It is in the month of July that the notification for this exam comes out for the post of stenographer or section officer and in December the exam is held. UPSC prescribes no age limit and even educational qualification is not mentioned. The exam is held for the recruitment of stenographers in various central government offices including Indian Foreign Services, Railways, Intelligence Bureau, Armed Forces Headquarters etc. The interested candidates have to appear for this paper for category VIII recruitment.

What is the syllabus for this examination?

The examto select a Section officer or a Stenographer lasts for 4 days. The paper mentioned above falls under part ‘A’. The candidate should know about the functioning of Indian government and Parliament of India. They should also know about the Indian constitution and its pros and cons. The candidate should be good at general knowledge and should know what is happening around the world.

How much time is given to complete this paper?

It is a 2 hours paper and total marks are 100.

How the paper looks like?

The paper is printed only in English and a candidate has to answer 5 questions in all. Question 1 is a compulsory question though internal choices are available. It is of 20 marks. Next there are 2 sections namely ‘A’ and ‘B’. In each of the 2 sections there are 3 questions of 20 marks each and 2 are to be attempted from both the sections. Every question is divided into 3-4 sub parts so they are short answer type questions of 4-5 marks.