The SSC CHSL typing test for LDC/JSA is a qualifying 10-minute computer test: 35 wpm in English or 30 wpm in Hindi (Mangal font). Mistakes are evaluated as full or half.
Partly verified (checked 2026-10-16). Some rules are not published, so this mock shows speed and accuracy but no pass/fail verdict. Unverified: Maximum error %; Hindi keyboard layout; Format; Exact error % formula.
Start the SSC CHSL mock
Duration: 10 minutes
Backspace: allowed
Languages here: English, Hindi
No live highlighting or speed meter — like the real exam. The timer cannot be paused.
Rules partly unverified: you will get speed and accuracy, but no pass/fail verdict.
35 wpm English (~10,500 KDPH) / 30 wpm Hindi (~9,000 KDPH), judged on accuracy of typing a given passage in 10 minutes.
Formula
Errors calculated to 2 decimal places with full and half mistakes. The permissible error % is not stated in the notice.
Error rules
Full and half mistakes per SSC evaluation guidelines.
Backspace / editing
Allowed. Candidates may revise and correct within time. Hindi must be typed in Mangal font only — any other font means non-qualification.
Format
Not published
Nature
Qualifying
Accommodations
Scribe-eligible candidates get 5 extra minutes (15 min). VH candidates who opted for a scribe get a passage dictator. PwD certified unable to type may be exempted (not VH/HH).
Corrigenda
None found affecting typing.
Full mistakes
Omission of a word/figure
Substitution of a wrong word/figure
Addition of a word/figure
Spelling error
Repetition of a word/figure
Incomplete word
Half mistakes
Spacing error
Wrong capitalisation (not for Hindi)
Punctuation omitted/added/substituted
Transposition of words
Paragraph started with spaces instead of Tab
Notes
Typing medium (Hindi/English) is chosen in the application form and cannot be changed.
Error thresholds quoted on coaching sites (e.g. 7%/10%) are not in the official notice, so no verdict is shown.
The notice does not name the Hindi layout (Inscript or Remington Gail).
Relevant section: Para 13.9.13.1–13.9.13.4 and 13.9.13.7 (i–viii); Para 17.6 (qualifying); SSC typing evaluation guidelines. Last verified: 2026-10-16. Rules can change between cycles — always read the latest notification. Profile version v1.
Practice sets
Original exam-style passages written for this site (not previous-year papers). Each opens the mock with that passage.
35 wpm English (~10,500 KDPH) / 30 wpm Hindi (~9,000 KDPH), judged on accuracy of typing a given passage in 10 minutes. Source: SSC CHSL 2026 notice (official PDF).
How long is the SSC CHSL typing test?
10 minutes. Scribe-eligible candidates get 5 extra minutes (15 min). VH candidates who opted for a scribe get a passage dictator. PwD certified unable to type may be exempted (not VH/HH).
Is backspace allowed in the SSC CHSL typing test?
Allowed. Candidates may revise and correct within time. Hindi must be typed in Mangal font only — any other font means non-qualification.
How are mistakes counted in SSC CHSL?
Errors calculated to 2 decimal places with full and half mistakes. The permissible error % is not stated in the notice. Full and half mistakes per SSC evaluation guidelines.