SSC Typing Test 2026: Typing Speed Test for SSC CGL and CHSL

SSC CGL DEST and CHSL typing test rules 2026

Times and passage sizes: SSC CGL 2026 notice Para 13.9.10 and SSC CHSL 2026 notice Para 13.9.13. Scribe-eligible candidates get 5 extra minutes in both. All typing tests are qualifying: they decide whether you can be selected, not your rank.

How to use this SSC typing speed test

1. Pick the test and your category. The error limit and speed rule change with both; the line under the options shows what applies to you and where it comes from.
2. Choose the screen. "Exam screen" puts the passage on top, the typing box below and the timer and candidate panel at the side, like the computer-based test. "Modern" adds live speed and highlighting.
3. Set the options. Turn backspace off to train for accuracy, use blind mode to stop watching your own text, and set the font size you read best at.
4. Type. The clock starts with your first key. Use the Tab key at the start of each paragraph, as SSC asks. Paste is blocked.
5. Read the report. You get gross and net wpm and KDPH, full and half mistakes, error %, accuracy, pass or fail for every category, your passage marked word by word, and a minute-by-minute speed graph. Your last 10 attempts stay in this browser.

Speed you need, minute by minute

Figures are correct key depressions, rounded up. The typing tests last 10 minutes and the DEO tests and CGL DEST 15 minutes.

Full mistakes and half mistakes in the SSC typing test

From SSC's revised guidelines for evaluation of Typing Test/DEST scripts (English/Hindi), which the CGL and CHSL notices both refer to:

The same guidelines tell candidates to type figures and years exactly as printed, use the Tab key to start every paragraph, leave one space after each punctuation mark, and not repeat the passage once it is finished (you may go back and correct mistakes within the time). Any irrelevant matter typed is a mistake.

How gross speed, net speed, KDPH and error % are calculated

Worked example: in 10 minutes you type 1,900 key depressions and 1,780 of them are in correctly typed words, with 9 full and 6 half mistakes over 330 words. Gross speed = 1,900 ÷ 5 ÷ 10 = 38 wpm. Net KDPH = 1,780 × 6 = 10,680, which clears the CHSL 10,500 KDPH mark. Error % = (9 + 3) × 100 ÷ 330 = 3.64%, inside the 7% UR limit.

SSC typing test passages (33 English, 8 Hindi)

Every passage is original and written in the style of SSC skill test matter: governance, economy, science, environment, history and everyday civic topics, about 1,800 to 2,500 key depressions each. Difficulty is worked out from average word length, long words, punctuation, capitals and figures. Passages with a page of their own show the full text, tricky words and timing; the rest open straight in the test above. Hindi passages are on the SSC Hindi typing test page.

Tips to clear the SSC typing test

• Accuracy first, speed second. One skipped line can add ten full mistakes. Keep your eyes on the passage and move a finger along if you lose your place.
• Watch the half mistakes. Capitals at the start of names, commas before "which", hyphens in words like "first-time" and the space after every full stop cost half a mistake each.
• Copy figures exactly. Type "2005" if the passage says 2005 and "two lakh" if it says two lakh; SSC's instructions treat any other form as a mistake.
• Practise in 15-minute blocks. The CGL DEST and the DEO tests are 15 minutes long. Stamina in the last five minutes is where most candidates slow down; the speed graph shows if you do.
• Use the Tab key. A paragraph started with spaces is a half mistake under SSC's guidelines.
• Know your keyboard. Exam centres use standard desktop keyboards. If you practise on a laptop, try a full-size keyboard before the exam.

Sources: CGL 2026 notice, CHSL 2026 notice, SSC evaluation guidelines, CGL 2025 FRTA write-up, CHSL 2025 FRTA write-up.

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