DSSSB Stenographer Examination

COMPLETE GUIDE FOR DSSSB STENOGRAPHER EXAMINATION

Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) is a recruitment board that recruits staff through various exams for various posts under the departments of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCT of Delhi). The Posts such as MTS, LDC (now JSA), Head Clerk (now ASO), Accounts Officer, Stenographer, Personal Assistant, Pharmacist, Radiographer, etc.

In this blog we will learn about the whole process of DSSSB Stenographer Examination including Tiers and Syllabus of Examination. Qualification required is minimum 12th Pass.

There are two stages of DSSSB Stenographer Examination.

• The 1st stage is Written Examination which has Objective Type questions.
• The 2nd stage is Stenography Skill Test and Typing Skill Test.

Written Examination

This is the 1st stage of this examination process which has 05 subjects. Let's talk about them through this table.

S.No.	Subject	Questions	Marks
01	General Awareness	40	40
02	General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability	40	40
03	Arithmetical & Numerical Ability	40	40
04	Test of Hindi Language & Comprehension	40	40
05	Test of English Language & Comprehension	40	40

    * For complete syllabus of each subject, you can visit the official advertisement of DSSSB.

All questions will be of Multiple Choice and there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. It is advised that aspirants should attempt only that question in which the aspirant is 100% sure. Always remember, attempting more questions will never get your selection but limited questions with 100% accuracy will always lead you to selection. My suggestion is that your preparation should be of that level that you can attempt at least 140 questions correctly. It is seen in previous years that the final merit never reached this level. So, to be at safer side you should attempt at least these many questions. There is no concept of passing in each subject. The cutoff will be made on overall score.

Once written examination is over, the commission will issue a cutoff and list of candidates who have cleared the cutoff of written examination. They will be called for Stenography and Typing Skill Test.

Shorthand Skill Test & Typing Skill Test

It is seen that a lot of aspirants mix this term and don't get exact information that there will be two different tests. One is Shorthand Test and the other is Typing Test.

• Shorthand Skill Test : The speed of dictation will be 80 words per minute. A passage of 800 words in 10 minutes by a dictator. Unlike Staff Selection Commission (SSC), there will not be electronic mode of dictation, however, in future may be this mode will be adopted. The candidates will have to transcribe their shorthand on computer. There will be not specific software on which the aspirants have to transcribe. It is simple NOTEPAD application, however, a dedicated software may be used in future.
• Typing Skill Test : This will be a separate test in which the candidates will be given a passage of 400 words in hard copy (sheet) which the candidates have to type on NOTEPAD application on computer. This test will also be of 10 minutes because the required typing speed is 40 words per minute. If a candidate completes those 400 words before the time is over, he/she can repeat the passage or can check mistakes. There will be no spell check option available.

    *  Both these tests are of qualifying nature which will have no impact on final merit.

    *  Both tests will take place on same day back to back.

    *  The mistakes allowed in Shorthand Skill Test are as follows :-

        UR - 07%, OBC, SC, ST - 10%)

    *  The mistakes allowed in Typing Skill Test are as follows ;-

        UR - 05%, OBC, SC, ST - 07%)

Once these two tests are completed, the commission will issue a list of candidates who successfully qualified the Shorthand and Typing Skill Tests and will be considered for final merit.

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