SSC CHSL Previous Year Question Paper with Answers PDF: Quick Answer
You can attempt 10 SSC CHSL 2025 Tier-1 previous year papers right here on BookOfExams: 2 full papers (100 questions each) and 8 section papers (25 questions each), covering 2 shifts held on 15 and 18 November 2025, each with the official answer key as labelled on the site. Every paper is playable with a timer, instant scoring and explanations, so you do not need to download anything to practise a real shift. Papers from other 2025 shifts are linked below as PDFs hosted by other preparation sites, because this site does not host them yet. As of 1 November 2026, the SSC CHSL 2026 Tier-1 examination has not been held — it is scheduled for 30 November to 31 December 2026 — so no 2026 previous year paper exists, and any page offering one today is mislabelled.
Read this first (as of 1 November 2026): SSC does not publish a single official PDF of each shift paper on its website. Candidates get a response sheet and answer key through their own login, and shift papers then circulate through preparation sites. On this site, the 2025 papers below are stored as files marked "official" with the official answer key. Treat the playable papers as the real 2025 shift papers as labelled on this site, and treat every PDF link in the "other shifts" table as a third-party copy that you should check against the answer key before trusting it. Two files in that table are explicitly called "similar papers" by their publishers — they are practice papers modelled on the named shift, not the shift paper itself, and this page says so wherever it links them. Cycle labels matter: the playable papers are from the 2025 cycle, not the 2026 cycle.
SSC CHSL Tier-1 Exam Pattern for Previous Year Papers
Every Tier-1 previous year paper follows the same pattern. The four sections carry equal weight in questions but the same marking throughout, so a weak section costs you exactly as much as a strong one gains you.
| Section | Questions | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 25 | 50 | 60 minutes (shared — no sectional timer in 2025) |
| General Intelligence | 25 | 50 | 60 minutes (shared — no sectional timer in 2025) |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25 | 50 | 60 minutes (shared — no sectional timer in 2025) |
| General Awareness | 25 | 50 | 60 minutes (shared — no sectional timer in 2025) |
| Total | 100 | 200 | 60 minutes |
Each correct answer carries 2 marks and each wrong answer loses 0.5 marks. The paper is bilingual (English and Hindi). The 15-minute sectional timer is new in the 2026 pattern — these 2025 papers were held with 60 minutes shared across the four sections, so do not practise them on a 15-minute sectional clock and call it the 2025 experience; use the sectional timer only when you are training for the 2026 paper. Tier-2 is a different examination with a longer Session-I, a computer knowledge test and a skill or typing test; it is not covered by the papers on this page. For the full current pattern, read the SSC CHSL syllabus 2026 note, and for the skill test stage read the SSC CHSL skill test 2026 note.
SSC CHSL 2025 Tier-1 Full Papers: Attempt Online
These are the complete 100-question papers, one per shift. Attempt a full paper only when you can sit for 60 uninterrupted minutes. Attempt the 15 November paper first, review it properly, and then attempt the 18 November paper so you can see whether the same weak topics appear twice.
| Date and shift | Paper | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November 2025, Shift 1 (10:00 AM) | SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper 15 November Shift 1 | 100 | 60 minutes |
| 18 November 2025, Shift 1 (10:00 AM) | SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper 18 November Shift 1 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Each full paper carries the official answer key as labelled on this site. After you finish, read every explanation for the questions you got wrong and for the questions you guessed right. In a paper with 0.5 negative marking, a guessed-right answer is a topic you do not actually know, and it will cost you in the next paper if you leave it unreviewed.
