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Punjabi Typing Test
Practice Punjabi typing in Unicode Gurmukhi using your computer's own keyboard. Live WPM, accuracy and mistake tracking, same as every test on this site.
Before you start: switch your keyboard to Punjabi
Windows: Settings → Time & Language → Language & region → add "Punjabi (India)" → choose the Gurmukhi keyboard, then switch to it with Win + Space. Mac: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → add "Gurmukhi". 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 in Unicode Gurmukhi.
- Make sure your Punjabi (Gurmukhi) 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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Unicode Gurmukhi, Raavi and the Exam Keyboard
This test uses standard Unicode Gurmukhi, the same text your phone or computer produces when Punjabi is switched on. PSSSB names the Raavi font for its Punjabi test, and Raavi is a Unicode Gurmukhi font too: Microsoft makes it and it comes with Windows’ Punjabi support. Unlike Kruti Dev, Raavi isn’t a separate encoding with its own key map. It’s a typeface, so the characters you type are identical whichever Gurmukhi font displays them.
What matters is the keyboard. PSSSB’s Punjabi test is typed on the Gurmukhi InScript layout, which is the Punjabi (Gurmukhi) keyboard built into Windows. Practise here with that keyboard switched on and you’re using the exam’s key positions. On Windows the passage also displays in Raavi whenever it’s installed, so the text looks the way it will on exam day. If your notification names a different font or keyboard, follow the notification.
Punjabi Typing Speed for PSSSB Exams
Many PSSSB clerical posts ask for 30 WPM in Punjabi on top of the English typing test. The exact speed, duration and error tolerance are set post by post in each notification, so treat 30 WPM as the common figure rather than a guarantee.
In test terms, 30 WPM is 150 key depressions a minute: 750 in a 5-minute session and 1,500 in 10 minutes. Set this test to the duration your post uses and aim a little above the target, because Gurmukhi’s vowel signs and nasal marks make every word cost more keystrokes than it looks. The PSSSB typing test page covers the English paper and the full pattern, and the PSSSB Clerk typing test page covers clerk posts specifically.
Where Punjabi Typing Slows People Down
Most Punjabi typing mistakes aren’t about speed. They come from typing in the order you see the characters instead of the order Unicode stores them:
- Sihari (ਿ) appears before its consonant on screen, but you type it after the consonant. Typing it first is the single most common Unicode Punjabi error.
- Addak (ੱ), the doubling mark, sits above one letter and doubles the next. You type it straight after the letter it sits over, before the letter it doubles.
- Tippi (ੰ) and bindi (ਂ) both mark a nasal sound but are different characters. The test counts the wrong one as a mistake, even though the two can look close at a glance.
- Pairin letters such as pairin haha and pairin rara are typed as the consonant, the halant (੍), then the subjoined letter: three key presses for what looks like one character.
If your accuracy drops on particular words, check which of these they contain. A few focused minutes on one pattern usually fixes it faster than more general speed practice.
A Practice Routine for Punjabi Typing
- Start with accuracy. Run 1-minute sessions with backspace off until you can finish one without a full mistake.
- Build to your exam length. Move to 5 minutes, then to your post’s real duration, and keep an eye on accuracy as the session stretches.
- Practise on real material. Paste Punjabi paragraphs from past papers or newspapers into the custom passage test. It works in any script.
- Don’t neglect English. If your post has both papers, split your time between this test and the English typing test. Your speeds in the two will differ, and both have to clear.
How to Turn On the Punjabi (Gurmukhi) Keyboard
You don’t need to install anything. Windows and macOS both ship with a Punjabi keyboard:
- Windows 10 and 11: Settings → Time & language → Language (called Language & region on Windows 11) → Add a language → Punjabi (Gurmukhi). Switch between keyboards with Win + Space.
- macOS: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → add Punjabi (Gurmukhi), then switch from the menu bar.
Once it’s on, open any text box and press a few keys: you should see Gurmukhi letters. On the InScript layout, vowels and vowel signs are on the left of the keyboard and consonants on the right. That’s the same arrangement as the Hindi keyboard, so InScript Hindi typists can move across quickly.
Practising for the exam itself? The PSSSB typing test page covers the Punjabi and English papers together. For other scripts there are the Hindi typing test, Marathi typing test, Gujarati typing test and Tamil typing test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Switch your computer's keyboard input to Punjabi (Gurmukhi) in your operating system's language settings, then type normally. The test box accepts whatever Gurmukhi Unicode text your system produces.
No. Windows and macOS both include a Punjabi Gurmukhi keyboard layout built in — enable it in your system's language or input settings, no separate download required.
Yes, as far as your fingers are concerned. Raavi is a Unicode Gurmukhi font, not a separate key map, and PSSSB’s Punjabi test is typed on the Gurmukhi InScript keyboard that’s built into Windows. Use that keyboard here and the key positions are the same; on Windows the passage also displays in Raavi when it’s installed.
Mobile Punjabi input methods (transliteration, swipe keyboards) work differently from a desktop Gurmukhi keyboard layout and won't give a realistic reading. Use a desktop or laptop with Punjabi enabled at the OS level.
Many PSSSB clerical posts ask for 30 WPM in Punjabi, alongside the English typing test. The exact figure is set in each post’s notification, so confirm it there before you train to it.
The Gurmukhi InScript layout, with the text shown in the Raavi font. InScript is the Punjabi (Gurmukhi) keyboard built into Windows, so you can practise on the same key positions without installing anything.