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SSC CHSL Typing Test Practice
The SSC CHSL typing test is ten minutes of English at a minimum net speed, and it is the stage where a good written score can be lost to uncorrected errors. This page turns the widely published rule into a rehearsal plan and gives you a free 10-minute English test that reports both WPM and key depressions per hour.
Widely published rule: SSC CHSL typing test at 35 WPM in English or 30 WPM in Hindi over 10 minutes; the English speed corresponds to about 10,500 key depressions per hour. Source: Staff Selection Commission CHSL examination notification. Rules change; verify against the current notification. CosmicKeys is not affiliated with SSC and offers English typing tests only.
What the SSC CHSL typing test asks for
The Combined Higher Secondary Level examination attaches a typing test to posts such as lower division clerk and data entry operator, with the posts and the exact rule set out in each year's notification. The widely published format is a ten-minute passage in the candidate's chosen medium, with a minimum of 35 words per minute in English or 30 in Hindi. The test is usually qualifying: it must be passed, and a candidate who clears the written stage and then fails it does not get the post.
Thirty-five words per minute over ten minutes is a sustained speed, not a burst. At five characters a word it is 175 characters a minute, about 1,750 key depressions over the test, or 10,500 key depressions per hour. Most candidates who type 45 WPM in a one-minute test find themselves nearer 38 to 40 over ten minutes, which is exactly why the rehearsal has to happen at full length.
The English test in numbers
Notifications and coaching material quote the same requirement in different units. These are the equivalents, using five characters per word.
- 35 WPM ≈ 175 characters per minute ≈ 1,750 key depressions in the 10-minute test ≈ 10,500 KDPH.
- A safe rehearsal target: 42 to 45 net WPM over ten minutes ≈ 12,600 to 13,500 KDPH, with accuracy above 97 percent.
- Conversion: KDPH ≈ WPM × 5 × 60, so WPM ≈ KDPH ÷ 300.
Net speed and the error rule
The minimum is a net speed: the published schemes define mistakes, such as a wrong or omitted word, a wrong character, a missing space or a wrong capital, deduct for each, and the speed that remains must reach the minimum. A candidate who types 40 WPM gross but leaves a dozen errors uncorrected can fall below 35 net. Accuracy is therefore the thing to secure first.
The test here reports net WPM by crediting only words typed correctly, so a word with an error still in it when you press space earns nothing, which is stricter than most exam schemes, and shows your accuracy alongside. Correct errors as you make them, keep your accuracy above 97 percent, and only then push the speed. A net score here that clears 40 WPM over ten minutes is a comfortable margin over the published rule.
A rehearsal plan for the fortnight before
Take the 10-minute test three or four times a week, in the posture and on the kind of keyboard you expect at the centre, and record the net WPM and the key depressions per hour each time. Between tests, use the finger-level result: it shows which keys you hesitate on and which finger is slowest, and those keys are where the lessons pay off fastest. Practise on passages in the exam's register, plain administrative and general English with full punctuation and capitals.
Pace the test itself. Start at the speed you can hold rather than sprinting the first minute; most lost tests are lost to errors made while rushing early. Read a few words ahead of the cursor, keep an even rhythm, and expect your attention to slip around the six-minute mark. That is the moment to relax your shoulders and re-anchor on the home row, not to push harder.
Scope of this page
This is an independent English typing test and practice site, not affiliated with the Staff Selection Commission. The rule above is a summary of the widely published format, not the official text; the exact speed, medium options, error scheme and exemptions are in the current CHSL notification and can change from year to year. The tests here are in English on Latin-script keyboards only; for the Hindi medium you will need a practice tool for the keyboard layout named in the notification.
FAQ
What is the SSC CHSL typing test speed?
The widely published rule is 35 words per minute in English or 30 in Hindi, over a ten-minute test. Confirm the figure in the current CHSL notification.
How many key depressions per hour is 35 WPM?
About 10,500. Words per minute times five characters times sixty minutes gives key depressions per hour; divide KDPH by 300 to go back to WPM.
Is the CHSL typing test qualifying?
Under the widely published format it is qualifying for the posts that require it: it must be passed but does not add marks. Verify in the current notification.
Can I practise the CHSL typing test on this site?
Yes, the English test. Choose the 10-minute length; the result shows net WPM, accuracy, key depressions per hour and which fingers slowed you down.
Does this site offer the Hindi typing test?
No. CosmicKeys is English only, on Latin-script keyboard layouts, and is not affiliated with SSC.
What net speed should I aim for in practice?
A stable 42 to 45 net WPM over ten minutes at 97 percent or better accuracy leaves a margin for exam-day nerves above the 35 WPM rule.