Haryana Court Clerk Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2026

Compiled from the official syllabus · check it against the official link

What this exam actually looks like ↑

The Society for Centralized Recruitment of Staff in Subordinate Courts (S.S.S.C.), which works under the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, is filling 1,265 posts of Clerk in the Subordinate Courts of Haryana through Detailed Employment Notice No. 36C/SSSC/HR/2026, dated 22 May 2026.

Selection has two stages: a written Computer Based Test (CBT) of 100 marks in two subjects, followed by a qualifying Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) that checks your spreadsheet and typing skills on a computer. Only your CBT marks decide your final merit — CPT marks are qualifying only, they are not added to your score.

Exam pattern — subjects, marks and format exactly as published ↑

The notice lays out the Computer Based Test as one paper split into two subjects, taken together in a single 2-hour sitting. Here is the exact break-up.

• Total duration for the whole Computer Based Test: 2 hours.
• 'Marks' means the normalized marks for the objective portion (the notice gives a statistical formula for this, used only when the exam runs in multiple shifts) and the actual marks scored in the subjective portion.

At a glance

English Composition, subjective part — the exact break-up ↑

This subjective part is typed on the computer within the exam's time limit, not handwritten. It is checked only for candidates who score 33% or more in General Knowledge — if you don't clear that mark, this part is not even evaluated.

Qualifying rules and negative marking ↑

Clearing the CBT is not just about your total score — the notice sets a minimum in each subject separately, plus an aggregate minimum.

For the objective (MCQ) portions of both subjects, wrong answers are penalised. Questions you leave unattempted are simply not counted — no credit and no penalty.

• You must score at least 33% in General Knowledge AND at least 33% in English Composition — separately.
• On top of that, you must score at least 40% in the aggregate of both subjects together to be considered as having qualified the CBT.
• Negative marking: for every wrong answer in the objective (MCQ) questions, 1/4th (0.25) mark is deducted.
• An unattempted question gets no credit and no deduction.
• The subjective part of English Composition is evaluated only for candidates who score 33% or more in General Knowledge.

Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) — the second, qualifying stage ↑

Candidates who qualify the CBT are called for the CPT, which checks whether you can actually use a computer at the speed the job needs. It has two parts, and Part II is checked only for candidates who clear Part I. CPT marks are not counted in your final merit — you only need to pass it.

• Part II is checked only for candidates who score 4 or more marks in Part I.
• Certain categories of persons with benchmark disabilities (for example, both-arms-affected candidates, or others with a certified physical limitation to type at 30 WPM) can apply for exemption from the CPT, with a disability certificate and, where required, a medical certificate from a government hospital, within 15 days of the CBT result.

Who can apply — qualification and age limit ↑

Two separate education conditions apply together — a degree, and Hindi (or Sanskrit) at an earlier stage. Both must be met by the closing date of the online application, 23 June 2026.

Age is counted as on 1 January 2026. General category candidates can be 18 to 42; every reserved category gets a stated relaxation.

• Qualification: a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent) from a recognized university, with proficiency in computers (Word Processing and Spreadsheets).
• Language condition: passed matriculation with Hindi or Sanskrit as one of the subjects, OR done +2 / B.A. / M.A. with Hindi as one of the subjects — before the cut-off date.
• Except for ex-servicemen, no candidate's upper age limit can cross 52 years even after adding every relaxation they are entitled to.

Application fee, by category ↑

The fee is paid online and is non-refundable once paid, even if you made a mistake in the form.

How your final merit is decided ↑

Once you clear both the CBT and the CPT, you go to document verification / interaction. After that, the Select List is prepared strictly on your CBT marks — the CPT does not add or subtract anything from your score.

• Merit is based purely on marks scored in the Computer Based Test (CBT).
• If two or more candidates score exactly the same marks, the candidate who is older is placed higher in the merit list.
• If those candidates also share the same date of birth, they are placed in alphabetical order (A to Z) by name.
• After the CBT, a provisional Answer Key is published on the SSSC website. You can raise an objection to it for a non-refundable fee of ₹25 per objection, and other candidates can file a cross-objection against your proposed change.
• If the CBT runs across multiple shifts, objective-portion scores are adjusted using a statistical 'normalization' method (a standard-deviation-based formula) so that a harder or easier shift doesn't unfairly help or hurt anyone — the exact formula is in the official notice.

What the official document does not state — and we will not invent ↑

The employment notice gives the exam pattern in full detail, but it does not break the two subjects down into a topic list. If you see a page anywhere claiming a detailed 'History, Geography, Polity, Current Affairs' topic split for General Knowledge, or a grammar-and-vocabulary topic list for English, that breakdown is not in this official notice — it is someone else's guess, and we are not going to repeat it as fact.

• No sub-topic list for General Knowledge (no split into History, Geography, Polity, Current Affairs, etc.) — the notice names only the subject, not its internal topics.
• No grammar/vocabulary topic list for the objective English Composition questions, beyond naming the subject.
• No exact exam date — the notice only says the CBT is scheduled after registration closes; the date is announced separately on the SSSC website.
• No stated time limit specifically for CPT Part II (the typing test) — only the required speed (30 WPM) is given.
• No sample question paper or model paper is part of this notice.

How to use this notice — a practical order of work ↑

Since the official notice fixes the pattern but not the topic list, the practical way to prepare is to work backwards from the marks split above, not from a topic list nobody official has published.

• General Knowledge (50 marks, objective): since no topic split is given officially, cover broad static GK and daily current affairs — this is the standard, safe base for a 'General Knowledge' paper in any Haryana government exam.
• English Composition — objective (20 marks): practise standard grammar, vocabulary and comprehension at graduate level, since no narrower topic list is stated.
• English Composition — subjective (30 marks): practise the four formats named in the notice directly — a 150-word essay, a letter, a précis, and Hindi-to-English translation — since these four are exactly what will be asked, word for word.
• Computer Proficiency Test: practise basic spreadsheet operations (for the 10-minute, 10-mark test) and typing in English at 30 WPM or faster, since this is a pass/fail hurdle with no partial credit toward merit.
• Track the SSSC website (sssc.gov.in) directly for the CBT date, demo/mock test link and admit card — the notice states these will only be announced there, not sent by post.

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