SSC stenographer recruitment 2016 Grade C

SSC stenographer recruitment 2016 Grade C- STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (SSC) going to recruit SSC stenographer grade  c in various departments given below. All the eligible and interested candidates can apply before 30.06.2016.

SSC stenographer grade  c 2016 detail

Name of post- SSC stenographer grade  c
Recruitment organization- STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (SSC)
Name of departments-

• (i) Central Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
• (ii) Stenographers Cadre of Indian Foreign Service (B) Grade-II;
• (iii) Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
• (iv) Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
• (v) Election Commission of India Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
• (vi) Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers service Grade ‘C’;

Exam fee- Rs 10/- for Gen, others fee NIL
Age- from 18 to 50. (Relaxation as per govt. rule)
Last date to apply- 03.06.2016
Exam date- 03.07.2016
Selection process-
Based on Written exam performance

Syllabus for SSC stenographer exam-

General awareness- 100 marks, English language and comprehension- 100 marks
SSC stenographer Advt. pdf

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GRADE ‘C’ STENOGRAPHERS LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE
EXAMINATION, 2016
NEW DELHI, DATED 09.04.2016
No. 3/4/2016-P&P-II The Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental
Competitive Examination on 03-07-2016 at DELHI, ALLAHABAD, MUMBAI, BANGALORE,
KOLKATA, GUWAHATI, CHENNAI, CHANDIGARH AND RAIPUR for making additions to the Select List for Grade ‘C’ Stenographers of the following Services/Cadres, subject to availability of
confirmed number of vacancies:-
(i) Central Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(ii) Stenographers Cadre of Indian Foreign Service (B) Grade-II;
(iii) Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(iv) Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(v) Election Commission of India Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(vi) Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers service Grade ‘C’;
THE CENTRES AND THE DATE OF THE EXAMINATION MENTIONED ABOVE ARE LIABLE TO BE CHANGED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION. CANDIDATES ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION TO THE EXAMINATION WILL BE INFORMED OF THE PLACE, TIME AND DATES THEY SHOULD PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR TAKING THE EXAMINATION.
2. (i) Number of vacancies in the Services mentioned above shall be as per vacancy intimated by
the indenting Cadres/User Departments.
(ii) Reservation for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes candidates shall be as per vacancy
position reported by the indenting Cadres.
(iii) Physically Handicapped/Challenged candidates having physical disabilities in one Leg (OL),
Both Legs (BL), Blind (B) and Partially Blind (PB) are eligible for the post.
3. A candidate seeking admission to the examination must apply to the Regional Director (NR),
Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504 in the
prescribed application form.
4. 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 06.05.2016 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 13.5.2016
Application received after that date will not be considered.
Note: 1. Candidates must submit their application in the form prescribed for the Grade ‘C’
Stenographers Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2016. Application submitted on
any format, different from the format published in the advertisement for the Grade ‘C’
Stenographers Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2016, will not be entertained.

Note: 2. Cadre Authorities of the applicant must send/forward the application to the
Commission before the closing date/last date.
Note: 3. Applications received after the closing date will not be entertained.
Note: 4. Commission will not be responsible for postal delay.
5. 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:-
(i) NAME OF EXAMINATION.
(ii) MONTH AND YEAR OF EXAMINATION.
(iii) ROLL NUMBER OR DATE OF BIRTH (IF ROLL NUMBER NOT COMMUNICATED TO
CANDIDATE).
(iv) NAME OF CANDIDATE (IN FULL AND IN BLOCK LETTERS).
(v) POSTAL ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN APPLICATION.
Communication not giving these particulars will not be attended to. In all correspondence
with the Staff Selection Commission concerning this examination, candidates should invariably
superscribe their envelopes and correspondence with the words and figures, “Grade ‘C’
Stenographers Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2016”.
6. MINISTRY/DEPARTMENTS WHILE FORWARDING THE APPLICATION SHOULD CERTIFY THAT
VACANCY IN RELEVANT CATEGORY TO WHICH THE CANDIDATE BELONGS IS/ARE AVAILABLE.
7. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
A. The candidate must carefully go through the Notice, the Rules, application form and other
papers related to the examination, to verify his/her eligibility before filling up the application
form. The conditions prescribed can in no case be relaxed.
THE CANDIDATE MUST SELECT, FROM AMONG THE CENTRES GIVEN IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF
THE NOTICE, THE CENTRE AT WHICH HE/SHE WISHES TO APPEAR FOR THE EXAMINATION AND
INDICATE THE SAME IN HIS APPLICATION. NO REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN THE CENTRE WILL BE
ENTERTAINED. THE COMMISSION MAY DIRECT THE CANDIDATE TO APPEAR IN ANY OTHER
CENTRE, AT ITS DISCRETION.
THERE WILL BE NO CENTRE AT ANY INDIAN MISSION ABROAD. A CANDIDATE SERVING AT
AN INDIAN MISSION ABROAD WILL HAVE TO APPEAR FOR THIS EXAMINATION IN INDIA AT
HIS/HER OWN EXPENSE.
B. Application form must be completed in the candidate’s own handwriting. All
entries/answers should be in words and not by dashes or dots. Complete application form should
be sent to the Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504, so as to reach him/her by the last date prescribed in the Notice.

