SSC Typing Test

The Staff Selection Commission's Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) examination recruits Lower Division Clerks (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistants (JSA) and Data Entry Operators (DEO). After the written papers, Tier-II includes a skill test: a typing test for LDC and JSA, and a data entry skill test for DEO posts. Both are qualifying in nature, so they do not add marks, but you must pass to be selected. Everything below is taken from the CHSL 2026 notice published on 7 September 2026.

Typing test for LDC and JSA (para 13.9.13.7)

• The medium is Hindi or English, chosen in the online application form. The choice is final.
• English needs 35 words per minute and Hindi 30, which "correspond to about 10500 key depressions per hour and about 9000 key depressions per hour respectively".
• "The speed will be adjudged on the accuracy of typing on the Computer of a given text passage in 10 minutes."
• Candidates eligible for a scribe get 5 minutes of compensatory time, so 15 minutes in all.
• Hindi medium candidates "will be required to type in Mangal Font only". Using any other font leads to non-qualification.
• Candidates with a disability certified as unable to type by the competent medical authority may be exempted.

Skill test for Data Entry Operators (para 13.9.13.6)

Speed is "adjudged on the basis of the correct entry of words/ key depressions as per the given passage". The DEO skill test is mandatory, with no exemptions, and scribe-eligible candidates get 20 minutes.

How this page scores you

A key depression is one key press, and SSC's conversion assumes five of them per word, which is how 35 words a minute becomes 10,500 an hour (35 x 5 x 60). This page counts the characters of every word you typed correctly, plus one for the space after it, and scales that to an hour:

Correct key depressions = characters in correct words + 1 space each
KDPH = correct key depressions x 60 / minutes
WPM  = KDPH / 300

For example, 1,800 correct key depressions in 10 minutes is 10,800 KDPH, or 36 words a minute, just above the English requirement. A wrong word earns nothing, which reflects the notice's emphasis on accuracy.

The notice also says the skill test "will be evaluated as per the evaluation guidelines available on the website of the Commission" and that errors are calculated to two decimal places. The review after each test marks full and half mistakes using SSC's published guidelines for evaluating typed scripts, and shows your error percentage. Coaching sites quote error limits of 5, 7 or 10 percent, but we could not find an SSC document that sets a limit for the CHSL typing test, so this page does not pass or fail you on errors. It passes you on correct key depressions alone.

Preparing

• Practise in the medium you chose on the form. You cannot switch later.
• For Hindi, practise in Unicode (Mangal), not Krutidev. The Hindi typing test has Remington and InScript with key hints.
• Aim comfortably above the line: practise until you reach 40 words a minute in English (12,000 KDPH) with few mistakes, because nerves cost speed on the day.
• For the DEO test, take the 15,000 KDPH option even if you are applying for Part B. It builds the stamina for 15 minutes of steady typing.

Where to verify

• SSC CHSL 2026 notice (paras 13.9.13 and 17.6).
• SSC, Instructions to the Candidates for Typewriting Test (On Computer).
• SSC, Revised Guidelines for Evaluation of Stenography Skill Test Scripts (full and half mistakes).

1. Choose LDC/JSA English, LDC/JSA Hindi, or the DEO test at 8,000 or 15,000 key depressions an hour.
2. For Hindi, pick your layout. All three type Unicode text, as the Mangal font requires.
3. Click the typing box and start. The clock starts on your first key and runs for 10 minutes (15 for DEO).
4. Correct slips with Backspace as you go, as the SSC instructions allow.
5. If you finish the passage early, check it and press Submit. Otherwise the test ends when time runs out.
6. Read your key depressions per hour against the target, and the marked passage.