The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is expected to release the SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) Answer Key 2025 by the second week of December 2025, as per reports. Candidates can check their SSC CHSL answer key 2025 PDF on the official website – ssc.gov.in, once released. The SSC CHSL Tier 1 exam 2025 was conducted from November 12 to 30. This year, approximately 30.7 lakh applications were received for SSC CHSL exam 2025, making it the largest SSC exam conducted in 2025. The SSC CHSL 2025 exam was conducted in 300 centres in 120 cities nationwide. The SSC CHSL 2025 answer key for Tier 1 displays the candidate’s correct answers to the questions.
The SSC CHSL Answer Key 2025 for Tier 1 exam allows candidates to calculate their scores before the result. If any candidate is not satisfied with the answer key, then they can raise an objection against it. The dates for SSC CHSL objection window will be announced by SSC soon. Along with the answer key, SSC will also release the SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 response sheet, which contains answers marked by the candidate in the exam. Candidates can access their response sheet for Tier 1 exam by using their registration ID and password.
Also Read: SSC CHSL Tier 1 Result 2025
SSC CHSL Answer Key 2025 Release Date: Previous Years’ Trends
Candidates can review the previous year’s release date of SSC CHSL 2025 Answer Key and prepare accordingly:
| Exam Year | Exam Dates | Provisional Answer Key Dates |
| 2024 | July 1 to July 11, 2024 | July 18, 2024 |
| 2023 | August 2 to 17, 2023 | August 19, 2023 |
| 2022 | March 9 to 21, 2023 | March 31, 2023 |
SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Answer Key: Score Calculation
To calculate the SSC CHSL Tier 1 scores, candidates must know the exam pattern for the SSC CHSL exam 2025. Given below is the marking scheme through which candidates can calculate their scores:
- The SSC CHSL exam 2025 consisted of 100 questions.
- Each correct answer will be awarded 2 marks.
- There is also negative marking, for every incorrect answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.
Candidates can calculate their correct and incorrect answers on the basis of the marked responses in the SSC CHSL Answer Key 2025 and Response Sheet.
