(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE EMPLOYMENT NEWS/ROZGAR SAMACHAR DATED 31.05.2014)
SSC Stenographers Grade ‘C’ & Stenographers Grade ‘D’ Posts Recruitment 2014 Staff Selection Commission
STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION
Date of Exam: 14.09.2014
Closing Date : 27.06.2014
NOTICE
STENOGRAPHERS (GRADE ‘C’ & ‘D’) EXAMINATION, 2014
“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER BALANCE AND WOMAN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.”
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
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Commission will hold a Combined All India Open Examination for recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and Grade ‘D’ for which 12th Standard Pass from a recognized board/university is the minimum qualification. The Examination will comprise of a Written Objective Type Examination followed by Skill Test in Stenography at 100 w.p.m. and 80 w.p.m. for Stenographer Grade ‘C’ &’D’ respectively.
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The Commission will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications for the eligibility and other aspects at the time of written examination and, therefore, the candidature is accepted only provisionally. The candidates are advised to go through the requirements of educational qualification, age etc. and satisfy themselves that they are eligible before applying. Copies of supporting documents will be sought only from those candidates who qualify for the skill test. At the time of scrutiny if any claim made in the application is not found substantiated, the candidature will be cancelled. The Commission’s decision shall be final.
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BEFORE APPLYING, CANDIDATES IN THEIR OWN INTEREST ARE ADVISED TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. THIS NOTICE IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OF THE COMMISSION: http://ssc.nic.in. Candidates are advised that skill test in stenography is mandatory and, therefore, those without knowledge of stenography should avoid applying for the examination.
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Candidates seeking reservation benefits available for SC/ST/OBC/PH/EXS must ensure that they are entitled to such reservation as per eligibility prescribed in the Notice. They should also be in possession of the certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claim at the time of skill test. Copies of the certificate, etc. will be sought at the time of Skill Test of Stenography.
5.
Candidates with visual disability of 40% and more only would be considered as VISUALLY HANDICAPPED (VH) for availing reservation for VH, wherever, such reservation is applicable.
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Central Government civilian employees claiming age relaxation should be in possession of a certificate in the prescribed format from their office in respect of the length of continuous service which should be for not less than three years in the immediate period preceding the closing date for receipt of application or on the time of skill test. They should continue to have the status of Central Government civilian employees from the date of application till the time of appointment, in the event of their selection.
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FEE: RUPEES ONE HUNDRED ONLY(Rs.100) payable through CRF Stamps for off-line application or SBI Challan or on line payment through SBI in the case of on-line application. Fee is exempted for all Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Physically Handicapped, and Ex-Servicemen eligible for reservation, as per Government orders.
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CLOSING DATE: 27-06-2014 (upto 5 P.M.). For candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and for candidates residing abroad – 03-07-2014 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED LATE WILL BE REJECTED and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard . COMMISSION WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR POSTAL DELAY.
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Only a single application will be entertained. IN CASE OF MULTIPLE ONLINE APPLICATIONS, THE LAST APPLICATION FOR WHICH PART.I AND PART.II REGISTRATION HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WILL BE ACCEPTED. IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE OFF-LINE APPLICATIONS, THE CONCERNED REGIONAL OFFICE WILL ACCEPT ANY ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS AT THEIR DISCRETION.
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MOBILES INCLUDING EARPHONES AND CONNECTED CORDS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC GADGETS ARE BANNED WITHIN THE PREMISES OF THE EXAMINATION CENTRES. POSSESSION OF SUCH EQUIPMENT WHETHER IN USE OR IN SWITCH OFF MODE,DURING THE EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS USE OF UNFAIR MEANS. CANDIDATURE OF SUCH CANDIDATES WILL BE CANCELLED. THEY WILL BE LIABLE FOR FURTHER ACTION INCLUDING INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND DEBARMENT FROM COMMISSION’S EXAMINATION UPTO 3(THREE) YEARS, AS MAY BE DECIDED BY THE COMMISSION.
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THE COMMISSION ENCOURAGES CANDIDATES TO APPLY ON-LINE. SUBMISSION OF ‘ON-LINE’ APPLICATION AVOID DATA DISCREPANCIES NON/WRONG DELIVERY OF ADMIIT CARDS etc. AS ADMIT CARD CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE OF THE COMMISSION. CANDIDATES DESIROUS OF SUBMITTING ON LINE APPLICATIONS MAY DO SO. SUCH CANDIDATES SHOULD RETAIN THEIR REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THEM ON LINE FOR CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COMMISSION. THEY SHOULD NOT SUBMIT PRINT OUTS OF THEIR APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSION. THE FACILITY OF ON-LINE APPLICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT WEBSITE http://ssc.online.nic.in UPTO 25-06-2014(5:00 PM) FOR PART-I REGISTRATION AND FOR PART-II REGISTRATION UPTO 27-06-2014(5.00 P.M.).