SSC CHSL 2025 Tier-1 Section Papers: Practise One Section at a Time
Each section paper is 25 questions in 15 minutes, taken from the same shift as the full paper above it. Use them for daily drills when a full paper does not fit your day: one section, timed, reviewed immediately, with the mistakes written down before you move on.
| Shift | English | General Intelligence | Quantitative Aptitude | General Awareness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November, Shift 1 | English | General Intelligence | Quantitative Aptitude | General Awareness |
| 18 November, Shift 1 | English | General Intelligence | Quantitative Aptitude | General Awareness |
Do not attempt all four sections of one shift back to back and call it a full paper. The full papers above already do that job with the right timing and scoring. The section papers are for fixing one weakness at a time: if General Awareness is costing you 15 marks a paper, five days of General Awareness sections will tell you whether the problem is static facts, current affairs, or simply speed.
SSC CHSL Previous Year Question Papers from Other 2025 Shifts (PDF)
The 2025 Tier-1 examination ran from 12 to 30 November 2025 in multiple shifts. Only the two shifts above are hosted on this site. Papers and practice papers for other shifts circulate as PDFs on preparation sites. The links below were checked on 1 November 2026. Read the labels carefully: four of them are shift papers hosted by other sites, and two are explicitly "similar papers" — practice papers modelled on a shift, not the shift paper itself.
| Shift | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 14 November 2025, Shift 3 | Shift paper (candidate response sheet PDF) | Oliveboard PDF |
| 15 November 2025, Shift 3 | Shift paper PDF | AirGurukul PDF |
| 17 November 2025, Shift 1 | Shift paper (candidate response sheet PDF) | Oliveboard PDF |
| 18 November 2025, Shift 1 | Shift paper PDF | AirGurukul PDF |
| 15 November 2025, Shift 1 | Similar paper (practice, modelled on the shift) | CareerPower PDF |
| 18 November 2025, Shift 1 | Similar paper (practice, modelled on the shift) | Adda247 PDF |
If a link stops working, search the shift date and shift number together with "SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 question paper" rather than trusting the first PDF you find. Pages that claim "140+ shift-wise 2026 PDFs" before the 2026 examination has been held are relabelling 2025 material. The date inside the paper header, not the page heading, is what tells you which shift you are looking at. For a full shift-by-shift listing with solutions, the Prepp Tier-1 paper listing at prepp.in is the most complete single index found on 1 November 2026, though this site has not verified every paper on that listing shift by shift.
SSC CHSL Previous Year Papers Before 2025 and Tier-2 Papers
No playable previous year paper from 2024 or earlier is hosted on this site as a full shift paper, and no Tier-2 previous year paper is hosted on this site at all — the plan's inventory found zero Tier-2 files of any kind. This page does not fill those gaps with invented links. For older Tier-1 papers, use the topic-wise previous year question sets on this site, which collect real questions by topic across years — for example analogy questions, average questions and coding-decoding questions. For timed practice that is honestly labelled as practice, use the SSC CHSL mock test hub. For Tier-2 preparation, start with the pattern and syllabus in the SSC CHSL syllabus 2026 note and the SSC CHSL skill test 2026 note, and practise Tier-2 sections with the mock tests on the hub rather than hunting for a Tier-2 paper that is not verified.
Do not pay for a "complete 2016–2025 bundle" without checking a sample shift first. Many bundles mix Tier-1 and Tier-2 questions, drop the answer key, or include questions from other examinations. One real shift attempted honestly teaches you more than ten mixed bundles skimmed quickly.
How to Use SSC CHSL Previous Year Papers
Attempt a paper the way you will attempt the examination. Sit with a timer, no phone, no notes, and the four sections in order. Mark every question you are unsure about as you go, so your review afterwards is about decisions, not memory. When the timer ends, stop, even if two questions are left. The score that matters is the score under time pressure, not the score you could reach with an extra half hour.
Review in three passes. First, re-solve every wrong answer without looking at the explanation, and write down why your first method failed. Second, check the explanations for the questions you guessed right. Third, list the topics where you lost more than two marks in a single section, and practise those topics with the section papers above before you attempt another full paper. With only two full papers hosted here, the review matters more than the attempt count: repeat the same two papers after a gap of two weeks and compare your section scores, rather than rushing to a third paper from an unverified source.
