TypingTestExamCBSE conducts a typing skill test for its clerical and secretarial posts (such as Junior Assistant / Junior Secretariat Assistant). The rules below are drawn from CBSE's official Annexure-III typing-test guidelines. The test is qualifying in nature — it may not add marks to merit, but failing it stops your final eligibility, so speed with accuracy is essential.
Required typing speed
| Medium | Speed | KDPH |
|---|---|---|
| English | 35 WPM | 10,500 (avg 5 key depressions/word) |
| Hindi | 30 WPM | 9,000 (avg 5 key depressions/word) |
Test-day timeline
- Take your seat 10 minutes before the test starts.
- Mock test: a 5-minute mock passage is allowed to adjust to the system.
- Actual typing: the real test runs for 10 minutes.
- Final calculation: after time ends, net speed is calculated after the error penalty.
If the computer stops working, don't panic or disturb others — stay seated and inform the invigilator.
How the passage is given
- Screen only: the passage is shown on the computer; no hard copy is provided.
- Start from the beginning: type from the start of the passage, not the middle.
- If you finish early: you may restart the same passage and keep typing until time expires.
Medium rule: don't change the language
You must type in the medium you opted — English passage in English, Hindi passage in Hindi. Type words, figures, numbers and years exactly as shown. Typing in a different language is treated as a mistake. Keep capitals, punctuation, spacing and paragraphs as close to the passage as possible. Do not translate, simplify or "correct" the passage.
Hindi typing: keyboard & font options
For Hindi, CBSE Annexure-III allows:
- Keyboard layouts: Remington (GAIL) or InScript.
- Fonts: Mangal (Unicode) or Kruti Dev 010.
Practise daily on the same layout and font where your speed is stable — never experiment on test day.
Full mistakes (counted as 1 each)
These reduce your final speed fully:
- Omission — leaving out a word or figure.
- Wrong substitution — typing a wrong word or figure.
- Extra addition — adding a word/figure not in the passage.
- Spelling error — repeating, adding, omitting or substituting letters.
- Repetition — typing the same word or figure twice.
- Incomplete word — leaving a word half-typed.
- Singular/plural — changing singular to plural or vice-versa.
Half mistakes (counted as ½ each)
- Spacing error — no space between words, or unwanted space inside a word.
- Wrong capitalisation — capital for small or small for capital (not applicable to Hindi scripts).
- Punctuation error — omitting, adding or substituting punctuation.
- Transposition — changing word order (e.g. "hope I" instead of "I hope").
- Paragraphic error — non-uniform paragraph spacing or manual spaces instead of the Tab key.
How net speed is calculated
Net Speed = (Gross Words − Penalty for Errors) ÷ Time
Worked example from the guideline: Gross Words = 580, Errors = 5, Penalty = 1 × 5 = 5. Net Speed = (580 − 5) ÷ 10 = 57.5 WPM. Better accuracy directly means a better net speed.
Exam-day do's and don'ts
Do: practise screen reading and exact copy typing; use the same layout and font daily; type numbers, years and punctuation carefully; use the Tab key for paragraph starts.
Don't: translate or improve the passage; type in the wrong medium; make pen/pencil corrections; create noise during a computer issue.
PwBD and Visually Impaired candidates
- +5 minutes extra time for eligible PwBD candidates.
- Original certificate must be produced on the skill-test date, else compensatory time is not allowed.
- Scribe/passage dictator provided only to eligible VI candidates; passage is not provided in Braille; one scribe cannot serve more than one candidate.
