SSC has issued advertisement for the recruitment of 5134 Data Entry Operator, Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant (PA/SA), Court Clerk and Lower Division Clerk through Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam.

Last date for Registration for SSC CHSL is 07th November,2016. If you have not filled the form yet, check out the link for SSC CHSL eligibility criteria and how to register yourself for the same.

CHSL Question Paper will include 4 Sections ; General Intelligence, English Language , Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness. The examination will be computer based.

In this post we have compiled a list of the books which may help you crack SSC CHSL Exam 2016. Let us take a look at the Best Books For SSC CHSL Exam section wise.

For General Intelligence & Reasoning 

All it takes to score in this section is to practice a large variety of questions, and to train yourself so that you can do this really fast. Any of the following books would be a good choice.

1. Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
2. Analytical Reasoning by M K Pandey – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
3. A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Nonverbal (English) by B S Sijwali, Indu Sijwal – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon

For English Language

This section is comparatively easy to score and is less time consuming. You should focus more on topics like Error Spotting, Comprehension, Cloze Test.

1. Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Tata McGraw Hill – Buy on Flipkart 
2. Competitive General English by Kiran Prakshan – Buy on Flipkart 
3. Objective General English by S P Bakshi – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
4. Quick learning Objective General English by RS Aggarwal &  Vikas Aggarwal – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon

For Quantitative Aptitude –

Knowledge of Basic Mathematics from class VI to X is required for SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude Section. We suggest you to first go through NCERT/ State Board Text Books and then buy any of the book given below to learn shortcuts and tricks.

1. Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
2. Quicker Mathematics by M. Tyra – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
3. Elementary and Advanced Mathematics by Kiran Prakashan – Buy on Flipkart 

For General Awareness

This section tests your knowledge ranging from Science to History. Few questions on current affairs are also asked in this section. One cannot simply ace this section reading a month before the exam. A lot of questions are asked from Science, History and Geography. Read NCERT for all these subjects and buy one year book so that you can revise last year’s events.

1. Manorama Yearbook 2015 (English) – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
2. Manorama Yearbook 2015 (Hindi) – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
3. Lucent’s General Knowledge (English) – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
4. Lucent’s General Knowledge (Hindi) – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon

Question bank/ practice papers (English)

As we have always suggested, along with preparing for each section, you SHOULD use previous years solved papers and other full length mock test papers to build your stamina for the exam.

This is one area where most of the students miss out, they only prepare for the sections. Unless you attempt full length papers, you will have no idea about how to manage time.

We have suggested both question banks and practice papers, choose wisely!

1. SSC Combined Higher Secondary (10 + 2) Level : Data Entry Operator & Lower Division Clerk (LDC) Examination by Kiran Prakashan – Buy on Flipkart
2. SSC CHSL Question Bank For Combined Higher Secondary (10 + 2) Level Exams Clerk Grade (LDC) Data Entry Operator Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ And Analogous Posts by Kiran Prakashan  – Buy on Flipkart or Buy on Amazon
3. SSC CHSL 10 + 2 Higher Secondary DEO & LDC Data Entry Operator & Lower Division Clerk Exam 2014 Self Study Guide – Cum Practice Work Book by Kiran Prakashan – Buy on Amazon or  Buy on Flipkart
4. Superfast Practice Sets For SSC CHSL 10+2 Higher Secondary Level Data Entry Operator (Deo) &Lower Division Clerk (LDC) Exam by Kiran Prakashan – Buy on Flipkart  or Buy on Amazon
5. SSC Mock Test Data Entry Operator and Lower Division Clerk : (10 + 2) Combined Higher Secondary by  Pearson – Buy on Flipkart  or Buy on Amazon

Question bank/ practice papers (Hindi)

1. SSC CHSL – Superfast Practice Sets 10 + 2 Data Entry Operator Evam Lower Division Clerk  by Kiran Prakashan – Buy on Flipkart 
2. SSC CHSL – 10 + 2 Higher Secondary Data Entry Operator Evam Lower Division Clerk Pariksha 2014 Guide – Cum – Practice Work Book by Kiran Prakashan – Buy on Flipkart
3. SSC 10 + 2 Level Exam Combined Higher Secondary Data Entry Operator & Lower Division Clerk Exam Practice Work Book by Kiran Prakashan – Buy on Flipkart

So that has our list of the best books for SSC CHSL preparation. In case you have any questions or suggestions, let us know in the comments below.

Best of luck 🙂