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SSC CHSL Topic-wise Practice Questions (Mocks 2015–2024)

SSC CHSL topic-wise practice: 200 questions from our labelled mock papers (2015–2024) by section and topic. Labelled mocks, not past papers.

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Mock questions, not past papers

The official SSC CHSL question papers are not published, so this page does not list real past questions. It sorts the 200 questions from our own mock papers (2015–2024) by the sections and topics of the official SSC CHSL syllabus. Each mock was written to match what candidates and analyses reported for that year, and is labelled as a mock on its year page.

Answer first

Choose a section below, start with the topic you are weakest at, and open its questions on the mock pages, where each one has the answer and a worked explanation. English Language has 50 mock questions; General Intelligence has 50 mock questions; Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) has 50 mock questions; General Awareness has 50 mock questions.

English Language

Cloze Test

Idioms and Phrases

  • 2024 mock, Q.4: Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: To beat around the bush
  • 2022 mock, Q.4: Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: A blessing in disguise
  • 2021 mock, Q.1: Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: To burn the midnight oil
  • 2019 mock, Q.4: Select the meaning of the idiom 'to turn over a new leaf'.
  • 2016 mock, Q.3: Select the meaning of the idiom 'a blessing in disguise'.
  • 2015 mock, Q.5: Select the meaning of the idiom 'to burn the midnight oil'.

Reading Comprehension

  • 2024 mock, Q.1: Why did the neighbours' hybrid crop fail?
  • 2022 mock, Q.1: What did the retired teachers do with the old bus?
  • 2022 mock, Q.2: According to the passage, what was the teachers' biggest difficulty?
  • 2016 mock, Q.1: Why did the teacher most likely pin the weekly figures outside the post office?
  • 2016 mock, Q.2: Which word best describes how many residents first reacted to the plan?

Synonyms

  • 2024 mock, Q.2: Select the word closest in meaning to 'ruined' as used in the passage.
  • 2024 mock, Q.5: Select the most appropriate synonym of the word: Lucid
  • 2021 mock, Q.4: Select the most appropriate synonym of the word: Candid
  • 2018 mock, Q.4: Select the word most similar in meaning to METICULOUS.
  • 2015 mock, Q.3: Select the word most similar in meaning to ABUNDANT.

Antonyms

  • 2023 mock, Q.4: Select the most appropriate antonym of the word: Diligent
  • 2022 mock, Q.3: Select the most appropriate antonym of the word 'unfit' as used in the passage.
  • 2019 mock, Q.3: Select the word opposite in meaning to TRANSPARENT.
  • 2015 mock, Q.4: Select the word opposite in meaning to TIMID.

One Word Substitution

  • 2022 mock, Q.5: Select the word that can substitute the phrase: The scientific study of birds
  • 2020 mock, Q.5: Select the word that can substitute the phrase: A person who is unable to pay his or her debts.
  • 2018 mock, Q.5: Select the one word for: a place where birds are kept.
  • 2016 mock, Q.4: Select the one word for: a person who can speak two languages fluently.

Spelling Correction

Spotting the Error

  • 2024 mock, Q.3: The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error. The…
  • 2021 mock, Q.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…
  • 2017 mock, Q.4: Find the part with an error: Neither the manager nor his assistants (A) / was present (B) / at the meeting yesterday (C) / No error (D)

Sentence Improvement

  • 2023 mock, Q.5: Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined part. If none is needed, select 'No improvement'. [If I was you], I would…
  • 2018 mock, Q.3: Select the best improvement for the phrase 'since five years' in: He has been working here since five years.

Active and Passive Voice

  • 2020 mock, Q.4: Select the passive form of the sentence: The committee will announce the results tomorrow.
  • 2017 mock, Q.5: Select the correct passive form of: The chef is preparing a special dish.

Fill in the Blanks

  • 2017 mock, Q.3: Fill in the blank: The committee will announce its decision ____ the end of this month.

Direct and Indirect Speech

  • 2021 mock, Q.5: Select the correct indirect form of the sentence: He said to me, "I am reading a novel."

