India Typing Tests — Central, State & UT
Indian government typing-test recruitment is the most fragmented landscape on TypeForExam. The Staff Selection Commission runs the largest annual cycles (SSC CHSL, CGL, Stenographer, MTS DEST), while railway recruitment goes through RRB NTPC, banking through IBPS and SBI, and 22 separate state PSCs run their own clerical and stenographer hires with state-language typing standards. Union Territories add another 5 cycles. This hub organises all 42-plus Indian typing-test verticals — pick a region, a state, or a central exam, and drill down to the dedicated practice page.
- Central exams
- 15+ verticals
- State PSCs
- 22 states
- Union Territories
- 5 UTs
- Specialist cadres
- Banking · CAPF · AIIMS · NIA · Court
Top central recruitments
The largest annual typing-test cycles in Indian central government — SSC, Railway, Banking, KVS, DSSSB. Combined preparation across these is the standard playbook.
SSC CHSL Typing Test
Central LDC/PA-SA/Court Clerk recruitment. 35 WPM English / 30 WPM Hindi at 10 minutes. India's largest clerical-grade cycle.
SSC CGL Typing Test
Tier 4 Data Entry Skill Test for Tax Assistant cadres. 8000 KDPH (~33 WPM) at 15 minutes. English-medium.
SSC Stenographer Typing
Senior Secretariat Stenographer Grade C/D. 80 WPM shorthand + 40 WPM typing. English/Hindi.
CPCT Typing Test
Madhya Pradesh's mandatory state-clerical typing certification. 30 WPM English / Hindi at 15 minutes.
RRB NTPC Stage III
Railway Junior Clerk-cum-Typist recruitment. 30 WPM English / 25 WPM Hindi. Stage III post-CBT.
DSSSB Typing Test
Delhi LDC and Junior Secretariat Assistant. 35 WPM English / 30 WPM Hindi. Same SSC CHSL pattern.
KVS Junior Secretariat Asst
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan clerical. 35 WPM English / 30 WPM Hindi at 10 minutes.
Banking Clerk LPT
Public-sector bank clerical hiring. Language Proficiency Test (LPT) — no speed cutoff, regional language fluency check.
India Post Typing Test
Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant via SSC CHSL. Largest typing-test recruiter historically.
Indian states by region
Click a state to see its specific recruitment authority, typing-test pattern, language and layout standards. State pages organize all available verticals for that state.
UP — UPSSSC + UP Police
UPSSSC Junior Asst at 25 WPM Hindi. India's largest state recruitment cycle.
Bihar — BSSC + CSBC Police
BSSC Junior Clerk + CSBC Bihar Police clerical. 30 WPM Hindi.
MP — Vyapam + CPCT
MP Vyapam Patwari/Asst + MP's mandatory CPCT certification.
CG — CGPSC / CG Vyapam
Chhattisgarh's clerical recruitment. 25 WPM Hindi.
Jharkhand — JSSC / JPSC
Jharkhand Staff Selection clerical recruitment.
Uttarakhand — UKSSSC
UKSSSC LDC, Patwari, VPDO. Hill state administrative.
Himachal — HPSSSB
HPSSSB Junior Office Assistant cadres.
Haryana — HSSC CET
HSSC Common Entrance Test framework — Clerk, Steno, JJP.
J&K — JKSSB
JKSSB Junior Asst, Account Asst. Hindi/Urdu/English.
Goa — GPSC
Goa PSC clerical recruitment. English-medium primary.
NE — 7 state PSCs
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Arunachal.
TN — TNPSC
TNPSC Group IV, VAO, Junior Asst. 25 WPM Tamil InScript.
AP & TS — APPSC / TSPSC
Combined hub for both Telugu-state PSCs.
Maharashtra — MPSC / GCC-TBC
MPSC + Marathi GCC-TBC certification. 30 WPM Marathi / 40 WPM English.
WB — WBPSC / WBSSC
WBPSC clerical recruitment. 30 WPM Bengali Vrinda.
Punjab — PSSSB
PSSSB Clerk, Stenographer. 30 WPM Punjabi Raavi.
Gujarat — GPSC / GSSSB
GPSC Clerk, Bin-Sachivalay. 30 WPM Gujarati Shruti.
