SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern

SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Stenographer (Grade C& D) Computer Based Examination Pattern & Scheme of examination are given below

Scheme of Examination: The details of the Computer Based Examination are mentioned below:

Details of Examination are given below:

Part	Subject	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Duration
I	General Intelligence & Reasoning	50	50	2 Hours (2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per per Para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 of this Notice of examination
II	General Awareness	50	50
III	English Language and Comprehension	100	100

 

Note-I: There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Computer Based Examination. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

Question paper will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice only. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi.

 

Skill Test in Stenography: The candidates who are shortlisted in the Computer Based Examination will be required to appear in the Skill Test for Stenography. The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English or Hindi (as opted by the candidates in the online Application Form) at the speed of 100 words per minute (w.p.m.) for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and 80 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘D’. The matter will have to be transcribed on computer. The transcription time is as follows:

 

SI. No	Post	Language of Skill Test	Time Duration (in minutes)	Time Duration (in minutes) for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 above
1	Stenographer Grade ‘D’	English	50	70
2	Stenographer Grade ‘D’	Hindi	65	90
3	Stenographer Grade ‘C’	English	40	55
4	Stenographer Grade ‘C’	Hindi	55	75

 

Note:
i) Candidates who opt to take the Stenography Test in Hindi will be required to learn English Stenography and vice versa after their appointment, failing which their probation may not be cleared by appointing departments / Organizations. Candidates have to work as English/Hindi stenographers as per the functional requirement of the User Office irrespective of the medium of Skill Test of candidate during the examination.
(ii) The Skill Test will be held at the Commission’s Regional Offices or at other Centre(s) as may be decided by the Commission.
(iii) Detailed instructions, if any, regarding Skill Test will be provided by the concerned Regional Offices of the Commission to the candidates called for the Skill Test.
(iv) Standard instructions regarding modality of evaluation of Skill Test is available at the “For Candidates” Section on the Commission’s website.

 

Document Verification (DV):

(i) Document Verification (DV) will be conducted by the User Departments/Organizations after declaration of the final result.
(ii) Staff Selection Commission recruits’ personnel as per the vacancies reported by the User Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations. The Commission has no role in determination of total vacancies (Vertical & Horizontal) arising in a User Ministry/ Department/ Organization, backlog vacancies, segregation of vacancies under various reserved categories and vacancies reported to be filled up by direct recruitment.
(ii) The final result will be declared only once by the Commission and no further nomination of candidates would be made in the event of candidates not joining the offered posts. Thus, after the declaration of final result, vacancy(ies), if any, remaining unfilled due to non-availability of suitable candidates, non- joining of candidates or any other reason(s) will not be filled up in that recruitment year and the Indenting Ministry/Department/Organization may carry forward those vacancies to the next recruitment cycle and report to the Commission as per the extant rules.