Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Skill Test

Can you tell me in detail about the Skill Test conducted for recruitment for the post of Stenographer by SSC (Staff Selection Commission)?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Stenographer Skill Test is conducted by SSC (Staff Selection Commission) for those candidates who qualify the Written Exam of SSC Stenographer Grade C and grade D.

SSC Stenographer Skill Test:
One will be given a dictation for 10 minutes in either Hindi or English at the speed of:
• 80 words per minute (w.p.m.) for the post of Stenographer Grade D and
• 100 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade C.

One’s work will be to transcript the dictated passage.

SSC Stenographer Skill Test Stage 1:
In it, one is provided with a paper, and has to write the dictated words in it.
The speed will be high there one needs to use Shorthand technique.
The text that is writing on this paper will again be used in Stage 2 of the Skill Test.

SSC Stenographer Skill Test Stage 2:
In it, one is provided with a Computer, and has to type the dictated words.
Here one has to write it from the paper where made the shorthand notes.

SSC Stenographer Skill Test Pattern
The pattern for Grade C and Grade D is as follows:
SSC Stenographer Grade C Skill Test Pattern:
• English Skill Test: 40 minutes
• Hindi Skill Test: 55 Minutes
SSC Stenographer Grade D Skill Test Pattern:
• English Skill Test: 50 minutes
• Hindi Skill Test: 65 Minutes
Admissible Error Limit In SSC Steno Skill Test:
• UR(General): 5-7%
• OBC: 6-8%
• SC/ST: 7-10 %

Type of Errors In SSC Steno Skill Test:
Errors are classified into two types:
Full Errors in SSC Steno Skill Test:
• Omission of a word or figure.
• Substitution of a wrong word or figure.
• Addition of a word or figure not occurring in the passage.
• Handwritten additions/corrections/insertions.

Half Errors in SSC Steno Skill Test:
• Spelling mistake.
• Using singular for plural noun and vice versa.
• Transposition of words/group of words in a sentence.
• Improper use of capital letters at the beginning of the sentence.
• Improper placement of the apostrophe in a word.
• Improper spacing between the words or in middle of single words.
• Ambiguous over typing.
• Arbitrary and unfamiliar abbreviations