Sentence and Parts Rearrangement

  • 2023 mock, Q.3: The parts P, Q, R and S complete the sentence 'The farmers ...'. Select their correct order. P: after the first rains Q: began sowing R:…

General Intelligence

Number and Letter Series

Coding-Decoding

  • 2024 mock, Q.9: In a certain code language, 'sky is blue' is written as 'la ri po' and 'blue pen is' is written as 'ri ka la'. What is the code for 'sky'?
  • 2023 mock, Q.9: In a certain code language, STONE is written as ENOTS. How will RIVER be written in that language?
  • 2022 mock, Q.9: In a certain code, MANGO is written as 13-1-14-7-15. How will GRAPE be written in that code?
  • 2020 mock, Q.8: In a certain code language, TABLE is written as UBCMF. How will CHAIR be written in that language?
  • 2018 mock, Q.9: If SEND is coded as TFOE, how is MAIL coded?
  • 2017 mock, Q.7: In a certain code MOTHER is written as OQVJGT. How is FATHER written in that code?
  • 2015 mock, Q.9: If CAT is coded as DBU, how is DOG coded in the same way?

Analogy

  • 2023 mock, Q.7: Select the number that is related to the third number in the same way as the second is related to the first. 6 : 216 :: 8 : ?
  • 2022 mock, Q.8: Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first. Doctor : Hospital ::…
  • 2020 mock, Q.6: 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 : ?
  • 2018 mock, Q.6: Doctor : Hospital :: Teacher : ?
  • 2017 mock, Q.6: 4 : 64 :: 6 : ?
  • 2015 mock, Q.6: Pen : Write :: Knife : ?

Classification (Odd One Out)

Blood Relations

  • 2023 mock, Q.8: Introducing a woman, Arjun said, "She is the daughter of my father's only son." How is the woman related to Arjun?
  • 2020 mock, Q.9: A is the brother of B. B is the daughter of C. D is the father of C. How is A related to D?
  • 2019 mock, Q.9: A is the brother of B. B is the daughter of C. D is the father of C. How is A related to D?
  • 2018 mock, Q.8: Pointing to a man, Kavya said, "He is the son of my father's only brother." How is the man related to Kavya?

Syllogism and Statement-Conclusion

  • 2021 mock, Q.6: Read the statements and decide which conclusion(s) logically follow. Statements: All pens are books. Some books are bags. Conclusions:…
  • 2019 mock, Q.8: Statements: Some pens are books. All books are bags. Conclusions: I. Some pens are bags. II. All bags are pens. Which conclusion(s) follow?
  • 2017 mock, Q.8: Statement: All students who score above 90% will receive a scholarship. Priya scored 94%. Conclusions: I. Priya will receive a…
  • 2016 mock, Q.10: Statements: All roses are flowers. Some flowers are red. Conclusions: I. Some roses are red. II. All flowers are roses. Which…

Direction and Distance

  • 2021 mock, Q.7: Ravi walks 6 km towards North, turns right and walks 8 km. How far is he now from his starting point?
  • 2017 mock, Q.9: A man faces north. He turns 90° clockwise, then 180°, then 90° anticlockwise. Which direction does he face now?
  • 2016 mock, Q.8: Meena walks 6 km north, turns right and walks 8 km. How far is she from her starting point?

Order, Ranking and Seating Arrangement

  • 2024 mock, Q.6: Five friends P, Q, R, S and T sit in a row facing North. R sits in the middle. P sits at the extreme left end. T sits immediately to the…
  • 2024 mock, Q.7: Among A, B, C, D and E, A is taller than B but shorter than C. D is the tallest. E is shorter than B. Who is the shortest?
  • 2021 mock, Q.8: In a row of 40 students, Meena is 15th from the left end. What is her position from the right end?

