Fact · Dictation for work and study
15mistakes
The 2022 Delhi International Arbitration Centre notice permits fifteen mistakes in the shorthand test, which it sets at 3 percent of the words dictated.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Total number of mistakes permissible would be fifteen (15).”
Scheme of Examination of Skill Test(s) for English Stenographers, Delhi International Arbitration Centre, High Court of Delhi (Delhi International Arbitration Centre), 2022, Notes to the scheme of examination, item 2.
Open the original- What it measures
- The notice works the figure out from 5 minutes at 100 words per minute, which is 500 words, and 3 percent of 500 is 15.
- What it does not show
- Mistake limits are set per notice. This one is stricter than the 5 percent limit in the Supreme Court advertisement.