Note: CANDIDATES SHOULD CLEARLY SPECIFY IN COLUMN 6 OF THE APPLICATION FORM
THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY WISH TO TAKE THE STENOGRAPHY TEST. PARAGRAPH 9(iii)
MAY ALSO BE REFERRED TO. OPTION ONCE EXERCISED SHALL BE FINAL AND NO REQUEST FOR
ALTERATION SHALL BE ENTERTAINED. IF NO ENTRY IS MADE IN THE SAID COLUMN, THE
MEDIUM OF STENOGRAPHY TEST SHALL BE TAKEN AS ENGLISH.
A candidate residing abroad or in the far off areas such as Andaman & Nicobar Islands or in
Lakshadweep may at the direction of the Commission, be required to furnish documentary
evidence to show that he/she was residing abroad or in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands or in
Lakshadweep from a date prior to the date specified in Para 4 of the Notice.
A candidate must submit his/her application through the Head of his/her Department or
Office concerned who will complete the endorsement at the end of application form and forward
it to the Commission.
C. Candidates are cautioned that they should not furnish any particulars that are false or
suppress any material information in filling in the application form.
D Details of the documents to be sent with the application.
(i) (a) Certified true copy of the first page of the Service Book attested by the Head of
Department or Office in which the candidate is employed at the time of making the
application should show the name of the candidate in full, his/her Father’s name
(Husband’s name in the case of a married women) Nationality, name of the Scheduled
Castes/Scheduled Tribes in the case of candidates belonging to such caste or tribe, Date
of Birth by the Christian Era (both in figures and words), Educational Qualification and
specimen Signature of the candidate.
(b) Certified true copy of the particulars of service since 01.08.2013 attested by the
Head of Department or Office in which he/she is working at the time of making the
application should show the posts held along-with scale of pay and the capacity i.e.
substantive, officiating, permanent or temporary in which the post is held.
(c) Three copies of recent good quality passport size (5 cm. X 7 cm. approx) photograph
of the candidate out of which one should be pasted on the application form, one should be
enclosed with application form and remaining one must be brought to the examination
centre for affixing on the Commission’s Admission Certificate.
Note- I: Photograph pasted on the application form must have been signed by the
forwarding authority and his/her seal affixed on it.
Note-II: The Commission may, if it considers necessary, call for the Service Book or other
documentary evidence.
(ii) The documents required in support of the claim for relaxation of age must be submitted
alongwith the application failing which no relaxation in age will be allowed.

