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S.O.'s/Stenographer's (Grade 'B'/Grade-I) Limited Departmental

Competitive Examination
(Overview)

(A) Tentative Schedule

(i) Notification of Examination

July

(ii) Conduct of Examination

December

No age limit prescribed. The examination is confined to serving

Central Government Employees working as Assistant in the
Assistant Grade of the Central Secretariat Service. Railway Board
Sectt. Service, Intelligence Bureau, Armed Forces headquarters
Civil Services; or Stenographer Grade-C of the Central Secretariat
(B) Age - limits: Stenographers' Service/Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers'
Service/Armed
Forces
headquarters
Stenographers'
Service/Grade II of the I.B. Stenographers' Service or any post in
the Indian Foreign Service, branch 'B' and attached and
subordinate office with 5 years approved and continuous service
on the 1st of July of the year of exam.

(C) Educational Qualification

No specific educational qualification prescribed.

(D) Scheme of Examination

Part Candidates have to appear in the following

A
conventional (Essay Type) papers
1.

Noting and drafting, precis writing.

(i)

Procedure and Practice in Government of India

Secretariat and Attached offices. (For Categories
I, II and IX)

(ii)

Procedure and Practice in Government of India

Secretariat and Attached offices. (For Categories
IV, V and VI)

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(iii) Procedure and Practice in Government of India

Secretariat and Attached offices. (For Categories
VII only)
(iv) Office Procedure and Practice (For Category III)
(v)

Office Procedure and Practice (For Category VII)

(i)

General Knowledge of the constitution of India and

the Machinery of Government, Practice and
Procedure in Parliament (for categories I, II, III and
IX)

(ii)

General Knowledge of the constitution of India and

the Machinery of Government, Practice and
Procedure in Parliament (for categories IV, V,VI
and VII)

(i)

General Financial and Service Rules, (For

Category I)

(ii)

General Financial and Service Rules, (For

Category II)

(iii)

General Financial and Service Rules, (For

Category III)

(iv)

General Financial and Service Rules, (For

Category V)

(v)

General Regulations and Service Rules, (For

Category VI)

(vi)

Financial Regulations and Service Rules, (For

Category IX)

(vii)

Railway Financial and Service Rules, (For

Category III)

(viii)

Railway Financial and Service Rules, (For

Category VII)

3.

4.

5.

General Studies

Part Assessment of 5 years CRs

B
Marks

100

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