SSC MTS Exam Notification Out 2023: Eligibility Criteria & Vacancy
Updated On : 07 Jul, 2023
SSC MTS RECRUITMENT 2023
SSC MTS notification 2023 has been published the Staff Selection Commission on 30th June 2023. The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive examination in the month of September, 2023 to recruit eligible candidates for the posts of Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff, and Havaldar (CBIC & CBN).
Interested and eligible candidates can apply for these posts by visiting the official website of the SSC from 30th June to 21st July 2023. SSC MTS Notification 2023 Before applying for the same candidates are advised to read this article, as we are providing you with detailed information about the SSC MTS examination here.
A General Central Service Group 'C' Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial post in various Ministries, Departments, Offices of the Government of India, and various Constitutional Bodies, Statutory Bodies, Tribunals, etc., in different States and Union Territories, are both recruited for through the national-level SSC MTS exam.
SSC MTS IMPORTANT DATES 2023
Event | Dates |
Notification Issued On | 30-06-2023 |
Application Started On | 30-06-2023 |
Last Date To Apply | 21-07-2023 |
Last date and time for receipt of online applications | 21-07-2023 (23:00) |
Last date and time for making online fee payment | 22-07-2023 (23:00) |
Last date and time for generation of offline Challan | 23-07-2023 (23:00) |
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank) | 24-07-2023 |
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ and online payment of Correction Charges | 26-07-2023 to 28-07-2023 (23:00) |
Schedule of Computer Based Examination | September 2023 |
SSC MTS UPDATES 2023
Exam conducting body | Staff Selection Commission |
Examination name | SSC MTS (Multi-Tasking Staff) and Havaldar (CBIC & CBN) 2023 |
Exam conducting for | Group ‘C’ posts |
Application dates | 30th June to 21st July 2023 |
Application mode | Online |
Vacancy | MTS:- 1198 (approx.) Havaldar in CBIC and CBN:- 360 |
Salary | Pay Level-1 as per Pay Matrix of 7th Pay Commission. |
Official Website | |
| SSC MTS Application Form 2023 | |
| SSC MTS & Havaldar Vacancy | |
| SSC MTS Previous Year Papers | |
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SSC MTS 2023
Nationality
A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January,1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Age Limit
Post Name/ Department | Age Limit |
MTS and Havaldar in CBN (Department of Revenue) | The eligibility criteria for MTS (Multi-Tasking Staff) and Havaldar positions in the CBN (Department of Revenue) require candidates to be between 18 and 25 years old. In other words, candidates must have been born on or after August 2, 1998, and on or before August 1, 2005. |
Havaldar in CBIC (Department of Revenue) and a few posts of MTS | The eligibility criteria for Havaldar positions in the CBIC (Department of Revenue) and certain MTS (Multi-Tasking Staff) posts require candidates to be between 18 and 27 years old. This means that candidates must have been born on or after August 2, 1996, and on or before August 1, 2005. |
Relaxation age is also permissible to some special categories, refer to this table to check the relaxation age:-
Category | Relaxation in Age |
SC/ ST | 5 years |
OBC | 3 years |
PwBD (Unreserved) | 10 years |
PwBD (OBC) | 13 years |
PwBD (SC/ ST) | 15 years |
Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application. |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof. | 03 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST) | 08 years |
Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. | Up to 40 years of age. |
Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. (SC/ ST) | Up to 45 years of age. |
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried. | Up to 35 years of age. |
Educational Qualification
To be eligible for the positions of Havaldar in the CBIC (Department of Revenue) and certain MTS (Multi-Tasking Staff) posts, candidates must have passed the Matriculation Examination or an equivalent qualification from a recognized Board. The completion of this examination should be on or before the cut-off date, which is August 1, 2023.
SSC MTS APPLICATION PROCEDURE 2023
The online application process for the examination is divided into two parts:
I. One-Time Registration
II. Filling out an online examination application
Follow the below-mentioned steps, to complete the application process:-
1. Visit the official website of the SSC.
2. On the homepage, you will get a login tab, if you are already a registered candidate of SSC then login with your login details otherwise click on new registration and fill out the details for successful registration.
3. After the registration, your login details will be sent to your email id, log in with those credentials and go to the apply tab.
4. Go to the Others in the apply tab where you will get a link to apply for “Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff, and Havaldar (CBIC & CBN) Examination, 2023”.
5. After clicking on the link, candidates are required to upload the scanned colour passport size photograph (in JPEG format (20 KB to 50 KB). Image dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height)) with the required documents.
6. Now, pay the application fee to complete the application procedure.
Note: If the registration process is not completed within 14 days of submitting basic information, your data will be deleted from the system.
Application Fee
Category | Application Fee |
General | INR 100/- |
Women/ Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST)/ Persons with Disabilities (PwBD)/Ex-servicemen (ESM) | Exempted |
Correction Charge | INR 200/- (for 1st time) INR 500/- (for 2nd time) |
Note:- Candidates can pay the application fee through BHIM UPI, Net Banking, Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay credit or debit cards, as well as cash payments in SBI branches using as SBI Challan.
SELECTION PROCESS OF SSC MTS 2023
The selection process will consist of a:-
Computer Based Examination
The Computer-Based Examination will be conducted billingually and also in 13 regional languages as follows:-
(i) Assamese,
(ii) Bengali,
(iii) Gujarati,
(iv) Kannada,
(v) Konkani,
(vi) Malayalam,
(vii) Manipuri,
(viii) Marathi,
(ix) Odia,
(x) Punjabi,
(xi) Tamil,
(xii) Telugu and
(xiii) Urdu
Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Physical Standard Test (PST) (only for the post of Havaldar)
The PET/ PST requirements for the position of havaldar at CBIC and CBN are as follows:
Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
Category | Walking |
Male | 1600 meters in 15 minutes. |
Female | 1 Km in 20 minutes |
Note:-If a woman candidate's pregnancy is discovered to be 12 weeks or more during testing, she will be temporarily deemed unfit and her candidature will be put on hold until the confinement is over.
