SSC Stenographer - Information Bulletin

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Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and ‘D’ Examination is conducted by the Staff selection commission (SSC) every year for 10+2 level candidates who have proficiency in writing speech in shorthand. This exam selects candidates for both posts of Stenographer Grade C (Group B, Non-Gazetted) and Stenographer Grade D (Group C) for various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations in the Government of India. Only those candidates who have skills in stenography are eligible to apply.

Basics

Exam Calendar

DATE	EVENT
	Release of notification/announcement
	Start of application
	End of application
	Tier 1 examination
	Result of tier 1 examination available
	Tier 2 examination (Skill test in Stenography)
	Result of tier 2 examination available
	Document verification

Posts to be filled

SSC Stenographer hires candidates for posts of -

Grade C Stenographer
Grade D Stenographer

Vacancies are determined in due course and updated on the commission website.

Procedure of application

Visit ssc.nic.in
Click Apply
Go to Steno ‘C’ & ‘D’ tab
From here, login and register.
Follow the given steps to fill out the basic information and the application form.
Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing +days.
Application Fee: payable: Rs 100/- (Rs one hundred only).

Eligibility and qualifications

Age limit (as on 1 Month Year)

The age limits for the posts as per the respective grades are:

Stenographer Grade C: 18-30 years as on cut-off date.
Stenographer Grade D: 18-37 years as on cut-off date.

Age relaxations

Permissible age relaxation for reserved categories is as follows -

Category	Permissible age relaxation (in years)
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
PwD (Unreserved)	10 years
PwD (OBC)	13 years
PwD (SC/ST)	15 years
Ex-Servicemen	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 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)	8 years
Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application.	Up to 40 years of age
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of application.	Up to 45 years of age
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST).	Up to 40 years of age

Essential educational qualification (as on 1 Month Year)

Candidates must have passed 12th standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.

NOTE: The result of requisite educational qualification must have been declared by the concerned Board by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the Board by the crucial cut-off date does not fulfil the EQ requirement.

Scheme and Pattern

The Examination will be conducted in two tiers as indicated below

Tier-I: Computer Based Examination
Tier-II: Skill test in Stenography

Tier 1

Tier-I will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for General English.
Test will be conducted in online mode.
There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer.
Total time allowed will be 2 hours.

Subject	Number of question	Maximum marks
General Intelligence and Reasoning	50	50
General Awareness	50	50
English Language and comprehension	50	50

Tier 2 (Skill test in 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 word per minute 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 -

Post	Language Opted	Time Duration (Minutes)
Stenographer Grade ‘D’	English	50
Stenographer Grade ‘D’	Hindi	65
Stenographer Grade ‘C’	English	40
Stenographer Grade ‘C’	Hindi	55

Syllabus

Tier 1

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Similarities and differences
Space visualization
Problem solving
Analysis
Judgement
Decision making
Visual memory
Discriminating observation
Relationship concepts
Figure classification
Arithmetical number series
Non-verbal series
Abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship
Arithmetical computation and other analytical functions.

General awareness

Questions are designed to test the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society.
The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to -
- History
- Culture
- Geography
- Economic Scene
- General policy
- Scientific research.

English language

In addition to the testing of candidates’ understanding of the English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc. his/ her writing ability, would also be tested.

Tier 2

Detas about the tier 2 (Skill test in stenography are mentioned above under heading, “Scheme and Pattern”)

NOTE: 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. 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.

Salary, perks and other benefits

Pay level and grade pay

All SSC Stenographer candidates get salary according to their respective grades -

Post	Pay Scale	Grade Pay
SSC Stenographer Grade ‘C’	INR 9300-34800	INR 4200 (Pay band 2)
SSC Stenographer Grade ‘D’	INR 5200-20200	INR 2400 (Pay band 1)

Allowances

House rent allowance

The house rent allowance is given as a percentage of basic pay depending on the type of city

City X – 24%
City Y – 16%
City Z – 8%

Transport allowance

This allowance is provided for commuting charges of the employee from home to work and vice versa.

Medical allowance

The government organizations will reimburse all the medical expenses of the treatment to any of their employees or their family members.

Dearness allowance

This is calculated as 17% of basic pay (after 7^th pay commission)

Pension

Pension is based on the amount of money that gets deducted from the salary the the employee every month. This gets rewarded after retirement when the employee gets a handsome amount every month.

In-hand salary

Following is the calculation of in hand salary that a Stenographer may get after all deductions and allowances

Post	Gross Pay (per month)
SSC Stenographer Grade ‘C’	INR 50682
SSC Stenographer Grade ‘D’	INR 37515

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Steno as in Stenographer

AnushkaRaj

What is the speed required for a skill test in SSC Steno?

Samikshasingh

AnushkaRaj

As mentioned in the above bulletin:

80 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade “D”.
100 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade “C”

Candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English/Hindi.

Sarvesh

What is the difficulty level of SSC Stenographer paper?

RajeshKaushal

Sarvesh
It can be put in the category of Easy to Moderate, moreover, it is of a CHSL level.
A general command over the subjects can make u crack the exam.

MadhuKumari

Sarvesh

you can not say exactly . you can say moderate level.

DiskhaSharma

Sarvesh
SSC steno paper not so difficult . Actually it is depend on your preparation and speed.

Sarvesh

RajeshKaushal
I’ve been trying to crack SSC stenographer for the last two years, for which I’ve been doing self study. Should I continue with the self-study or take a coaching for it?

RajeshKaushal

Sarvesh
If things are not going well with self-study, you can take coaching. However, you can take coaching on a particular subject in which you are lacking.

Reshamgupta

RajeshKaushal
Are there books that you can recommend for this exam?

MadhuKumari

Reshamgupta

from my experience -
for math you can go with RS Aggarwal.

RajeshKaushal

@“Reshamgupta”#p50
Ya, sure.
For English, you can follow Neetu Singh’s volume 1 for grammar as I have followed this for my CGL preparation, for general awareness Lucent is enough as I have also followed this book, and is good. Foe Reasoning you can rely on previous year papers.

Kamal

Which is the highest post that can be gained by an SSC stenographer (group C)?

DhirajRai

Kamal

One is directly recruited only as a stenographer in the Central Secretariat Stenographer Service (CSSS).

There is no direct exam for PA in this cadre. However, many other Ministries and departments recruit direct PAs like MEA, Railways, AFHQ, CAT, etc., but their cadre is not as big as that of DOP&T (CSSS), and so is the stagnation.

In CSSS, one can reach up to the level of PPS without much effort, which is class 1 gazetted officer post.
If one clears the exam in time and puts in some effort, the post of Sr. PPS (DS level) - PSO (Director level) can be achieved.

Kamal

Current affair v aata hai kya?

DhirajRai

Kamal
Aaj kl to normal gk se jyada current affair hi aata hai, isliyea current affair ki taiyari jrur kr len exam se pahle.

MadhuKumari

Kamal
Yes, current affair main hain.Last six month ka minimum tou padna hi chahiye.

ManishaNagarkoti

Kamal

Yes ,Current affair aata hain. LAST 6 months ka jarur prepare kar le before the exam.