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 |
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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 |