SSC Phase 10 (Higher Secondary level) Syllabus 2022 & Exam Pattern

10+2 (Higher Secondary) level

General Intelligence: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The
test will include questions on Semantic Analogy, Symbolic operations, Symbolic/Number
Analogy, Trends, Figural Analogy, Space Orientation ,Semantic Classification, Venn
Diagrams, Symbolic/Number Classification, Drawing inferences, Figural Classification,
Punched hole/pattern-folding & unfolding, Semantic Series, Figural Pattern – folding and
completion, Number Series, Embedded figures, Figural Series, Critical Thinking, Problem
Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Word Building, Social Intelligence, Coding and de-
coding, Other sub-topics, if any Numerical operations.

General Awareness: Questions are designed to test the candidate’s general awareness of
the environment and its application to the society. Questions are also designed to test
knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience
in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also
include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to
History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General polity and scientific research.

Quantitative Aptitude: Arithmetic, Number Systems, Computation of Whole Number,
Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers Fundamental arithmetical
operations: Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple
and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Allegation,
Time and distance, Time and work. Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra
and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations. Geometry:
Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of
centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles
subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles. Mensuration:
Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone,
Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular
Right Pyramid with triangular or square, Base Trigonometry: Trigonometry,
Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems
only) Standard Identities etc., Statistical Charts: Use of Tables and Graphs, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart

English Language: Spot the Error, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms/ Homonyms, Antonyms,
Spellings/ Detecting Mis-spelt words, Idioms & Phrases, One word substitution,
Improvement of Sentences, Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs, Conversion into Direct/
Indirect narration, Shuffling of Sentence parts, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, Cloze
Passage, Comprehension Passage