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SSC Stenographer exam is conducted by the staff selection commission of India to recruit eligible candidates for the posts of Grade C and Grade D stenographers for different central government organizations. The recruitment exam is conducted every year during December. And the staff selection commission of Indian releases the Stenographer exam date, notification, vacancies, and Eligibility, etc on its official website.
There are two levels of the examination. They are:
Candidates who qualify for the computer-based exam will appear for the Skill Test. Furthermore, the candidate who qualifies for the Skill test is selected for the Grade C and Grade D stenographers.
Abbreviation | SSC Steno |
Type | Central Government |
Purpose | Recruitment of Grade C and D stenographers. |
Location | New Delhi |
Chairman | Sujata Chaturvedi, IAS |
SSC will be releasing SSC Stenographer Vacancy 2022 soon. However based on previous year exams, we have provided an idea on the number of vacancies.
Post Name | Vacancy [2019-20] |
Stenographer Grade ‘D’ | 1276 |
Stenographer Grade ‘C’ | 429 |
Total | 1705 |
The official notification of SSC Stenographer 2022 w1ll released on December 05, 2022, which was delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Online Applications are to open for before December 31, 2022. However, according to recent updates the SSC Stenographer exam date, notifications, Vacancies, and Eligibility have been released on the official website http://ssc.nic.in
Activity | Dates |
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SSC Stenographer Notification Release Date | 20th August 2022 |
Availability of Application Form | 20th August 2022 |
Last date for registration | 05th September 2022 |
Last date for making online fee payment | 06th September 2022 |
Last date and time for Generation of Offline Chalan | 05th September 2022 |
Last date for payment through Challan | 06th September 2022 |
SSC Stenographer Admit Card | November 2022 |
Commencement of SSC Stenographer Grade C and D exam | 17th & 18th November 2022 |
SSC Stenographer Result | To be notified |
As per the Staff selection commission, the application fees for the SSC Stenographer examination are Rs 100/- for all categories. And the payment is done online.
Category | Application Fees |
General | Rs 100/- |
SC/ST/ Ex-servicemen | Exempted |
As per SSC Stenographer Notification 2022, the following eligibility criteria for the exam to are:
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 for the SSC Stenographer Exam.
Candidates must be Indian Citizens or any of the following categories:
– A Subject of Nepal, or
– A Subject of Bhutan, or
– A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962, to permanently settle in India, or
– A Person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam to permanently settle in India. Provided that these candidates except Indian citizens produce a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India at the time of appointment.
– The candidate must be in the age domain of 18-30 years to be eligible for the SSC Stenographer Grade C exam.
– And he/she must be in the age domain of 18-27 years to be eligible for the SSC Stenographer Grade D exam.
Category Age limit
SC/ST | 5 years |
OBC | 3 years |
PwD (unreserved) | 10 years |
PwD (OBC) | 13 years |
PWD (SC/ST) | 15 years |
Ex-Servicemen | 03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application |
Defense Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof | 3 years |
Defense Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST) | 8 years |
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 | 40 years |
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 for (SC/ ST) | 45 years |
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried. | 35 years |
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST ) | 40 years |
The admit card of the SSC stenographer is released on the official website and it can be downloaded in the following way:
SSC Stenographer Admit card is available on the website 2 weeks before the date of the exam. There is a different SSC Stenographer Admit card for both written examination and skill test. The discrepancies related to the SSC Stenographer Admit card are to be rectified at the Regional centers for different states.
For qualifying the SSC Stenographer, you need to know the detailed Syllabus of the SSC Stenographer. The major topics are General Awareness, General Intelligence/Reasoning, and English Language, at which a candidate needs to score well for Paper-1 of the SSC Stenographer 2022 Exam. For Paper-2, i.e. Skill test, the candidate have to write dictated words:
The topics in each Section are:
General Awareness | English Language and Comprehension | General Intelligence and Reasoning |
Sports | Grammar | Arithmetic Computation |
Economy | Vocabulary | Number Series |
Current Affairs | Synonyms-Antonyms | Visual Memory |
Awards and Honors | Sentence Structure | Blood Relation |
Subjects | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Duration |
General English and Intelligence | 50 | 50 | Cumulative time duration of 2 Hours |
General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
English Language and Comprehension | 100 | 100 | |
Total | 200 Questions | 200 Marks | 120 Minutes |
The pay scales of the SSC stenographer are as follows:
Specifications | Grade C (In Rs) | Grade D (In Rs) |
Pay Scale | 9,300-34,800 | 5,200-20,200 |
Pay Band | 4,200 or 4,600 (Pay Grade 2) | 2,400 (Pay grade 1) |
Initial Salary | 5,200 | 5,200 |
Basic salary | 14,500 | 7,600 |
The Result of the SSC Stenographer is released on the official website http://ssc.nic.in
The SSC Stenographer cut off marks is released on the official website http://ssc.nic.in
Category | Cutoff Marks |
SC | 127.00 |
ST | 101.00 |
OBC | 138.00 |
OH | 100.00 |
VH | 100.00 |
UR | 141.00 |
Category | Cutoff Marks |
SC | 123.50 |
ST | 106.00 |
OBC | 124.50 |
Ex. S | 40.00 |
OH | 106.00 |
VH | 66.00 |
UR | 134.50 |
As per SSC Stenographer Notification 2022, the following eligibility criteria for the exam to are:
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 for the SSC Stenographer Exam.
– The candidate must be in the age domain of 18-30 years to be eligible for the SSC Stenographer Grade C exam.
– And he/she must be in the age domain of 18-27 years to be eligible for the SSC Stenographer Grade D exam.
Candidates must be Indian Citizens or any of the following categories:
– A Subject of Nepal, or
– A Subject of Bhutan, or
– A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962, intending to permanently settle in India, or
– A Person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam intending to permanently settle in India. Provided that these candidates except Indian citizens produce a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India at the time of appointment.
Like every exam, the SSC Stenographer exam has a fixed exam pattern. They are:
The Result of the SSC Stenographer is released on the official website http://ssc.nic.in
The syllabus for the SSC Stenographer exam is as follows:
For qualifying the SSC Stenographer, you need to know the detailed Syllabus of the SSC Stenographer. The major topics are General Awareness, General Intelligence/Reasoning, and English Language, at which a candidate needs to score well for Paper-1 of the SSC Stenographer 2022 Exam. For the Skill test, the candidate has to write according to the dictated words:
The cut-off marks for the SSC Stenographer is as follows:
The SSC Stenographer cut off marks is released on the official website http://ssc.nic.in
Candidates qualified for Skill Test (Stenographer Grade ‘C’)
Category | Cutoff Marks |
SC | 127.00 |
ST | 101.00 |
OBC | 138.00 |
OH | 100.00 |
VH | 100.00 |
UR | 141.00 |
Category | Cutoff Marks |
SC | 123.50 |
ST | 106.00 |
OBC | 124.50 |
Ex. S | 40.00 |
OH | 106.00 |
VH | 66.00 |
UR | 134.50 |
The pay scales of the SSC stenographer are as follows:
Specifications | Grade C (In Rs) | Grade D (In Rs) |
Pay Scale | 9,300-34,800 | 5,200-20,200 |
Pay Band | 4,200 or 4,600 (Pay Grade 2) | 2,400 (Pay grade 1) |
Initial Salary | 5,200 | 5,200 |
Basic salary | 14,500 | 7,600 |
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