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Candidates must carry at least one photo bearing IDENTITY PROOFin original suchas Driving Licence, Voter Card, Aadhaar Card, Identity Card issued by University/College, Income Tax Pan Card etc to the examination centre, failing which THEY SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO APPEAR INTHE EXAMINATION.
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In case the scanned photograph(s) appearing in the Commission’s copy of Admission certificate and/ or on Attendance sheet is not clear invigilators are required to verify the identity of the candidate with reference to the photo ID Proof and get colour photographs pasted on the Commission’s copy of Admission certificate and or on Attendance sheet. Accordingly candidates should bring passport size colour photographs for affixing it in the Commission’s copy of Admission certificate in the presence of Invigilators. Candidates not carrying photographs will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
Staff Selection Commission will hold on Sunday, the 14th September 2014, an All India Open Competitive Examination for recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade „C‟ ( Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted ) in Pay Band 2 plus Grade Pay as admissibleand Stenographer Grade „D‟ (Group ‘C’ Non-Technical) in Pay Band 1 plus Grade Pay as admissible in various Central Government Ministries / Departments / Offices.2. VACANCIES / RESERVATION
(i)(a) Tentative vacancies for Stenographers Grade „C‟ : 38 (UR-27,SC-1,ST-06,OBC-4, OH-1, VH-NIL, EX.SERVICEMEN-NIL)
(b) Tentative vacancies for Stenographers Grade „D‟ : 496(UR-300, SC-62,ST-33.OBC-101,OH-11, VH-02,EX.SERVICEMEN-19). (c) Vacancies reserved for physical (handicapped persons and Ex.Servicemen are horizontal). (ii) Reservation for SC/ST/OBC/ExS/PH/ etc. categories is available as per extant Govt. Orders.(iii) Vacancies of Stenographer Grade „C‟ are in Ministries/Departments of Central Government,located mostly in Delhi.(iv)Vacancies of Stenographer Grade „D‟ are for Ministries/Departments of Central Government including Attached/Subordinate offices located in States and Union Territories allover the country.NOTE:All the posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL)i.e. the candidate, on selection, may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.(v) The posts have been identified suitable for the persons suffering from disabilities of forty percent and aboveof One Leg(OL), Both Legs(BL), Partially Blind(PB) and Blind(B).3. NATIONALITY / CITIZENSHIP:A candidate must be either:(a) a citizen of India, or(b) a subject of Nepal, or(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January,1962, with the
intention of permanently settling in India, or (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania(Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar),Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India. 4(A) AGE LIMIT: 18-27 years as on 01.08.2014(Candidates born not before 02-08-1987 and not later than01-08-1996).Note I: Candidate should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation / Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate available on the date of submission of application will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age eligibility and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted .4.(B) Permissible relaxation of Upper age limit prescribed under para 4(A) above :Category-Codes for claiming Age Relaxation as on the date of reckoning :
Code No.
Category
Age-Relaxation permissible beyond the Upper age limit
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SC/ST
5 years
02
OBC
3 years
03
PH
10 years
04
PH + OBC
13 years
05
PH + SC/ST
15 years
06
Ex-Servicemen ( Unreserved / General )
03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on 01.08.2014
07
Ex-Servicemen (OBC)
06 years ( 3 years + 3 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on 01.08.2014
08
Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)
08 years ( 3 years + 5 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual
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For Stenographer Grade „C‟ Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( General/Unreserved ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date
Upto 5 years
13
Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( OBC ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date
Upto 08(5+3) years
14
Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( SC/ST ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date
Upto 10(5+5)years of age
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For Stenographer Grade „D‟ Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( General/Unreserved ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date
Up to 40 years of age
18
Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( OBC ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date
Up to 43 years of age
20
Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ST ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date
Up to 45 years of age
21
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( Unreserved/General )
5 years
22
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( OBC )
8 years
23
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( SC/ST)
10 years
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For Group „C‟ post only – Post of Stenographer Grade „D‟Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( Unreserved/General )
Up to 35 years of age
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Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( OBC )
Up to 38 years of age
26
Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( SC/ST )
Up to 40 years of age
27
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof( Unreserved/General )
05 years
28.
