SSC Stenographer 2020 Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Marking Scheme and Books

SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern is released for ‘Grade C & Grade D’ posts conducted by Staff Selection Commission. It is a common exam for candidates who have successfully completed their Intermediate from a recognized board of university.  Exam is scheduled to be conducted on May 5-7, 2020.  Application forms have been released from September 20, 2019. 

• The exam consists of a written test and a SSC Stenographer Skill Test
• Written test consists of 200 objective type questions for 200 marks to be finished in 2 hours. 
• Only candidates qualifying the written test will be called for the skill test. Check SSC Stenographer Result
• The exam will be conducted in the online mode
• In pre-exam questions from Reasoning, General awareness and English sections will be asked. Check SSC Stenographer Syllabus
• The difficulty of questions is expected to be of secondary level but considering the number of applicants, there will be a tough competition as usual.

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SSC Stenographer 2020 Highlights

The key points about SSC Stenographer 2020 exam are highlighted below:

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SSC Stenographer 2020 Exam Pattern

SSC conducts this exam in two stages; Preliminary exam and after qualifying this, applicants need to go through a skill test.  Pre-exam comprises of 3 sections i.e., Reasoning, English Comprehension and General awareness. The questions will be classified as per the table given below:

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SSC Stenographer 2020 Marking Scheme

SSC Stenographer 2020 Preliminary exam comprises of 200 objective type questions with weightage of 200 marks carrying 1 mark each. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each negative response. The competition level is quite tough considering the number of applicants. The merit list of the students will be based upon the marks scored by the students in preliminary exam. Marking scheme for the exam is given below.

• Total Questions asked: 200
• Marks allotted for correct response: 1
• Marks deducted for incorrect response: 0.25-mark deduction
• Marks deduction for not attempted: NIL Marking.

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Exam Pattern for General Intelligence (Reasoning)

General Intelligence test is a form of psychometric testing that is widely used by corporate employers & Government to help assess candidates during the recruitment process. ‘Psychometric’ is just a fancy way of saying ‘measuring mental ability’ and logical reasoning tests are designed measure your non-verbal skills. This section comprises of 50 questions and marks allotted to this section is 50, hence giving equal importance to each question with 1 mark .

Take a quick look at SSC Stenographer 2019 Exam Pattern for General Intelligence.

• Total Questions asked: 50
• Maximum marks: 50
• Marking Scheme: 1 mark per correct response.
• Negative Marking: 0.25 marks deduction per negative response.
• Difficulty level: Secondary
• Time to be invested: 35 – 45 minutes advisable.

Syllabus for General Intelligence

Since SSC Stenographer exam is conducted for recruitment process for the candidates who have completed intermediate exam. Hence, syllabus for section is upto 10^th level. It is also similar to the major recruitment exams conducted at national and state level. The questions will be asked from the syllabus mentioned in notification.

Here is a list of some importance topics that could come in the SSC Stenographer exam:

Books Recommended for General Intelligence

• Reasoning by Rakesh Yadav Publication
• Reasoning by R.S Agarwal

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Exam Pattern for General Awareness

This section is basically included to check the general knowledge of candidates. To know the concept, they need to have an in-depth understanding with regard to the different subjects covered by these recruitments. General awareness is the aptitude to discover or to self-conscious of objects things or sensorial systems. Candidates need to have a deep understanding of the topics covered in this portion. This section comprises of 50 questions with weightage of 50 marks carrying 1 mark each.

SSC Stenographer 2020 Exam Pattern for General Awareness:

• Total Questions asked: 50
• Maximum marks:50
• Marking Scheme: 1 mark per correct response.
• Negative Marking: 0.25 marks deduction per negative response.
• Difficulty level: Secondary
• Time to be invested: 25- 30 minutes advisable.

Syllabus for General Awareness

There is no limit as such for the syllabus of General awareness but one can prepare for this section by going through the topics and understanding the pattern of questions asked in previous years exams.

Some of the important portion to prepare the general awareness section is mentioned here.

Books or content recommended

• Lucent by Sunil Kumar Singh
• Pratiyogita Darpan Magazine
• Yojana Magazine

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Exam Pattern for English language and Comprehension

English comprehension plays vital role in the selection of a candidate in any competitive exam. This is the most important section of the exam which checks the grammar ability and basic understanding of concepts related to English.

SSC Stenographer 2020 Exam Pattern for English is given below:

• Total Questions asked: 100
• Maximum marks:100
• Marking Scheme: 1 mark per correct response.
• Negative Marking: 0.25 marks deduction per negative response.
• Difficulty level: Secondary
• Time to be invested: 50-55 minutes advisable.

Syllabus for English Language and Comprehension

This section consists 100 questions in the exam and checks the general English of the candidate. A wide portion based on the comprehension, spotting errors, fill in the blanks and questions related to vocabulary will be asked in the exam.

Some of the important portion candidates need to cover to prepare well for the exam is mentioned in the table below.

Books Recommended for English

• Plinth to paramount by K.D Publications
• English Language by Kiran Publications
• General English by Arihant

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Skill Test

After qualifying the Preliminary examination, candidates need to go through skill test to get selected for the post. The skill test/stenography test will be organized at various sub-regional offices or at some other centers. Candidates who qualifies the preliminary exam and eligible for the skill test, will be given one dictation for the time period of 10 minutes in Hindi as well as English with minimum speed of 100 words per minute for the stenographer grade C posts while for Grade D the minimum speed would be 80 words per minute.

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Important Tips for SSC Stenographer 2020

Candidates appearing for SSC stenographer 2020 should understand and remember all the aspects of exam pattern. Here are some important instructions for candidates appearing for SSC Stenographer 2020:

• Start with Reasoning section as it consists the calculation portion in some portion. The section does not involve heavy calculations and complex problems. If your concepts about logical reasoning is strong and you are well educated about rules of logics along with practice of topics, you will have to invest less time in the section.
• General Awareness can be a little tricky in SSC Stenographer 2020 at times. However, with clear concepts and deep understanding, you can tackle heavy questions in the section easily. Getting/ making a handbook that contains important tricks to remember important events will surely help.
• English is considered as the toughest section of all as mentioned earlier. It is advisable to divide the topics into three parts as mentioned above. You can divide the topics into sections
• I am best at these
• Okay. I need a little practice for these
• I am very bad at it.

Dividing topics as per your strength would help you strategize your preparation in a monotonous and healthy manner. Writing important synopsis for important topics over the wall of your study table will help you revise in your subconscious every time you look at those.

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