Section 30(a) in U.P. Information and Public Relations Department (Headquarter) Ministerial Service Rules, 1992
(a)The test in Stenography will consist of a dictation of a passage in Hindi/English per five minutes at the rate of 80 words per minute. One hour will be allowed for transcribing and typing the shorthand record of the dictation. The passage will be selected with a view to testing the candidates not only in their speed in Stenography, but also in their knowledge of good and idiomatic Hindi/English. No candidate will be considered to have qualified for employment whose percentages of errors in the exceeds five.
