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ESIC Stenographer study plan

ESIC Stenographer · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

General English & Stenography Skill (dictation and transcription)

  • Diagnose current English level by completing one 25-question mixed grammar and vocabulary set and logging every error by category

  • Build a personal error log with at least 30 entries covering tense, subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, and word choice

  • Establish a daily 15-minute shorthand drill routine at 60 wpm dictation using passages of 80-100 words

  • Memorise the 40 most common Pitman or Gregg brief forms you personally miss and drill them to 90% recall

  • Transcribe one 80-word dictated passage in 12 minutes with no more than 4 errors

Your checkpoint

A dated error log with 30+ categorised English mistakes plus one timed transcribed passage scored for accuracy and speed

Week 2

General English & General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Master subject-verb agreement and tense consistency by solving 60 targeted questions and re-solving every wrong one after 48 hours

  • Complete 40 analogy and odd-one-out reasoning questions, recording the underlying rule for each answer

  • Learn 100 high-frequency exam vocabulary words with one synonym and one antonym each, using spaced repetition

  • Drill shorthand outlines for the 100 most frequent English words until written from memory without hesitation

  • Attempt one 20-minute mixed English sectional mock and analyse it question by question

Your checkpoint

A one-page rule sheet of 10 reasoning patterns and 10 grammar rules, each illustrated with a self-written example

Week 3

General Intelligence and Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude

  • Solve 80 reasoning questions across coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, and series, keeping a per-topic accuracy tally

  • Reach 85% accuracy on percentage and ratio-proportion by solving 50 problems with a written step skeleton

  • Memorise tables to 25, squares to 30, and cubes to 15, and verify with a self-timed recall test

  • Dictate at 70 wpm for 5 minutes daily and transcribe within 15 minutes

  • Complete one 30-question arithmetic speed set in 25 minutes

Your checkpoint

A topic-wise accuracy table for reasoning and arithmetic showing at least three topics above 80% and a written list of the three weakest

Week 4

Quantitative Aptitude & Stenography Skill (dictation and transcription)

  • Solve 60 time-work and time-speed-distance problems using unitary and shortcut methods, cutting average time per question below 75 seconds

  • Complete 40 data interpretation questions on tables and bar charts with calculator-free arithmetic

  • Raise dictation speed to 80 wpm over 5-minute passages with transcription accuracy of at least 95%

  • Type the transcribed passage at 30 wpm with under 3% errors to simulate the computer test

  • Review all error logs from weeks 1-3 and re-solve 30 previously wrong questions

Your checkpoint

A full-length quantitative sectional mock scored and reviewed, plus one 80 wpm dictation transcribed and typed with accuracy percentages recorded

Week 5

General Awareness and Current Affairs & General English

  • Build a current-affairs timeline covering the last 6 months across national, international, sports, awards, and appointments, with at least 120 dated entries

  • Revise Indian polity, geography, and economy static facts through 100 one-line recall questions

  • Practise 20 reading-comprehension passages with a 6-minute cap per passage and note the trap types

  • Write 10 short formal letters and 5 precis passages within time limits

  • Dictate at 80 wpm for 8-minute stretches and transcribe one full passage under exam conditions

Your checkpoint

A 120-entry current-affairs timeline plus one scored reading-comprehension and precis set with accuracy above 75%

Week 6

General Intelligence and Reasoning & General Awareness and Current Affairs

  • Solve 60 non-verbal and visual reasoning items covering figure series, mirror images, and embedded figures, logging rule types

  • Complete 50 statement-assumption, syllogism, and seating-arrangement questions under a 45-second-per-question cap

  • Take two 25-question general-awareness mocks and convert every wrong answer into a flashcard

  • Revise the current-affairs timeline from week 5 and add 60 new entries

  • Maintain shorthand speed at 85 wpm for 5 minutes daily

Your checkpoint

Two scored general-awareness mocks with a flashcard deck of at least 80 corrected facts and a reasoning accuracy summary

Week 7

Stenography Skill (dictation and transcription) & Computer Knowledge and Typing Proficiency

  • Dictate at 90 wpm for 5-minute passages and transcribe within 20 minutes with 95% accuracy

  • Type 10 minutes daily at 35 wpm with 97% accuracy on a standard keyboard layout

  • Practise 5 full dictation-to-transcription cycles under exam timing, including clean formatting of the transcript

  • Revise computer fundamentals: hardware, memory units, shortcuts, MS Office basics, and internet terminology, through 60 questions

  • Re-solve the 40 hardest questions from all previous error logs

Your checkpoint

Five timed dictation-transcription cycles with speed, accuracy, and typing scores tabulated, plus a computer-knowledge quiz score above 80%

Week 8

General English & General Intelligence and Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude & General Awareness and Current Affairs

  • Take three full-length mixed mocks under strict timing and review each within 24 hours

  • Cut the weakest-section error count by half compared with week 4

  • Do a final rapid revision of the current-affairs timeline, grammar rule sheet, and reasoning rule sheet

  • Maintain one 90 wpm dictation and transcription cycle daily to keep the skill sharp

  • Prepare an exam-day checklist covering timing strategy, section order, and typing setup

Your checkpoint

A final mock-score trend chart across three full-length tests showing improvement, plus a completed one-page exam-day strategy sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Complete a 20-minute mixed English and reasoning sectional mock with at least 65% accuracy and an error log that names the rule behind every mistake

Week 4: Sustain 80 wpm dictation with 95% transcription accuracy and score at least 60% on a full quantitative sectional mock

Week 6: Reach 85 wpm shorthand dictation and score at least 70% on two general-awareness mocks, with 100+ current-affairs entries revised

Week 8: Score at least 70% overall on the final full-length mock, type at 35 wpm with 97% accuracy, and complete five dictation-transcription cycles at 90 wpm