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RRB NTPC Exam Guide: The Typing Component
CGLTyping is a typing-practice site, not a full exam-prep portal — this page focuses specifically on the typing requirement within RRB NTPC. For CBT syllabus, eligibility, vacancies and dates, always refer to the official RRB notification.
RRB NTPC (Non-Technical Popular Categories) is conducted by India's Railway Recruitment Boards to fill a wide range of non-technical posts across Indian Railways. Most NTPC posts don't involve typing at all — the typing skill test applies specifically to posts with "Typist" in the title: Junior Clerk cum Typist and Accounts Clerk cum Typist at UG level, and Senior Clerk cum Typist and Junior Account Assistant cum Typist at graduate level.
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What the Typing Component Actually Tests
For posts that require it, NTPC's typing test is qualifying only — it doesn't add marks to your CBT score, but failing it removes you from contention for that specific post regardless of how well you scored on the written stages. The requirement generally sits close to CHSL's 35 WPM English / 30 WPM Hindi figures. For the complete breakdown — speed requirement, accuracy formula, mistake classification and a live mock test — see the dedicated RRB NTPC Typing Test page.
Who Actually Needs to Prepare for This
If your target post doesn't have "Typist" in the title, the typing stage likely doesn't apply to you — see What Is RRB NTPC? for the full Undergraduate vs. Graduate level breakdown and which posts typically carry a typing requirement. If it does apply to you, treat typing preparation as a parallel track alongside your CBT 1/CBT 2 study, not something to cram after the written stages clear.
How to Use This Site to Prepare
- Run the RRB NTPC Typing Test under exam-like conditions to get a realistic pass/fail read.
- See Syllabus, Exam Pattern & Selection Process for how the typing stage fits into the full CBT 1 → CBT 2 → typing → document verification sequence.
- Check Eligibility, Age Limit & Salary for general criteria, then confirm against your current notification.
- Follow the 4-week speed-building roadmap to build toward the typical 35 WPM target.
A note on scope: This page intentionally does not cover RRB NTPC's full CBT syllabus, vacancies, salary or exam dates — those change often and are best confirmed directly from the official RRB notification for your recruitment cycle. CGLTyping's focus is the typing component specifically.
Where Typing Fits in the NTPC Process
RRB NTPC is a multi-stage process, and typing is not part of the early stages. Candidates clear the computer-based tests first, and only certain post categories then face a typing skill test. That ordering matters for planning: typing practice is not what gets you through the CBT, and time spent on it early is time not spent on the papers that actually decide whether you reach the skill test at all.
Which Posts Typically Include a Typing Test
The typing requirement has generally attached to clerical and typist-oriented posts rather than to every NTPC vacancy. Because the post mix changes between recruitment cycles, the reliable answer is the notification for the cycle you applied in, read against the specific post you opted for — not a list from a previous year.
Preparing Without Wasting Time
If your post does include a typing test, the preparation is straightforward: build accuracy first, then pace, then endurance, in that order. Fifteen to twenty focused minutes a day is enough for most candidates to reach a comfortable margin over a typical requirement within a couple of months, which is far less than the CBT preparation running alongside it.
You can practise here free, with the same live scoring used across the rest of the site.
