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Krutidev & Mangal Hindi Typing Test - Free Practice

Hindi typing tests in India fall into two font conventions. Mangal is the modern Unicode standard used by SSC, RRB, UPSC, CPCT, and most central government typing exams since 2017 - it runs on the InScript keyboard layout. Krutidev is the legacy Remington-style font still mandated by several state government recruitments, a handful of public-sector banks, court stenography roles, and many private-sector typing assessments. Practicing on the wrong font costs candidates weeks of misplaced muscle memory. This page is a free, exam-style 10-minute Hindi typing practice that covers both font conventions, with the corpus drawn from real government, administrative, and educational prose - the same kind of passage style you'll see on exam day.

Requisitos

Hindi
25-30 WPM in Hindi (recruiting body dependent)
Duração
10 min
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Krutidev vs Mangal - what's actually different

Mangal (Unicode/InScript) is the modern standard. It works in any modern software (Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Excel, web browsers, mobile apps), renders correctly across devices, and is what SSC, RRB, UPSC, CPCT, and most central government typing exams use. The Unicode foundation means a Mangal document you create on Windows opens identically on macOS, Linux, or a mobile phone. Krutidev (ASCII/Remington) is the legacy standard. It only renders correctly in software that ships with the Krutidev font installed; copy-paste a Krutidev string into Gmail or a web form and it becomes gibberish unless the receiving system also has Krutidev. Despite this limitation, Krutidev is still required by certain state government exams (UP, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan for specific posts), several public-sector banks for legacy Hindi typing tests, court stenography roles in many states, and publishing/legal industry assessments. If you're undecided about which to learn, default to Mangal - it's the future, it works everywhere, and even the holdout exams are gradually migrating to it.

Keyboard layout differences that affect muscle memory

InScript (Mangal) places Hindi characters on QWERTY positions following a phonetic logic. The letter 'क' is on T, 'र' is on J, 'स' is on K. Vowel signs sit on the home row and on the digits row. Once memorized, InScript works on any keyboard that supports Indic input - no special hardware required. Krutidev's Remington layout was designed for mechanical typewriters in the mid-twentieth century; characters are placed based on usage frequency from the typewriter era, which doesn't always align with how modern Hindi is written. The same physical key produces a completely different character in Krutidev versus InScript - for example, the 'T' key produces 'क' in InScript but a different character in Krutidev. Switching between the two requires fully retraining your muscle memory. Don't try to learn both simultaneously; pick the one your target exam requires and master it before touching the other. Switching mid-prep wastes weeks of practice.

How to use Typetera for Krutidev or Mangal practice

Hit 'Start practice test' below for a 10-minute Hindi typing test using the standard Mangal/InScript convention - the format used by SSC CHSL, RRB NTPC, and CPCT. The corpus draws from real Hindi prose covering government administration, education, economic policy, and general-knowledge topics, matching the style of actual exam passages. For Krutidev-specific practice, configure your system's keyboard layout to Krutidev mode using a Hindi IME such as Madhuri, Munshi, or the Krutidev option in Microsoft Indic Input. Typetera measures what your keyboard outputs, regardless of which IME is active - so the test surface works identically for both fonts. Use Custom mode at /hi/test to paste actual Krutidev exam passages from coaching books or past-year papers and drill on them directly. Your text stays in your browser; we don't upload or store custom passages.

Which font is required for which exam

Mangal (default for modern exams): SSC CHSL, SSC CGL stenographer, RRB NTPC typist posts, CPCT (Madhya Pradesh), UPSC stenographer, most central PSU clerical recruitments, Delhi government posts, modern state recruitments post-2018 in most states, AIIMS clerical, and most public-sector bank Hindi typing tests since 2020. Krutidev (still required in select recruitments): some older Uttar Pradesh government posts (specific LDC and JA roles), several Bihar Vidhan Sabha posts, certain MP state-level clerical recruitments, Rajasthan revenue department posts, court stenographer roles in many states, several private-sector publishing roles, and most legal-industry typing assessments. Always verify in the exact official notification for your specific exam year and post - state governments occasionally switch fonts between recruitment cycles, and the notification is the authoritative source.

Common practice mistakes and how to avoid them

The biggest mistake is practicing on one layout and showing up to an exam that uses the other - your typing speed will be roughly half of what you trained at, because finger placements differ fundamentally. Read your notification carefully before starting any prep cycle. The second-biggest mistake is practicing without conjunct drills. SSC, RRB, and state-level passages have at least one conjunct character per sentence (often two or three), and typists who haven't drilled the common conjuncts - क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, श्र, द्व, द्य, ह्म, क्र - stumble repeatedly during the 10-minute window, losing valuable seconds each time. The third mistake is ignoring Hindi punctuation. Hindi passages use the Devanagari danda (।) for periods, which sits on a specific key that many typists struggle to locate quickly under exam pressure. Drill the punctuation positions until they're automatic. The fourth mistake is over-relying on backspace. Each correction eats your 10-minute window. Aim for accuracy on the first pass rather than fast typing with corrections.

Recommended practice routine - 6 weeks to exam-ready

Weeks 1-2 (foundation): 30 minutes daily on accuracy. Type slowly, focus on consciously placing each character correctly. Target 95% accuracy at whatever speed that produces. Use Sentences mode on /hi/test. Weeks 3-4 (speed build): increase daily practice to 45 minutes. Keep accuracy at 95%+ but start pushing speed. Add focused conjunct drills (10 minutes daily on क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, श्र alone) using Custom mode with passages you assemble that emphasize those characters. Weeks 5-6 (exam taper): switch to 10-minute exam-mode runs once daily, on this page or on the relevant /hi/exams/[your-target-exam] page. Aim to consistently clear your target threshold by minute 7-8 with accuracy above 95%. Don't push for personal bests in the final week before your exam - practice at threshold with high accuracy instead, so exam-day pressure doesn't crash your performance.

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