Hindi Typing Exam Preparation (टाइपिंग परीक्षा तैयारी)

What the typing test looks like

Government typing tests give you a passage to copy within a time limit — commonly 5 or 10 minutes — in Hindi and often in English too. Your score depends on net speed (gross words minus mistakes), so accuracy matters as much as raw speed. The Hindi passage is typically typed with the Kruti Dev 010 font on the Remington layout; some exams also permit Mangal (Unicode) with the Remington GAIL or Inscript layout. The exact font, layout and passing marks are published in each exam notice — read yours carefully.

If you have only typed Hindi phonetically on a phone, plan extra time: exam software expects the real typewriter layout, where ि is typed before the consonant and र् after the cluster.

Four-week practice plan

• Week 1 — learn the rows: complete the Hindi typing tutor levels 1–3 (home row through bottom row). Type without looking at your fingers, even if it feels slow.
• Week 2 — matras and half letters: levels 4–6. The Shift layer (आधे अक्षर) is where most candidates lose marks. Keep the Krutidev keyboard chart beside you.
• Week 3 — words and sentences: levels 7–9 daily, plus the English track for the English passage.
• Week 4 — timed tests: take the 5-minute speed test every day in both Hindi and English. Track your WPM and keep accuracy above 95%.

Exam-day tips

• Slow down 10% from your practice speed — exam nerves cause errors, and net-speed scoring punishes mistakes more than slow typing.
• Read the passage once before starting so unfamiliar words do not break your rhythm.
• Practice on a full-size desktop keyboard — that is what exam centres provide.
• Learn the punctuation positions: । (पूर्ण विराम) is Shift+A, the question mark is on the backslash key, and nukta (़) is the + key.