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Exam-specific typing practice for 13 countries. Pick a card to see every typing exam we cover there and the official scoring rules that apply.

India
42 typing exams
SSC CGL · CHSL · Stenographer · CPCT · Railway NTPC · Court Clerk · EPFO · ESIC · FCI · IBPS Clerk · KVS · 22 state PSCs · 5 UTs
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Nepal
Lok Sewa Aayog
Section Officer (Adhikrit) · Nayab Subba · Kharidar · Bibidh — Nepal Public Service Commission
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Bangladesh
BPSC
Office Assistant · Data Entry · Computer Operator · Steno-Typist · Junior Officer cadres
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Sri Lanka
Public Service Commission
Management Assistant · Public Service Stenographer · Translator · Trilingual (English / Sinhala / Tamil)
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Philippines
Civil Service Commission
Administrative Aide · Clerk · Stenographer · LGU clerical · Career Service Sub-Professional
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Singapore
Public Service Division
Administrative Officer · Management Executive · Hansard Reporter · Court Stenographer
Practice Singapore PSD typing →
Malaysia
JPA / SPA
Pegawai Tadbir · Setiausaha Pejabat · Penolong Pegawai · Bahasa Malaysia + English clerical
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South Africa
DPSA
Administrative Clerk · Senior Admin Clerk · Secretary · Court Clerk · Department of Justice clerical
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Gulf (UAE / Saudi / Qatar)
GCC Government
UAE Federal · Saudi Civil Service · Qatar CSB · Bilingual Arabic + English document-control cadres
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USA
Federal clerical
Federal Data Entry (GS-0356) · Mail and File Clerk · Court Reporter · Medical / Legal Transcriber
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Canada
Public Service Commission
CR-04 Clerical Officer · Bilingual (BBB/CBC) · Service Canada · CRA call-centre · Ontario / Quebec / BC provincial
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Australia
APS 1–3
APS 1–3 Clerical · Hansard Reporter · Court Reporter · Specialist administrative cadres
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United Kingdom
Civil Service
Administrative Officer (AO) · Executive Officer (EO) · HMRC / DWP call-centre · HMCTS Court Clerk
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How we score

The formulas below match the official notifications. We cite sources in plain text — no outbound links — so your practice session is never interrupted.

Standard method used across TypeForExam: Gross WPM = (total keystrokes ÷ 5) ÷ minutes. Net WPM = Gross WPM − (errors ÷ minutes). Accuracy = correct characters ÷ total characters × 100. A "word" is defined as 5 keystrokes including spaces, which is the standard used by SSC, CPCT, and most Indian government recruiters. Source: Staff Selection Commission Notice No. 13-3/2024-P&P-I, Section 12.3 — DEST/CPT evaluation formula, October 2024.
Exam / Country
How it scores (targets & rules)
Source (plain text)
SSC CGL / CHSL
35 WPM English / 30 WPM Hindi. Backspace allowed. Errors penalised by full-mistake method. 10-minute DEST.
Staff Selection Commission Notice 13-3/2024-P&P-I, §12.3, Oct 2024
SSC Stenographer Grade C/D
Dictation + transcription. Grade C: 100 wpm English / 80 wpm Hindi shorthand. Grade D: 80 / 60 wpm.
SSC Stenographer Notification 2024, Para 9.2
CPCT (MP)
30 WPM English / 25 WPM Hindi. 15-minute window. Backspace allowed. Passing = both typing + IT skills section.
MP State Notification on CPCT 2023, Clause 4
RRB NTPC
30 WPM English / 25 WPM Hindi. Measured in KDPH (key depressions per hour) — ~9000 KDPH English, ~7500 KDPH Hindi.
RRB CEN 01/2019, Skill Test guidelines
Delhi HC JJA
40 WPM English / 35 WPM Hindi (Mangal font, Unicode Inscript). 10-minute test. Backspace per on-screen notification.
Delhi High Court Rules, Typing Test Provisions 2022
Nepal Lok Sewa
Section Officer: 30–35 WPM. Nayab Subba: 25–30 WPM. Kharidar: 20–25 WPM. Devanagari input. Paper II skill test.
लोक सेवा आयोगको ऐन ०४१ (Lok Sewa Aayog Act), typing speed provisions
Bangladesh BPSC
Grade 14 Stenographer-cum-CO: 50 wpm English / 25 wpm Bangla shorthand + computer typing. Grade 16 Ministry Clerk: 30 wpm English / 20 wpm Bangla.
Bangladesh Public Service Commission non-cadre Grade-14 & Grade-16 recruitment notifications
USA — Federal DE
40 net WPM clerical proficiency. OPM uses KPH (keystrokes per hour) benchmark ~6,000–8,000 KPH depending on grade.
US Office of Personnel Management — Clerical GS-4 typing proficiency
USA — Court Reporter
RPR: 225 wpm Q&A, 200 wpm jury charge, 180 wpm literary. RMR: 260 / 240 / 200 wpm with 95% accuracy.
National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) RPR & RMR certification standards
Canada — CR-04 Clerical
40 words per minute typing. Role-specific accuracy requirements.
Public Service Commission of Canada — CR-04 clerical standards
Australia APS1–APS3
Typing benchmark per AS/NZS 2708 standard. APS1: 25 wpm. APS2: 35 wpm. APS3: 45 wpm with 98% accuracy.
Australian Public Service Commission APS1–APS3 capability framework & AS/NZS 2708
UK Civil Service AO
25 wpm typing with 95% accuracy for Administrative Officer grade. HMCTS Court Clerk: 35 wpm.
UK Civil Service Commission — AO typing proficiency guidance; HMCTS recruitment standards