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof(OBC )
8 (3+5) years
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Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof(SC/ST)
10 (5+5) years
33
Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces( Unreserved/General )
Up to 45 years of age
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Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces ( OBC )
Up to 48 years of age
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Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces( SC/ST )
Up to 50 years of age
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For Stenographer Grade „D‟ Retrenched census employees of Office of Registrar General of India (Unreserved/General )( They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject toavailability of vacancies )
3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment andweightage of past service.
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Retrenched census employees of Office of Registrar General of India ( OBC )(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 andweightage of past service + 3 years
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Retrenched census employees of Office of Registrar General of India ( SC/ST )( 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 andweightage of past service + 5 years
NOTE-I:-The closing date of application will be treated as the date of reckoning of OBC status of the candidate and also for determining the creamy layer status. NOTE-II: Ex-servicemen who have already secured employment in civil side under Central Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ posts on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment are NOTeligible for fee concession or for claiming benefits of reservation under EXS category.However, they are eligible for age relaxation only as per rules.NOTE-III:The period of “Call up Service” of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for purpose of age relaxationas per rules.
NOTE-IV : For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated as Ex-Serviceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of reservation, he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his application for the Post / Service, the status of ex-serviceman and /or is in a position to establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that he would complete specified term of engagement from the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one year from the CLOSING DATE ( i.e 27-06-2014 ) or otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency. EXPLANATION: An „ex-serviceman‟ means a person-
(i)Who “has” served in any rank whether as a combatant or noncombatant in the Regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the IndianUnion, and
(a)who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his or her pension; or
(b)who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awaded medical or other disability pension; or
(c) who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment; and
(ii)who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity; and includes personnel of the Territorial Army, namely, pension holders for continuous embodied service or broken spells of qualifying service; or
(iii)personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service with pension, or are released from the Army Postal service on medical grounds attributable to of aggravated by military service or circumstance beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
(iv)Personnel, whowere on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14thApril,1987; or
(v) Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of Territorial Army; or
(vi)Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical disability pension.
NOTE- V:AGE CONCESSION IS NOT ADMISSIBLE TO SONS, DAUGHTERS AND DEPENDENTS OF EX-SERVICEMEN.NOTE-VI: Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces, i.e. only those who are due for release from the Army during the period 28-06-2014to 27-06-2015are eligible for age-relaxation. Such candidates are not entitled to any concession in fee. Such candidates will be eligible to compete only for vacancies in Armed Forces Headquarters and Inter-Service Organisation, which are not reserved for Ex-servicemen, in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies.Note VII: As per Supreme Court direction dated 24.02.1995 in Appeal No.731-69 of 1994, Age relaxation will be available for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘D’ in the O/o RGI(Registrar General of India) for retrenched Census employees as under :
(i)Age relaxation by 3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment ,
(ii) Weightage of past service.
4(C) : PROCESS OF CERTIFICATION AND FORMAT OF CERTIFICATES : Candidates who wish to be considered against vacancies reserved or seek age-relaxation must submit requisite certificate from the competent authority, in the prescribed format at the time of Skill Test. Otherwise, their claim for SC/ST/OBC/PH/ExS/ status will not be entertained and their candidature/applications will be considered under General (UR) category. The formats of the certificates are annexed. Candidates claiming OBC status may note that certificate on creamy layer status should have been issued on or after 28-06-2011 three years before the last date of receipt of application i.e. 27.06.2014. Certificate issued up-to the completion of the last tier of examination i.e. skill test will be accepted by the Commission. NOTE : Candidates are warned that they may be permanently debarred from the examination conducted by the Commission in case they fraudulently claim SC/ST/OBC/ExS/PH status. 4(D) Visually handicapped (VH) candidates with visual disabilities of forty percent and above can avail the assistance of Scribe to be provided by the Commission in the written examination subject to such request of scribe being made in the application form. No attendant will be allowed with candidates inside the examination hall. Provision of Compensatory Time : The Visually Handicapped candidates will be allowed compensatory time in the examination the details of which are given in para 8 under the Heading “Scheme of Examination.” NOTE : Persons with visual disability of less than forty percent will not be considered as visually handicapped persons. One eyed candidates and partially blind candidates who are able to read the normal Question Paper set for all the candidates with or without magnifying glass and who wish to write/indicate the answer with the help of Magnifying Glass will be allowed to use the same in the Examination Hall and will not be entitled to a Scribe. Such candidates will have to bring their own Magnifying Glass to the Examination Hall. 5. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: ( As on 01.08.2014) Must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent from a recognizedBoard or University.NOTE-I: As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification No. 44 dated 01.03.1995 published in Gazette of India edition dated 08.04.1995, the Degree obtained through open Universities/Distance Education Mode needs to be recognized by Distance Education Council, IGNOU. Accordingly, unless such Degrees had been recognized for the period when the candidates acquired the relevant qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.Note –II: Candidates who have not acquired but will acquire the educational qualification and acquire documentary evidence from the Board/University in support thereof as on 01.08.2014will also be eligible.Note-III: All candidates who are called for appearing at the Skill Testwill be required to produce the relevant Certificate in Original such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificate, etc. as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before 01.08.2014failing which the candidature of such candidatewill be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut off date and he/she has been declared passed, will also be considered to have not the required Educational Qualification.
