SSC CHSL Cut Off 2020 Check Expected & Previous Year Marks
Staff Selection Commission will soon release the cutoff marks for the CHSL Tier 1 Exam which was held from 17-19 March and 12-26 October 2020. Here, we have provided detailed information regarding SSC CHSL Cut Off 2020, expected cut off, and previous year cut off marks.
- The commission has released the SSC CHSL Answer Key on the official website. Candidates can cross-verify all the answers and raise objections until 10 November 2020 (6 PM) if they find any error in the answer key.
- CHSL 2020 Cut Off is the minimum qualifying marks that candidates must secure to qualify and become eligible for the next process of the exam.
- The only candidates who will score above the cut-off in the Tier 1 exam are eligible for the next stage of the selection process.
SSC CHSL Cut Off 2020 (Expected)
The commission will release the category-wise and post-wise CHSL Cut Off Marks on the official website. The qualifying marks are released along with the SSC CHSL Result 2020.
- As per the notification, there is no CHSL Sectional Cut Off in the Tier 1 exam. However, candidates need to score overall cut off for the next stage of the exam.
- The cutoff off marks will be determined based on different factors like the total number of vacancies, marks obtained, the difficulty level of the exam, previous years’ cut off marks, and the category of the candidate.
- With the help of CHSL Expected Cut Off Marks 2020, candidates can get an idea about how many marks must be scored to be get qualified for the next round of the selection process.
SSC CHSL Expected Cut Off 2020
SSC CHSL Exam is conducted in 3 tiers to recruit candidates for Lower Division Clerks, Postal Assistants, and Data Entry Operator posts in various ministries and other government organizations. Let us have a look at the table below to know the expected CHSL 2020 Cut off marks.
| Category | Cut off |
| General | 204 |
| OBC | 196 |
| SC | 185.5 |
| ST | 175.5 |
SSC CHSL Post-wise Expected Cut Off 2020
The commission will decide the CHSL Tier 1 Marks on the basis of the total number of candidates appeared for the exam and the difficulty level of the paper. Go through the table below to know the Expected cut off for different posts in CHSL.
| Post Name | CHSL Expected Cut Off [UR category] |
| LDC/JSA/PA/SA | 139-144 |
| DEO in C&AG | 165-169 |
| DEO (Other than C&AG) | 181-184 |
SSC CHSL Cut Off Trends
Candiadtes can go through the following graph to know the previous year cut off trends for candidates belonging to the general category.
The commission has released 2018-19 cut off marks on the official website. Let us have a look at the table below to know the category wise and post-wise cut off marks for the year 2018.
| Category | CHSL 2018 Cut off Marks |
| UR | 223.60 |
| OBC | 212.09 |
| SC | 181.48 |
| ST | 185.1 5 |
| EWS | 215.89 |
| ESM | 152.55 |
| OH | 184.41 |
| HH | 148.04 |
How To Check SSC CHSL Cut Off 2020 Marks?
Candidates can follow the simple steps mentioned below while checking the SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Cut Off marks 2020.
- Visit the official website of SSC
- On the Home page, check for “Latest News” tab and click on it
- Click on the CHSL 2020 Cut Off PDF tab
- Then, press Ctrl+F and search the cut off for your desired post
- The Cut Off PDF will open on the screen
- Candidates can check their cut off as per the category
- Download and save the CHSL 2020 Cut Off PDF file for future reference.
How is the SSC CHSL Cut Off 2020 Calculated?
The following criteria will be used by the commission while calculating the CHSL Tier 1 Marks 2020.
- CHSL Tier 1 Cut Off is calculated by grading the MCQ paper based on the correction criteria.
- For each correct question, the candidate is awarded 2 Marks.
- Candidates need to score the overall Cut off marks in the Tier 1 Exam in order to eligible to appear for the Tier 2 Exam.
- The CHSL Final Cut Off is a combination of Tier 1 + Tier 2 + Qualifying Tier 3.
After the release of Tier 1 Cut Off 2020, candidates can use the formula given below to calculate the number of marks obtained in the exam.
Total Marks = Number of correct answers * 2 – Number of wrong answers * 0.5
Factors Affecting the SSC CHSL Cut Off 2020
Staff Selection Commission goes through various factors while determining the Cut Off for CHSL (10+2).
