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SSC MTS Syllabus

The MTS syllabus is short enough to read in one sitting, which makes it tempting to skim. The candidates who convert it into marks are the ones who take the general awareness and English half as seriously as the arithmetic half.

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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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Checked 19 September 2026

SSC MTS: the facts that matter now

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

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    Staff Selection Commission (SSC)

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

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

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Syllabus

SSC MTS — What the syllabus covers

Numerical and Mathematical Ability (Session I)
Number systems, integers and their properties, LCM and HCF, decimals and fractions, the four fundamental arithmetical operations, percentage, ratio and proportion, averages, simple interest, profit and loss, discount, work and time, distance and time, basic algebraic identities and linear equations, simple geometry of lines, angles, triangles and circles, mensuration of squares, rectangles, triangles, circles and simple solids, and elementary statistics through bar graphs, pie charts and tables.
Reasoning Ability and Problem Solving (Session I)
Alphanumeric series, coding and decoding, analogy, classification and odd one out, following directions, similarities and differences, jumbling, problem solving and analysis, non-verbal reasoning through figure patterns, folding and unfolding, and simple spatial relationships. Questions are non-verbal and verbal in roughly equal measure.
General Awareness (Session II)
Everyday knowledge of the environment and its application to society — Indian history and the freedom movement, geography, the Constitution and political system, economics, general science, sports, culture, and current events of national and international significance. The level is general rather than specialist.
English Language and Comprehension (Session II)
Basic English comprehension, vocabulary, grammar fundamentals, sentence structure, synonyms and antonyms, spotting errors and correct usage, and a short reading passage. Preparation here has an unusually high return because so many candidates skip it entirely.

A note on scope creep. Material marketed for SSC CGL will take you far past what MTS asks, particularly in algebra, trigonometry and advanced mensuration. Time spent there is time not spent on the arithmetic accuracy and general awareness breadth that actually determine an MTS result.

What the syllabus wording hides

  • Fundamental arithmetical operations — means speed, not scope. The operations are the ones you learned at school; what is being examined is whether you can perform them accurately under a clock without a calculator.
  • Everyday knowledge of the environment and its application to society — is the general awareness section, and in practice it means school-level science, Indian polity basics, geography, the freedom movement and static items such as important days and national symbols.
  • Basic English comprehension — is genuinely basic — articles, prepositions, tenses, common vocabulary and a short passage. It is the section most candidates concede without trying, which is precisely why it is worth attempting.
  • Problem solving and analysis — in the reasoning section is mostly pattern work: series, analogy, classification, coding and simple figure-based questions rather than anything abstract.

Session I and Session II are not merely different subjects; they reward different preparation. Session I is a speed test on material you already broadly know, so preparation there means drilling until the arithmetic is automatic. Session II is a knowledge test on material you may not know at all, so preparation there means accumulation — a little every day, revised often. Studying both the same way is the most common reason MTS scores stall.

Choosing your language section

Where the paper offers a language choice, pick the one you read fastest, not the one you believe looks better. Comprehension under time pressure is a reading-speed problem before it is a grammar problem, and a candidate reading comfortably in their stronger language will finish the section with minutes to spare that can go to arithmetic.

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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