STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (SSC) CPO
Education Qualification –A candidate is required to be at least a 12th pass from a recognized Board or University. He/She must be able to produce the required documents when asked for verification after qualifying.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Application starts from: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Last Date of Filling.
NUMBER OF VACANCIES:- To be released
ELIGIBILITY-
Education Qualification –A candidate is required to be at least a 12th pass from a recognized Board or University. He/She must be able to produce the required documents when asked for verification after qualifying.
Age Limits-
· 18-30 years to be eligible for the SSC Stenographer Grade C exam.
· 18-27 years to be eligible for the SSC Stenographer Grade D exam.
Age Relaxation-
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Category |
Upper Age limit |
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SC/ST |
5 |
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OBC |
3 |
|
PWD (UR) |
10 |
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PWD (OBC) |
13 |
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PWD (SC/ST) |
15 |
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Ex-Servicemen |
03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application |
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Defense Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof. |
3 years |
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Defense Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence there of SC/ST |
8years |
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Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as of the closing date for receipt of online applications. |
40years |
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Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. (SC/ ST). |
45years |
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Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried. |
35years |
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Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST ). |
40years |
SSC Stenographer Nationality
Fulfilling SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria in terms of Nationality is equally important. The candidates can check out the below pointers to know if they are eligible or not.
An Indian Citizen or
A subject of Nepal/Bhutan or
A Tibetian refugee who had come over to India before 1 January 1962 with permanent intent of settling in India or
The candidate may be an Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, Vietnam, etc with the intention to permanently settle in India.
HOW TO FILL EXAM FORM
· STEP1: Visit official website SSC at ssc.nic.in
· . STEP2: On website click on “Apply Online”
· . STEP3: Fill the details as required
· . STEP4: upload scanned copies of photo, signature, identity proof and other document as per the required format and size mentioned in the instruction
· .STEP5: Check details once again
· .STEP6: Pay the application fees
· .STEP7: Submit the form the note down and save the registration number/Roll number.
COMPUTER BASED EXAMINATION DATES:- TO BE ANNOUNCED
APPLICATION FEE:
GENERAL/OBC/EWS- Rs. 100
SC/ST/PH/ ALL CATEGORY FEMALE/ESM –ARE EXEMPTED
ABOUT EXAM-
· SSC Stenographer exam will be conducted in two tiers.
· Candidates qualifying for the written test will have to appear for the shorthand test which is qualifying in nature.
· The final merit list will be released on the performance both tiers.
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Tier |
Mode of exam |
Types of exam |
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Tier 1 |
Online (computer based test) |
Objective type question |
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Tier 2 |
Shorts hands notes to be taken and then transcribe |
Skill test |
MODE OF SELECTION:-
COMPUTER BASED EXAMINATION (CBE) 1
. THE EXAM PROCESS WILL CONSIST OF:-
|
Section |
No of questions |
Total marks |
Time duration |
|
General intelligence & Reasoning |
50 |
50 |
2 Hours |
|
General awareness |
50 |
50 |
|
|
English langauge & comprehension |
100 |
100 |
· SSC Stenographer tier 1 exam consist of three section.
· Tier 1 exam will be an online computer based test (CBT).
· For every correct answer 1 marks.
· For every incorrect answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.
· Total Questions 200
· Total time duration for the 200 marks will be 2 hours.
SSC STENOGRAPHER TEIR II (Shorthand skill test)
The SSC Stenographer Skill Test is done on both computers and Paper. The candidates will be dictated a passage of 800 and 1000 wpm for Group D and C respectively, depending upon the marks obtained by the candidate.
For Stenographer Group ‘D’: 800 words @80 words per minute w.p.m.
For Stenographer Group ‘C’: 1000 words @100 words per minute w.p.m.
(TRANSCRIPTION TIME FOR CANDIDATES)
|
Post |
Language |
Time duration |
Time for transcribe |
|
Ssc steno grade ‘C’ |
English |
40 |
55 |
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Ssc steno grade ‘D’ |
English |
50 |
70 |
|
Ssc steno grade ‘C’ |
Hindi |
55 |
55 |
|
Ssc steno grade ‘D’ |
Hindi |
65 |
65 |
The Qualifying criteria for the shorthand skill test are given below for SSC Stenographers Grade C and Grade D.
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Permissible mistake out of total words |
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|
Category |
Grade C |
Grade D |
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General |
5% |
7% |
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OBC/SC/ST/Ex-servicemen. |
5% |
10% |
QUALIFYING -
The qualifying marks are different for the written test of Stenographers in Grade C and Grade D.
a. The candidates qualifying for the written test will be eligible to appear for the shorthand skill test.
b. The shorthand skill test is qualifying in nature.
c. The merit list will be prepared based on the marks secured by the candidates in the written test.
SYLLABUS- FOR CBT EXAM
General Knowledge & General Awareness
· Current Affairs
· India and its neighboring countries
· History
· Culture
· Geography
· Economic scene
· General Polity
· Constitution of India
Scientific research
General Intelligence & Reasoning –
· Analogy
· Coding/Decoding
· Alphabet or word test
· Venn diagram
· Order Ranking
· Missing numbers
· Direction & Distances
· Puzzles
· Data sufficiency
· Non-verbal reasoning
· Classifications
· Series
English Language and Comprehension
· Grammar
· Reading comprehension
· Cloze test
· Spellings
· Phrases and idioms
· Vocabulary
· One word substitution
· Fill in the blanks
· Para jumble
· Active/passive
· Narration