Karnataka — KPSC / KEA
KPSC FDA, SDA. 25 WPM Kannada Tunga / 40 WPM English.
Kerala — KPSC
Kerala PSC LDC, Junior Asst, Confidential Asst. 25 WPM Malayalam.
Odisha — OSSSC / OPSC
OSSSC LDC, OPSC ASO. 30 WPM Odia.
Assam — APSC / ASCB
APSC Junior Asst, ASCB JAA. 25 WPM Assamese.
Rajasthan — RSMSSB
RSMSSB Informatics Asst. 20 WPM Hindi / 30 WPM English.
Delhi — DSSSB
DSSSB LDC, Junior Secretariat Asst. SSC CHSL pattern.
Union Territories (5)
India's 5 Union Territories with active clerical recruitment cycles. Most are English-primary with regional language options.
A&N UT
Andaman & Nicobar Islands UT Administration. English-medium clerical recruitment.
Chandigarh UT
Chandigarh UT (joint capital of Punjab/Haryana). Bilingual English-Hindi clerical.
Lakshadweep UT
Lakshadweep UT Administration. Smallest UT by population. English-primary.
Puducherry UT
Puducherry UT covering 4 districts (Tamil/Malayalam/Telugu regions). English + regional language.
DNH & DD UT
Merged UT (2020). Silvassa/Daman/Diu. English + Gujarati clerical.
Specialist & banking
Other clerical-cadre recruitments with their own typing patterns — banking LPT, EPFO, ESIC, FCI, paramilitary CAPF, AIIMS, intelligence cadres, court services.
EPFO Social Security Asst
Employees' Provident Fund clerical. SSC CHSL pattern at 35/30 WPM bilingual.
ESIC Upper Division Clerk
Employees' State Insurance clerical. SSC CHSL pattern.
FCI Junior Assistant
Food Corporation of India clerical (General/Depot/Accounts/Technical).
CAPF Head Constable Ministerial
Consolidated BSF/CRPF/CISF/ITBP/SSB ministerial recruitment via SSC.
AIIMS Junior Administrative Asst
AIIMS Delhi + 14 regional AIIMS clerical cadres.
NIA / IB Assistant
Intelligence cadres — NIA, IB ACIO, MHA, CBI clerical.
Court Clerk (HC) Typing
Multi-state High Court clerical — Allahabad, Patna, MP, Rajasthan, Madras, Bombay, etc.
Frequently asked questions
SSC CHSL is the largest by application volume, with several lakh annual applications. India Post PA/SA recruitment runs through SSC CHSL since 2010, so it shares the same skill-test pool. RRB NTPC Stage III is also high-volume but only applies to typist-cadre posts within NTPC.
Modern central exams (SSC CHSL/CGL, DSSSB, KVS, IBPS, EPFO, ESIC, FCI) accept both Mangal Unicode and Kruti Dev — you choose at the application stage. State PSCs are migrating to Mangal Unicode; some still allow Kruti Dev. Practise on Mangal as the safer choice for any 2026+ recruitment.
Tamil Nadu (TNPSC), Andhra/Telangana (APPSC/TSPSC), Kerala (KPSC), Karnataka (KPSC), Odisha (OSSSC/OPSC), Assam (APSC/ASCB), West Bengal (WBPSC), Maharashtra (MPSC), Punjab (PSSSB), Gujarat (GPSC) all test their regional language as the primary medium. Hindi-belt states (UP, Bihar, MP, etc.) use Hindi. NE states + UTs lean English-primary.
Some older notifications still accept legacy ASCII fonts (Kruti Dev for Hindi, Bamini for Tamil, Bijoy for Bengali, Anmol Lipi for Punjabi, Saral for Gujarati, Shusha for Marathi, Nudi for Kannada, Anu Modular for Telugu). Modern online exam platforms have largely migrated to Unicode rendering. Practise on Unicode for safest preparation; treat legacy fonts as fallbacks.
Pick the recruitment most aligned with your profile (state PSC of your home state OR central exam by language preference) and start with the dedicated vertical page on TypeForExam. Each page has the specific cutoff, scoring, and a four-week practice plan. The strategy blog has standalone guides on the SSC CHSL strategy, Mangal-vs-Kruti-Dev decision, and breaking the 25 WPM plateau.
Aspirants applying outside India: see Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and other country hubs.