Arithmetical Reasoning and Mathematical Operations

  • 2022 mock, Q.7: If '+' means '×', '−' means '+', '×' means '÷' and '÷' means '−', what is the value of 8 + 3 − 12 × 4 ÷ 5?
  • 2018 mock, Q.10: If '+' means '×', '×' means '−', '−' means '÷' and '÷' means '+', what is the value of 8 + 3 × 12 − 4 ÷ 2?
  • 2015 mock, Q.10: Ravi is 4 years older than Sita. Five years ago Ravi's age was twice Sita's age. What is Ravi's present age?

Logical Sequence of Words (Dictionary Order)

  • 2023 mock, Q.6: Arrange the following words in the order in which they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Garden 2. Garnish 3. Gargle 4. Garment…
  • 2019 mock, Q.6: Arrange the words in dictionary order: 1. Garden 2. Garland 3. Garbage 4. Gardener 5. Garment

Mirror and Water Images

  • 2019 mock, Q.7: A clock shows 3:20. What time does its mirror image show?

Calendar

  • 2022 mock, Q.6: If 1 January 2023 was a Sunday, what day of the week was 1 March 2023?

Venn Diagrams

  • 2024 mock, Q.8: In which of the following groups does one class contain both of the other two classes, while those two classes have nothing in common?

Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill)

Geometry

  • 2023 mock, Q.15: An arc of a circle subtends an angle of 130° at the centre. What angle does it subtend at any point on the remaining part of the circle?
  • 2022 mock, Q.11: A chord of length 16 cm is drawn in a circle of radius 10 cm. What is the distance of the chord from the centre?
  • 2021 mock, Q.12: In triangle ABC, ∠A = 50° and ∠B = 70°. The bisectors of ∠B and ∠C meet at I. What is ∠BIC?
  • 2019 mock, Q.14: Each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 30°. What is the sum of its interior angles?
  • 2018 mock, Q.13: A point is 13 cm from the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. What is the length of the tangent drawn from the point to the circle?
  • 2016 mock, Q.12: The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is the largest angle?

Trigonometry

Data Interpretation

  • 2023 mock, Q.11: How much more does the family spend on Food than on Transport in a month?
  • 2020 mock, Q.15: By what percentage did sales in April exceed sales in January?
  • 2019 mock, Q.11: What is the average quarterly output of the plant?
  • 2019 mock, Q.12: Q3 output is what per cent of the year's total output?
  • 2017 mock, Q.11: By what per cent did store R's sales rise from 2016 to 2017?
  • 2017 mock, Q.12: What is the ratio of total sales of all five stores in 2016 to that in 2017?

Profit, Loss and Discount

  • 2022 mock, Q.15: By selling an article for ₹1,380 a shopkeeper loses 8%. At what price should he sell it to gain 12%?
  • 2020 mock, Q.11: 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?
  • 2019 mock, Q.15: A trader sells two articles for ₹1,200 each, gaining 20% on one and losing 20% on the other. What is his overall result?
  • 2016 mock, Q.11: By selling a book for ₹1,150 a seller gains 15%. What is his loss per cent if he sells it for ₹960?
  • 2015 mock, Q.11: A shopkeeper marks an article 40% above its cost price and allows a discount of 15% on the marked price. What is his profit per cent?

Algebra

Mensuration

  • 2024 mock, Q.14: What is the volume of a sphere of radius 21 cm? (Take π = 22/7)
  • 2022 mock, Q.13: The volume of a cube is 343 cm³. What is its total surface area?
  • 2021 mock, Q.13: What is the curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of radius 7 cm and height 10 cm? (Take π = 22/7)
  • 2018 mock, Q.14: A solid cube of edge 6 cm is melted and recast into small cubes of edge 2 cm. How many small cubes are formed?
  • 2015 mock, Q.14: What is the curved surface area of a cylinder of radius 7 cm and height 10 cm? (Use π = 22/7)

Simple and Compound Interest

  • 2021 mock, Q.14: A sum of money amounts to ₹7,440 in 3 years at 8% per annum simple interest. What is the sum?
  • 2020 mock, Q.12: What is the compound interest on ₹8,000 for 2 years at 10% per annum, compounded annually?
  • 2018 mock, Q.11: A sum of money amounts to ₹7,200 in 4 years at 5% per annum simple interest. What is the sum?
  • 2017 mock, Q.13: What is the compound interest on ₹8,000 for 2 years at 10% per annum, compounded annually?

