A good CPCT typing passage looks like the real exam text: 550 words, essay-style, with the exam's own punctuation habits. This page is a bank of 40 of them, 20 in English and 20 in Hindi, all written for this site in the official style. Switch between the English and Hindi tabs, read the first lines of each passage, and press Practise this to type it on the CPCT exam screen.
What the official CPCT typing paragraphs look like
We measured the typing passages in all eight published CPCT question papers from September 2026. The pattern is consistent from shift to shift, and no CPCT typing paragraph for Madhya Pradesh's exam uses local news or current affairs: the topics are general.
CPCT English typing paragraph
- Exactly 550 words, general essay or encyclopaedia-style prose.
- No commas, no hyphens and no digits: "non food" instead of "non-food", "twenty" instead of "20". Only full stops remain.
- Ordinary capitals at sentence starts and in names.
CPCT Hindi typing paragraph
- Also 550 words, in nibandh (essay) style: festivals, books, nature, science topics.
- Only the purna viram "।". Lists are joined with "और" instead of commas.
- No digits, few nukta marks (पढ, बढाने), and some informal spellings such as मे for में.
- Many conjuncts: ज्ञ, क्ष, प्र, त्र and more.
The passages on this page follow the same rules. None of them is copied from a CPCT paper; the official previous year papers (PYQ) are on the CPCT portal as PDF files, and this site does not republish them or offer the Hindi typing matter as a PDF download. Typing new text in the same style is better practice anyway, because you cannot memorise it.
How to practise with a CPCT paragraph typing test
- Choose a passage. Open the English or Hindi tab and pick a topic. English topics include The Changing Seasons, The River Narmada, The Monsoon in India and Pachmarhi the Hill Station; Hindi topics include होली का त्योहार, सौर मंडल, समाचार पत्र and डाक सेवा.
- Press "Practise this". The passage opens on the CPCT typing test screen as a single scored test, without the mock and breaks.
- Set it up. Keep 15 minutes for exam conditions, or choose 10, 5 or 2 minutes for a drill. For Hindi, pick Remington GAIL or Inscript; both type Unicode Hindi (Mangal) from a normal English keyboard.
- Type and review. Your result shows NWPM, GWPM, accuracy, the official score band, and each wrong word next to the correct one.
A simple routine: type one passage for 15 minutes, read the mistake review, then type the same passage again for 5 minutes, focusing only on the words you got wrong. Move to a new passage the next day. That is how to practise typing so that accuracy, not just speed, improves.
Why exact spellings and punctuation matter
CPCT grades each word by its position and needs an exact match. That makes three habits expensive:
- "Fixing" the passage. If the Hindi text says मे, typing the standard में makes the word wrong. Type exactly what you see.
- Adding punctuation. A comma typed out of habit in an English passage, or a missing "।" or full stop, makes that word wrong.
- Skipping a word. Every word after it is compared with the wrong passage word and turns red. The scorecard spots this cascade and tells you how many NWPM it cost.
Tip: keep your eyes on the highlighted word in the passage box. If a run of words turns red, look back for a missing or extra word and fix that one word.
How can I type Hindi for CPCT: Hindi typing on any keyboard
You do not need Hindi software. Choose Remington GAIL if you learned on a typewriter or in Kruti Dev, or Inscript if you are starting fresh; the CPCT Hindi typing test page compares the two. If you still need to learn Hindi typing for CPCT, begin with the Hindi typing lessons and come back to full paragraphs once you reach about 10–15 WPM.
How to learn Hindi typing on mobile? On a phone, the Hindi typing tests on this site default to phonetic Hindi typing (type "namaste" for नमस्ते), which is a good way to learn words. The CPCT exam, though, is taken on a desktop with a physical keyboard, so practise these passages on a computer or laptop.
What is the CPCT exam and its score card?
CPCT (Computer Proficiency Certification Test) is Madhya Pradesh's computer and typing test for government Class-III posts. Its typing section has a 15-minute English test and a 15-minute Hindi test, each after a short unscored mock. The CPCT score card shows your net words per minute (NWPM) for each language with a scaled score and Qualified or Not qualified: English qualifies at 30 NWPM and Hindi at 20 NWPM. Work out your own score with the CPCT score calculator. (Searching for "CPCT in triangle"? That is a different CPCT: "corresponding parts of congruent triangles" in geometry.)
Tips to pass the typing test with these passages
- Rotate topics so you meet new vocabulary; long English words and Hindi conjuncts are where speed drops.
- Practise full 15-minute runs at least twice a week to build stamina.
- Aim for 95% accuracy first, then push speed.
- Follow the CPCT exam rules while practising: one space between words, no Enter, Backspace only when needed.