E. Candidates are cautioned that if an application is incomplete or wrongly filled in or is not
accompanied by any one of the documents mentioned under paragraph 7(D) of the Notice is
liable to be rejected and no appeal against its rejection will be entertained. In case of specified
valid reasons the document (s) not submitted with the application, without a reasonable
explanation for its absence having been given, should be sent soon after the submission of the
application and in any case they must reach the Office of the Commission within 07 days from the
closing date of the receipt of application failing which, the application is liable to be rejected.
Candidates are cautioned that they should in no case correct or alter or otherwise tamper
with any entry in the documents submitted by them, nor should they submit tempered
documents. If there is any inaccuracy or any discrepancy between two or more such documents,
an explanation regarding the discrepancy may be submitted separately.
F. (i) A candidate disabled while in the Defence Services claiming age concession under
Para 8D (d) of the Rules appended should produce an attested copy of a Certificate in the form
prescribed below from the Director General Resettlement, Ministry of Defence, to show that
he/she was disabled while in the Defence Services, in operations during hostilities with any
foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof.
Form of Certificate to be produced by the candidate.
Certified that Rank No. …………………. Shri………………………………………… of Unit……… was
disabled while in the Defence Services, in operations during hostilities with a foreign country in a
disturbed area* and was released as a result of such disability.
Signature………………………………………………..
Name…………………………………………………….
Designation…………………………………………..
Date………………………………………………………
*Strike out whichever is not applicable.
G. Every candidate, for admission to the examination, will be informed, at the earliest
possible date, the result of his/her application, that is, whether he/she is eligible or not. It is not,
however, possible to say when the result will be communicated. However, if a candidate does
not receive from the Staff Selection Commission, a communication regarding the result of his/her
application one month before the date of the examination, he/she should at once contact the
Commission alongwith documentary evidence that he/she had applied for the examination.
Failure to comply with this provision will deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration.
H. Candidates are not entitled to receive any Travelling Allowance from Staff Selection
Commission for attending the examination.
I. CHANGE IN ADDRESS: - A CANDIDATE MUST ENSURE THAT COMMUNICATIONS SENT TO
HIM/HER AT THE ADDRESS STATED IN HIS/HER APPLICATION ARE REDIRECTED, IF NECESSARY, TO
THEIR NEW ADDRESS. CHANGE IN ADDRESS SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMISSION
ALONGWITH TWO SLIPS SHOWING THE ROLL NUMBER, NAME AND NEW ADDRESS IN BLOCK
CAPITALS AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY GIVING THE PARTICULARS MENTIONED IN
PARAGRAPH-5 OF THE NOTICE. ALTHOUGH THE COMMISSION MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO TAKE
ACCOUNT OF SUCH CHANGES, IT CAN NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MATTER.

