Must Know PSC Clerkship Typing Test Guidelines Before You Appear || PSC Clerkship Updates #Clerkship

Main Ideas / Lessons Conveyed

The video explains PSC Clerkship typing test guidelines using information drawn from PSC’s prior exam notifications and FAQs (not personal assumptions).

It emphasizes that candidates should prepare using the same or very similar rules as earlier exams.

Key focus areas

• Word count requirements (English/Bengali) and disqualification rules
• Whether typing material is provided as hard copy or soft copy
• How retyping is allowed and how it is restricted
• Rules for mistakes (major vs minor) and how scoring/cutoffs work
• Typing test schedule/timing structure
• Rules for keyboard/demo checks
• Special considerations for PH categories (extra time / retyping word thresholds)

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Methodology / Instructions (Detailed Checklist)

1) Minimum Typing Word Requirements (Disqualification Rule)

• English (normal candidates): must type 200 words
• Bengali (normal candidates): must type 100 words

Disqualification condition

• If you type even 1 word less than the required count, you will be disqualified.

The speaker stresses this using wording from previous PSC materials, suggesting the same rule likely applies again.

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2) Nature of the Typing Material: Hard Copy vs Soft Copy

• Normal candidates (not blind/low-vision):
  • Typing matter is shown on the computer screen (soft copy).
• Blind / low-vision candidates:
  • Typing matter is provided on paper (hard copy).

The speaker notes earlier rumors about hard copy are likely incorrect for normal candidates, but still recommends practicing both formats.

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3) Demo + Exam Timing Structure

After the typing lobby starts and ends:

1. 2-minute keyboard key operation check / demo typing test
   • Includes a short passage (3–4 lines) for keyboard validation.
2. 10-minute break
3. 10-minute final typing exam

Total typing process time: 2 + 10 + 10 = 22 minutes

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4) Retyping Allowed, but with Restrictions

General candidates (non-blind/low-vision)

• Allowed to repeat the same paragraph after completing:
  • 180 words (English)
  • 90 words (Bengali)
• Copy-paste is strictly prohibited
  • No shortcuts like Ctrl+A / Ctrl+V (doing so leads to disqualification).

Blind / low-vision categories (PH)

• Retyping after completing:
  • 108 words (English)
  • 54 words (Bengali)

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5) Allowed Keyboard Input Symbols/Keys

• Candidates are not allowed to use:
  • special keys
  • special characters
  • symbols
• Only the symbols provided for typing are allowed.

Using other symbols is treated as a mistake (major/minor depending on the rule).

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6) Mistake Rules: Major vs Minor

Major mistakes

• Omission of words
• Insertion of foreign words
  • “Foreign words” are described as characters/letters that may include special keyboard marks/dots.
• Spelling mistakes
• Insertion of punctuation at the beginning/middle/end of a word
  • Even an extra full stop counts as a mistake.
• Using lowercase instead of uppercase at word boundaries
  • Presented as minor in the video, but examples clarify that capitalization at the start/middle/end matters.

Minor mistakes

• Omission of punctuation marks
• Incorrect punctuation marks
• Lowercase used instead of capital letters at the beginning/middle/end of a word
  • Presented as a minor mistake in the video.

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7) Scoring / Accuracy Calculation and Qualification Cutoffs

Scoring logic described

• Major mistakes: deduction factor 33
• Minor mistakes: also have a deduction factor (applied “similarly”)
• Deductions are applied from the total words typed to compute the final effective score.

Qualification thresholds mentioned

• English qualification score: 140
• Bengali qualification score: 70
• Blind/LV/LD/CP categories:
  • English: 84
  • Bengali: 42

Accuracy guidance

• Even if theoretically passing seems possible with many errors, the speaker recommends maintaining around 95% accuracy.

Example logic (illustrative)

• If someone typed 200 words with 30 major mistakes, the adjusted score would still be above the 140 cutoff (as illustrated by the speaker).

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8) Passage Word Count for the Test (Per Category)

The passage is stated to contain exact word counts, including:

• Normal: 200 words (English) and 100 words (Bengali)
• Blind/PH: 120/60 words (English/Bengali) as discussed in the guidelines

The speaker cautions that even if it’s “exactly” stated, PSC may provide slightly more than the baseline number (e.g., around 210–220), but likely not as low as 190.

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9) Other Rules Mentioned

• Typing mode is “unrestricted”
  • Even if typed content is wrong, the test continues.
  • You must still type exactly what appears (including misspellings shown).
• Highlighted words
  • The guidelines mention highlighted words; the speaker suggests practicing even if highlighting doesn’t always appear.
• Fonts likely won’t matter much
  • The speaker briefly indicates fonts are not a major concern for preparation.

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Calls to Action / Channel-Related Instructions

• Subscribe to the channel and enable “all” notifications
• Share and like the video
• The speaker offers:
  • A PDF containing highlighted PSC notifications (request via messaging)
  • Possibly PDFs via Telegram
• The speaker also promotes coaching batches (math/reasoning) and provides contact numbers and WhatsApp/message instructions.

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Speakers / Sources Featured

• Speaker: Sanket Chowdhury
  • Host of the channel, mentions qualifying in the 2019 Clerkship exam
  • Works in BCW&TD: Backward Classes Welfare and Tribal Development Department
• Primary source of rules cited:
  • PSC documents
  • Prior Clerkship exam notifications
  • PSC FAQs
  • Important announcement / guideline text referenced from materials published before the 2019 exam