- The total number of candidates appearing for the Exam
- The difficulty level of the paper
- Average marks scored by test takers
- Previous Years Cutoff Marks
- Overall Performance in the exam
- Category of the candidate
SSC CHSL Cut Off Comparisons
To help candidates, we have compared the cut off marks from the previous years. Checking the comparison will let candidates get an idea about the CHSL Cut Off 2020.
| Category | CHSL Tier-I
Cut Off 2015 |
CHSL Tier-I
Cut Off 2016-17 |
CHSL Tier-I
Cut Off 2017-18 |
CHSL Tier-I
Cut Off 2018-19 |
| UR | 119 | 127.50 | 143.5 | 135.60 |
| SC | 99 | 108.00 | 122.5 | 110.09 |
| ST | 89.50 | 99.00 | 112 | 99.09 |
| OBC | 110 | 120.00 | 139 | 133.74 |
| Ex. S | 45.50 | 64.50 | 83 | 56.11 |
| OH | 88 | 97.50 | 111.5 | 102.75 |
| HH | 55 | 65.00 | 73.5 | 58.43 |
| VH | 83.50 | 96.00 | 95.5 | 84.87 |
SSC CHSL Previous Year Cut Off for Tier 1
As soon as the SSC IDC cut off marks are released, the list of qualified candidates in the exam is uploaded on the official website. Here, we have provided the previous year cut off marks for Tier 1.
SSC CHSL 2018 Cut Off Marks
Go through the table below to know the Tier 1 Cut Off Marks for the year 2019.
| Category/Posts | DEO (Other than C&AG) | DEO in C&AG | LDC/JSA and PA/SA |
| UR ( General Candidates) | 181.47 | 165.93 | 135.60 |
| SC | – | 145.52 | 110.09 |
| ST | – | 136.74 | 99.09 |
| OBC | 178.45 | 161.72 | 133.74 |
| EWS | – | 163.75 | 127.25 |
| ESM | – | 117.13 | 56.11 |
| OH | – | 129.42 | 102.75 |
| HH | – | 98.86 | 58.43 |
| VH | – | – | 84.87 |
| Other PWD | – | – | 50.00 |
| Total Candidates Qualified | 175 | 2330 | 45101 |
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Cut Off 2017
Go through the table below to know the category-wise SSC IDC Cut Off marks for the year 2017.
| Category | CHSL Cut off |
| General or UR | 127.50 |
| OBC | 120.0 |
| SC | 108.0 |
| ST | 99.0 |
| VH | 96.0 |
| OH | 97.50 |
| HH | 65.0 |
| EXS | 64.50 |
SSC CHSL Tier I Cut Off 2016
Here is the CHSL Tier 1 Cut Off Marks for the year 2016.
| Category | CHSL Cut off |
| General or UR | 127.50 |
| OBC | 120.0 |
| SC | 108.0 |
| ST | 99.0 |
| VH | 96.0 |
| OH | 97.50 |
| HH | 65.0 |
| EXS | 64.50 |
*Staff Selection Commission also released Final Revised Cut Off 2016
SSC CHSL Vacancy List 2020
This year the Staff Selection Commission will be filling more than 7000 SSC CHSL Vacancy across the organization. The highest vacancy is expected for Postal Assistant which would be 3800+. Have a look at the below table for post-wise vacancies and pay band.
| Post Offered | Number of Vacancies | Pay Band (INR) | Grade Pay (INR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Division Clerk | 2877 | 5200 – 20200 | 1900 |
| Court Clerk | 33 | 5200 – 20200 | 2400 |
| Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant | 3862 | 5200 – 20200 | 2400 |
| Data Entry Operator | 616 | 5200 – 20200 | 2400 |
SSC CHSL Previous Year Cut Off Marks
Check the table below to know the previous year cut off marks for the year 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.
| Category | CHSL Cutoff Marks | |||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | ||||
| LDC/DEO | LDC/DEO | LDC | DEO | LDC | DEO | LDC | DEO | |
| General | 119 | 120 | 122 | 127 | 117 | 129 | 107.5 | 111.75 |
| OBC | 110 | 108 | 111 | 117 | 110 | 120 | 103 | 106.5 |
| SC | 99 | 95 | 100 | 104 | 97 | 109 | 86 | 96.25 |
| ST | 89.5 | 86 | 88 | 95 | 90 | 101 | 69.25 | 90 |
| VH | 83.5 | 82 | 88 | 93 | 99 | 93 | 60 | 70 |
| OH | 88 | 84 | 88 | 95 | 90 | 101 | 77.75 | 90 |
| HH | 55 | 53 | 73 | 71 | 58 | 70 | 60 | 70 |
| EXS | 45.5 | 53 | 82 | 75 | 77 | 93 | 88.75 | 75.5 |
SSC CHSL Previous Year Cut Off for Tier 2
A total of 48,404 candidates qualified the CHSL Tier 1 Marks 2017 and appeared for the Tier 2 exam. Given below is the CHSL Last Year Cut Off Marks for all categories.
