Punjabi Typing Test Online in Raavi Font

Free Punjabi Typing Test for Government Exam Aspirants

This Punjabi typing test is built for candidates preparing for PSSSB Clerk and other Punjab government posts where a Gurmukhi typing round decides your selection. The test runs in Raavi font which is the same font used inside actual Punjab government examination centres. You do not need to register or pay anything. Open the page click inside the typing area and start typing. Your speed and accuracy are calculated live as you type.

Choose a duration of 1 minute or 2 minutes or 5 minutes depending on how much time you have. Every mistake gets highlighted the moment you make it so you learn to correct your finger habits instead of repeating the same error for weeks. When the timer stops you get your gross WPM your net WPM your accuracy percentage and a star rating. Save your score to the leaderboard with just your name and see how you compare against other aspirants across Punjab.

Most candidates fail the Punjab typing round not because they are slow but because nobody ever told them how the Raavi keyboard actually works. This page fixes that. Below you will find the exact difference between Raavi and Asees the full keyboard setup process for Windows and Mac the layout chart the mistakes that quietly destroy your accuracy score and ten exam level practice paragraphs.

Raavi Font vs Asees Font: Which One Does Your Exam Need

Punjabi typing runs on two completely different systems and picking the wrong one wastes months of practice. Here is the honest comparison.

Raavi is a Unicode font. It follows the InScript keyboard layout that the Government of India standardised across all Indian languages. Text typed in Raavi stays readable on any computer any phone and any browser even if the reader does not have the font installed. This is the font Punjab government departments use for official records and this is the font loaded in PSSSB typing examination software.

Asees is a legacy font. It is not Unicode. It follows a Remington typewriter style layout which makes it feel similar to Krutidev in Hindi. Text typed in Asees turns into unreadable symbols on any machine that does not have the Asees font installed. It stays popular in Punjabi newspapers magazines and printing presses because older publishing workflows were built around it.

Simple rule. If you are preparing for any Punjab government job then learn Raavi and only Raavi. If you are looking for work in a printing press a newspaper office or a design studio then Asees is worth learning as a second skill. Nobody should start with Asees for a competitive exam.

One more thing that confuses beginners. Raavi is a font and InScript is a keyboard layout. People say Raavi typing when they actually mean InScript typing in Gurmukhi. The muscle memory you build is for the layout not the font. That is why a candidate who learns Punjabi InScript picks up Hindi InScript in a fraction of the time.

PSSSB Punjabi Typing Test Requirement 2026

The typing round for PSSSB Clerk is a qualifying test. It does not add marks to your final merit. It only decides whether you stay in the selection process or go home. Here is what you need to hit.

Thirty WPM over a 10 minute test works out to roughly 1500 correctly typed characters. That number is far more useful to practice against than an abstract WPM figure because you can watch the character count climb in real time.

The word net matters. Examiners do not reward your raw typing speed. They calculate gross WPM then subtract your errors. A candidate typing at 38 WPM with 80 percent accuracy scores lower than a candidate typing at 32 WPM with 96 percent accuracy. Accuracy is not a bonus in this exam. It is the whole game.

Some PSSSB posts disable the backspace key during the typing round. Others allow it. This changes from notification to notification so read your admit card carefully. Either way you should practice at least twice a week with backspace switched off because a candidate who leans on backspace loses ten to fifteen seconds every minute hunting for mistakes.

Always confirm the exact speed and accuracy figures for your specific post in the official PSSSB notification before you build your preparation plan. Requirements differ between Clerk and Data Entry Operator and Steno posts.

How to Enable Punjabi Keyboard on Windows 10 and Windows 11

Raavi font already ships with Windows so you do not have to download anything. You only need to switch on the Punjabi input language.

1. Press the Windows key and open Settings
2. Click Time and Language
3. Click Language and Region on Windows 11 or Language on Windows 10
4. Click Add a language
5. Type Punjabi in the search box and select Punjabi (India) with the Gurmukhi script
6. Click Next and then Install
7. Wait for the language pack to finish downloading
8. Look at the taskbar near the clock. You will now see a language button showing ENG
9. Click it and select PAN or press Windows key + Spacebar to switch between English and Punjabi

Your keyboard is now typing in Gurmukhi. Open Notepad and press the D key. If ਅ appears you are set up correctly.

If you want the classic Punjabi typewriter layout instead of InScript then click the language button open Language options click Add a keyboard and choose Punjabi (Gurmukhi) Typewriter. Skip this step if you are preparing for PSSSB. InScript is what you need.

How to Enable Punjabi Keyboard on Mac

1. Click the Apple menu and open System Settings
2. Scroll down and click Keyboard
3. Next to Input Sources click Edit
4. Click the plus button at the bottom left
5. Select Punjabi from the language list
6. Choose Gurmukhi as the input method and click Add
7. Tick Show Input menu in menu bar so you can switch languages quickly
8. Use Control + Spacebar to move between English and Punjabi

Mac users should also open Font Book and confirm Raavi is installed. If it is missing then download Raavi and drag the file into Font Book. Without it your typed text will render in a substitute font that looks different from the exam screen.

