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ESIC Stenographer examination 2022: The Employees State Insurance Corporation has issued the notification for Upper Divisional Clerk (UDC), Multitasking Staff (MTS), and Stenographer job openings for 2022 recruitment. They have notified a total of 165 vacancies for the post of stenographer in this year’s recruitment. The applicants aspiring to become a stenographer in the ESIC will have to go through a rigorous selection procedure that will include the phase 1 Main examination and the phase 2 qualifying test (dictation test and computer skill test). The applicants who are determined to clear both these phases must train with appropriate guidance and a clear idea about the said post’s syllabus and exam pattern. Phase 1 (written exam) has questions from English (language and comprehension), general awareness and reasoning ability. This article will provide you with information about all the study materials for the above said exam and where they are available.
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Study Material for ESIC stenographer 2022
Study materials for ESIC stenographer 2022 are available in the form of various online platforms, books and previous year question papers. A few of their names are mentioned in the subsequent paragraphs.
Books covering the overall syllabus of ESIC stenographer and books specific to a particular subject both are available in the market.
Book Focusing solely on the ESIC Stenographer
- ESIC Upper Division Clerk (UDC) Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) & Stenographer Phase 1 Exam 2022 (Arihant Experts)
- Guide to ESIC (Employees’ State Insurance Corporation) Upper Division Clerk (UDC) & Stenographer Exam 2021 Phase I & II Paperback – 10 March 2022 by Disha Experts
- SURA’S ESIC Stenographer Preliminary Examination Book – Latest Updated Edition 2022 ( V.V.K. Subburaj)
- ESIC Steno & UDC Preparation Book by exam inspect
- Esic Ldc/Steno Exam Guide by R Gupta’s
Most of them are available in both Hindi and English medium
Books for English language and comprehension
- Objective General English by Arihant Publications
- Corrective English by AK Singh
- SP Bakshi’s “Objective General English” by Arihant Publications
- Norman Lewis’ “Word Power Made Easy”
- Complete General English Book For All Government & Competitive Exams (Objective Questions Focused) by Yashpal Sharma
- Fifty-six SSC English Topic-wise Solved Papers (Disha experts)
- Proficiency in Reading Comprehension by Arihant
Books for learning reasoning ability
- How to Crack Test of Reasoning: In all Competitive Exams (Arihant Publications)
- A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (R.S. Aggarwal)
- Kiran’s Tricky Approach to Competitive Reasoning Verbal & Non-Verbal (Fully Solved) 7000+objective
Books for learning general awareness
- Lucent GK
- General/Banking/Financial Awareness with Current Affairs for Bank Exams (Disha Experts)
- Banking Awareness by Arihant Experts
- General Knowledge 2022 by Manohar Pandey
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Video Classes for Steno Exam
Video lectures are available on the internet for the topics common to many nationwide competitive exams. They will provide an ambience like that of a classroom and the much-needed guidance of an instructor. Students, who are not very good at self-study must take advantage of platforms like this
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Previous Question Papers
| ESIC Stenographer examination 2022 | |
| Question paper 1 | ESIC Steno Paper 1 download |
| Question paper 2 | ESIC steno paper 2 download |
30-day Study Plan for ESIC Stenographer examination 2022
Now that we have a brief idea about the contents of the syllabus, the pattern of the exam and the sources where study materials are easily accessible, we have to formulate an efficient study plan. A 30-day study plan is explained in the table given below. Aspirants can either follow the same pattern or can make necessary changes to better suit their levels of experience in different subjects. Please note that the extra revision days mentioned are only for English topics as it has more weightage in the exam.
| Day | Task | Day | Task | Day | Task |
| 1 | · Grammar rules
· Verbal Reasoning · Indian history |
11 | · Comprehension reading
· Blood Relations · Science and technology |
21 | · Identical figure groupings
· Books · Day 7 revision |
| 2 | · Sentence structure
· Analogy · Indian polity
|
12 | · Antonyms and synonyms
· Coding-Decoding · Indian geography |
22 | · Forming figures and analysis
· Indian economy · Day 8 revision |
| 3 | · Articles, spellings
· Series Completion · countries, currencies, and capitals |
13 | · Sentence Rearrangement
· Assertion and Reasoning · Indian constitution |
23 | · Construction of Squares and Triangles
· Days and events · Day 9 revision |
| 4 | · Phrases and idioms
· Verification of truth of the Statement · Government schemes and policies |
14 | · Arithmetical Reasoning
· Completion Incomplete Pattern · Art and culture |
24 | · Series
· Day 10 revision · Mock test 1 · Abbreviations |
| 5 | · Active and passive voice
· Situation Reaction Test · National and internationally important events |
15 | · Operations of Mathematics
· Spotting embedded figures · Awards · Day 1 revision |
25 | · Analytical Reasoning
· Day 11 revision · Mock test 2 |
| 6 | · Parts of speech
· Direction Sense Test · Indian history |
16 | · Venn Diagrams
· Science and technology · Day 2 revision |
26 | · Paper Folding
· Books · Day 13 revision |
| 7 | · Cloze test
· Classification · Indian polity |
17 | · Word Sequence
· Indian geography · Day 3 revision |
27 | · Paper Cutting
· Indian economy · Mock test 3 |
| 8 | · Direct and indirect speech
· Data Sufficiency · countries, currencies, and capitals |
18 | · Missing Characters
· Indian constitution · Day 4 revision
|
28 | · Cubes and Dice
· Days and events · Mock test 4 |
| 9 | · Sentence correction
· Alpha-Numeric Sequence Puzzle · Government schemes and policies |
19 | · Sequential Output training
· Art and culture · Day 5 revision |
29 | · Water and mirror images
· Mock test 5 · Vocabulary revision |
| 10 | · Spotting errors
· Puzzle Test · National and internationally important events |
20 | · Dot Situation
· Awards · Day 6 revision |
30 | · Figure Matrix
· Mock test 6 · Reading comprehension revision |
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Once the entire portion is covered it’s time for practice. The rest of the days should be devoted to revisions and attempting time-bound mock tests. This will help you in not panicking or mismanaging time in the exam hall. Besides the above-discussed topics, a candidate should practice their vocabulary and current affairs daily. More importance should be given to current affairs and static general knowledge which is related to finance, economics, computer and banking as they are the ones more relevant and applicable in the case of the exam conducting corporation. These kinds of questions are more expected in insurance and banking exams. Download entri app to learn more.
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