 2021 paper. The mock below is original practice in the reported pattern; treat coaching “memory-based” papers as unofficial reconstructions.

SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-I mock paper (modelled on candidate reports)

This is a mock paper we wrote. The official 2021 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 2021 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 2021 Tier-I computer-based exam held from 24 May to 10 June 2022.

What candidates reported about 2021

  • Tier-I ran from 24 May to 10 June 2022 in three shifts a day: 100 questions, 200 marks, 60 minutes, 25 questions per section.
  • Analyses rated the paper easy to moderate overall, with about 68–79 good attempts depending on the shift.
  • English leaned on idioms and phrases (3–4), sentence improvement, spelling correction, direct/indirect speech and a cloze test, with fewer error-spotting items.
  • Reasoning was easy: number series, mirror images, syllogism, direction sense, order and ranking, dice and classification.
  • Quant had about 4 simplification (BODMAS) questions, 3–4 geometry, 3 data interpretation, plus algebra, mensuration, SI/CI and speed (train) problems.
  • General Awareness had more science (5–6) and geography (4–5) than the 2020 cycle, with about 6–7 current-affairs questions and some art and culture.

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

  1. Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: To burn the midnight oil

    1. To waste money on luxuries
    2. To work or study late into the night
    3. To start a quarrel
    4. To be extremely angry
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (To work or study late into the night)

    'Burning the midnight oil' means staying up late to work or study, as people once did by lamp light.

  2. Select the correctly spelt word.

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

    Answer: C (Accommodation)

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

  3. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error. Each of the players / have been given / a new kit for the tournament / No error

    1. Each of the players
    2. have been given
    3. a new kit for the tournament
    4. No error
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (have been given)

    'Each of' takes a singular verb, so 'have been given' should be 'has been given'.

  4. Select the most appropriate synonym of the word: Candid

    1. Frank
    2. Secretive
    3. Rude
    4. Timid
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (Frank)

    Candid means open and honest in speech, i.e. frank. Secretive is nearly its opposite.

  5. Select the correct indirect form of the sentence: He said to me, "I am reading a novel."

    1. He told me that I was reading a novel.
    2. He said to me that he is reading a novel.
    3. He told me that he had read a novel.
    4. He told me that he was reading a novel.
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (He told me that he was reading a novel.)

    'Said to' becomes 'told', the first person 'I' becomes 'he' (the speaker), and the present continuous 'am reading' shifts back to the past continuous 'was reading'.

General Intelligence

  1. Read the statements and decide which conclusion(s) logically follow. Statements: All pens are books. Some books are bags. Conclusions: I. Some bags are pens. II. Some books are pens.

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

    Answer: B (Only conclusion II follows)

    Since all pens are books, some books are certainly pens, so II follows. The bags that are books need not include any pens, so I does not follow.

  2. Ravi walks 6 km towards North, turns right and walks 8 km. How far is he now from his starting point?

    1. 12 km
    2. 14 km
    3. 8 km
    4. 10 km
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (10 km)

    Turning right from North means walking East. The two legs are at right angles, so distance = √(6² + 8²) = √(36 + 64) = √100 = 10 km.

  3. In a row of 40 students, Meena is 15th from the left end. What is her position from the right end?

    1. 26th
    2. 25th
    3. 27th
    4. 24th
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (26th)

    Position from right = total − position from left + 1 = 40 − 15 + 1 = 26th.

  4. Select the number that will come in place of the question mark: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?

    1. 40
    2. 44
    3. 42
    4. 36
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (42)

    The terms are 1×2, 2×3, 3×4, 4×5, 5×6, so the next is 6×7 = 42. (Differences 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 confirm it.)

  5. Select the letter-cluster that is different from the others.

    1. LNQ
    2. ACE
    3. BDF
    4. GIK
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (LNQ)

    ACE, BDF and GIK each skip one letter between terms (+2, +2). In LNQ the gaps are +2 and +3 (L, N, Q), so it is the odd one.

