Duration, target speed, error limits and what happens when backspace is disabled.
The SSC CHSL typing test is short — just ten minutes — but it decides whether your written-exam rank turns into a job. This guide explains how the test works, the speed you need in English and Hindi, how mistakes are counted and how to prepare so that exam day feels familiar.
The Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) exam recruits for posts such as Lower Division Clerk (LDC) and Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA). After the written stage, candidates for these posts take a typing test on a computer. It is qualifying in nature: you need to reach the required standard, but your typing score is not added to your merit marks.
Candidates for Data Entry Operator posts take a different skill test (the Data Entry Speed Test), so check which one applies to the post you have chosen.
Recent notifications set these standards for the typing test, which lasts 10 minutes:
| Medium | Required speed | Roughly equal to |
|---|---|---|
| English | 35 words per minute | 10,500 key depressions per hour |
| Hindi | 30 words per minute | 9,000 key depressions per hour |
You choose English or Hindi as your typing medium in the application form, so decide early and practise only in that medium. The figures above follow recent notices; always confirm them in the notification for your year.
The passage appears in the upper part of the screen and you type it into a box below. A timer counts down from ten minutes. When the time runs out, the test ends and your typed text is saved automatically. Hindi typing is done in Unicode, usually with the Inscript layout and the Mangal font.
Practice tip: TypingAbhyas uses the same passage-above, box-below arrangement and a 10-minute timer for SSC CHSL, so the screen feels familiar on exam day.
Your typed text is compared with the passage word by word. Most exam rules divide errors into two groups:
Mistakes are deducted from the words you typed to give your net speed, and your error percentage must stay within the permitted limit. SSC describes the exact evaluation method in each notification, so read that section carefully — it tells you precisely what counts against you.
Whether you can correct mistakes during the test depends on the rules for that cycle. Practise with the setting your notice describes. Even where backspace is allowed, relying on it slows you down: fixing a word costs several key presses, while a single half mistake costs only half a word.
Some categories of candidates with benchmark disabilities may be exempted from the typing test or given extra time, as set out in the notification. If this may apply to you, read that section and keep the required certificate ready.
Take a free 10-minute SSC CHSL mock test. SSC CHSL English Typing Test
Preparing in Hindi? SSC CHSL Hindi Typing Test
Recent notifications set 35 words per minute for English and 30 words per minute for Hindi, in a 10-minute test. Confirm the figures in the notice for your exam year.
Yes. You must reach the required standard, but typing marks are not added to your merit.
It depends on the rules for that exam cycle. Check the skill test section of your notification and practise with the same setting.
Hindi typing is done in Unicode, usually with the Inscript layout and the Mangal font. Check the notification to be sure.
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