The SSC Stenographer Exam 2023 is scheduled to be held in October-November 2023. Here we will share a detailed SSC Stenographer exam analysis done by our experts after the completion of the exam. Meanwhile the aspirants can check out the exam analysis for the CBT conducted on 17 and 18 November 2022.
SSC Stenographer exam analysis 2023 will be conducted after the exam is conducted. Till then the aspirants must go through last year's analysis to get some ideas about the exam that can help them fetch the maximum marks. Here are some of the major highlights as per the SSC Stenographer today exam analysis.
● The good number of attempts is expected to be 163 -175
● The overall difficulty level of the exam is Easy-Moderate
● There were 2 reading comprehensions which were based on Internet & Students, and Issues related to school opening after Covid.
● The Reasoning section was a bit time-consuming.
● The overall difficulty order of sections is as follows: General Awareness > Reasoning> English.
Aspirants of the upcoming SSC Stenographer exam should check out the subject-wise analysis to learn the difficulty level of each section and decide how much time to devote to each section while studying.
We have provided the detailed analysis of each subject in the table below as shift 1 of day 1 has successfully ended. We will update SSC stenographer exam analysis for the upcoming cycle on the day of the exam.
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Analysis can be used by aspirants to understand various trends of the exam to gain various insights into the exam. It will help them understand important topics, difficulty level, good attempts, topic-wise weightage and many more such pieces of information.
We have provided the exam analysis of shift 1 of SSC Stenographer conducted on 18 November 2022 to give the aspirants an insight into the types and levels of the questions asked. Below, we have provided the detailed SSC Stenographer exam analysis 18 November 2022 for all shifts.
This section contains a total of 100 questions and the overall difficulty level of the SSC Stenographer English section was easy. The number of good attempts can be considered 85 to 90. Take a look at the SSC Stenographer exam analysis for English in the table below.
Topics |
Number of Questions (Shift 1) |
Reading Comprehension |
15 |
Synonyms/ Antonyms |
10-12 |
Idiom & Phrases |
5-6 |
Para jumbles |
3-4 |
Error Spotting |
5-8 |
Sentence Improvement |
8-10 |
Active Passive Voice |
10-12 |
Direct/ Indirect Speech |
10-12 |
Fill in the Blanks |
4-5 |
One Word Substitution |
2-3 |
Correct Spelling (Misspelt) |
1 |
Cloze Test |
10 |
Total |
100 |
According to the feedback received from the candidates, the reasoning section was time taken as a few questions needed keen attention and rigorous calculations. The major focus of the area was Puzzle, Number & Alphabet series, Coding-decoding, Syllogism, and Mathematical operators. The overall difficulty level was easy to moderate.
Topics |
Number of Questions (Shift 1) |
Papercutting & folding |
3 |
Counting figures |
1 |
Analogy |
1-2 |
Puzzle |
4-5 |
Calendar |
1 |
Arithmetic Reasoning |
2 |
Number and word Series |
4-5 |
Classification |
1-2 |
Coding decoding |
3-4 |
Distance direction test |
3 |
Mirror Image |
1 |
Logical Venn diagram/ syllogism |
3-4 |
Figure series |
1-2 |
Number set |
0-1 |
Mathematical operators |
4-5 |
Arrangement of word |
0-1 |
According to aspirants this section was a bit difficult as compared to the other sections. The majority of questions were asked from Indian History, Static GK, Current Affairs and General Science. Check out the detailed SSC Stenographer Exam Analysis for General Awareness section below.
Topics |
Number of Questions (Shift 1) |
History |
5-6 |
Geography |
1-2 |
Polity |
0-1 |
Economics |
1-2 |
Biology |
0-1 |
Physics |
2-3 |
Chemistry |
0-1 |
Static GK |
10-12 |
Current Affairs |
5-8 |
Sports |
1-2 |
Miscellaneous |
3-4 |
Aspirants can find the section-wise SSC Stenographer Exam analysis 17 November 2022 below which will help them understand the essential segments of the SSC Stenographer syllabus and estimate their chances of clearing the exam.