Typing Punjabi on Mobile

Android and iPhone both support Gurmukhi through Gboard. Open your keyboard settings add Punjabi as a language and switch to it with the globe key. Mobile practice is useful for building familiarity with the script but it will not build the finger memory you need for a physical keyboard exam. Treat mobile as revision and do your real practice on a laptop or desktop.

Raavi Keyboard Layout Chart

The InScript layout splits your keyboard into two logical halves. Vowel signs sit on the left side under your left hand. Consonants sit on the right side under your right hand. Once this clicks the layout stops feeling random.

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Left Hand Keys and Their Vowel Signs

Right Hand Keys and Their Consonants

Download the complete printable chart and stick it above your desk. Do not look at your keyboard while typing. Look at the printed chart on the wall until your fingers stop needing it.

The most important pattern to memorise first is the vowel row. Q W E R T and A S D F G give you almost every vowel sign in Punjabi. Spend your first three days on nothing but these ten keys and the consonants on the home row. Speed comes later. Placement comes first.

10 Common Raavi Typing Mistakes That Kill Your Accuracy Score

These are the errors that show up again and again in Punjab typing examinations. Each one looks correct on screen to an untrained eye but the software marks it wrong.

1. Building ਇ from Separate Parts

Wrong method: typing ੲ and then adding sihari ਿ
Correct method: Shift + F

The result looks identical on screen. The underlying character is different and the evaluation software rejects it. This single mistake accounts for more failed tests than any other.

2. Building ਆ from ਅ Plus Kanna

Wrong method: typing ਅ then pressing E for ਾ
Correct method: Shift + E

Same trap as above. ਆ is one character not two.

3. Building ਉ and ਊ Manually

Wrong method: typing ੳ then adding aunkar or dulainkar
Correct method: Shift + G for ਉ and Shift + T for ਊ

4. Mixing Up Tippi and Bindi

ੰ and ਂ are two separate nasal marks with two separate keys. Tippi sits above closed vowel sounds. Bindi sits above open vowel sounds. Learn which words take which. Words like ਸਿੰਘ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰੰਗ take tippi. Words like ਮਾਂ ਕਿਹਾਂ ਜਾਂ take bindi. Getting this wrong costs you a full error on every occurrence.

5. Dropping the Adhak

Adhak ੱ doubles the following consonant. ਪੱਕਾ without adhak becomes ਪਕਾ which is a different word entirely. Beginners skip it because it is easy to miss visually. Read your practice paragraph out loud before typing and mark every doubled sound.

6. Typing Sihari Before the Consonant

Sihari ਿ appears to the left of a letter on screen but you type it after the consonant. So ਕਿ is typed as K then F. Candidates who come from handwriting instinctively type left to right and get this backwards on every single occurrence.

7. Getting Nukta Letters Wrong

ਸ਼ ਖ਼ ਗ਼ ਜ਼ ਫ਼ ੜ each have their own key combination. Building them by typing the base letter and then adding a nukta ਼ produces a different Unicode sequence. Words borrowed from Urdu and Persian are full of these so this shows up constantly in exam passages.

8. Using a Full Stop Instead of Danda

Punjabi sentences end with danda । not with an English period. Exam passages use danda throughout. Substituting a full stop marks every sentence ending as an error.

9. Wrong Halant Usage in Conjuncts

Subjoined characters like ੍ਹ ੍ਰ ੍ਵ require the halant key D followed by the consonant. Words such as ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ and ਮ੍ਰਿਤਕ break if you skip the halant. Practice a list of twenty conjunct words until they become automatic.

10. Extra Spaces After Punctuation

One space after danda. One space between words. Never two. The evaluation software counts a double space as a character error and candidates hit this dozens of times across a 10 minute passage without noticing.

How to fix all ten. Take one 5 minute test. Look at your highlighted errors instead of your WPM. Write down which of the ten mistakes above you made. Practice only those for two days. Then test again. Candidates who audit their errors improve twice as fast as candidates who simply type more.

How to Reach 30 WPM in 30 Days

Week 1. Forget speed completely. Learn the layout. Spend 45 minutes daily on the vowel keys and home row consonants. Type slowly and correct every mistake by hand instead of using backspace.

Week 2. Start taking 2 minute tests. Target 15 WPM with 90 percent accuracy by the end of the week. If your accuracy sits below 85 percent then go back to lessons for another two days.

Week 3. Move to 5 minute tests. Take two every day. Switch backspace off for at least one session so you learn to type clean the first time. Target 22 WPM.

Week 4. Do full 10 minute tests twice daily under exam conditions. No phone. No music. No breaks. Track your net WPM every single session in a notebook. If you hit 30 WPM with 95 percent accuracy three days in a row you are ready for the exam.

The candidates who clear this exam are not the ones who practiced the most hours. They are the ones who practiced the same ten minutes correctly every day for a month.

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