Hindi & English Keyboard Layouts
for Government Exams

The Remington Gail keyboard layout paired with KrutiDev font is the oldest and most widely adopted Hindi typing standard in India. Derived from mechanical Hindi typewriters of the mid-20th century, each physical key maps to a fixed ASCII character that renders as a Hindi glyph only when KrutiDev (or Devlys) font is applied. It is a non-Unicode, ASCII-based encoding system — text is stored as English ASCII but displayed as Hindi through the font's internal glyph mapping.

📷 Remington Gail + KrutiDev 010 — Full keyboard layout chart (Normal + Shift layer)

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📋 Exams Requiring Remington Gail + KrutiDev

The Remington Gail layout combined with the Mangal Unicode font represents the modern evolution of the traditional typewriter layout. It preserves familiar key positions — accessible to typists trained on KrutiDev — while encoding text in true Unicode (UTF-8). Characters are machine-readable, searchable, and copy-paste compatible. The Indian Government officially adopted Mangal as the standard Unicode Hindi font for central government work, making this the primary requirement for most central government typing exams including SSC and CPCT.

📷 Remington Gail + Mangal Unicode — Official layout used in CPCT, SSC and central government exams

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📋 Exams Requiring Remington Gail + Mangal Unicode

The Vedmata keyboard layout is a Hindi Unicode input method delivered through the IBus-m17n framework on Ubuntu Linux. Named after the Vedmata font family bundled with Ubuntu's Indian language support packages, it operates exclusively within a Linux environment — making it unique and specialized for Chhattisgarh government examinations conducted on Ubuntu Linux workstations running LibreOffice Writer.

📷 Vedmata (m17n) — Ubuntu Linux IBus layout used in CG High Court, District Courts & CG government office typing examinations

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📋 Exams Requiring Vedmata (m17n) on Ubuntu Linux

The English Standard QWERTY keyboard layout is the universal arrangement used for English typing in all government examinations. It is the default layout on every Windows and Linux system — no additional software or font installation required. English typing speed is measured in WPM and is a mandatory skill component in SSC, RRB, Banking, Insurance, and many state-level government recruitments. Mastering touch typing using all ten fingers is essential to achieving high WPM scores consistently under timed exam conditions.

📷 English Standard QWERTY Layout — Universal keyboard arrangement used in all government English typing examinations

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📋 Exams Requiring English Typing (QWERTY Layout)

This consolidated reference table helps you quickly identify the correct keyboard layout, font, and operating system required for every major government exam in India that mandates a typing test component.

Understanding the fundamental differences between these four keyboard systems helps you make an informed decision about which layout to learn and practise — based on your target exam and career goals.