8. RULES FOR THE EXAMINATION.
A. The Rules for the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for inclusion in the Select
List for Grade ‘C’ of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service, Grade-II of the Stenographers
Cadre of Indian Foreign Service (B), Grade ‘C’ of the Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers
Service, Grade ‘C’ of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service, Grade ‘C’ of Election
Commission of India Stenographers Service, Grade ‘C’ of Central Vigilance Commission
Stenographers Service to be held by the Staff Selection Commission in 2016 are published for
general information.
B. The number of persons to be selected for inclusion in the select list will be determined later
as given in para-2 of the Notice issued by the Commission.
C. Conditions of eligibility: - Any regularly appointed Grade ‘D’ or Grade-III employee of the
Central Secretariat Stenographers Service/ Stenographers 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 who satisfies the following conditions shall be eligible to appear at the
examination and will be considered for vacancies in his/her service only. For example, Grade ‘D’
Stenographers of the Railway Board Stenographers service will be eligible only for vacancies in
Grade ‘C’ of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service.
(a) Crucial date and length of service: -
Note: - Grade ‘D’ Stenographers who are on deputation to ex-cadre post with the approval
of the competent authority and those having lien in Grade ‘D’ or Grade-III of the Stenographers
Cadre of the CSSS/RBSSS/ Indian Foreign Service (B)/Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers
Service/Election Commission of India Stenographers Service/Central Vigilance Commission
Stenographers Service will be eligible to be admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible.
This, however, does not apply to a Grade ‘D’/Grade-III Stenographers who have been
appointed to an ex-cadre post or to another service on ‘transfer’ and does not have a lien in
Grade ‘D’/Grade-III of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service/Stenographers Cadre of the
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.
(b) Age: - Candidates should not be more than 50 years of age on the crucial date.
(c) The upper age limit prescribed above will further be relaxable:-
(i) Upto maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Castes or a
Scheduled Tribes;
(ii) Upto a maximum of three years (eight years for SC/ST) in case of Defence Service
Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a
disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;
SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED SHALL IN NO CASE BE RELAXED.
(d) 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. They should have
passed the test on or before the date of notification of the examination.
(D) The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of candidate for admission to
the examination shall be final.
(E) No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he/she holds a Certificate of
Admission from the Commission.
(F) A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of:-
(i) Obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means, or
(ii) Impersonating, or
(iii) Procuring impersonation by any person, or
(iv) Submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or
(v) Making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material
information, or
(vi) Resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his/her
candidature for the examination, or
(vii) Using unfair means in the examination hall, or
(viii) Misbehaving in the examination hall, or
(ix) Writing irrelevant matter, including obscene language or pornographic matter in
the script(s); or
(x) Found in possession of mobile phones/cellular phones/pagers and other
unauthorized electronic gadget after commencement of the examination inside the
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examination hall whether in use or not, will be deemed to have been using an fair
means; or
(xi) Harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the
conduction of the examination; or
(xii) Violating any of the instruction issued to the candidates along with their Admission
Certificates permitting them to take the examination; or
(xiii) Taking away answer books/shorthand notes/typing script with him/her from the
examination hall; or
(xiv) Attempting to commit or, as the case may be abetting the Commission of all or any
of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses, may, in addition to rendering
himself/herself to criminal prosecution, be liable:-
(a) To be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he/she
is Candidate, or
(i) By the Commission from any examination or selection held by them;
(ii)By the Central Government from any employment under them; and
(b) to disciplinary action under the appropriate rules.
MOBILE PHONES, IN SWITCH ON OR SWITCH OFF MODE, shall not be permitted in
examination hall.
(G). After the examination, the names of finally selected candidates will be arranged by the
Commission, in separate lists, for the participating Cadres/Service in the order of merit as
disclosed by the aggregate marks finally awarded to each candidate and in that order so
many candidates as are found by the Commission to be qualified in the examination shall be
recommended for inclusion in the Select lists of Grade ‘C’ of the Central Secretariat
Stenographers Service, Stenographers Cadre of Indian Foreign Service (B), Armed Forces
Headquarters Stenographers Service, Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service,
Election Commission of India Stenographers Service, and Central Vigilance Commission
Stenographers Service upto the required number.
Provided that the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes
may, to the extent of the number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled
Tribes be recommended by the Commission by a relaxed standard, subject to the fitness of
these candidates for selection to the service.
Provided that the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes
who have been recommended by the Commission without resorting to the relaxed standard
