RBSE SS English Typewriting case studies
RBSE SS English Typewriting · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The RBSE Senior Secondary English Typewriting credential is awarded by the Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan (RBSE) to candidates who demonstrate the ability to produce a clean, accurate typewritten transcript of a printed English passage under exam conditions. It is typically pursued alongside or after Class 12 by candidates seeking clerical, data-entry, or government-office roles where English typing speed and accuracy are hiring criteria, and by students who want a formal record of a practical skill. The RBSE SS English Typewriting case studies are 5 cases and about 2,951 words.
1Final Five Minutes: Pushing Speed or Holding Accuracy
You are 25 minutes into a 30-minute mock typewriting test. Your gross output is 1,050 words with 42 errors.
593 words, about 3 min2Marking a Peer's Practice Sheet: Five Ambiguous Errors
You are marking a classmate's 10-minute practice passage. The centre's marking rules are: a wrong word, an omission, or an addition counts as one error; a transposition of two adjacent letters within a word counts as one error; each punctuation or capitalisation error counts separately; a missing space that joins two words counts as one error; an extra space that does not change meaning is not penalised.
600 words, about 3 min3Sticking 'A' Key: Continue, Switch Machines, or Report
Twelve minutes into a 30-minute typewriting test, you have typed 240 words with 6 errors. For the last three minutes the 'a' key on your machine has been sticking: it fails to print about one stroke in five unless you strike it much harder.
592 words, about 3 min4Transcribing Printed Errors and a Line-End Hyphen
You are transcribing a printed passage in the transcription section. The instructions on the paper say: 'Type exactly what is printed, including any errors in spelling and punctuation.
587 words, about 3 min5Bottom-of-Page Paragraph and the Orphan Heading
The machine is loaded with paper ruled for 30 lines. The centre's format rules require a 1-inch top margin and a 1-inch bottom margin.
579 words, about 3 min