TypingTestExamThe RRB NTPC Typing Skill Test (TST) is a qualifying stage held after CBT-2 for clerical and typist posts in Indian Railways. It does not add to your merit, but failing it removes you from selection for those posts.
Which posts require the RRB NTPC typing test?
- Junior Clerk-cum-Typist
- Accounts Clerk-cum-Typist
- Senior Clerk-cum-Typist
- Junior Time Keeper and Senior Time Keeper
- Junior Accounts Assistant-cum-Typist
Speed, duration and minimum words
You must reach a net speed of 30 WPM in English or 25 WPM in Hindi within a 10-minute test. There is also a hard floor: you must type at least 300 words (English) or 250 words (Hindi), or you are disqualified before the speed is even calculated.
The RRB error-penalty formula (this is the key part)
RRB does not use a simple error-percentage cap. It uses a net-speed deduction:
- Total mistakes = full mistakes + (half mistakes ÷ 2)
- 5% of your typed words are forgiven for free
- Final mistakes = total mistakes − forgiven
- Each remaining mistake removes 10 words from your count
- Net WPM = (words typed − penalty words) ÷ 10 minutes
Interface: what is disabled
The RRB test runs on TCS-iON software with strict constraints you must practise under:
- Backspace and Delete are disabled — once a character is typed, it stays.
- No live error or word highlighting.
- No cut, copy, paste, undo or redo.
- If you finish the passage early, you may retype it from the start — extra words count toward your total.
Language and Hindi font (Kruti Dev or Remington) are chosen in the application form. The RRB NTPC preset on our tool disables backspace and highlighting automatically so you train correctly.
How to qualify
- Target a gross speed of 35+ WPM (English) so the penalty still leaves you above 30 net.
- Eliminate the backspace habit entirely before exam day.
- Make sure you comfortably clear the 300-word minimum.
- Practise formal passages with varied vocabulary, not casual text.
