Lesson 4 of 10 · Mangal / InScript

Bottom row consonants + the nasal marks (ं ँ ँ)

Duration
30 minutes
Frequency
5 days
Keys this lesson
Z X C V B N M + nasal marks

What this lesson covers

The bottom row of the InScript layout fills in the remaining consonants you have not seen yet, plus the three nasal marks: anusvar (ं), chandrabindu (ँ), and visarga (ः). Nasal marks change pronunciation but are often missed by typists who skip them as "decoration". They are not. They are character-level marks counted in every exam scoring.

A common error pattern: typists hit अं in casual writing as plain अ, dropping the anusvar. SSC and Court Clerk exams treat this as a full mistake. The anusvar key is the right-pinky home-row position — quick to reach but easy to forget under speed.

Lesson 4 drills the bottom row in combination with anusvar so the pattern becomes automatic.

Drills — type along, do not skip

Drill 1 — Bottom row consonants
Find all bottom-row positions. Continue using right hand and left hand alternation.
ण न च प र ल स द ख ण न च प र ल स द ख
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
Drill 2 — Nasal mark drills
Add anusvar (ं) to common consonants. Build the right-pinky reach for nasal marks.
अं इं उं कं तं नं पं अंत कंठ संग रंग
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
Drill 3 — Nasal in real words
Common nasal-bearing words. हिंदी is the test word.
अंत संग रंग खंड शांत मांग जंग बंद कंद हिंदी
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
Drill 4 — Mixed continuous text
Real sentence with multiple nasal marks. Goal: 20 WPM at 95% accuracy.
भारत देश का संविधान सबसे लंबा संविधान है दुनिया में
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
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Why this lesson matters

After Lesson 4, you have all 33 InScript consonants and the three nasal marks. You can type nearly any standalone Hindi word. What is still missing: conjuncts (Lesson 5) and special characters (Lesson 6).

The nasal-mark drill saves aspirants from a hidden failure mode. They reach exam day, type a fluent passage, and lose 4-6 Net WPM to dropped anusvar marks they did not even realise they were missing. Drill the anusvar with every nasal word from this lesson onwards.