SSC CHSL Tier 2 Cut Off 2018
Staff Selection Commission conducted the Tier-ll(Descriptive paper) of the Combined Higher Secondary (1O+2) Level Examination, for recruitment to the posts of Postal Assistant, Sorting Assistant, Junior Secretariat Assistant, DEO, LDC, etc. List 1: Candidates qualified for DEST for the post of DEO (Other than C&AG)
| Category | Cut off marks Tier 1+Tier 2 | Candidates Available |
| UR | 252.06 | 22 |
| SC | – | 1 |
| ST | – | 1 |
| OBC | 243.43 | 13 |
| Total | 37 | |
List 2: Candidates qualified for DEST for the post of DEO in C&AG
| Category | Cut off marks | Candidates Available |
| UR | 223.6 | 299 |
| SC | 181.48 | 270 |
| ST | 185.15 | 158 |
| OBC | 212.09 | 542 |
| EWS | 215.89 | 221 |
| ESM | 152.55 | 168 |
| OH | 184.41 | 43 |
| HH | 148.04 | 39 |
| VH | – | 1 |
| Total | 1741 | |
List 3: Candidates qualified for Typing Test for Post of PA, SA, JSA, LDC, etc
| Category | Cut off marks | Candidates Available |
| UR | 190.33 | 5576 |
| SC | 143.93 | 5171 |
| ST | 133.8 | 2878 |
| OBC | 167.07 | 7838 |
| EWS | 161.31 | 4681 |
| ESM | 97.82 | 3368 |
| OH | 139.36 | 425 |
| HH | 93.5 | 358 |
| VH | 123.54 | 411 |
| Other PwD | 93.07 | 116 |
| Total | 30822 | |
SSC CHSL Final Cut Off 2017
List 1: Cut Off on percentage of mistakes in the Typing Test-
| Category | Cut off marks |
| UR | 7% |
| SC | 10% |
| ST | 10% |
| OBC | 10% |
| ESM | 10% |
| OH | 10% |
| HH | 10% |
| VH | 10% |
List 2: Cut Off on percentage of mistakes in DEST for DEO-
| Category | Cut off marks |
| UR | 5% |
| SC | 7% |
| ST | 7% |
| OBC | 7% |
| ESM | 7% |
| OH | 7% |
| HH | 7% |
| VH | 7% |
SSC CHSL Department-Wise Cut Off 2016
Go through the following table to know the CHSL Last Year Cut Off Department-Wise 2016 for the candidates of General Category-
| Post/ Department Code | Cut Off | Post/ Department Code | Cut Off |
| C46 | 203.5 | D48 | 202.5 |
| D49 | 232.5 | D50 | 231.0 |
| D51 | 231.0 | L01 | 220.0 |
| L02 | 191.0 | L03 | 214.0 |
| L05 | 216.0 | L07 | 190.0 |
| L08 | 197.0 | L09 | 210.5 |
| L10 | 208.0 | L11 | 205.5 |
| L12 | 197.5 | L13 | 213.5 |
| L14 | 189.0 | L15 | 226.5 |
| L16 | 194.0 | L17 | 201.5 |
| L18 | 206.0 | L19 | 189.0 |
| L20 | 116.0* | L21 | 191.0 |
| L22 | 194.5 | L23 | 189.0 |
| L24 | 202.5 | L25 | 210.0 |
| L26 | 192.5 | L27 | 191.5 |
| L28 | 228.5 | L29 | 193 |
| L30 | 200 | L31 | 228.5 |
| L32 | 192 | L33 | 198.5 |
| L34 | 216.5 | L35 | 200.5 |
| L37 | 190.5 | L38 | 189.5 |
| L39 | 189 | L40 | 209 |
| L41 | 192 | L42 | 192.5 |
| L43 | 191 | L44 | 214.5 |
| L45 | 203.5 | P46 | 192.5 |
SSC CHSL Previous Year Cut Off for Tier 1 + Tier 2
Let us have a look at the table below to know the previous year cut off marks of both Tier 1 and Tier 2.
