SSC Stenographer 2023 Application Form (20 August), Exam Date, Vacancies

SSC Stenographer 2023: SSC organizes all India Competitive examinations for the recruitment of Stenographers 2023 Grade ‘C’ (Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted) & Stenographers Grade ‘D’ (Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted). The application form now available soon. Check here all the important information about SSC Stenographer 2023 Eligibility Criteria, Important Dates, Admit Card, Result, Exam Pattern, etc.

Updates

SSC Stenographer 2022-23 Notification will be released on 20th August 2022. Interested candidates can apply online till 5th September 2022. Check all the details given below.

SSC Stenographer 2023 Overview

EXAM NAME	SSC Stenographer 2023 Grade C & D
CONDUCTED BY	Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
OFFICIAL  WEBSITE	ssc.nic.in
EXAM TYPE	Central Level Recruitment Exam
MODE OF EXAM	Stage I: Written Examination Stage II: Skill Test/Stenography Test
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS	200 (in Stage 1)
SECTION	3 (In Stage 1)
TOTAL MARKS	200 (Stage 1)
TYPE OF QUESTIONS	MCQ (Multiple Choice Question)
EXAM DURATION	2 Hours (for Stage 1)
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA	12th passed candidate can apply
EXAM DATE	To be updated

SSC Stenographer 2023 Important Dates

Online application form Starts	20 August 2022
Application Last Date	05 September 2022
Last date for making online fee payment	05 September 2022
Last date for generating online challan	September 2022
Last date for fee payment through challan	September 2022
Admit Card will be issued on	15 days prior
Examination date	1st week of February 2023
Result declaration	to be updated
Skill Test	to be updated
Final result	to be updated

Eligibility Criteria

1. Citizens of India/subject to Bhutan or Nepal or Tibetan/ Burma /Sri Lanka/ Pakistan/East African Countries who relocate to India with the intention of permanently settling in India before 1^st January 1962.
2. Candidate age must lie between 18-27 yrs as of the 1^st of August. There is age relaxation as per the norms/conditions of the government.
3. The minimum education qualification is 12^th passed from the recognized university of the board.

SSC Stenographer 2023 Application Form

Interested candidates can apply for SSC Stenographer 2023 online from the official website as well as through offline mode i.e. via post. The deadline for submitting the online/offline application form will be in November 2023. Application fee amounts to Rs 100 but it is exempted for reserved as well as for the female candidates.

SSC Stenographer Application Form 2023

Exam Pattern

• The question paper is divided into 3 parts.
• Part- I will consist of questions related to General Intelligence & Reasoning (50 marks/50 marks).
• The duration would be 2 hrs.
• Part- II includes questions related to General Awareness (50 marks/50 marks).
• Part-III will contain English Language & Comprehension (100 questions/100 marks).
• There will be negative marking. Each wrong answer will deduct your 0.25 marks.

Subject Details	Number of Questions	Number of Marks
General Intelligence (Reasoning Questions)	50	50
General Awareness	50	50
English Language and Comprehension	100	100

Skill Test

• It will be organized at various sub-regional offices or to some various other centers.
• Candidates will be given one dictation for the time period of 10 minutes in Hindi as well as English at the speed of 100 words per minute.
• This criterion is for stenographer grade ‘C’ posts and for grade ‘D’ it is 80 words per minute.

Admit Card

Admit cards will be issued to the candidates by SSC only online. All the registered candidates can avail of the official site of SSC in which the direct link is provided to download the admit card before 15 days of the examination.

Result

As per the anticipation, the result will be declared in the month of March in the form of PDF format. The result will be available on the official site i.e. http://ssconline.nic.in. By entering the name along with the roll no. candidates can see their results. The result will be declared on the basis of sectional and overall scores. Candidates who fail to meet the minimum cut-off criteria will be disqualified from the further selection process.

Syllabus

English Language and Comprehension: English language, synonyms, antonyms, grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, reading comprehension, etc. In the English language sections, writing ability also will be checked.
General Intelligence (Reasoning Questions): Verbal and nonverbal type questions, problem- solving analysis, arithmetical reasoning, syllogism, number series, blood relationship concept, visual memory, and much more.
General Awareness: Based on important dates of celebration, current events, book’s author name, important sports days, history, general polity, the economy of India, scientific research, economic sense and Indian constitution, current affairs, newspapers, etc.

Important Books to Study

For English

• Objective English by Edgar Thorpe by Pearson (2013).
• Objective General English by R.S. Aggarwal,
• Vikas Aggarwal by S.Chand (2011).
• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis by Penguin.
• High School English Grammar & Composition by Wren & Martin by S. Chand.

For GK

• Lucent’s General Knowledge (4th Edition)
• India 2016-17 by Ministry of Information
• Pratiyogita Darpan
• Manorama Year Book 2017

For Reasoning

• Test of Reasoning by Edgar Thorpe by Pearson.
• A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (Revised Edition) by R.S Aggarwal by S.Chand.
• A New Approach to Reasoning: Verbal, Non-Verbal & Analytical. by B.S Sijwali by Arihant.
• Kiran’s Tricky Approach to Competitive Reasoning by Kiran Prakashan Think Tank by Kiran Prakashan.