SSC Stenographer Exam Guide 2026
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📊 Exam Information 1
| Title Name | Sample Link | Buy Link |
|---|---|---|
| PRAGYAN : Monthly Current Affairs October 2024 | to Buy |
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
| Book | Author | Publisher | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | Disha Experts | Disha | General Knowledge by Disha is one of the best books for General Awareness which covers topics like sports, polity, current economic reforms, government policies, international affairs, important days, etc. |
| General Awareness | Arihant Experts | Arihant | This book helps you to prepare for the exam strategically, you can find many unsolved example questions. |
| General Awareness | Lucent Experts | Lucent | This book is a good reference for preparing the static as well as the current affairs section. |
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
| Book | Author | Publisher | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Objective General English | SP Bakshi | Arihant | You can find many examples of various topics like synonyms, antonyms, Sentence Correction, etc; you can get many unsolved problems that help you in boosting confidence. |
| Objective English for Competitive exams | Hari Mohan Prasad | McGraw Hill | This book is one of the best books where you can find many solved questions and you can also find the various topics covered. |
| Objective English | Thorpe | Pearson | This book is one of the best books for the English Language where you can go through the many example questions, model papers solved questions, etc. |
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
| Book | Author | Publisher | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability for Competitive Exam | Nikshit N Sinha | Pearson | The Reasoning ability for Competitive exam is one of the best books for General Intelligence and Reasoning as you can get more number of solved questions and model papers regarding the examination. |
| Analytical Reasoning | MK Pandey | BSC | This book is more comprehensive and it helps you to solve the questions easily. |
| A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning | RS Aggarwal | S Chand | This book helps you in understanding the concepts and you can find many unsolved example questions and model papers. |
📊 Post Name & Classification Details
| Day | General Awareness | General Intelligence & Reasoning | English Language & Comprehension |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Idea on Ancient History: Harappa Civilization Gupta Dynasty, Cholas, Pallavas, Rasthrakutas | Classification | Reading Comprehension |
| 2 | Modern History: Revolt of 1857, Later Mughals, Moderates & Extremists, etc | Direction & Distance | English Grammar Basics – Verbs , Noun |
| 3 | Indian Geography – Farming and Irrigation in India , Indian Rivers, etc | Analogy (Word + Letter Based) | Tenses , Articles & Conjunctions |
| 4 | General polity – Powers of President, Vice President, Rights & Powers of Supreme Court & High Court | Classification (Number + Figure Based) | Basics of Active & Passive Voice |
| 5 | GK & Current Affairs | Number Series | Spellings |
| 6 | Weekly Revision of Topics Covered | ||
| 7 | Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 8 | Indian Economic scene – Organisations, Currency, National Income, GDP (Base Year), NNP, NDP | Mixed Series | Phrases & Idiom Meaning, One Word Substitution , Fill in the Blanks and Sentence Fillers |
| 9 | Economics – Basic responsibilities of SEBI & RBI, Recent Government Schemes & Policies, GST, etc. | Alphabet Test & Word Series | |
| 10 | Polity – Union, State & Concurrent Lists, and: Indian Constitution. | Matrix, Word Formation & Arranging Words | |
| 11 | Daily Current Affairs of last 4-5 months | Degrees of Comparison, Adverbs & Subject Verb Agreement | |
| 12 | Science & Technology | Coding-Decoding | Phrase Replacement /Sentence Correction |
| 13 | Weekly Revision of Topics Covered | ||
| 14 | Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 15 | Physics : SI Units, Scalar & Vector Quantities, Inventions | Order & Ranking | Easy RC Topics on Business, Travel, History, Moral Story |
| 16 | Basics of Forces: Gravitational, Centripetal, Friction, Cohesion, Viscosity, etc. Chemistry – Atomic Structures, Types & Solutions (Refer to SSC Stenographer Previous Year Papers) | Puzzles | Vocabulary: Homonyms + Articles |
| 17 | Use of Verb with Prepositions and Fill in the Blanks | ||
| 18 | Biology – Facts related to Human Anatomy, Diseases: Caused by Bacteria, Virus, etc. (Cholera, Malaria & their vaccines-founders), etc, and Early Vedic Period, | Puzzles & Seating Arrangements | Fillers |
| 19 | Static Awareness/GK | Coded Blood Relations + Ranking | Direct & Indirect Speech |
| 20 | Weekly Revision of Topics Covered | ||
| 21 | Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 22 | Indian History – Culture & Diversity | Blood Relation (Basic + Family + Coded Relations | Error Spotting |
| 23 | |||
| 24 | Geography: Solar System, Volcanoes, Deserts, Trees, Soils, etc | Coding-Decoding | Use of Verb with Prepositions & Adverbs and Fill in the Blanks |
