ESIC Stenographer study guide
ESIC Stenographer · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The ESIC Stenographer recruitment exam is the selection process used by the Employees' State Insurance Corporation to fill stenographer posts in its offices across India. It suits candidates who combine solid shorthand speed with a working command of English, elementary reasoning, basic arithmetic and everyday computer operations, since the role involves taking dictation, transcribing it accurately and handling routine office correspondence. The ESIC Stenographer study guide has 6 sections and about 1,889 words.
01General English
ESIC Stenographer's General English paper tests correctness and everyday usage, not literary criticism. Recurring item types are error spotting, sentence improvement, fill in the blanks (single and double), synonyms and antonyms, idioms and phrases, one-word substitution, spelling correction, and a short reading-comprehension passage.
316 words, about 2 min02General Intelligence and Reasoning
The reasoning paper covers number and alphabet series, coding–decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, ranking and order, seating arrangement (linear and circular), puzzles, and non-verbal items such as mirror image, paper folding, embedded figures and figure series. Series: check differences, then ratios, then squares and cubes, then alternating sub-series.
318 words, about 2 min03Quantitative Aptitude
Quantitative Aptitude here is arithmetic-dominant: number system, HCF–LCM, simplification and approximation, percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time and work, time–speed–distance, mensuration, and data interpretation from tables, bar charts and pie charts. Percentage change = (change ÷ original) × 100; the original value is always the base.
327 words, about 2 min04General Awareness and Current Affairs
General Awareness blends static general knowledge, Indian polity and economy, and current affairs of roughly the preceding six months. A distinctive share of questions concerns the Employees' State Insurance Corporation itself, because the post sits inside that organisation.
288 words, about 1 min05Stenography Skill (Dictation and Transcription)
The stenography test is a dictation of 10 minutes at 80 words per minute, followed by transcription - conventionally 50 minutes for English and 65 minutes for Hindi - and is qualifying in nature. Your shorthand system (Pitman in most Indian offices) and your ability to read back your own outlines decide the result, not theoretical knowledge about shorthand.
332 words, about 2 min06Computer Knowledge and Typing Proficiency
Computer Knowledge covers fundamentals - hardware, software, memory units, input/output devices, operating-system basics, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, internet and email, and basic cyber safety. Typing proficiency tests speed with accuracy; the notification for your cycle states the required speed (commonly 35 wpm English or 30 wpm Hindi), so verify it before the skill test.
308 words, about 2 min