Track only three numbers across papers: total score out of 200, marks lost to wrong answers, and marks left unattempted. If wrong-answer losses are rising, you are guessing too much. If unattempted marks are rising, your speed in one section is the problem, and the section papers are the fix. Compare your scores with the SSC CHSL cut off note only after you have attempted both full papers, because a single shift can be easier or harder than the average, and normalised scores, not raw scores, decide shortlisting. For the posts and pay behind the examination, read the SSC CHSL salary 2026 note before you set a target post.
SSC CHSL Previous Year Question Paper FAQs
Are the papers on this page official SSC papers?
The 10 playable papers are the 2025 Tier-1 shift papers as stored on this site, each marked with the official answer key. SSC itself gives candidates a response sheet and answer key through its login system rather than publishing one combined PDF per shift, so the playable papers and the third-party PDFs linked above are the practical way to practise real shifts. The two "similar papers" in the table are labelled as practice and are not shift papers. Mock tests live on the SSC CHSL mock test hub and are labelled as practice there.
Where is the SSC CHSL 2026 previous year paper?
It does not exist yet. The 2026 Tier-1 examination is scheduled for 30 November to 31 December 2026, and as of 1 November 2026 it has not been held. Any page offering a "2026 paper PDF" today is offering 2025 material, a mock test, or a guess. This page will be updated when the 2026 papers and answer key are available.
How many shifts were held for SSC CHSL 2025 Tier-1?
The examination ran from 12 to 30 November 2025 in multiple shifts each day. This site hosts two shifts as playable papers. The "other shifts" table above links papers or similar papers for four more shifts. Shift difficulty varies, and SSC normalises marks across shifts, so do not rank shifts by raw scores alone.
Is there a PDF download for the papers on this site?
The playable papers are designed to be attempted online with a timer and instant scoring. For offline practice, use the PDF links in the "other shifts" table, or print a section paper's questions from your browser after opening it. Do not download PDFs from unfamiliar sites that ask for payment or personal details first.
Do these papers cover Tier-2?
No. Tier-2 has a longer Session-I with a computer knowledge test, followed by a skill or typing test. No Tier-2 previous year paper is hosted on this site. Read the SSC CHSL syllabus 2026 note for the Tier-2 pattern and the SSC CHSL skill test 2026 note for the second stage, and practise Tier-2 sections with mock tests.
What score should I aim for in a previous year paper?
Aim for a consistent score across both full papers rather than one high score. Check the Tier-1 and final cut-off tables in the SSC CHSL cut off note for the post group and category you are targeting, then add a margin of 10 to 15 marks for safety, because cut-offs move with vacancies and normalisation. A single paper 20 marks above the last cut-off does not mean you are safe; two papers in a narrow band above it, with falling wrong-answer losses, do.
Sources
- Staff Selection Commission portal, ssc.gov.in — result, answer key and response sheet notices (candidate login; no combined shift-paper PDF published).
- Prepp, SSC CHSL Tier-1 previous year paper listing 2016–2025, including the 12–30 November 2025 Tier-1 window (https://prepp.in/ssc-chsl-exam/tier-1-question-paper; checked 1 November 2026).
- Oliveboard response-sheet PDFs for 14 and 17 November 2025 shifts, AirGurukul PDFs for 15 November Shift 3 and 18 November Shift 1, CareerPower and Adda247 "similar paper" PDFs (links in the table above; checked 1 November 2026; similar papers labelled as practice).
- This site's own test files on live
origin/main, verified 1 November 2026: 10 files, full papers 100 questions / 60 minutes, section papers 25 questions / 15 minutes, each marked official with the official answer key.
Last checked: 1 November 2026. This page will be updated when SSC CHSL 2026 Tier-1 papers and answer keys become available, and when further 2025 shifts are added as playable papers on this site.