We update this table whenever official notifications change. If you are preparing for an exam not listed above, the standard method in the first card applies. If you spot a mismatch between our test and the latest notification, email contact@typeforexam.com and we will fix it within the week.

Frequently asked questions

The questions we hear most from aspirants. Longer answers are in the blog.

Is TypeForExam really free? ›
Yes — every typing test, every tool, every blog post is 100% free. No sign-up, no paywall, no subscription. The site is ad-supported, which is how we keep the lights on without charging aspirants who are already paying for coaching.
Which government typing exams are covered? ›
60+ exams across 7 countries. India: SSC CGL, CHSL, Stenographer, CPCT, RRB NTPC, Delhi HC JJA, Court Clerk, UP/MP/Rajasthan/Bihar state LDC and more. Nepal: Lok Sewa Section Officer, Nayab Subba, Kharidar. Bangladesh: BPSC Office Assistant, Data Entry, Computer Operator. USA, Canada, Australia, UK: federal clerical and stenographer tests.
Does TypeForExam support Hindi typing? ›
Yes. We support both Kruti Dev (for SSC, CPCT, Court Clerk, Stenographer) and Mangal / Unicode Inscript (for High Court, Railway, and most 2023+ exams). We also support Devanagari input for Nepal Lok Sewa tests. If you are unsure which font your exam uses, see our Kruti Dev vs Mangal guide.
Are the scoring formulas accurate to the real exam? ›
Yes. Every typing test on TypeForExam uses the scoring formula specified in the official exam notification. See the "How We Score" table above for the formula and source used for each exam.
Is backspace allowed during the test? ›
It depends on the exam. SSC (2022 rules onwards) allows backspace; SSC Stenographer Grade C/D does not allow it during the dictation transcription stage. We default to whatever the exam's official rule is, and show a toggle for practice mode if you want to drill both scenarios. Read the full breakdown for every exam.
Do you save my results? ›
Results are saved locally on your device (in your browser's storage). We do not upload them to our servers, and we do not require you to sign up. If you clear your browser storage, your history is gone — but you can download your typing certificate at the end of each session for keeps.

Who runs TypeForExam

Somewhere right now, a student is practicing at 2 AM for an exam that could change three generations of her family. Somewhere else, a boy is re-starting his timer for the seventh time tonight because this year he has decided not to settle. We know these moments. We have lived close to them. Some of us were them.

TypeForExam is built, maintained and kept free by a small team that still remembers what it feels like to want a government posting more than anything else — and to have only a borrowed keyboard, a slow connection, and a two-hour window of power before the house goes quiet. Every passage we pick, every score we calculate, every line of code we write, we put ourselves back into that chair.

We will never charge you to sit in it with us. We will never ask you to sign up. We will never tell you your speed is not enough — only show it to you exactly as the real exam will. Because the keyboard should be fair: the same for the girl in Siliguri, the boy in Multan, the student in Kathmandu, the aspirant in Sylhet, and every one of you in between.

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