The Staff Selection Commission’s Stenographer Grade “C” (Group B- Non-Gazetted) and Stenographer Grade “D” (Group C- Non-Gazetted) recruitment is to find the eligible personal assistants in various Ministries/ Departments organizations in the Government of India. For the selection process, the commission conducts a single-stage Computer Based Test followed by the stenography skill test. Thus hired new Stenographers will be hired in various central service departments across the country for the pay scale of Rs. 9,300-34,800 (Grade C), and Rs. 5,200-20,200 (grade D). Let’s check the previous year SSC Stenographer exam analysis in detail to familiarize with the exam pattern, and questions.
SSC Stenographer Exam Analysis 2021
The SSC Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and Grade ‘D’ Computer Based Test exam pattern is:
| Topic/ Subject | Number of
Questions |
Maximum
Marks |
Exam
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Awareness | 50 | 50 | 2 Hours |
| English Language and Comprehension | 100 | 100 | |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50 | 50 | |
| Total Marks | 200 | 200 |
Based on their performance in this CBT, the commission then conducts the Stenography skill test for all shortlisted candidates. Since the SSC Stenographer 2021 exam is yet to be announced, the below-given exam analysis is based on the previous year exam programme for the same recruitment. We will update the SSC Stenographer detailed exam analysis once the exam programme is completed.
If we consider the last year overall SSC Stenographer exam Analysis then the questions were easy to moderate without any surprising elements.
|
Section
|
Difficulty
Level
|
Good
Attempts
|
|---|---|---|
| English Language | Easy-Moderate | 68-73 |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability | Easy | 45-47 |
| General Awareness and Current Affairs | Easy-Moderate | 23-27 |
| Overall | Easy-Moderate | 142-149 |
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SSC Stenographer Exam Analysis: English Language
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty
Level |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence Improvement | 10 | Easy |
| Error Detection | 10 | Moderate |
| Idioms and Phrases | 5 | Difficult |
| Para jumbles | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Antonym and Synonym | 10 | Difficult |
| Direct Indirect Sentences | 10 | Difficult |
| Active Voice and Passive Voice | 10 | Easy |
| Fillers | 10 | Easy |
| Reading Comprehensions | 15 | Easy |
| Cloze tests | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 100 | Easy-Moderate |
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General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability
Like all other SSC exams, the General Intelligence and Reasoning section in the 2020 SSC Stenographer Preliminary Exam was of Easy level.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty
Level |
|---|---|---|
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Matrix | 2 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 2 | Easy |
| Non-Verbal (Image) | 10-12 | Easy |
| Odd one out | 3-4 | Easy |
| Direction Sense Test | 2 | Easy to Moderate |
| Analogy | 7-8 | Moderate |
| Series | 6-7 | Easy to Moderate |
| Coding and decoding | 5-6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 10-12 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Easy |
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SSC Stenographer Exam Analysis: General Awareness
Some of the general awareness questions asked in the SSC Stenographer exam are:
- Who discovered Electron?
- What is the Reverse repo rate?
- Law of octaves applied on which metal?
- Who is the author of the book ‘From Purdah to Parliament’:
- Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with the Citizenship of India?
- Cricketer M. S. Dhoni was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of India in the year:
- World’s Largest Cricket Stadium is located in?
- The ‘Bhoodan Movement’ was initiated by:
- India observes 10 February and 10 August as the National ______ Days every year
- Which was the first-ever mascot for the Asian Games?
- The first-ever gold coins in India were issued by the which dynasty?
- Sake, a Japanese alcoholic beverage, is made from fermented______
- …………. is the inflammation of joints due to the accumulation of uric acid crystals
- The Sigiriya frescoes and Dambulla cave paintings are found in which country?
- The ______ is the most common unit for measuring ozone concentration
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty
Level |
|---|---|---|
| History | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Geography | 4-5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Polity | 2-3 | Difficult |
| Economics | 4-5 | Moderate |
| Biology | 7-8 | Easy to Moderate |
| Physics | 5-6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Chemistry | 5-6 | Easy to Moderate |
| Current Affairs | 12-15 | Easy to Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Awards, committees, Tribes dance forms etc.) | 7-8 | Moderate |
| Total | 50 | Easy to Moderate |
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