(Notification) SSC Stenographers (Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’) Examination, 2016

F.No.3/5/2016-(P&P-II): Staff Selection Commission will hold on Sunday, the 31st July 2016, an All India Open Competitive Examination for recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade „C‟ (Group „B‟ Non-Gazetted ) and Stenographer Grade „D-(Group „C- Non-Gazetted).

Educational Qualifications ( As on 01.08.2016):

Must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent from a recognized Board or University.

Candidates having required skills in stenography as explained in Para 11 (2) only need to apply. Admission Certificates for the written examination will not be issued to the candidates who declare in their Application that they do not possess skills in Stenography.

Age Limit:

18-27 years as on 01.08.2016 (Candidates born not before 02-08-1989 and not later than 01-08-1998)

Scheme of Examination:

The examination will consist of a written examination and skill test in stenography.

(A) Scheme of the written examination and syllabus:

The written examination will consist of one objective type paper as shown below:

Date of Exam	Part	Subject	Maximum Marks	Total Duration /Timing for General candidates	Total Duration/Timing for Visually Handicapped/cerebral palsy candidates
31-07-2016 (Sunday)	I	General Intelligence & Reasoning (50 questions )	50	2 Hours 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon OR 2.00PM to 4.00PM Note: Entry to the examination venue will not be allowed after 9.30 AM in the morning shift and after 1.30 PM in the afternoon shift.	2 Hours 40 mins 10.00 A.M. to 12.40 PM OR 2.00PM to 4.40PM Note: Entry to the examination venue will not be allowed after 9.30 AM in the morning shift and after 1.30 PM in the afternoon shift.
	II	General Awareness (50 questions)	50
	III	English Language and Comprehension (100questions)	100

The questions except in Part III will be set both in English & Hindi.

There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.

Note: The Commission reserves the right to conduct the examination in computer based mode. The Commission also reserves the right to add an additional Tier in the scheme of Examination.

Skill test in Stenography

Candidates who obtain the qualifying marks in the Written Examination as may be prescribed by the Commission will only be called for the Skill Test. Commission may also prescribe qualifying marks in each part of the Written Examination. THE SKILL TEST WILL BE OF QUALIFYING NATURE and the Commission will fix the qualifying standards in the skill test for different categories of candidates.

The candidates will have to appear for the stenography test. The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English / Hindi at the speed of 100 w.p.m. 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 only. The evaluation of transcription will be done electronically only. The transcription time is as follows:-

For Stenographer Grade „D:

50 minutes (English)
65 minutes (Hindi)

For Stenographer Grade „C:

40 minutes ( English )
55 Minutes ( Hindi )

If the candidates do not indicate the medium of stenography test in Column No. 18 of the Application Form, the Commission will consider English as the medium of stenography test for such candidates.