CBSE Typing Test — Backspace Stays On

CBSE requires 35 WPM in English or 30 WPM in Hindi, calculated as 10,500 KDPH and 9,000 KDPH respectively based on an average of 5 key depressions per word. You choose either language when you appear for the test — you don’t need to clear both.

Yes. Unlike SSC CHSL or RRB NTPC, where backspace is disabled, CBSE’s typing test keeps the backspace key fully enabled, so you can correct errors at any point during your 10 minutes.

Superintendent, Junior Accountant, and Junior Assistant all require a typing test as part of selection. Assistant Secretary, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director roles, Accounts Officer, and Junior Translation Officer do not have a typing test requirement.

CBSE evaluates your test using a Full Mistake / Half Mistake system checked word by word, then expresses your result as accuracy percentage, calculated as (Net Speed ÷ Gross Speed) × 100. You must also reach the minimum keystroke count — 1,750 for English or 1,500 for Hindi — to qualify.

You can practice the CBSE-accurate format on TypingWale, which keeps backspace enabled by default, offers both Mangal Inscript and Remington GAIL Hindi fonts, and uses passages built from CBSE’s own current-affairs and general-awareness syllabus rather than random text.

TypingWale organizes PYQ-style practice sets based on CBSE’s own typing test sessions, so you practice with vocabulary and passage style that matches what the Board has actually used before.

CBSE accepts both Mangal Inscript and Remington GAIL — pick whichever layout you already know. If you’re learning from scratch, Mangal Inscript’s INSCRIPT layout is the more widely taught modern standard.

The CBSE typing test is qualifying in nature, meaning you must clear the minimum keystroke threshold to proceed. If you don’t reach 1,750 keystrokes in English or 1,500 in Hindi within the 10-minute window, you won’t be considered further for that post, regardless of your Tier-1 and Tier-2 performance.

No. The typing test is qualifying only — it doesn’t add marks to your final merit list. Your rank is decided by your Tier-1 and Tier-2 scores, provided you clear the typing test.

Yes. If time remains within your 10-minute window, CBSE’s admit-card instructions allow you to restart and retype the passage from the beginning.

Practice consistently on the exact format — backspace enabled, passage read from a printed sheet, 10-minute timing — rather than a generic speed test. TypingWale’s Learn While You Type approach lets you build typing speed using current-affairs and GK passages that also cover CBSE’s Tier-1 syllabus.

Selection runs through Tier-1 (MCQ screening), Tier-2 (Objective and Descriptive examination), and finally the Typing Skill Test, which is qualifying in nature. The typing test comes last, after both written tiers are cleared, so typing preparation shouldn’t be left until the end.

CBSE uses a paper-to-screen format: you’re given a printed passage of about 400–500 words and type it into a Microsoft Word document on the exam computer, rather than reading the passage off the screen itself — a format most other government typing tests don’t use.