Averages

  • 2024 mock, Q.13: The average of five numbers is 42. When one number is removed, the average of the remaining four numbers becomes 40. What is the number…
  • 2018 mock, Q.12: The average weight of 8 people rises by 1.5 kg when one of them, weighing 60 kg, is replaced by a new person. What is the weight of the…
  • 2015 mock, Q.15: The average of five numbers is 28. If one number, 40, is removed, what is the average of the remaining four?

Time and Work, Pipes and Cisterns

  • 2024 mock, Q.15: A can finish a piece of work in 20 days and B in 30 days. They work together for 6 days, after which A leaves. In how many more days…
  • 2023 mock, Q.13: Pipe A can fill a tank in 12 hours and pipe B in 18 hours. If both are opened together, how long will they take to fill the empty tank?
  • 2016 mock, Q.15: A can finish a job in 12 days and B in 18 days. In how many days can they finish it working together?

Number System, HCF and LCM

  • 2022 mock, Q.14: What is the smallest number that must be added to 1000 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 23?
  • 2017 mock, Q.14: What is the smallest four-digit number exactly divisible by 12, 15 and 20?

Ratio, Proportion and Partnership

  • 2023 mock, Q.12: A invests ₹24,000 for 12 months and B invests ₹36,000 for 6 months in a business. Out of a total profit of ₹14,000, what is A's share?
  • 2018 mock, Q.15: ₹1,800 is divided among A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is C's share?

Simplification

Percentage

  • 2024 mock, Q.11: A's salary is 25% more than B's salary. By what percentage is B's salary less than A's?

Time, Speed and Distance

  • 2021 mock, Q.15: A train 180 m long crosses a pole in 12 seconds. What is its speed in km/h?

General Awareness

Indian Polity and Constitution

  • 2024 mock, Q.17: The superintendence, direction and control of elections in India are vested in the Election Commission by which Article of the Constitution?
  • 2023 mock, Q.17: Which Article of the Constitution of India provides for the Finance Commission?
  • 2022 mock, Q.17: The Fundamental Duties (Article 51A) were added to the Constitution of India by which amendment?
  • 2021 mock, Q.17: The right to free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 years (Article 21A) was inserted by which Constitutional Amendment?
  • 2020 mock, Q.16: Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?
  • 2019 mock, Q.16: Under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which came into effect on 31 October 2019, the former state was reorganised into…
  • 2018 mock, Q.20: What is the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha permitted by the Constitution of India?
  • 2016 mock, Q.20: Who among the following is NOT part of the electoral college that elects the President of India?
  • 2015 mock, Q.19: Which Article of the Constitution of India guarantees the Right to Constitutional Remedies, described by Dr B. R. Ambedkar as the heart…

History

  • 2024 mock, Q.16: On which date did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place in Amritsar?
  • 2023 mock, Q.18: The Sun Temple at Konark, Odisha, was built by which ruler?
  • 2022 mock, Q.19: In the First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526), Babur defeated which ruler?
  • 2020 mock, Q.18: Who commanded the British East India Company's forces at the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757) against Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah?
  • 2019 mock, Q.20: In the First Battle of Panipat (1526), Babur defeated which ruler?
  • 2018 mock, Q.18: In protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar on 13 April 1919, who renounced his knighthood?
  • 2016 mock, Q.18: The first session of the Indian National Congress (December 1885) was held in which city?
  • 2015 mock, Q.17: In the Battle of Plassey (1757), the forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive defeated which ruler?