referred to in this sub rule, shall not be adjusted against the vacancies reserved for the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Note: - Candidates should clearly understand that this is a competitive and not a qualifying
examination. The number of persons to be included in the Select List for Grade ‘C’
Stenographers, of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service/ Stenographers Cadre of
Indian Foreign Service (B)/ Grade ‘C’ of the Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers
Service/ Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service/ Election Commission of India
Stenographers Service/ Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers Service on the result of
the examination is entirely within the competence of Government to decide. No candidate
will, therefore, have any claim for inclusion in the Select List on the basis of performance in
the examination as a matter of right.
(H) The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual
candidates shall be decided by the Commission in its discretion and the Commission will not
enter into correspondence with them regarding the result.
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(I) Success in the examination confers no right to selection unless the cadre authority is
satisfied, after such enquiry as may be considered necessary that the candidate having
regard to his/her conduct in service is suitable in all respect for selection.
(J) A candidate, who after applying for admission to the examination or after appearing at it
resigns from his/her appointment in the Central Secretariat Stenographers service or
Stenographers Cadre of India Foreign Service (B) or Armed Forces Headquarters
Stenographers Service or Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service or Election
Commission of India Stenographers Service or Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers
Service otherwise quits the Service or severs his/her connection with it, or whose services
are terminated by his/her Department or who is appointed to an ex-cadre post or to lien in
Grade ‘D’ of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service, Grade III of Stenographers Cadre
of Indian Foreign Service (B) or Grade ‘D’ of Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers
Service or Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service or Election Commission of India
Stenographers Service or Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers Service will not be
eligible for appointment on the results of this examination.
This however, does not apply to Grade ‘D’/Grade-III Stenographers who have been
appointed on deputation to an ex-cadre post with the approval of the Competent Authority.
9. Scheme of Examination:
i) The subjects of the written examination and the maximum marks for each subject
will be as follows:-
PART-A: WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Subject Maximum Marks Time for General
Candidates
Time for
VH Candidates
Paper: (Objective
Type)
(a)General
Awareness
(b)Comprehension
and writing
ability of English
Language
100 Marks
100 Marks
2 hours
(Single Session)
(10.00AM to 12.00PM)
2 hours 40
minutes
(Single Session)
(10.00AM to
12.40PM)
Wherever, necessary the written examination may be held in two shifts.
Note I : -Questions relating to General awareness will be set both in Hindi and English. There
will be no Question Paper in Braille for Visually Handicapped candidates.
Note II :- The Commission reserves the right to conduct written examination on-line.
Note.III:- There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in written
examination.
Provision for Visually handicapped (VH) candidate:-
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(a) All the visually handicapped (VH) candidate with visual disabilities not less than
forty percent (40%) including blind and partially blind persons who applied for the
examination can avail the assistance of a Scribe. Scribe will be provided by the
Commission only to such candidates who have sought a SCRIBE in the application
form. Medium in which the candidate will take the examination will be taken into
account while providing the SCRIBE. No attendant will be allowed with such VH
candidates inside the examination premises.
(b) Candidates who are able to read the question paper and write/indicate the answer
with the help of magnifying glass shall be allowed to use the magnifying glass in
the examination hall. Such candidates will not be treated as visually handicapped
candidate for the purpose of availing the assistance of scribe. Such candidates will
have to bring their own magnifying glass in the examination hall and shall not be
provided with a Scribe.
(c) “one eyed” and Visually Handicapped candidate whose degree of visual disability is
less than forty percent(40%) shall not be provided a scribe.
PART B: SHORTHAND SKILL TEST IN HINDI OR IN ENGLISH (FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY
IN THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION)- 200 MARKS.
Note: - Candidates will be required to transcribe their Shorthand Notes on Computer only
provided by the Commission.
The Commission may at its discretion hold the Shorthand Skill Test along with the
Written Examination.
PART C: EVALUATION OF RECORD OF SERVICE OF SUCH OF THE CANDIDATES, AS MAY BE
DECIDED BY THE COMMISSION IN THEIR DISCRETION ON THE BASIS OF PERFORMANCE IN
WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND STENOGRAPHY SKILL TEST, CARRYING A MAXIMUM OF 100
MARKS.
ii). The syllabus for the written Examination and the scheme of the Stenography Skill Test
will be as shown in para(vii) below.
iii). Candidates qualified in the written examination are required to appear in Shorthand
test either in English or in Hindi which will be of 200 marks.
Note-1:- Candidates must indicate their medium for taking Stenography Test in column
6 of the application form. The medium once mentioned shall be treated as final and no
requests for alteration in the medium shall ordinarily be entertained. If the requisite column
of medium is left blank by any candidate, his/her medium of stenography test shall be taken as
English.
