Marks Distribution for SSC 2026

English First Paper

Total marks 100

Reading 70

Writing 30

Test items

Source

Marks Distribution

1. Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)

Seen Passage 1

1×7=7

2. Answering Question

2×5=10

3. Gap Filling

Seen Passage 2

1×5=5

4. Information Transfer

Unseen Passage

1×5=5

5. Writing Summary

10

6. Matching sentences

1×5=5

7. Re-arranging sentences

1×8=8

8. Answer questions from poems (any 5 out of 8)

2×5=10

9. Answer questions from stories (any 5 out of 8)

2×5=10

Writing 30

Section B (Writing)

11.  Completing stories     

15

12. Writing dialogues

15

 

 English Second paper

 Total marks: 100 

Grammar 60

Writing 40

Section A (Grammar 60)

Test items

Marks Distribution

1. Gap filling with clues

1×10=10

2. Substitution table

 

3. Right form of Verbs

1×10=10

4. Changing sentences (Affirmative, Negative, Assertive, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Simple, Complex, Compound)

1×10=10

5. Tag questions

1×5=5

6. Suffixes and Prefixes

1×5=5

7. Preposition

1×5=5

8. Connectors/ Linking words

1×5=5

9. Punctuation and Capitalization

1×5=5

Section B (Writing 40)

10. Writing paragraph

10

11. Writing- E-mail/letter/application

10

12. Writing short composition

20