SSC Stenographer Recruitment 2018 - Grade C & D Notification Out: Apply Online!
SSC Stenographer Recruitment 2018: SSC has just released the official recruitment notification for Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’.Online Applications are invited by Staff Selection Commission (SSC) from 22 Oct 2018 to 19 Nov 2018 05:00 PM. This is a good opportunity if you are a 12th pass & want to work in Ministries/Departments/Organizations of Central Government. Read further to know more about SSC Stenographer Recruitment 2018 including the SSC vacancies, exam pattern, selection process, direct link to apply & much more.
Important Dates SSC Stenographer Exam 2018
| Starting Date to Apply Online | 22 Oct 2018 |
| Closing Date to Apply Online | 19 Nov 2018 05:00 PM |
| Last date for making online fee payment | 21 Nov 2018 (5.00 PM) |
| Last date for generation of offline Challan | 21 Nov 2018 (5.00 PM) |
| Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank): | 26 Nov 2018 |
| Date of Computer Based Examination | 01 Feb 2019 to 06 Feb 2019 |
SSC Stenographer Vacancies 2018
The SSC Steno Vacancies will be determined in due course of time. However, you can have a look on last years’ vacancy list.SSC has just released the official recruitment notification for Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’.| Post Name (2017) | Initial Vacancy | Updated vacancy |
| Stenographer Grade ‘D’ | 323 | 1276 |
| Stenographer Grade ‘C’ | 31 | 429 |
SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria 2018
A. Age Limit
Grade C
- Min Age – 18 years
- Max Age – 30 years
Grade D
- Min Age – 18 years
- Max Age – 27 years
Age Relaxation
| Category | Upper Age Limit/Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PwD (unreserved) | 10 years |
| PwD (OBC) | 13 years |
| Pwd (SC/ST) | 15 years |
| Ex-Servicemen | 03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application |
| Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989 | 5 years |
| Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof | 3 years |
| Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST) | 8 years |
| Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. | 40 years |
| Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. (SC/ ST) | 45 years |
| Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried. | 35 years |
| Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST ) | 40 years |
| Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces. | 45 years |
| Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces (SC/ ST) | 50 years |
| Retrenched census employees of the office of Registrar General of India (They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies ) | 3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment and weightage of past service |
B. Educational Qualification (as on 1.1.2019)
You must have passed the Class 12 from a recognized Board or University.SSC Stenographer Selection Procedure
Your SSC Stenographer Recruitment will be completed in 2 stages – Computer Based Test and Skill Test. There will be no interview for the selection.After you qualify both the stages, you will be called for Document Verification after which final selection will be made.
SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern 2018
Computer Based Test will have 3 sections –- Reasoning
- English Language
- General Awareness
| Subject | No. of Qs | Max Marks | Duration |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 2 hrs |
| General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
| English Language & Comprehension | 100 | 100 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
- Negative marks – 0.25 marks.
- On clearing the SSC Stenographer Written Test, you will be called for a Skill Test
SSC Stenographer Skill Test
- You will give a test for dictation for 10 minutes in English / Hindi.
- The speed will be 100 w.p.m for Grade C Stenographer and the speed for Grade D Stenographer will be 80 w.p.m.
- You will have to transcribe the dictation on a computer in a given amount of time.The transcription time will be:Grade C – 40 min (English), 55 min (Hindi)Grade D – 50 min (English), 65 min (Hindi)
How to Apply for SSC Stenographer 2018
- Click the Direct Link to Apply provided above.
- You have to Register first.
- Fill the Application form for registration.
- You will receive a registration number & password.
- You should note it down for future use.
- Now you can log in with your registration number & password that you have received at the time of registration.
- Go to Apply where the page will appear like this ⇓
- Click on Apply & fill the application form.
- Further, Upload your latest Photograph & Signature and complete your application form.
- Click on Submit button.
- Proceed to pay the application fees online.
- Alternatively, you can also go to the Official SSC Website.
- Repeat the instructions steps 2-9.
Application Fee
- Gen/OBC – Rs 100/-
- SC/ST/PWD – No fee
SSC Stenographer Admit Card 2018
SSC will be release the Admit Card of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ CBT 2 weeks before exam. Admit Card will be released for all the stages of selection. If you qualify CBT then you will have to appear for the Skill Test. Admit Card for Skill Test will be released by SSC only for those candidates who have successfully qualified the Written Exam.
SSC Stenographer Result
SSC Stenographer Result will be first declared for Computer Based Test. If you clear the written exam will be eligible for Skill Test. The Result for Skill Test will be declared after the same has been conducted by Staff Selection Commission of India. You have to qualify all the levels to ensure their final selection through SSC Stenographer 2018.
SSC Stenographer Cut-Off
The Cut-Off for SSC Stenographer 2018 will be declared once the result for the same has been announced by the exam conducting body i.e SSC. To get an idea into the upcoming SSC Stenographer Cut-Off 2018-19, let’s have a look at the previous year cut-off for the exam.
Official Notification for SSC Stenographer Recruitment 2018
SSC Stenographer Exam Centre
| Agra (3001) | Allahabad (3003) | Kanpur (3009) | Guna(6004) |
| Lucknow (3010) | Varanasi (3013) | Bhagalpur | Raipur(6204) |
| Bhagalpur(3201) | Patna(3206) | Mumbai(7204) | Jalandhar(1402) |
| Gangtok (4001) | Ranchi(4205) | Jalpaiguri (4408) | Kolkata (4410) |
| Sambalpur (4609) | Port Blair (4802) | Surat(7007) | Leh(1005) |
| Bengaluru (9001) | Thiruvananthapuram(9211) | Kochi(9204) | Thrissur(9212) |
| Delhi(2201) | Aurangabad(7202) | Ambikapur(6201) | Chandigarh(1601) |
| Guwahati (Dispur)(5105) | Jaipur(2405) | Jodhpur(2406) | Kota(2407) |
| Imphal(5501) | Kolhapur(7203) | Chindwara(6003) | Nagpur(7205) |
| Hyderabad (8002) | Itanagar(5001) | Dibrugarh(5102) | Jorhat(5107) |
| Chennai(8201) | Shillong(5401) | Aizwal(5701) | Kohima(5302) |
| Almora(2001) | Guntur (8001) | Chennai | Rajkot(7006) |
| Srinagar(2004) (Uttarakhand) | Madurai (8204) | Visakhapatnam (8007) | Indore(6006) |
| Rewa(6012) | Hamirpur (1202) | Alwar(2402) | Dehradun(2002) |
| Bhatinda (1401) | Kozhikode (Calicut) (9206) | Ajmer(2401) | Haldwani(2003) |
| Raipur (6204) | Dharwad (9004) | Sriganganagar(2408) | Jammu(1004) |
| Jagdalpur(6203) | Shimla(1203) | Khandwa(6009) | Churachandpur-5502 |
| Mangaluru (9008) | Udaipur(2409) | Bilaspur (6202) | Ahmedabad(7001) |
More About SSC Stenographer 2018
- 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.
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