Quantitative Aptitude

  1. Simplify: 18 ÷ 3 × 4 + 6 − 2 × 5

    1. 20
    2. 26
    3. 14
    4. 30
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (20)

    Using BODMAS, division and multiplication go left to right: 18 ÷ 3 = 6, 6 × 4 = 24, and 2 × 5 = 10. Then 24 + 6 − 10 = 20.

  2. In triangle ABC, ∠A = 50° and ∠B = 70°. The bisectors of ∠B and ∠C meet at I. What is ∠BIC?

    1. 120°
    2. 115°
    3. 125°
    4. 110°
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (115°)

    ∠BIC = 90° + ∠A/2 = 90° + 25° = 115°. Check: ∠C = 60°, so ∠IBC = 35°, ∠ICB = 30° and ∠BIC = 180° − 65° = 115°.

  3. What is the curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of radius 7 cm and height 10 cm? (Take π = 22/7)

    1. 154 cm²
    2. 308 cm²
    3. 440 cm²
    4. 880 cm²
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (440 cm²)

    Curved surface area = 2πrh = 2 × 22/7 × 7 × 10 = 440 cm².

  4. A sum of money amounts to ₹7,440 in 3 years at 8% per annum simple interest. What is the sum?

    1. ₹5,800
    2. ₹6,200
    3. ₹6,400
    4. ₹6,000
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (₹6,000)

    In 3 years at 8% the interest is 24% of the principal, so amount = 1.24 × P. P = 7440 ÷ 1.24 = ₹6,000.

  5. A train 180 m long crosses a pole in 12 seconds. What is its speed in km/h?

    1. 48 km/h
    2. 54 km/h
    3. 60 km/h
    4. 45 km/h
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (54 km/h)

    Speed = 180 ÷ 12 = 15 m/s. In km/h: 15 × 18/5 = 54 km/h.

General Awareness

  1. The Gol Gumbaz, the mausoleum of Mohammad Adil Shah of the Bijapur Sultanate, is located in which state?

    1. Telangana
    2. Maharashtra
    3. Karnataka
    4. Andhra Pradesh
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (Karnataka)

    Gol Gumbaz stands in Vijayapura (Bijapur), Karnataka. It is the tomb of Mohammad Adil Shah, seventh ruler of the Bijapur Sultanate.

  2. The right to free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 years (Article 21A) was inserted by which Constitutional Amendment?

    1. 86th Amendment, 2002
    2. 42nd Amendment, 1976
    3. 44th Amendment, 1978
    4. 73rd Amendment, 1992
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (86th Amendment, 2002)

    Article 21A was added by the 86th Constitutional Amendment in 2002; it requires the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children from 6 to 14 years of age.

  3. The ohm (Ω) is the SI unit of which physical quantity?

    1. Electric current
    2. Electrical resistance
    3. Electric potential
    4. Electric power
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (Electrical resistance)

    The ohm, named after the German physicist Georg Ohm, is the SI unit of electrical resistance. Current is measured in amperes, potential in volts and power in watts.

  4. Loktak Lake, known for its floating masses of vegetation called phumdis, is in which state?

    1. Assam
    2. Mizoram
    3. Meghalaya
    4. Manipur
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Manipur)

    Loktak Lake is in Manipur. Its floating phumdis support Keibul Lamjao National Park, described as the only floating national park in the world.

  5. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021), Neeraj Chopra won India's gold medal in which event?

    1. Shot put
    2. Javelin throw
    3. Discus throw
    4. Hammer throw
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (Javelin throw)

    Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin throw final on 7 August 2021 with a throw of 87.58 m.

Reports this mock is modelled on

How to sit SSC CHSL 2021

  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 2021’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 2021 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 2021 paper analysis include?

A year snapshot, what the paper stresses, what to extract into your error log, and how 2021 compares with neighbouring years on this hub.

How should I practise the SSC CHSL 2021 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 2021 still useful if I finished newer papers?

Yes. Recent years sharpen timing; stack them after a same-day review of each attempt.

Are memory-based SSC CHSL 2021 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.