Mock tests that feel like the real exam.

Build a mock test step by step

Quizzes need a plan that includes them, so check the pricing page if you do not see Quizzes in your admin menu.

1. Open Quizzes in the admin menu, or open a course, go to Curriculum, add a chapter and choose the Quiz type. The search box lists your recent quizzes; pick one to reuse it, or choose Create "name" to start a new one. A new quiz starts as a Practice quiz.
2. Open the quiz's Settings tab. Under Exam pattern press Change pattern and pick Practice quiz, Graded test, CAT, NEET UG, NEET single subject or JEE Main. The sections, timing and marking are set for you and you can change anything afterwards.
3. On the Questions tab press Add questions. You can write a new question, pick from the question bank, upload an Excel or Word file straight into a section, or draw random questions, for example eight random Hard Physics questions so every student gets a different set.
4. Adjust marks for this quiz only in the green + Marks and red - Negative columns. Hover a row to move, edit or remove a question.
5. Under Settings set the Basics (name, time limit, attempts allowed and pass mark), then Timing, Question order, During the test, Results and Instructions. Press Save settings in the bar at the bottom.
6. Press Preview to take the test exactly as a student would. Nothing is recorded, and at the end you see the full result with answers.
7. The quiz lives inside a course, so add it to the course curriculum and sell the course (or a bundle). Passing the quiz completes the chapter, so it counts towards progress and certificates.

Start from an exam pattern

Patterns copy the shape of an exam, not its official rules. Check the current notice of the exam you are preparing students for and edit the pattern if it has changed.

Worked example: marking a NEET-style paper

Six question types

Questions can share a passage, such as a reading text or a data set, shown beside each linked question. Maths can be typed between dollar signs and is typeset for the student.

• Single correct answer
• Multiple correct answers, with optional partial marks
• Numerical answer, as an exact value or an accepted range
• Fill in the blank, with several accepted spellings
• Match the following
• Subjective, marked by you

Import questions from Excel or Word

Press Upload questions, download a template, fill it in and drop it back. Nothing is saved until you have checked the preview, which points at any problem precisely, for example "Row 7: Correct E but only 4 options". You can set defaults for subject, topic, difficulty, marks and negative marks for the whole upload.

• Excel: the file opens on a Help tab. Type questions on the Questions tab, one per row, pick the type from the dropdown, fill Option A to H and put the correct letters in Correct. Numerical questions take the number and an optional range. Fill in the blank takes accepted answers separated by a vertical bar. Match questions use Left => Right.
• Word: start each question with Q., put options on their own lines as A), B) and so on, and mark the correct ones with an asterisk. Add details as Marks: 4 | Negative: 1. You can paste pictures straight into the document.
• Export downloads the questions you are filtering in the same Excel format. Edit it and upload it back: rows that keep their ID update those questions instead of adding duplicates.

The exam screen

Students read the instructions, confirm, and the timer starts. The screen has a countdown, sections, and a palette that shows every question as answered, not answered, not visited or marked for review. They get Save & next, Mark for review and Clear buttons, a question paper view, and an on-screen calculator when the test allows it (none, basic or scientific). Answers save automatically and the test submits itself when time runs out. The clock runs on the server, so refreshing the page does not give anyone extra time.

Written answers wait under Quizzes, then Reviews, for you to mark with quick 0, Half and Full buttons and optional feedback. When every written answer is marked the score is final and the student is notified.

Built for institutes

• A reusable question bank shared across tests, with filters by subject, topic, type, difficulty and tag.
• Instructor seats so your faculty can build and mark tests for the courses they teach.
• A Results tab per test with attempts, average score, pass rate, the score spread and the questions students find hardest.
• Report a problem, so students can flag a faulty question during the test and you can fix it and resolve the report.
• Your institute's name, logo and colours on every screen, and a branded learner app.

Common mistakes and how to avoid them

• Using one timer for the whole test when the real exam has a clock per section. Switch on Separate timer per section under Timing.
• Forgetting the defaults in an upload. Blank cells take the defaults you set, so set marks and negative marks before you drop the file.
• Editing a question after students have attempted it and expecting old results to change. Edits affect future attempts only; past results keep the version the student saw.
• Pasting Word equations. Word equations are not supported; type maths between dollar signs instead.

Checklist before a mock goes live

• Pattern chosen and section names, timings and marks checked.
• Time limit, attempts and pass mark set under Basics.
• Calculator setting matches the real exam.
• Every question has marks and a correct answer, and written questions have a marking guide.
• Preview taken start to finish.
• Report a problem switched on, and a person assigned to watch Reported problems.