Note-2:- Candidates who opt to take the Stenography test in Hindi will be required to
learn English Stenography and vice versa after their appointment.
Note-3:- No credit will be given for Shorthand test taken in language other than the one
mentioned by the candidate and indicated in the application form.
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Note-4:- Candidates must not write/indicate answers partly in Hindi and partly in
English as such an act will lead to summary rejection of the Answer Scripts. In such cases, the
candidates will be awarded ZERO marks.
iv). Candidates must write the papers in their own handwriting.
v). The Commission has discretion to fix separate qualifying marks in any or all subjects of
the examination.
vi) Only those candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Written
Examination as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion will be called for
Stenography test.
vii) Syllabus and Standards of the Written Test.
The standard of the question papers in Part-A will be approximately that of the matriculation
examination.
Part-A
(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.
(b) 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
(i) 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.
(ii) 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.
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Note: No exemption from Stenography test will be granted to any category of
candidates on any condition/circumstance.
10. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES
(1) The assessments of answer sheet of ‘Objective Multiple Choice Type’ will be done by a
computerized machine. Hence, candidates should carefully read the instructions
regarding handling of the answer sheet and the method of marking answers.
(2) The Commission will reject the candidature of a candidate who does not qualify the
eligibility criteria at any stage.
(3) Please note that since this is a competitive examination, mere passing is not adequate.
The rank in the order of merit will be the criterion for final selection. The candidate
should, therefore, put in her/his best efforts in the examination.
(4) The candidate should note carefully their Roll Number, Ticket Number, date, time and
venue for the examination given in the Admission Certificate. Seating Plan will be
displayed in the venue as per ticket number.
(5) Punctuality in Attendance: Candidates should be present in the examination Hall
atleast half-an-hour before the exam and will not be allowed to leave the examination
hall until the exam is over. Candidates arriving late will not be permitted to enter the
Examination Hall.
(6) Photo bearing Admission Certificate to be filled at examination centre and to be
surrendered: Candidates are required to fill up the entries and paste a recent passport
size photograph on the Commission copy of the Admission Certificate to be given to them
at the examination centre. Therefore, they must bring one passport size photograph with
them. Candidates will be required to sign in the space provided for candidate’s signature
in the attendance sheet in the presence of the invigilator in the Examination Hall.
(7) Compliance with Instructions: Candidates should scrupulously follow the instructions
given by Supervisor and the Invigilator at all the stages of the examination.
(8) Use of books, notes and copying or receiving/giving assistance would be considered as
cheating: No calculator, separate or with watch, books, slide rules, foot rules, notebooks,
pagers, mobile phones or written notes will be allowed inside the examination hall. Any
candidate who is found either copying or receiving or giving assistance will be
disqualified.
(9) Use of Ball-point Pen: Use only Black Ball-point Pen for filling up the information in Part-A
and Part-B of answer sheet.
(10) Handling the Answer–sheet: Please handle your answer-sheet with extreme care and
keep it dust free. If it is mutilated, torn, folded, wrinkled or rolled, it may not be read by the
machine. Answer-sheets and question papers will be supplied in the examination hall. After the
test is over, candidates should hand over the answer-sheet to the invigilator before leaving the
room. Any candidate who does not return answer-sheet or is found to attempt to take or pass on
the question booklet/answer-sheet inside or outside the examination hall will be disqualified and
the Commission may take further action against him as per rules. After the examination is over,
the candidates will be allowed to take away the question booklet given to them.
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(11) Rough work to be done on the booklet: Candidates should do all the necessary rough work
on test booklet/question paper only. They should not do rough work on the answer-sheet or any
other paper. If any rough work is done on the answer-sheet, the answer-sheet will not be
assessed.
(12) One Single Answer-sheet: There will be a single answer-sheet covering all parts. You will
use this answer-sheet only.
(13) Method of Showing Answer-sheet: All your answers must be marked in the answer-sheet
only.
(14) Information on the Answer-sheet: Candidate should write his/her name, Roll No. Ticket
No., Name of the Examination as mentioned in Admission Certificate, Date of Birth, Test form
number correctly, in the relevant places in OMR answer sheet. Answer sheet not bearing
candidates Name, Roll No, Ticket No. Test Form No, Signature, left hand thumb impression or in
which details have not been properly shaded will not be evaluated and zero marks will be awarded
to them. If any candidate belonging to reserved category does not write and shade their category
properly, they will be treated as belonging to UR category.
(15) Each question is followed by answers A, B, C and D. Select the appropriate answer. Then by
using Black ball point pen, blacken the oval bearing the correct answer number against the serial
number of the question.
(16) Travelling allowance not admissible: No travelling allowance or other expenses in
connection with the examination will be paid.
(17) No change of centre will be allowed under any circumstance.
(18) Hearing Handicapped Candidates are not allowed to appear in the examination.