HSSC CET study guide
HSSC CET · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Haryana Common Eligibility Test (CET) is the common screening test used by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission, referred to on the Commission's website as "Haryana Staff Selection Commission", for recruitment to posts advertised by it. This page is an independent study resource and has no official affiliation with the Commission; always confirm advertisement-specific details, eligibility and dates against the official notice for the post you are targeting, because requirements are set per advertisement rather than by this page. The test is delivered in multiple-choice format and is structured around four equally weighted areas: General Awareness and Reasoning, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude, and English and Hindi Language. Because each area carries roughly a quarter of the marks, a candidate cannot afford to neglect any one of them; a strong score in reasoning will not compensate for a weak language section. The HSSC CET study guide has 4 sections and about 1,339 words.
01General Awareness and Reasoning: Haryana-Focused Facts and Matching Logic
The General Awareness and Reasoning domain of HSSC CET tests static facts about India and Haryana, plus the ability to use those facts in matching, sequencing and odd-one-out formats. Questions favour Haryana's history, geography, polity, symbols, sports and culture, with a smaller share of national polity, economy and science.
334 words, about 2 min02General Intelligence and Reasoning: Rules, Shortcuts and Traps
General Intelligence and Reasoning in HSSC CET is a speed test covering series, analogies, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, seating and non-verbal figures. Most questions are solvable in under a minute once the underlying rule is recognised.
332 words, about 2 min03Numerical Ability: Arithmetic Shortcuts and Accuracy
Numerical Ability in HSSC CET stays at matriculation level: percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time and work, speed and distance, mixtures, and areas and volumes. Data interpretation appears as tables or bar charts.
332 words, about 2 min04English and Hindi Language: Grammar, Vocabulary and Usage
The language domain carries separate English and Hindi segments. English covers error spotting, sentence improvement, fill-in-the-blanks, synonyms and antonyms, idioms, one-word substitution and comprehension.
341 words, about 2 min