SSC JHT Exam Pattern 2024: Section-wise Paper 1 & 2 Pattern

SSC JHT Paper 2 carried descriptive questions. This paper consists of translation and essay writing questions. In translation, candidates will be asked to translate one Hindi passage to English and one English passage to Hindi language. In essay writing, candidates have to write one essay in Hindi and one in English. It will help to test the candidates' translation skills and their ability to write as well as comprehend the two languages correctly. The structure of SSC JHT Paper 2 is given below.

SSC JHT Paper 1 is a Computer Based Test having multiple-choice questions. It consists of two sections- General English and General Hindi. In Paper-I questions will be designed to test the candidates understanding of the languages and literature, correct use of words, phrases and idioms and ability to write the languages correctly and precisely. The questions will be of degree level. Each section has 100 questions and the total time duration is 2 hours. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. The structure of SSC JHT exam pattern is given below.

SSC JHT exam comprises two papers. Paper 1 consists of objective-type multiple-choice questions and questions are asked from two sections. On the other hand Paper 2 consists of descriptive-type questions. Before beginning with the preparation, candidates should check SSC JHT exam pattern to understand the overall structure of the exam. 

The marking scheme of SSC JHT is given below:

• For wrong answers in Paper 1, 0.25 marks will be deducted as a penalty
• For correct answers, candidates score one mark
• The score of candidates is calculated based on the number of correct and incorrect answers

The best books for SSC JHT HIndi are given below:

The tips and tricks to prepare for SSC JHT exam are given below:

• Go through the syllabus and exam pattern.
• Clear the concepts of the topics given in the syllabus.
• Attempt mock tests to improve the speed and accuracy .
• Candidates must refer to good study materials for the exam.

SSC JHT books for English are given below, .

The minimum qualifying marks prescribed for both Paper I and II are given below:

SSC JHT preparation tips for Paper 1 are given below:

• Candidates should go through the SSC JHT Syllabus before starting. Questions from General Hindi would include Hindi Grammar, Vilom, Paryavachi, Anek shadbdon ke liye Ek Shabd, Tatsam, Tadhbhav Shadb, Sentence correction, comprehension etc.
• Candidates should buy some good grammar books to constantly prepare for different topics in Hindi.
• It is really important for candidates to keep building vocabulary in order to do good in comprehension.
• Constant practice of Hindi grammar will help in acing Hindi Grammar.
• Solve mock tests and practice papers to get a complete idea.

SSC has decided to normalize SSC JHT scores of candidates to take into account any variation in the difficulty levels of the question papers across different shifts since the exam is conducted in multiple sessions. The normalization is done based on the fundamental assumption that in multi-shift exam, the distribution of abilities of candidates is the same across all the shifts. Calculation of marks will be done up to 5 decimal places.