CPCT typing test (Hindi) practice

Copy a passage against the clock and get scored the way the examiners do it. Pass mark: 20 WPM · 15 minutes.

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The CPCT Hindi typing test

Every CPCT candidate takes a Hindi typing test of 15 minutes after the English one, following a practice round that does not count. For Madhya Pradesh government posts the minimum is 20 net words per minute in Hindi, and some recruitments, such as data entry operator posts in land records, ask for the Hindi score in particular. The scorecard stays valid for seven years, so a good Hindi score serves many applications.

Keyboards

The Hindi test is typed in Unicode, with the Remington (GAIL) or the Inscript layout, chosen when you apply. Both are built into this site: keep your computer's keyboard on English and the mock test turns your key presses into Hindi, with an on-screen keyboard that shows the next key. Practise the layout you chose, because the two place the letters very differently.

How Hindi typing is scored

As in English, each typed word is compared with the passage word in the same place: net speed is correct words per minute of the time you took, gross speed counts every word, and accuracy is net divided by gross. A missed or extra word shifts all the words after it, so fix it straight away with Backspace, which is allowed. The scorecard bands for Hindi are 20 to 25 WPM for 50%, 26 to 30 for 60%, 31 to 35 for 70%, 36 to 40 for 80%, 41 to 50 for 90%, and above 50 for 100%.

How to practise

Hindi words carry vowel signs, half letters and conjuncts, and each must match exactly for the word to count, so accuracy decides your band. Work on the conjuncts and vowel signs that slow you down, keep a steady pace for the whole fifteen minutes, and aim a few words per minute above the band you need. The mock test compares words in place, as the CPCT does, and shows every mismatch word by word.

A worked example

Say you type 345 words in the 15 minutes and 21 of them do not match the passage word in the same place:

• Gross speed: 345 ÷ 15 = 23 WPM.
• Net speed: 324 correct words ÷ 15 = 21.6 WPM, accuracy 93.9%.

That passes the 20 WPM mark. Words are compared in place, so one skipped word makes every word after it wrong until you fix it: in the CPCT, a missed word is far more costly than a misspelt one. Backspace is allowed, so go back and fix a skipped word straight away.

How the mock test is scored

As in the CPCT: each typed word is compared with the passage word in the same place. Net speed is correct words per minute of the time you used, gross speed counts every word you typed, and accuracy is net ÷ gross. A wrong word does not count, with no further penalty, but a missed or extra word shifts all the words after it. Backspace is allowed. The result shows the scorecard band your net speed falls in. You get a word-by-word review of every mistake.

Three mock tests a day are free. Exam rules change between notices: always check the official notice for your post. See typing speed for government jobs for the requirements we track and their sources.