SSC Stenographer 2022 Notification, Exam Dates, Online Form

SSC organizes Stenographer exam every year to fill the vacancies of Stenographer Grade C & D. This year, the notification has been released. In the below article, you can find all the details of important aspects in the below article.

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SSC Stenographer 2022 Notification

The official notification of SSC Stenographer has been released on August 20, 2022. If you have any doubt in any aspect of this job’s notification, please refer to this very notification PDF.

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SSC Stenographer 2022: Exam Summary

Aspirants will be recruited for Grade C & D Stenographer posts through CBT & Skill test. Below are the details:

Exam NameSSC Stenographer 2022
Conducting BodyStaff Selection Commission (SSC)
Exam LevelNational
Posts Grade C & D Stenographers
Vacancies To be notified
Mode of ApplicationOnline
Online Registration20th August to 05th September 2022
Selection ProcessWritten Exam and Skill Test
Official Websitessc.nic.in

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SSC Stenographer 2022: Important Dates

As per the SSC Calendar, the important dates for this recruitment are below:

Dates        for                     submission                     of         online applications20.08.2022 to 05.09.2022
Last date and time for receipt of online applications05.09.2022 (2300 hours)
Last date and time for generation  of offline Challan05.09.2022 (2300 hours)
Last date and time for making online fee payment06.09.2022 (2300 hours)
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank)06.09.2022
Date of „Window for Application Form Correction‟ and online payment of Correction Charges.07.09.2022 (2300 hours)
Schedule           of                                Computer                                Based ExaminationNovember, 2022

SSC Stenographer 2022: Vacancies

This year’s details are yet to be released. But to get an idea of how many vacancies will be released, have a look at the last year’s vacancies which were 1,705 in number. This year, the number of vacancies will be somewhere around the same number.

Post NameVacancies
Stenographer Grade ‘D’1276
Stenographer Grade ‘C’429
Total1705

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SSC Stenographer Online Application 2022

SSC will activate the online application link for this exam on August 20, 2022. Please apply as soon as possible and don’t delay. The last date for online application is September 5, 2022.

SSC Stenographer Application Fee 2022

The Application Fee for SSC Stenographer 2022 is Rs. 100/-(for General and OBC). Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD/Ex-servicemen category as well as female candidates are exempted from paying the application fee for SSC Stenographer 2022.

SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria 2022

Educational Qualification

At least 12th pass from a recognized Board or University

Age Limit

SSC Stenographer Grade C: A candidate must lie in the age domain of 18-30 years to be eligible for SSC Stenographer 2022 Grade C Exam.

SSC Stenographer Grade D: A candidate must lie in the age domain of 18-27 years to be eligible for SSC Stenographer 2022 Grade D Exam.

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Age Relaxation

CategoryUpper Age Limit/Age Relaxation
SC/ST5 years
OBC3 years

Please check other age relaxation details in the official notification.

SSC Stenographer 2022 Exam Pattern

The SSC Stenographer 2022 examination will be conducted in 2 different levels. The first level is Grade C and D exam that has MCQs and is conducted online. After this exam has been conducted, an exam to test your skill sets in various domains is conducted by SSC.

a) The details of Computer Based Examination for SSC Stenographer 2022 Grade C and D are mentioned below:

Section AskedNo. of QuestionsMaximum Marks
General Awareness50 50
English Language and Comprehension100100
General Intelligence and Reasoning5050
Total Marks200200

Total time alloted is 2 hours.

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Important Points:

a) Question paper will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice. Questions will be set in Hindi and English except for Part III.

There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the question.

Marks scored by candidates in the Computer Based Examinations, if conducted in multiple shifts, will be normalized and such normalized scores will be used to determine final merit.

b) Skill Test in Stenography

Candidates who obtain the qualifying marks in the Examination as may be prescribed by the Commission will be called for the Skill Test. The commission may also prescribe qualifying marks in each part of the 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 Skill Test in Stenography. The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes 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’. The matter will have to be transcribed on a computer. The transcription time is as follows:

PostLanguage of Skill TestTime Duration (in minutes) Time Duration (in minutes) for the candidates who are allowed use of scribe in the CBE (Para-7)
Stenographer Grade ‘D’English 50 70
Stenographer Grade ‘D’Hindi 65 90
Stenographer Grade ‘C’English 40 55
Stenographer Grade ‘C’Hindi 55 75

Candidates who opt to take the Stenography Test in Hindi will be required to learn English Stenography and vice versa after their appointment, failing which their probation may not be cleared by appointing departments. Candidates have to work as English/ Hindi stenographers as per the functional requirement of the User Office irrespective of the medium of Skill Test of the candidate during the examination.

The skill test will be held at the Commission’s Regional/ Sub Regional Offices or at other Centre(s) as may be decided by the Commission.

Detailed instructions regarding Skill Test will be sent by the concerned Regional/ Sub Regional Offices of the Commission to the candidates called for the Skill Test.

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