SSC Stenographer Grade C & D Recruitment 2018 : Important FAQs

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SSC Stenographer Grade C & D Recruitment 2018 : Apply Now

Dear Students, Yesterday SSC has released notification of Stenographer Grade C & D Examination 2018. Candidates can apply for the post of Stenographer Grade 'C' & 'D' Examination 2018 from today onwards. Candidates are advised to go through all parameters under different paras and sub-paras mentioned below and satisfy themselves about their eligibility in terms of age limit, essential qualifications, etc. for the post before applying.

Important Dates:

Start date to apply online: 22nd October 2018

Last date to apply online: 19th November 2018
Last date for making online fee payment: 21-11-2018 (5.00 PM)
Date of Computer Based Examination: 01-02-2019 to 06-02-2019

Age Limit for SSC Stenographer Grade C & D :

Stenographer Grade ‘C’: [Candidates born on or after 02-01-1989 and born before or on 01-01-2001]

Minimum Age: 18 years
Maximum Age: 30 years

Stenographer Grade ‘D’: [Candidates born on or after 02-01-1992 and born before or on 01-01-2001]

Minimum Age: 18 years
Maximum Age: 27 years

Age will be calculated as on 01-01-2019.

Note: Age-relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit-

SC/ST: 5 years
OBC: 3 years

Educational Qualification for SSC Stenographer Grade C & D:

The candidates must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.

Note: Only those candidates who have required skills in stenography are eligible to apply.

Fee Details for SSC Stenographer Grade C & D:

Fee payable: Rs 100/- (Rs. one hundred only)

Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Persons with disability (PwD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee.
Fee can be paid through SBI Challan/ SBI Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit card.

Selection Procedure For SSC Stenographer Grade C & D Recruitment 2018 :

1. Computer Based Mode Examination:-

S. No.	Subjects	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	General Intelligence & Reasoning	50	50	2 hour
2	General Awareness	50	50
3	English language & Comprehension	100	100
	Total	200	200

Note:

There will be negative marking of ¼ mark (0.25) for each wrong answer.
Normalization: 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.

2. Skill Test In Stenography:-

Skill Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature.

The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English/ Hindi at the speed of 100 word per minute (w.p.m) for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and 80 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘D’.

S. No.	Post Name	Language Of Skill Test	Duration
1	Stenographer Grade ‘D’	English	50 min
2	Stenographer Grade ‘D’	Hindi	65 min
3	Stenographer Grade ‘C'	English	40 min
4	Stenographer Grade ‘C'	Hindi	55 min

Note: 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 candidate during the examination.

3. Document Verification:
Candidates will be required to produce all documents in original for verification at the time of document verification. And Detailed options for various posts and Departments will be taken from candidates either online or at the time of document verification.

Final Selection for SSC Stenographer Grade C & D -> Final selection and allocation of Ministries/ Departments will be made on the basis of the performance of candidates in the Computer Based Examination and the preference of Posts/ Departments exercised by them at the time of Document Verification (DV).

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