6. MODE OF PAYMENT : FEE PAYABLE Rs. 100 (Rupees One Hundred only) (i) For the candidates sending the application by post: The candidates submitting Paper application should pay the fee by means of “Central Recruitment Fee Stamps(CRFS)”only . CRFS are available at the counter of all Departmental Post Offices of the country. Recruitment Fee Stamps should be pasted on the application form in the space earmarked for the purpose and got cancelled from the Counter of Post Office of issue with the date stamp of the Issuing Post Office in such a manner that the impression or the cancellation stamp partially overflows on the Application Form itself, taking care at the same time that the impression is clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and Post Office of issue at any subsequent stage. After getting the Recruitment Fee Stamps cancelled from the Post Office, the candidate must submit their application to the concerned Regional Office/Sub Regional Offices of the Commission in the usual manner after completing other formalities. Application with CRFS not cancelled by the post office will be rejected outright. (ii) For the candidates submitting their applications on-line: The candidates submitting their applications on-line should pay the requisite fee as per instructions in Annexure-II(B). NOTE : Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances. 7. CENTRES OF EXAMINATION A candidate must carefully indicate the centre in the Application Form in respect of the Examination.A candidate must submit his/her application only to the concerned Regional/Sub Regional Office of the Commission under whose jurisdiction the Centre selected by him / her falls. Application received in any other Regional/Sub Regional Office of the Commission will be rejected summarily.The applications should be addressed to the Regional / Sub-Regional Offices of the Commissionas indicated in the table below:-
Sl.No.
Examination Centres & Centre Code
Address to which the applications should be sent
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2
3
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Bhagalpur(3201), Darbhanga(3202), Muzaffarpur(3205), Agra(3001), Bareilly(3005), Gorakhpur(3007) , Kanpur(3009),Meerut(3011), Varanasi(3013), Allahabad(3003), Patna(3206), Lucknow(3010)
Regional Director(CR),Staff Selection Commission,21-23 Lowther Road, Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh-211002
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Kolkata(4410), Midnapur(4413), Port Blair(4802), Sambalpur(4609), Gangtok(4001), Jalpaiguri(4408), Bhubaneshwar(4604), Cuttack(4605), Ranchi(4205),
Regional Director (ER),Staff Selection Commission,1stMSO Building,(8thFloor) 234/4 . Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal-700020
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Bangalore(9001), Thiruvananthapuram(9211), Kochi(9204), Thrissur(9212), Gulbarga(9005), Mangalore(9008), Dharwar(9004),Kozhikode (Calicut) (9206)
Regional Director(KKR),Staff Selection Commission,1stFloor, “E” Wing, Kendriya Sadan,Koramangala, Bangalore,Karnataka-560034
4.
Delhi(2201), Jaipur(2405), Jodhpur(2406), Kota(2407), Bikaner(2404), Udaipur(2409), Ajmer(2401), Alwar(2402) Sriganganagar(2408), Dehradun(2002), Haldwani(2003),Almora(2001),Srinagar(2004) (Uttarakhand)
Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission,Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504
5.
Guwahati (Dispur)(5105), Itanagar(5001),Dibrugarh(5102), Jorhat(5107),Silchar(5111),Imphal(5501), Shillong(5401), Aizwal(5701), Kohima(5302),Agartala(5601), Churachandpur-5502
Regional Director(NER),Staff Selection Commission,Housefed Complex, West End Block, Last Gate, Beltola Basistha Road,Dispur Guwahati,Assam-781006
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Hyderabad(8002), Guntur(8001), Kurnool(8003), Rajahmundry(8004), Tirupati(8006), Coimbatore(8202), Chennai(8201), Madurai(8204), Puducherry(8401), Tirunelveli(8207), Tiruchirapalli(8206), Vishakhapatnam (8007)
Regional Director (SR),Staff Selection Commission,EVK Sampath Building, 2ndFloor, College Road, Chennai,Tamil Nadu-600006
7.
