(No. 10/2/2012-P&P-II )

The Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination on 15.07.2012 at DELHI, ALLAHABAD, MUMBAI, BANGALORE, KOLKATA, GUWAHATI, CHENNAI, CHANDIGARH AND RAIPUR in accordance with the enclosed rules framed and already notified in the Gazette of India by the Department of Personnel and Training vide notification dated 11.05.1971 for making additions to the Select List for Grade ‘C’ Stenographers of the following Services/Cadres, subject to availability of confirmed number of vacancies:-

1. Central Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
2. Stenographers Cadre of Indian Foreign Service (B) Grade-II;
3. Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
4. Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
5. Election Commission of India Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
6. Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers service Grade ‘C’;

In addition to Departmental candidates from the above mentioned Services/Cadres, eligible Departmental candidates from Central Administrative Tribunal are also eligible to apply for this examination subject to fulfilling the conditions as laid down under “Rules” of the Notice. Such candidates will be considered for allocation in the offices of CAT only as per vacancies available and will not be allocated to other Cadre Authorities participating in the examination.

Grade ‘C’ Stenographers

Age Limit: Candidates should not be more than 50 years of age on the crucial date.

Stenography Skill Test: Unless exempted from passing the Stenography test, for the purpose of confirmation or continuance in Grade ‘D’/Grade-III of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service/Stenographer’s Cadre of Indian Foreign service (B)/ Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers Service/Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service/Election Commission of India Stenographers Service/Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers Service and Stenographers Grade ‘D’ of the Central Administrative Tribunal Stenographers/Court Master should have passed the test on or before the date of notification of the examination.

Scheme of Examination:

The subjects of the written examination and the maximum marks for each subject will be as follows:-

Part B: Shorthand Skill Test In Hindi Or In English (For Those Who Qualify In The Written Examination)- 200 Marks.

Standards and Syllabus of the Written Test

Part-A

General Awareness: - Question will be aimed at testing the candidates 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 every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture,Geography, Economics, Science, General Politic and Scientific research.

Comprehension and Writing Ability of English Language:- Questions will be designed to test the candidates understanding and knowledge of English language, Vocabulary, spelling, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, phrases and idiomatic use of words etc. There will be question on comprehension of a passage also.

PART-B

SCHEME OF SHORTHAND TEST

For General Candidates:- The Stenography/Shorthand test in English will comprise Dictation Test at 100 words per minutes for 10 minutes which the candidates will be required to transcribe in 40 minutes on the Computer.

The Stenography/Shorthand Test in Hindi will comprise Dictation test at 100 words per minutes for 10 minutes which the candidates will be required to transcribe in 55 minutes on the Computer.

For VH Candidates (with visual disability of 40 percent and above).

Visually Handicapped candidates with visual disability for forty percent (40%) and above will be required to transcribe the matter in 70 minutes for English Shorthand test and in 95 minutes for Hindi Shorthand Test.
Passage Dictators will be provided to each of the Visually Handicapped candidates who will read out the materials transcribed on the computer to the Visually Handicapped candidates.

How To Apply:

Complete application form must reach the Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110504, on or before 25.05.2012 and in case of Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and candidates residing abroad before 01.06.2012 accompanied in the Annexure. Application received after that date will not be considered.

All communications in respect of an application should be addressed to the Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504 and should contain the following particulars:-

1. NAME OF EXAMINATION.
2. MONTH AND YEAR OF EXAMINATION.
3. ROLL NUMBER OR DATE OF BIRTH IF ROLL NUMBER NOT COMMUNICATED TO CANDIDATE.
4. NAME OF CANDIDATE (IN FULL AND IN BLOCK LETTERS).
5. POSTAL ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN APPLICATION.

Important Dates:

• Exam Date: 15.07.2012

• Last/Closing Date: 25.05.2012

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