Physical Standard Test (PST)
The following physical requirements must be met in order to hold the position of havaldar at CBIC and CBN:
Category | Height | Chest | Weight |
Male | 157.5 cms. (relaxable by 5 cms. in the case of Garhwalis, Assamese, Gorkhas and members of Schedule Tribes) | Chest-81 cms. (fully expanded with minimum expansion of 5 cm) | - |
Female | 152 cms. relaxable by 2.5 Cms in the case of Garhwalis, Assamese, Gorkhas and members of Schedule Tribes) | - | 48 kg (relaxable by 2 Kg in the case of Garhwalis, Assamese, Gorkhas and members of Schedule Tribes) |
SSC MTS 2023EXAMINATION PATTERN
The computer-based exam will be administered in two sessions, Session I and Session II, and presence in both sessions is required. The candidate will be eliminated if they do not attempt any sessions.
In session 1, each correct answer is worth 3 marks, and there is no negative marking; in session 2, there will be a negative marking of 1 mark for the wrong answer.
The detailed examination pattern is tabulated below for the CBE:-
Part | Subject | No. of questions | Maximum Marks | Time Duration (For all four parts) |
Session 1 | ||||
1 | Numerical and Mathematical Ability | 20 | 60 | 45 Minutes (60 Minutes for candidates eligible for scribes) |
2 | Reasoning Ability and Problem-Solving | 20 | 60 | |
Session 2 | ||||
1 | General Awareness | 25 | 75 | 45 Minutes (60 Minutes for candidates eligible for scribes) |
2 | English Language and Comprehension | 25 | 75 | |
Note: For VH candidates of 40% and above visual disability, there will be no component of Maps/Graphs/Diagrams/Statistical Data in the Paper.
SYLLABUS FOR SSC MTS EXAM 2023
Subject | Questions will be based on |
Numerical and Mathematical Ability | It will include questions on problems relating to Integers and Whole Numbers, LCM and HCF, Decimals and Fractions, Relationship between numbers, Fundamental Arithmetic Operations and BODMAS, Percentage, Ratio and Proportions, Work and Time, Direct and inverse Proportions, Averages, Simple Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Area and Perimeter of Basic Geometric Figures, Distance and Time, Lines and Angles, Interpretation of simple Graphs and Data, Square and Square roots etc. |
Reasoning Ability and Problem-Solving | The questions in this part intend to measure the candidates’ general learning ability. The questions will be broadly based on Alpha-Numeric Series, Coding and Decoding, Analogy, Following Directions, Similarities and Differences, Jumbling, Problem Solving and Analysis, Nonverbal Reasoning based on diagrams, age Calculations, Calendar and Clock, etc. |
General Awareness | The broad coverage of the test will be on Social Studies (History, Geography, Art and Culture, Civics, Economics), General Science and Environmental studies up to 10th Standard. |
English Language and Comprehension | Candidates' understanding of the basics of the English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc. and to test comprehension, a simple paragraph may be given and question-based on the paragraph to be asked. |
SSC MTS MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS 2023
The category-wise minimum qualifying marks in Session-I and as well as in Session-II of Computer Based Examination are as follows:
Category | Min Qualifying Marks |
Unreserved | 30% |
SC/ST | 25% |
All other categories | 20% |
VACANCY DETAILS OF SSC MTS 2023
Post | Vacancy |
MTS | 1198 (Approx) |
Havaldar in CBIC and CBN | 360 |
Note: Vacancy details are tentative, the commission will soon publish the detailed vacancy notice on it’s official website.
SSC MTS 2023 EXAM DATE OUT
EXAMINATION CENTRES OF SSC MTS 2023 EXAM
Examination Centres/ Code | SSC Region and States/ UTs under the jurisdiction of the Region |
| Central Region (CR)/ Bihar and Uttar Pradesh |
| Eastern Region (ER)/ Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal |
| Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala |
| Madhya Pradesh SubRegion (MPR)/ Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh |
| North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. |
| Northern Region (NR)/ Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand |
| North Western Sub-Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab |
| Southern Region (SR)/ Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. |
| Western Region (WR)/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra |
FAQS FOR SSC MTS EXAM 2023
Q. Is there any change in the SSC MTS exam pattern in previous year?
A. Yes, the SSC has changed the MTS Paper-1 exam pattern previous year i.e. in 2022. Now, candidates have to answer 90 questions for 270 marks. To check the detailed pattern click here.
Q. How many vacancies are announced via SSC MTS & Havaldar Exam 2023?
A. 1558 vacancies are announced by the Staff Selection Commission through SSC MTS & Havaldar Exam 2023. Because these vacancy details are tentative, the commission will soon announce the detailed vacancies.
Q. Is the SSC MTS exam hard to clear?
A. SSC MTS 2023 exam is a national-level examination in which questions are totally based on the matriculation level which is not hard to pass. If you have a proper schedule for your studies then there is no one who can stop you to achieve your goal.
Q. Anyone can appear in the SSC MTS exam 2023?
A. Yes, those who have completed their matriculation and at present, are between 18 to 27 years of age can appear in the examination. For detailed information click here.
Q. When will the SSC MTS 2023 Exam take place?
A. The Commission has scheduled the MTS 2023 examination in the month of September 2023.
