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SSC MTS Previous Papers

MTS past papers are short, plentiful and highly repetitive, which makes them the most efficient study material available for this exam.

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SSC MTS · checked 19 September 2026

SSC MTS at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

SSC MTS: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    MTS 2026 notice not issued as of 12 September 2026; the calendar had placed the CBE tentatively in September–November 2026

    Next cycle

  2. 02

    Staff Selection Commission (SSC)

    Conducted by

  3. 03

    Class 10 pass from a recognised board as on the cut-off date

    Level

  4. 04

    Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff, Pay Level 1; Havaldar in CBIC and CBN, Pay Level 1

    Posts

Past papers

SSC MTS — Reading previous papers properly

The arithmetic in MTS papers recurs in a small number of recognisable shapes — a percentage change, a two-worker rate problem, a simple interest calculation, an average adjusted by one new value. Once you can name the shape on sight, the arithmetic itself is rarely the difficulty; recognition speed is.

Getting the most from a past paper

  1. Solve Session I questions without a calculator, always. Mental arithmetic speed is a large part of what this paper measures.
  2. Keep a one-line log of every question you got wrong. The topic, and whether you did not know it, misread it, or ran out of time.
  3. Build a general awareness list from the papers themselves. The themes that repeat across years are a better revision list than a general knowledge book.
  4. Redo your wrong questions a week later. If you still get them wrong, the topic needs studying rather than practising.

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The arithmetic shapes that recur most

  • Percentage increase and decrease — including successive changes, and the reverse question that gives you the final value and asks for the original.
  • Profit, loss and discount — usually single-step, occasionally with a discount applied on a marked price.
  • Simple averages with one value replaced — a shape that appears in some form in nearly every cycle.
  • Ratio and proportion splits — dividing an amount among two or three people in a given ratio.
  • Time and work, and time and distance — two workers or two vehicles, rarely more, and almost never with a twist.
  • LCM and HCF applications — bells ringing together, tiles fitting a floor, and the standard remainder questions.

That list is short on purpose, and it is the most useful thing past MTS papers give you. The syllabus implies a wide arithmetic landscape; the papers show a narrow one, visited repeatedly. A candidate who can do those six shapes quickly and accurately, without a calculator and without writing much down, has covered most of what Session I will ask.

The general awareness questions repeat differently — not the same questions, but the same themes, and the pool is small enough that building your list from the papers themselves is more efficient than reading a general knowledge book cover to cover. Constitutional basics, national symbols, first-in-India facts, major festivals and dance forms, important days and school-level science appear again and again across MTS, GD and CHSL papers alike, which means work you do here transfers if you sit more than one of them.

Papers written for an older structure

SSC has revised the MTS pattern more than once, including how the two sessions are organised and where negative marking applies. Older papers remain perfectly good for content and for arithmetic practice, but check which structure a paper was written for before using it to rehearse timing — practising the wrong session length trains a pace you will not be able to use.

Exam resources

Everything for SSC MTS

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

SSC MTS SyllabusSSC MTS syllabus — Session I numerical and reasoning topics, Session II general awareness and English, written for 10th-pass candidates.SSC MTS Exam PatternSSC MTS exam pattern 2026 — Session 1 and Session 2 tables with questions, marks, time and negative marking, the qualifying rule and Havaldar PET/PST standards.SSC MTS Previous PapersSSC MTS previous year papers — using past papers to find the repeated arithmetic shapes and general awareness themes that decide the cutoff.SSC MTS Mock TestsSSC MTS mock tests — session-wise timed practice that trains the different guessing discipline each session needs.SSC MTS PreparationSSC MTS preparation strategy — a study plan for 10th-pass candidates, plus physical training guidance for Havaldar applicants.SSC MTS Study MaterialSSC MTS study material — arithmetic, reasoning, general awareness and basic English notes pitched at the MTS syllabus level.

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