Aurangabad(7202), Mumbai(7204), Kolhapur(7203), Nagpur(7205), Panaji(7801), Pune(7208), Ahmedabad(7001), Vadodara(7002), Rajkot(7006),Nashik (7207),Amravati (7201),Surat(7007)
Regional Director (WR), Staff Selection Commission,1stFloor, South Wing, Pratishta Bhawan, 101 M.K. Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400020
8.
Ambikapur(6201), Indore(6006), Jabalpur(6007), Jagdalpur(6203), Chindwara(6003), Chattarpur(6002), Guna(6004), Mandsaur(6010), Jhabua(6008), Khandwa(6009), Rewa(6012), Raipur(6204), Bhopal(6001), Gwalior(6005), Bilaspur(6202)
Dy. Director (MPR),Staff Selection Commission,J-5 Anupam Nagar,Raipur(CG)-492001
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Ambala(1801), Jalandhar(1402),Leh(1005) Chandigarh(1601), Jammu(1004), Srinagar(1007), Shimla(1203),Bhathinda (1401)Hamirpur (1202), Baramula-1002
Dy. Director (NWR), Staff Selection Commission,Block No. 3, Gr. Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sector-9, Chandigarh-160017
NOTE I: No request for change of Centre of Examination will be entertained. NOTE II: The Commission reservesthe right to cancel any Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from another centre. Commission also reserves the right to divert candidates of any centre to some other Centre to take the examination. 8. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION: The examination will consist of a WRITTEN EXAMINATION and SKILL TEST in stenography.
(A)SCHEME OF THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND SYLLABUS
The written examination will consist of one objective type paper as shown below :
Date of Exam
Part
Subject
Maximum Marks
Total Duration / Timing for General candidates
Total Duration/ Timing for Visually Handicapped candidates
14-09-2014 (Sunday)
I
General Intelligence & Reasoning ( 50 questions )
50
2 Hours 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon
2 Hours 40 mins 10.00 A.M. to 12.40 PM
II
General Awareness ( 50 questions )
50
III
English Language and Comprehension ( 100 questions )
100
NOTE-III: Any representation regarding answer key of the written examination will be scrutinized and the decision of the Commission in this regard will be final and no further representation will be entertained. NOTE-IV: Commission reserves the right to introduce additional stage of examination which would be notified at suitable time, if considered necessary.SYLLABUSGeneral Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The test will include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate‟s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation and other analytical functions. General Awareness: Questions will be designed to test the ability of the candidate‟s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research etc. These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
NOTE-I : The questions except in Part III will be set both in English & Hindi. NOTE-II: There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
NOTE : For VH candidates of 40% and above visual disability and opting for SCRIBE there will be no component of Maps/Graphs/Diagrams/Statistical Data in the General Intelligence & Reasoning / General Awareness Paper. English Language & Comprehension : In addition to the testing of candidates’ understanding of the English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc. his/her writing ability, would also be tested. (B) SKILL TEST IN STENOGRAPHY: Candidates who obtain the qualifying marks in the Written Examination as may be prescribed by the Commission will only be called for the Skill Test. It may also prescribe qualifying marks in each part of the Written Examination. THE SKILL TEST WILL BE OF QUALIFYING NATURE and the Commission will fix the qualifying standards in the skill test for different categories of candidates. The candidates will have to appear for the stenography test. The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English / Hindi at the speed of 100 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade „C‟ and 80 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade „D‟. The matter will have to be transcribed on computer only . The transcription time is as follows:- For Stenographer Grade „D‟ : 50 minutes ( English ) 65 minutes ( Hindi ) For Stenographer Grade „C‟: 40 minutes ( English ) 55 Minutes ( Hindi ) NOTE:(1)If the candidates do not indicate the medium of STENOGRAPHY TEST in Column No.14 ofthe Application Form, the Commission will consider ENGLISH as the medium of STENOGRAPHY TEST for such candidates.(2)There is no exemption from skill test for any category of candidates.
(3)Candidates who opt to take the Stenography Test in Hindi will be required to learn English Stenography and vice versa after their appointment.
(4) VH candidates will be required to transcribe the matter in 75 minutes for English Shorthand or in 100 minutes for Hindi Shorthand for the post of Stenographer Grade „D‟ and in 70 minutes for English Shorthand test and in 95 minutes for Hindi Shorthand test for the post of Stenographer Grade „C‟.
(5) The SKILL TEST will be held at the Commission‟s Regional/Sub Regional Offices or at other Centres as may be decided by the Commission. <img lang="e