SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern 2022 – Check Here

SSC Stenographer Exam pattern 2022: The Staff Selection Commission regulates the SSC Stenographer Exam every year to recruit the candidates for Grade C and Grade D posts of stenographer in various departments of Indian government. The eligibility criteria for this exam is to be passed in intermediate only. The candidates applying for stenographer posts should have a Diploma or certificate in stenography. Candidates should be skilled in transcription and typing to sit for practical skill tests. The exam pattern consists of two stages, we will be talking about below in the article. This article will provide you with basic details of SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern 2022. 

SSC Stenographer Exam pattern

SSC Stenographer Exam has two stages and both are written remotely. Candidates who qualified the first stage would be able to sit for the second stage of the exam. Here we will discuss important details about the SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern. 

Exam pattern	Details
Exam stages	2 – one written and other is skill test
Question paper type	Objective
No. Of questions	200
Total marks	200
Duration	2 hours

• Both the exams will be bilingual. 
• There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the objective exam. 

The objective exam will be distributed in various parts like General Reasoning, English comprehension and General awareness. These parts contain different marks in the question paper. 

Topic	No. Of questions
General awareness	50
General reasoning	50
English comprehension	100
Total	200

Every question in the objective exam holds 1 mark each. Candidates must focus on all of their topics and mainly on the most weightage part. 

Part 2 of the exam is a skill test. Candidates must have skills of typing and transcription to qualify the skill test. 

SSC Stenographer Exam Syllabus 

Objective exam is distributed in 3 major part:

• English comprehension
• General reasoning
• General awareness 

These three sections/parts consists of different syllabus as given below: 

1. English comprehension 

English comprehension holds more weightage in objective exams than other two sections. Candidates must focus on their English topics like synonyms, antonyms, one word substitution, Grammar, vocabulary, sentence making, reading capability, one word substitution, spotting errors in spellings/verbs/sentences and to name a few others. 

2. General awareness 

General awareness holds weightage of 50 marks which are as important for you as other sections. There is no limit set to learn general awareness. More you explore, the more you learn. But some topics can be considered essential like The economic growth of India, Scientific research, history(Indian+world), sport related details, Famous books and their authors, General polity, the constitution of India and Current affairs should be candidate’s first priority for general awareness. 

3. General reasoning 

General reasoning consists of 50 marks in the exam. Topics related to general reasoning can be analytical reasoning, number series, puzzles, Venn diagrams, blood relationship concept, direction test, and other aptitude testing questions. This exam needs your mind to be working fast and accurately to answer correctly, otherwise, it can bring you 0.25 marks.

About SSC Stenographer Exam

SSC stenographer is an exam that is conducted to recruit candidates for the posts of stenographers. Also, the candidates should be skilled to apply for this job post. Candidates will have to transcribe the basic details and type them correctly with a fast speed to manage the duties daily. Candidates have to go through a practical skill test after the written exam. After selection, qualified candidates will be asked to verify their documents as per the official notice. 

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