Rohan can type 55 words per minute. Priya types about 40, but rarely makes a mistake. They sit the same clerk's typing test, and the result surprises only one of them.
What this story trains
- Figures, including numbers with commas. Part 7 contains
1,250 and 1,520 — the same digits in a different order. Type each one exactly; misplacing digits is the error the story is about. - Dialogue and narration together. Quotation marks, commas inside them, and question marks.
- A capitalised word after a colon.
Disqualified and Selected end two of the parts.
How the scoring works
Most typing examinations work broadly the way the story describes:
- Gross speed counts everything typed.
- Mistakes — wrong words, missing words, extra words — are subtracted to give a net speed.
- Many tests also set a minimum accuracy; below it, a candidate fails regardless of speed.
The exact rules differ between examinations, so always read the official notice. The principle, though, is almost universal: a fast attempt full of errors can score below a slower, clean one.
How to approach it
Type this story the way Priya would. Find a pace where errors are rare, slow down briefly for every figure, and do not chase the clock. Compare your result with a run where you deliberately go faster — the difference in accuracy is usually instructive.
Practice notes
Priya's real advantage is not her fingers but her habit of checking. After each practice passage, compare what you typed with the original, word by word, and drill the words you missed.