15 minute typing test
Fifteen minutes is the longest standard test. SSC CGL’s data entry speed test (DEST) is 15 minutes, and stamina matters as much as speed.
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Exams with a 15-minute typing test
These exams give 15 minutes. Their exam-mode tests use their own passage length, backspace rule and error limit: SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, CPCT, AIIMS CRE (Group B & C).
How your result is worked out
Gross speed counts every five keystrokes, spaces included, as one word and divides by the minutes. Net speed then takes your mistakes off. Mistakes are marked the way SSC’s evaluation guidelines do: a missed, added or misspelt word is a full mistake; a wrong capital letter, punctuation mark or space is a half mistake. Accuracy is the share of words you typed correctly.
What speed do exams ask for?
Across the 17 exams on this site whose English typing test sets a words-per-minute target, it runs from 20 to 40 words per minute; 30 WPM is the most common. For Hindi it runs from 20 to 35 WPM (12 exams), most often 25. Each exam measures it its own way, so check yours in the exam-mode tests.
How to use a 15-minute test
Fifteen minutes tests stamina. Sit as you will in the exam hall, keep your eyes on the passage, and do not stop to fix every mistake.
Other lengths: 1 minute · 2 minute · 3 minute · 5 minute · 10 minute
Exams with a 15-minute typing test
| Exam | Language | Time | To qualify |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSC CGL | English | 15 min | |
| SSC CHSL | English | 15 min | 8,000 KDPH |
| SSC CHSL | English | 15 min | 15,000 KDPH |
| CPCT | English | 15 min | 30 WPM |
| CPCT | Hindi | 15 min | 20 WPM |
| AIIMS CRE (Group B & C) | English | 15 min | 35 WPM |
| AIIMS CRE (Group B & C) | Hindi | 15 min | 30 WPM |
From each exam’s official notice; open the exam test for its full rules and source.