The maximum number of questions from the following topics of the syllabus were - Analogy, Logical Venn Diagram, Syllogism, and Mathematical operators. The number of good attempts for the General Intelligence and Reasoning section would be between 43 to 46.
Topics |
No. of Questions (Shift 1) |
No. of Questions (Shift 2) |
No. of Questions (Shift 3) |
Paper Cutting & folding |
2- 3 |
0-1 |
1 |
Counting of Triangles |
1 |
1-2 |
1 |
Analogy |
4-5 |
4-5 |
4-5 |
Blood Relation |
1 |
2-3 |
1 |
Puzzle |
2 |
2-3 |
2 |
Number and word Series |
8 |
6-8 |
6-7 |
Classification |
0-1 |
0 |
0 |
Arithmetic Reasoning |
0 |
3-4 |
3-4 |
Statement & Conclusion |
2-3 |
2-3 |
0-1 |
Calendar |
1 |
1-2 |
1 |
Coding decoding |
2 |
3-4 |
2-3 |
Distance direction test |
2 |
2-3 |
2 |
Logical Venn diagram/ syllogism |
4-5 |
4-5 |
3-4 |
Number set |
0-1 |
2-3 |
2-3 |
Mathematical operators |
4-5 |
3-4 |
4-5 |
Arrangement of word |
1-2 |
3-4 |
2-3 |
According to feedback, the overall difficulty level of the General Knowledge section was moderate. The maximum number of questions were asked from - Current Affairs, History and Static GK. The number of good attempts for the General Awareness section can be estimated at 40 to 44.
Topics |
No. of Questions (Shift 1) |
No. of Questions (Shift 2) |
No. of Questions (Shift 3) |
History |
3-4 |
3-4 |
4-5 |
Geography |
3 |
2-3 |
2-3 |
Polity |
2-3 |
1-2 |
2-3 |
Economics |
1 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
Biology |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Physics |
1 |
1-2 |
2-3 |
Chemistry |
1-2 |
2 |
2-3 |
Static GK |
5-6 |
6-8 |
6-7 |
Current Affairs |
6-7 |
7-8 |
12-14 |
Sports |
2-3 |
2-3 |
3-4 |
Art and Culture |
0 |
4-5 |
2-3 |
According to feedback, the English language section's difficulty level was between easy and moderate. The maximum number of questions were from Synonyms and Antonyms followed by Active and Passive voice and Direct/ Indirect Speech. The number of good attempts for the English section could be between 80 to 85.
Name of the Topic |
Number of Questions (Shift 1) |
Number of Questions (Shift 2) |
Number of Questions (Shift 3) |
Reading Comprehension |
10-15 |
10-12 |
12-15 |
Synonyms/ Antonyms |
10-12 |
10-12 |
8-10 |
Idiom & Phrases |
5-8 |
5-6 |
5-6 |
Para jumbles |
3-4 |
4-5 |
3-4 |
Error Spotting |
4-5 |
5-6 |
1-2 |
Sentence Improvement |
2-3 |
2-3 |
4-5 |
Active Passive Voice |
9-11 |
5-6 |
8-10 |
Direct/ Indirect Speech |
7-8 |
4-5 |
8-10 |
Fill in the Blanks |
2-3 |
4-5 |
2-3 |
One Word Substitution |
3-4 |
2-3 |
4-5 |
Cloze Test |
5-6 |
10-12 |
12-15 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
The SSC Stenographer exam analysis will assist the aspirants in their preparation for the upcoming exam. The SSC Stenographer exam 2020 was conducted in multiple shifts through the online mode.
Sections |
SSC Stenographer Good Attempts |
Difficulty Level |
English Language |
64-73 |
Easy to Moderate |
General Intelligence |
45-49 |
Mostly Easy |
General Awareness |
21-25 |
Easy to Moderate |
Overall |
140-145 |
Easy to Moderate |
There were questions from the following topics - Sentence Improvement, Cloze Test, Error detection, Synonyms/Antonyms, Direct and Indirect speech, Active/Passive voice, etc, in the English section. The maximum number of questions in most question papers were from the Cloze Test.
