SSC CHSL DEST (Data Entry Speed Test): instructions

1. This mock test follows the SSC CHSL skill test for Data Entry Operator: 2,000 key depressions in 15 minutes (8,000 per hour) on a computer, in English.
2. Type as much of the passage as you can. Speed and errors are not shown while you type; the result appears at the end.
3. Full mistakes: a word left out, a wrong word, or a word that is not in the passage. Half mistakes: spelling, capitalisation and spacing errors.
4. Error % = (full mistakes + half of the half mistakes) ÷ words typed × 100. Allowed: 7% for UR and EWS candidates, 10% for OBC, SC, ST, PwBD and ESM candidates.
5. You pass when you type at least 2,000 key depressions and stay within the error limit. The test is submitted automatically when the time is over.

Don’ts

1. Don’t paste text or use shortcut keys. Paste is turned off.
2. Don’t press Enter at the end of each line: lines wrap by themselves.
3. Don’t add extra spaces between words. More than one extra space counts as a mistake.