| CATEGORY | YEAR | DEO In C&AG | PS/ SA | Court Clerk | LDC |
| UR | 2015 | 202.25 | 185.75 | – | 182 |
| 2016 | 202.5 | 192.5 | 203.5 | 188 | |
| 2017-18 | 227.50 | 199.00 | – | 199.00 | |
| OBC | 2015 | 197.5 | 181.75 | – | 180.5 |
| 2016 | 194 | 188 | 201.5 | 185.5 | |
| 2017-18 | 224.50 | 192.00 | – | 192.00 | |
| SC | 2015 | 179.25 | 160.75 | – | 160.5 |
| 2016 | 182.5 | 170.5 | 186 | 169 | |
| 2017-18 | 210.50 | 174.50 | – | 174.50 | |
| ST | 2015 | 173.5 | 151.25 | – | 149.75 |
| 2016 | 173.5 | 155 | 177 | 150.5 | |
| 2017-18 | 206.50 | 167.00 | – | 167.00 |
SSC CHSL Post-wise Cut Off
Candidates can go through the table below to know the post-wise previous cut off marks for the year 2019.
DEO (Other than C&AG) Post Cut Off
Go through the table below to know the previous year cut off marks of Tier 1 for the DEO (other than C&AG) post.
| Category | CHSL Tier-I Cutoff | Number of Candidates Available |
| UR | 181.47 | 96 |
| SC | – | 14 |
| ST | – | 4 |
| OBC | 178.45 | 53 |
| EWS | – | 8 |
| ESM | – | – |
| OH | – | – |
| HH | – | – |
| VH | – | – |
| Other PWD | – | – |
| Total | – | 175 |
DEO (C&AG) Post Cut Off
Look at the table below to know the Tier 1 cut off marks for DEO (C&AG) post.
| Category | CHSL Tier-I Cutoff | Number of Candidates Available |
| UR | 165.93 | 445 |
| SC | 145.52 | 371 |
| ST | 136.74 | 207 |
| OBC | 161.72 | 672 |
| EWS | 163.75 | 276 |
| ESM | 117.13 | 252 |
| OH | 129.42 | 52 |
| HH | 98.86 | 51 |
| VH | – | 4 |
| Other PWD | – | – |
| Total | – | 2,330 |
LDC/JSA and PA/SA Posts Cut Off
Here is the previous year cut off marks for the post of LDC/JSA and PA/SA posts.
| Category | CHSL Tier-I Cutoff | Number of Candidates Available |
| UR | 135.60 | 8,332 |
| SC | 110.09 | 7,936 |
| ST | 99.09 | 4,191 |
| OBC | 133.74 | 10,831 |
| EWS | 127.25 | 6,675 |
| ESM | 56.11 | 5,063 |
| OH | 102.75 | 606 |
| HH | 58.43 | 614 |
| VH | 84.87 | 605 |
| Other PWD | 50.00 | 248 |
| Total | – | 45,101 |
SSC CHSL Cut Off FAQ’s
Q) What is CHSL Cut Off 2020?
The Cut Off of the SSC CHSL is the minimum qualifying marks that candidates must secure to qualify and become eligible for the next process of the exam. All three stages of the exam are qualifying in nature.
Q) How is SSC CHSL Cut Off calculated?
The cut off is calculated based on various factors like the total number of candidates appearing for the exam, the difficulty level of the paper, Average marks scored by test takers, Previous Years Cutoff Marks, Overall Performance in the exam, and Category of the candidates.
Q) For which posts SSC CHSL Cut Off is released?
The cutoff of CHSL is released for the following posts:
- Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)
- Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA)
- Postal Assistant (PA)
- Sorting Assistant (SA)
- Data Entry Operator (DEO)
- DEO (Grade A)
Q) How can I check CHSL Tier 1 Cut off marks?
Candidates can follow the simple steps mentioned below to check their SSC IDC Cut Off marks.
- Visit the official website of SSC
- On the Home page, check for the “Latest News” tab and click on it
- Click on the CHSL 2020 Cut Off PDF tab
- Then, press Ctrl+F and search the cut off for your desired post
- The Cut Off PDF will open on the screen
- Candidates can check their cut off as per the category
Q) Are there any minimum qualifying marks for SSC CHSL Tier 2 Exam?
Yes. As per the notification, candidates have to score at least 33% of marks in Tier 2 exam along with the cut-off in order to get shortlisted for the next stage of the exam i.e., Tier 3 Exam.
Q) Is there any sectional Cut Off in SSC CHSL 2020 Exam?
No. There is no sectional cut off in the CHSL 2020 Exam. However, candidates have to score an overall cut off in the exam to get selected for the next stage of the selection process.
Q) What will the CHSL Tier 1 Cut Off 2020 released?
The Staff Selection Commission releases the CHSL Tier cut off after a month of the examination. As the Tier 1 Exam is scheduled to be held in the month of October, the CHSL Tier 1 Cut Off will be released tentatively in the month of November 2020.
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