Important Notice For JUNIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Typing Skill Test
C. Paper III: B. Typing Skill Test (Stage-II)
a. Nature of Examination
Qualifying Examination only.
The Accuracy of Typing will be used for resolving ties.
b. Mode of Examination
Candidates will be evaluated for their typing proficiency in the computer
The text for typing will be provided in the language chosen by the candidate
c. Language of Examination: English or Hindi
Candidates can choose either English or Hindi for the test.
(I) For the English Test conventional QWERTY Computer Keyboard will be
provided.
(II) For the Hindi Test candidates are required to familiarize themselves with
Mangal on the conventional English QWERTY Keyboard/Inscript Key Board
respectively. There is no provision for any other type of keyboard or font for
this test.
d. Qualifying Speed for Typing Test
Qualifying Speed for English Typewriting test for 5-minute test:
35 w.p.m. on Computer.
Or
Qualifying Speed for Hindi Typewriting for 5-minute test:
30 w.p.m. on Computer.
e. Calculation of Speed
Actual words in print being of unequal length. It is necessary to apply a uniform
yardstick in counting words and calculating errors
(i) Calculation of words
The standard measure is: 5 strokes / characters make one word. To determine the
words typed, therefore, the number of strokes typed by the candidate will be
divided by 5.
(ii) Nature of errors / mistakes
(a) Full mistakes:
Omission of every word or figure
Substitution of every wrong word / figure
Addition of every wrong word / figure not found in the passage
(b) Half mistakes:
Spacing errors: Where no space or extra space is provided between two words or
figures
Spelling errors: Repetition or addition or transposition or omission or substitution
of a letter / letters
Wrong capitalization: Wrong use of capital letters for small case letters or use of
small case letters for capital letters [Not applicable for Hindi typing]
(iii) Penalty for errors / mistakes:
For each full mistake the penalty shall be 50 strokes / characters or 10 words (5
strokes = 1 word)
(iv) Method of Scoring
The Net Typing Speed and Accuracy shall be calculated for each candidate
(v) Gross Typing Speed:
Gross typing speed is calculated by the total number of strokes / characters typed
per minute ignoring the mistake. Therefore, if you have typed 1200 strokes /
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characters in 5 minutes shall be Number of strokes / characters per minute =
1200/5 or 240 words Since 5 strokes / characters = 1 word. Gross Typing Speed
= 240/5= 48 wpm
(vi) Calculation of errors:
Supposing in the above test you have made 2 Full mistakes and 10 half
mistakes. The total mistakes =2 +10/2 = 2+5= 7 mistakes
Since each mistake is equal to 50 strokes or 10 words:
Penalty= 350 strokes (7 X 50) or 70 words (7 X 10) in 5 minutes
= 70 strokes (350/5) or 14 words (70/5) in 1 minute
(vii) Net Typing Speed:
Net Typing Speed= Gross Typing Speed – Penalty for errors / mistakes
In the above case
Net Typing Speed= 48-14= 34 wpm
(viii) Accuracy
Accuracy = Net Typing Speed X100
Gross Typing Speed
In the above case the Accuracy would thus be:
Accuracy= 34 X100=70.83%
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