Marks Distribution For SSC

English First Paper marks distribution for SSC 2026

Q. No

Item

Marks

Part A – Reading: 70

1. MCQ

Seen Comprehension

1×7 =7

2. Answering questions

2×5=10

3. Gap filling

1×5=5

4. Information Transfer

Unseen passage

1×5=5

5. Writing summary

1×5=5

6. Matching

 

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

Part B – Writing: 30

10. Completing story

15

11. Writing dialogue

15

Total

100

English First Paper marks distribution for SSC 2025              

Total marks 100

Reading: 50

Section A (Reading)

Test items

Marks

Distribution

Source

1. Multiple Choice Question

1×7=7

Seen

2. Answering questions

2×5=10

Seen

3. Gap filling without clues

5

Seen

4. Information Transfer

1×5=5

Unseen

5. Summarizing

10

Unseen

6. Matching 

1×5=5

Unseen

7.  Rearranging Sentence

8

Unseen

Writing 50

Section B (Writing)

Test items

Marks

Distribution

1. Writing paragraph

10

2.  Completing a story

10

3. Writing informal letters/E-mails

10

4. Describing graphs/charts

10

5. Writing dialogues

10

English Second Paper Marks Distribution SSC 2025 

Total marks 100

Reading 60

Section A (Reading)

Test items

Marks

Distribution

1. Gap filling activities with and without clues

0.5×10=5

2. Cloze test with and without clues

0.5×10=5

3. Substitution table

1×5=5

4. Right forms of verbs

0.5×10=5

5. Passage Narration

1×5=5

6. Changing sentences

1×10=10

7. Completing sentences

1×5=5

8. Tag questions

1×5=5

9. Use of suffixes and prefixes

0.5×10=5

10. Connectors

1×5=5

11. Capitalization and Punctuation

1×5=5