SSC Stenographer 2024 - Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 - Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Exam acronym as SSC Stenographer Exam is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for Stenographer posts (Grade C and D) in various departments of various Ministries/ Departments/Organizations in the Government of India. It is an open competitive Computer Based Examination. The SSC jobs are in demand due to the work overload of government activities. Candidates need to visit the SSC official website and select their region for an application process.

 

SSC Stenographer (Grade C & D) 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • 18th July 2024

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • 14th August 2024

Date of Entrance Exam

  • 05th November 2024 - 21st November 2024 - (Computer Based Test - CBT)

Date of Declaration of Result

  • Yet to be announced.

 

SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

  • Aspiring candidates must have passed the 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.

 

SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 Syllabus

The syllabus of the SSC exam consists of the following subjects.

General Intelligence & Reasoning

General Awareness

English Language and Comprehension

  • It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal types.
  • The test will include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series, etc.
  • The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation, and other analytical functions.
  • Questions will be designed to test the ability of the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society.
  • Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person.
  • The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research, etc.
  • These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
  • 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.

 

SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 Pattern

The pattern of the SSC exam comprises 3 parts with 200 MCQs in total.

The medium of the SSC exam will be both in English and Hindi.

The duration of the exam 2 hours and 40 minutes extra are given to the candidates who are using the scribe.

Parts

Subjects

No. of Questions

Marks

Part-I

General Intelligence and Reasoning

50

50

Part-II

General Awareness

50

50

Part-III

English Language and Comprehension

100

100

Total

200

200


Note: 
There is a negative marking (0.25) for each wrong response.

Imp: The marks obtained by candidates in the Computer Based Examinations will be normalized and the very scores will be used to determine final merit.

Skill Test in Stenography

There will be a Skill Test in Stenography for all candidates.

Applicants will be given 10 minutes for dictation in English/ Hindi 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’.

Candidates’ transcription time is as follows-

Post

Language

Time (minutes)

Time (who are using scribe)

Stenographer Grade ‘C’

Hindi

55

75

Stenographer Grade ‘C’

English

40

55

Stenographer Grade ‘D’

Hindi

65

90

Stenographer Grade ‘D’

English

50

70


Note: 
Candidates who took Stenography Test in Hindi need to learn English Stenography and vice versa after their appointment.

 

SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 Dates

SSC exam is going to be held in the month of March.

 

How to Apply for SSC Stenographer Exam 2024?

Aspiring candidates can apply online only at the official website of SSC i.e., https://ssc.nic.in, and follow the instructions given there.

 

SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 Fees

The fee for the SSC exam is Rs. 100/- Candidates can pay the exam fee through the following means such as SBI Challan, SBI Net Banking, or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit, or Debit card.

Note: All female candidates and Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Persons with disability (PwD), and Ex-servicemen (ESM) candidates are exempted from payment of the fee.

 

SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 Centres

The exam is conducted at the following test centers across India.

Regions and Name of Centres and Codes

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
  • Agra, Allahabad
  • Bareilly, Bhagalpur
  • Gorakhpur
  • Kanpur
  • Lucknow
  • Meerut, Muzaffarpur
  • Patna
  • Varanasi
  • Bhubaneshwar
  • Cuttack
  • Gangtok
  • Jalpaiguri
  • Kolkata
  • Malda
  • Port Blair
  • Ranchi
  • Siliguri, Sambalpur
  • Bangalore
  • Dharwar
  • Gulbarga
  • Kochi, Kozhikode (Calicut)
  • Mangalore, Mysore
  • Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur

Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region (MPR) / Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

North Eastern Region (NER) / Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. Northern Region (NR) / NCT of Delhi, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand
  • Bhopal, Bilaspur
  • Chindwara
  • Durg
  • Guna, Gwalior
  • Indore
  • Jabalpur, Jagdalpur
  • Khandwa
  • Ratlam, Raipur
  • Satna, Sagar
  • Ambikapur
  • Agartala, Aizwal
  • Churachandpur
  • Dibrugarh
  • Guwahati (Dispur)
  • Itanagar, Imphal
  • Jorhat
  • Kohima
  • Silchar, Shillong
  • Ukhrul
  • Almora, Ajmer, Alwar
  • Bharatpur, Bikaner
  • Dehradun, Delhi
  • Haldwani, Haridwar
  • Jaipur, Jodhpur
  • Kota
  • Srinagar (Uttarakhand), Sriganganagar
  • Udaipur

North Western Sub-Region (NWR) / Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab

Southern Region (SR) / Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana Western Region (WR) / Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra
  • Anantnag, Amritsar
  • Baramula, Bathinda
  • Chandigarh
  • Dodda
  • Hamirpur
  • Jammu, Jalandhar
  • Kargil
  • Leh
  • Patiala
  • Rajouri
  • Srinagar (J&K), Shimla
  • Chennai, Coimbatore
  • Guntur
  • Hyderabad
  • Kurnool
  • Madurai
  • Nizamabad
  • Puducherry
  • Rajahmundry
  • Tirupati, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli
  • Vishakhapatnam, Vijaywada
  • Warangal
  • Ahmedabad, Amravati, Aurangabad, Akola, Ahmednagar, Alibaug
  • Bhandara, Bhavnagar
  • Chandrapur
  • Jalgaon
  • Kutch, Kolhapur
  • Mumbai
  • Nanded, Nashik, Nagpur
  • Pune, Panaji
  • Rajkot
  • Surat
  • Thane
  • Vadodara

 

SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 Contact Details

Staff Selection Commission
Block No-12
CGO Complex
Lodhi Road
New Delhi-110003