The SSC Stenographer Exam is conducted to recruit Stenographer for Grade C and Grade B. If you are looking to get selected in SSC Stenographer 2019, then you must know about the marks that you need to score to get selected. This is where you need to know about the SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2019. The SSC Stenographer Cut Off is the minimum marks that you need to score in the Computer Based Test to get selected. In the following post, we would be talking about the previous year SSC Stenographer Cut Off as well as the expected SSC Steno Cut Off 2019.
Expected SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2019
The SSC Steno Cut Off would depend on the following factors:
- The number of candidates appearing for the exam
- Number of vacancies
- The difficulty of the exam
- Previous year SSC Stenographer Cut Off
As the official SSC Stenographer Notification 2019 is not declared yet, we don’t know about the details like the number of vacancies and the candidates appearing for the exam. However, based on past year trends, we believe that the expected cut off would look something like this:
Expected SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2019
As you might know, there are two different grades in the SSC Steno Exam – Grade C and Grade B. Let us take a look at the SSC Stenographer Cut Off for Grade C in 2019.
Expected SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2019 for Grade C
Category | Cut Off |
General | 145 |
SC | 130 |
ST | 105 |
OBC | 140 |
OH | 120 |
VH | 105 |
Expected SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2019 For Grade D
Now, let us take a look at the SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2019 for Grade D. Usually, the cutoff for grade D are lower than Grade C. Here is our prediction for SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2019 for Grade D
Category | Cut Off |
General | 137 |
SC | 125 |
ST | 107 |
OBC | 126 |
OH | 107 |
VH | 68 |
SSC Steno Cut Off for Previous Years
We would look at the SSC Steno Cut Off for previous years. This would help you to get a better idea about the expected cutoff for SSC steno 2019.
SSC Stenographer Cutoff 2017 For Grade C
The official SSC Stenographer Cutoff 2017 for Grade C is given below:
SSC Stenographer Cut Off For Grade C | ||
Category | Cut Off | Number of Candidates Qualified |
General | 141 | 2663 |
SC | 127 | 1419 |
ST | 101 | 1454 |
OBC | 138 | 2485 |
OH | 100 | 369 |
VH | 100 | 79 |
Total | 8469 |
SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2017 For Grade D
The official cut off for Grade D is given below:
SSC Stenographer Cut Off For Grade D | ||
Category | Cut Off | Number of Candidates Qualified |
General | 134.5 | 4363 |
SC | 123.5 | 1836 |
ST | 106 | 1107 |
OBC | 124.5 | 6788 |
OH | 106 | 268 |
VH | 66 | 249 |
Ex-Serviceman | 40 | 393 |
Total | 15004 |
SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2016, 2015, 2014 For Grade C
Let us now look at the SSC Stenographer Grade C Cutoff for 2016, 2015 and 2014:
SSC Stenographer Grade C Cutoff | ||
SSC Stenographer Grade C Cutoff 2016 | SSC Stenographer Grade C Cutoff 2015 | SSC Stenographer Grade C Cutoff 2014 |
General – 120
SC – 107.50 ST – 90.25 OBC – 111.50 VH – 89.50 OH – 90 |
General – 125.75
SC – 113.50 ST – 94.75 OBC – 118.25 VH – 60 OH – 92 |
General – 130.75
SC – 114.50 ST – 104.75 OBC – 121.25 OH – 102 |
For Grade C, 5076 candidates qualified in Stage 1 of 2016, 4246 candidates in 2015, and 2602 candidates in 2014.
SSC Stenographer Cut Off 2016, 2015, 2014 For Grade D
Let us now look at the SSC Stenographer Grade D Cutoff for 2016, 2015 and 2014:
SSC Stenographer Grade D Cutoff | ||
SSC Stenographer Grade D Cutoff 2016 | SSC Stenographer Grade D Cutoff 2015 | SSC Stenographer Grade D Cutoff 2014 |
General – 107.25
SC – 94.25 ST – 75.25 OBC – 99 VH – 58.75 OH – 74 Ex-Serviceman – 20 |
General – 93
SC – 77 ST – 62.25 OBC – 81.50 VH – 25 OH – 60 Ex-Serviceman – 25 |
General – 102
SC – 81.50 ST – 70.25 OBC – 85.75 VH – 45 OH – 69 Ex-Serviceman – 25 |
SSC Stenographer Cut Off for Skill Test 2017
SSC Stenographer Grade ‘C’
Categories | SC | ST | OBC | UR | Total | OH | VH |
Cut off on % of mistakes | 7% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 7% | |
No. of candidates available | 77 | 37 | 285 | 202 | 601 | 6 | 3 |
SSC Stenographer Grade ‘D’
Categories | SC | ST | OBC | UR | Total | EXS | OH | VH |
Cut off on % of mistakes | 10% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 10% | |
No. of candidates available | 279 | 138 | 1202 | 592 | 2211 | 1 | 40 | 16 |
Some Frequently Asked Questions about SSC Stenographer Cut Off
Is there any sectional cutoff for SSC Stenographer Exam?
There are no sectional SSC Stenographer Cut Off. There is only overall cutoff which you have to score to get selected. Same applies for all SSC exams.
Does Scoring the Cut Off Guarantee Selection?
A lot of candidates think that they would get selected if they score the minimum cut off, they would get selected. However, that is not the case. The SSC would release a merit list for SSC Stenographer Exam. You would get selected only if your name/roll number feature on the merit list.
So, what is the use of SSC Stenographer CutOff?
Well, the SSC Stenographer Cut Off gives you an idea about the marks that you need to score to get through. If you have scored well above the cutoff, then that means that the possibility of being selected is very high. If you haven’t scored the cutoff, then that would indicate that you would not have a chance of getting selected. However, if you have scored just the cutoff, then it’s a 50-50 chance!
What is the SSC Stenographer Cut Off for Skill Test?
In the SSC Stenographer Exam, you have to appear for a skill test. There are no marks awarded as such for the skill test. To get selected, you would have to make minimum errors as possible. The skill test cutoff tells you about the maximum errors that you can commit and still get selected. For example, if the cut off is 7%, then your mistakes need to be less than 7%. If it is 8%, then the chances of getting selected are less.
To know more the SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern, including the skill test, click below:
SSC Stenographer Skill Test Pattern
What is the general trend observed from previous years?
As you can see, the cut off has increased year after year. This is primarily because of the general increase in the number of canidates and the competition. However, the standard of the paper has remained more or less similar.
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