Topics |
No of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Sentence Improvement |
10 |
Easy |
Error Detection |
10 |
Moderate |
Idioms or Phrases |
5 |
Difficult |
Parajumbled |
5 |
Easy to Moderate |
Antonym/Synonym |
10 |
Difficult |
Direct/Indirect |
10 |
Difficult |
Active/Passive |
10 |
Easy |
Fillers |
10 |
Easy |
3 RC |
15 |
Easy |
2 Cloze test |
15 |
Moderate to Difficult |
Total |
100 |
Easy to Moderate |
The maximum questions are often asked from the Static GK, History and General Science topics in the GK section. Aspirants can take a look at the following questions to get a brief idea about the nature of the questions.
● Which of the following committees is related to BCCI?
● Who is the first man in the International Court of Justice of India?
● Which of the following are sessions of the Indian Parliament?
● Who established Vikramshila University?
● The Macmohan line is situated between?
● Who discovered Electron?
For the General Intelligence and Reasoning section, aspirants must pay more attention to the following topics
● Matrix - 1
● Dice - 1
● Distance and Direction Test - 1
● Mirror Image - 1
● Pattern Completion - 2
● Embedded figures - 2
● Paper Cutting & Folding - 2
● Statements & Conclusion - 2
● Word formation: 2 -3
● Mathematical Operations - 1
● Analogy - 5-6
● Miscellaneous 10-12
Aspirants should have a deep insight about the difficulty level of an exam is the number of good attempts. The good attempts in the exam depend on the difficulty level of questions, the number of candidates who appeared in the exam, and the average attempts made by candidates. We will provide the SSC Stenographer good attempts 2023 after the exam.
Subjects |
SSC Stenographer Good Attempts (Shift 1) |
Good Attempts (Shift 2) |
Good Attempts (Shift 3) |
English Language |
80 - 85 |
84 - 88 |
84 - 88 |
General Intelligence |
43 - 46 |
43 - 45 |
42 - 46 |
General Awareness |
40 - 44 |
38 - 42 |
32 - 36 |
Overall |
163 -175 |
165- 175 |
158- 170 |
If the exam is extremely difficult according to the SSC Stenographer exam analysis, the number of good attempts will be low, and vice versa. This is the reason finding out the difficulty level of the exam by going through the previous year analysis is very important in the next section. Meanwhile, we have added the difficulty level of Day 1 according to the SSC Stenographer Exam Analysis in the table below.
Sections |
SSC Stenographer Difficulty Level (Shift 1) |
SSC Stenographer Difficulty Level (Shift 2) |
SSC Stenographer Difficulty Level (Shift 3) |
English Language |
Easy-Moderate |
Easy-Moderate |
Easy-Moderate |
General Intelligence or Reasoning |
Easy |
Easy-Moderate |
Easy-Moderate |
General Awareness |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate-Difficult |
Overall |
Easy-Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Ans. It is beneficial for candidates to check the SSC Stenographer Exam Analysis to understand the structure and nature of the question paper. It provides a tentative structure for the upcoming exam and even highlights the topics that are often repeated in the exam. Hence, by going through the exam analysis, candidates can curate an appropriate preparation plan and achieve their desired result.
Ans. As mentioned above, we will update the SSC Stenographer analysis on this page once the exam is conducted. Candidates need not go to different pages to find the shift-wise analysis, as we will add all the data here for their convenience.
Ans. In previous years, the average difficulty level of the SSC Stenographer Exam was suggested as moderate by the candidates. The difficulty level is not very likely to change for the upcoming exam and candidates can go through the SSC Stenographer paper analysis for each section to understand which topics are more important than others.
Ans. The number of good attempts in the SSC Stenographer Exam analysis denotes the average number of questions that the candidates got right in the exam. It is directly related to the difficulty level of the question paper as the more difficult the exam, the less will be the number of good attempts.
Ans. You can read a previous year SSC Stenographer exam analysis on the page above. You will find the analysis of each section along with the number of questions asked from each topic and the difficulty level of the questions. This way you can predict the difficulty level of the upcoming exam and find out which sections require more attention during preparation.
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