| 25 | Daily Current Affairs related to National & International Events, Sports, Awards & Achievements, Books & Authors, Inventions, etc | Venn Diagram | One Word Substitution |
| 26 | Direction Test & Distance | Idioms & Phrases + Sentence Correction | |
| 27 | Weekly Revision of Topics Covered | ||
| 28 | Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 29 | Biology- Basics of the Plant Kingdom and their Reproductive Functions | Number Series + Mixed Series | Cloze Test |
| 30 | All About Medieval History and its Influence of Modern History | ||
| 31 | Order & Ranking + Arranging Words | Synonyms & Antonyms | |
| 32 | Polity – CAG, Financial Emergencies, and Ideas of Different Types of Constitution (for eg., UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, etc) | Syllogism | Narration + Voice Change |
| 33 | Economic Principles, Economic Survey 2023 , Finance & Auditing, Monetary Policy, Balance of Payment Taxes, etc | Classification (Pattern + Word Based) | Cloze Test + Conjunction |
| 34 | Weekly Revision of Topics Covered | ||
| 35 | Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 36 | Polity – Fundamental Rights, Duties, Panchayat Raj System, Communalism In India, Writs & Amendments, etc. | Verbal Reasoning + Logical and dictionary order & Jumbled words | Para Jumble & Sentence Jumble |
| 37 | Weekly Current Affairs related to Nation | ||
| 38 | Chemical Compounds + Formulae (Chemistry) | Non-Verbal Reasoning + Mirror image & Hidden Image | Error Spotting |
| 39 | Principles of Law of Energy, Heat & Power, etc (Physics) | Synonyms & Antonyms | |
| 40 | Modern History – Indian Freedom Struggle , 19th Century Movements till Independence Era | Missing Number (Diagram + Matrix Based) | Reading Comprehension Modules |
| 41 | Weekly Revision of Topics Covered | ||
| 42 | Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 43 | Static Awareness | Analogies | I dioms & Phrases |
| 44 | Trending Current Affairs | Similarities & Differences | Sentence Improvement |
| 45 | Art and Culture + Awards & Honours | Coding-Decoding | Phrase Replacement |
| 46 | Countries, Currencies, and Capitals + Important Summits & Conferences | Statement & Assumptions | Cloze Test |
| 47 | Geography – Landforms, Wind and Water Action on Topography, etc | Direction & Distance | A Summation of Parts of Speech and their Usage in Error Spotting |
| 48 | Weekly Revision of Topics Covered with Analysis | ||
| 49 | Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 50 | National & International Current Affairs Related to COVID-19 + Latest Economy Budget Surveys, etc. | Syllogism | Para Jumble & Sentence Jumble |
| 51 | Non-verbal: mirror images | Reading Comprehension | |
| 52 | Brief Revision on Ancient, Medieval & Modern History + Indian Geography | Statement & Conclusion | Direct & Indirect Speech + Homonyms + Voice Change |
| 53 | Brief Revision on Polity & Economy | Dice & Cubes | Error Spotting + Spellings |
| 54 | Brief Revision on Science & Technology | Puzzles (Quant + Logical) | Alphabet Test + Word Swapping |
| 55 | Analysis of All Topics Until Now + Attempt SSC Steno Mock Tests & Quizzes | ||
| 56 | Revision Through Daily Newspapers + Test Modules + GK Notes | All About Number, Alphabet & Mixed Series | Practice advanced vocabulary with preposition + tenses + subject-verb agreement |
| 57 | Order & Ranking | ||
| 58 | Logical Diagram Program + Venn diagram program | Verbal Ability Assessment + Odd Man Out | |
| 59 | SSC Stenographer Sectional Mock Test + Analysis of Previous Year Papers + Basic Quizzes + Assessment of Commonly Asked Topics |
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q1.Are there any books that I can refer to for the SSC Stenographer skill test?
There are no specific books for skill test but the candidates can refer Speed Writing Modern Shorthand: An Easy to Learn Note Taking System, by Baker Heather, or Get Started In Shorthand Pitman 2000.
Q2.How do I choose which book is best for the SSC Stenographer Exam?
The best book is the one that completes all your syllabus in detail and is up to date. The best books as per our experts are the books of Lucent and CurrentAffairs360. You can refer to any of them.
Q3.Which SSC Stenographer Books are best for General Awareness?
The candidates must refer to the Lucent Book for General Awareness. Lucent GA Books are highly recommended for SSC Stenographer Exam. Apart from that, you can check out General Knowledge Smartbook by CurrentAffairs360.
Q4.Which SSC Stenographer Books are best for the English language?
The candidates must refer to the Objective General English Book for the English language by S.P. Bakshi. Apart from that, you can check out the English Language Smartbook by CurrentAffairs360.
Q5.Which SSC Stenographer Books are best for General Intelligence and Reasoning?
The candidates must refer to the Analytical Reasoning Book by MK Pandey for General Intelligence and Reasoning. Apart from that, you can check out General Intelligence and Reasoning Smartbook by CurrentAffairs360.
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