Geography

  • 2024 mock, Q.19: Dudhwa National Park, part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve and home to swamp deer, is located in which state?
  • 2021 mock, Q.19: Loktak Lake, known for its floating masses of vegetation called phumdis, is in which state?
  • 2020 mock, Q.17: The Hirakud Dam in Odisha is built across which river?
  • 2019 mock, Q.18: At Devprayag in Uttarakhand, the Bhagirathi meets which river to form the Ganga?
  • 2018 mock, Q.16: The Statue of Unity, inaugurated on 31 October 2018, stands on the bank of which river?
  • 2017 mock, Q.18: Wular Lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the Indian subcontinent and fed mainly by the Jhelum, is located in which state (as…
  • 2015 mock, Q.20: Which is the largest state of India by area?

General Science: Biology

  • 2024 mock, Q.18: Which is the largest gland in the human body?
  • 2022 mock, Q.18: Which metal ion is present at the centre of the chlorophyll molecule?
  • 2020 mock, Q.19: Scurvy is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?
  • 2018 mock, Q.19: Insulin is produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in which organ?
  • 2015 mock, Q.18: Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?

Current Affairs

  • 2023 mock, Q.20: Chandrayaan-3 was launched from Sriharikota on 14 July 2023 aboard which launch vehicle?
  • 2020 mock, Q.20: Joe Biden was sworn in as President of the United States on 20 January 2021. Which President of the USA is he?
  • 2019 mock, Q.17: Abhijit Banerjee shared the 2019 Nobel Prize with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer in which field?
  • 2018 mock, Q.17: Who among the following was one of the Bharat Ratna recipients announced on 25 January 2019?
  • 2017 mock, Q.17: Ram Nath Kovind, who took office as the 14th President of India on 25 July 2017, was earlier the Governor of which state?

Art and Culture

  • 2023 mock, Q.16: Rongali (Bohag), Kongali (Kati) and Bhogali (Magh) are the three Bihu festivals of which state?
  • 2022 mock, Q.16: Kathakali is a classical dance form of which state?
  • 2021 mock, Q.16: The Gol Gumbaz, the mausoleum of Mohammad Adil Shah of the Bijapur Sultanate, is located in which state?
  • 2019 mock, Q.19: Kathakali is a classical dance form of which state?

Economy and Government Schemes

  • 2017 mock, Q.16: On which date did the Goods and Services Tax (GST) come into force in India?
  • 2017 mock, Q.20: In which year was the Reserve Bank of India nationalised?
  • 2016 mock, Q.17: Under the demonetisation announced on 8 November 2016, banknotes of which denominations ceased to be legal tender?
  • 2015 mock, Q.16: NITI Aayog, set up on 1 January 2015, replaced which body?

Sports

  • 2024 mock, Q.20: India won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup final played at Kensington Oval, Barbados, on 29 June 2024. Which team did India defeat in the final?
  • 2022 mock, Q.20: Which country won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, whose final was played at Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2022?
  • 2021 mock, Q.20: At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021), Neeraj Chopra won India's gold medal in which event?
  • 2016 mock, Q.16: Which Indian won the silver medal in women's singles badminton at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

General Science: Physics

General Science: Chemistry

How these topics were chosen

  • Sections and topics follow the official SSC CHSL notification and syllabus headings.
  • Questions are the ones in our 10 labelled mock papers on the year pages. None is copied from a real exam.
  • Answers and explanations are on the mock page each line links to.

FAQ

Are these real SSC CHSL previous year questions?

No. The official SSC CHSL papers are not published, so there are no official past questions to list. These are original questions from our mock papers, written to match what candidates and exam analyses reported for each year, and labelled as mocks everywhere on this site.

Which SSC CHSL topics have the most practice questions here?

English Language: Cloze Test, Idioms and Phrases. General Intelligence: Number and Letter Series, Coding-Decoding. Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill): Geometry, Trigonometry. General Awareness: Indian Polity and Constitution, History.

How should I use topic-wise SSC CHSL practice?

Pick your weakest topic, solve its questions from two or three mock years with the answers hidden, then read the explanations on the mock page. Once a topic is clean, sit a full mock under time.