CGLTyping
Hindi Typing Test
Practice Hindi typing using your computer's own Hindi keyboard — the same setup SSC and other exam computers use. Live WPM, accuracy and mistake tracking, same as every test on this site.
⌨ Before you start: switch your keyboard to Hindi
Windows: Settings → Time & Language → Language & region → add "Hindi" → choose the "Devanagari-INSCRIPT" keyboard, then switch to it with Win + Space. Mac: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → add "Devanagari — QWERTY" or "Hindi". No download needed — this ships with your OS.
Before You Start
This test is ungraded practice — no fixed pass/fail line, just your real speed and accuracy. Want to pick a specific topic instead of a random passage? Browse the Hindi paragraph library.
- Make sure your Hindi keyboard is active before you click Start.
- The timer starts the moment you type your first character.
- Backspace is on by default — turn it off for stricter accuracy practice.
- Copy-paste and right-click are disabled.
Best on a desktop or laptop keyboard.
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Why This Test Uses Your Own Keyboard, Not an On-Screen One
SSC and most other exam computers use the operating system's built-in Hindi keyboard layout — usually Inscript — not a custom on-screen keyboard built into exam software. Practicing on a fake in-browser keyboard would teach you a layout you won't actually use on exam day.
Instead, this test accepts whatever Devanagari text your own computer's Hindi keyboard produces, and scores it exactly like every other test on this site: gross and net WPM, key depressions, and full/half mistake classification. If you can type Hindi on your computer, this test works — no extra setup beyond enabling the keyboard.
Mistake scoring works the same way it does for English — full mistakes for wrong, skipped or extra words, half mistakes for spacing and punctuation slips — just applied to Devanagari text. If your target exam specifically tests Kruti Dev rather than Unicode Hindi, use this test to build general Hindi touch-typing fluency in the meantime; the underlying rhythm and finger placement carry over once Kruti Dev support is available.
Frequently Asked Questions
Switch your computer's keyboard input to Hindi (Inscript) in your operating system's language settings — the same setup used on SSC exam computers — then type normally. The test box accepts whatever Devanagari text your system produces.
No. Windows, macOS and most Linux distributions include a Hindi Inscript keyboard layout built in — you only need to enable it in your system settings, no separate download required.
SSC and other exam computers use the operating system's own Hindi keyboard layout, not a website-based one. Practicing with your real OS keyboard builds the exact muscle memory you'll use on exam day.
No. Kruti Dev is a legacy non-Unicode font that maps keystrokes to visual glyphs rather than real Devanagari Unicode. Supporting it needs the actual licensed font file, and we haven't been able to confirm clear redistribution rights for any copy of it — see the Kruti Dev Typing Test page for details. This test works with standard Unicode Hindi input (Inscript keyboard, Mangal-style rendering).
Different Hindi keyboard layouts (Inscript vs. Remington/GAIL) map keys differently. This test accepts whatever your operating system produces, so make sure you're using the layout your target exam expects — usually Inscript.
Mobile Hindi input methods (transliteration, swipe keyboards) work very differently from a desktop Inscript layout and won't give a realistic exam-comparable reading. Use a desktop or laptop with Hindi enabled at the OS level.