Stop sharing PDFs. Start giving exams.

Turn any question paper PDF into a timed, full-length exam simulator that your students can take right in their browser. Get performance analytics you never had before.

A free online test maker built for Indian exams

Not a quiz tool with a timer bolted on. The rules your paper actually runs on — sectional clocks, negative marking, a question palette, Hindi and English — are settings, not workarounds.

Your question paper PDF becomes a computer-based test

Import the paper you already wrote and it comes back as sections and questions you can edit — or snip a question straight off the page when the layout is worth keeping.

How to convert a PDF question paper

Negative marking, sectional timing, auto-submit

Marks for right, wrong and unattempted, per question. Partial credit for multi-correct. A clock per section, or one clock shared across two subjects. Section switching locked or open.

How to create an online mock test

Hindi and English in one paper, the student chooses

Most government exams are bilingual, so an English-only mock is not really a mock. One paper carries both languages, and the instructions page, the paper table and the question screen all follow the choice.

How to build a bilingual paper

How to set up your first test series

Written for the person building the paper, not the person sitting it. No sign-in needed to read any of them.

How to Create an Online Mock Test

The click-by-click build: sections, questions, marks, timers, publish.

Your First Class Test, Step by Step

For a school teacher who has never used one of these tools before.

How to Make a Question Paper Online

Writing the paper and delivering it are two jobs. This is both.

Convert a PDF Question Paper to an Online Test

Three routes from a paper you already wrote to a paper students can sit.

Turn a Paper Into Import-Ready JSON

Use the AI you already pay for, and the five ways the output goes wrong.

PDF to CBT: What Actually Has to Change

What a computer-based test recovers from the page, and what it adds.

Add Negative Marking, per Question

One paper, two marking rules — and the partial-credit settings explained.

Timed Tests and Auto-Submit

A clock per section, a pooled clock, or one for the paper. Which, and why.

What Makes a Mock Test Realistic

A fidelity checklist: what is worth matching, and what is just decoration.

Bilingual Hindi-English Papers

Most government exams are bilingual, so an English-only mock is not a mock.

Conducting the Exam: Before, During, After

The operational runbook, including what you can and cannot see while it runs.

Sharing the Test With Your Batch

Links, QR codes and WhatsApp, and what a published paper really means.

Reducing Cheating Without Proctoring

There is none here. What actually works instead, and when you need a vendor.

From One Paper to a Test Series

Shape, cadence and a calendar that works backwards from the notification.

Previous Year Papers, Faithfully

The papers aspirants search for by name — and how to not get the key wrong.

Exam Instructions Template

A complete instructions block to copy, and why drift from the paper matters.

Choosing an Online Test Maker

A buyer's checklist for coaching institutes, including what free tiers hide.

All guides for educators

Before you start

Is MockSetu free for teachers and coaching institutes?

Yes. Creating exams, importing questions, publishing, running live classroom exams and reading the analytics are all free, with no card and no trial clock. Papers you publish go into the public library, where any student can attempt them — that visibility is the trade, and it is how students find your institute in the first place.

How do I convert my PDF question paper into an online test?

Two routes. The one open to everybody: run MockSetu's extraction prompt on your PDF in whichever AI you already use, save the JSON it returns, and upload it — the full walkthrough is on the JSON upload guide. For questions whose layout matters, such as a diagram or a matrix-match, snip them straight out of the PDF as images instead of retyping. There is also an Import from PDF button that runs the extraction for you; that one is switched on per creator on request rather than being open to every account.

Can I add negative marking and sectional timing?

Yes, and per question rather than per paper. You set marks for a correct answer, a wrong one and an unattempted one, so −1 on Session II and nothing on Session I is a setting, not a compromise. Multi-correct questions can award part marks with the penalty charged once or per wrong option. Each section carries its own clock, two sections can share one pooled clock, section switching can be locked or left open, and the paper auto-submits when time runs out.

Can students take the test on a phone, without an account?

A published mock test can be started by a guest — no account, no app, just the link, on a phone or a laptop. A live classroom exam is the exception: students sign in once before joining, because the room needs to know who is answering and the leaderboard has to stay attached to a person.

Can I run a live test in class with students' phones?

Yes. You create a live exam, students join with one code, and the question goes up on the projector while answers stream onto your screen as they lock. You control what the room sees — standings for everyone, only for you, or off entirely, and names hidden if you prefer. Students have a private button to say they are lost, which only you can see. When it ends you get a report with class accuracy, participation, drop-off and the median time spent per question, and a link you can share with it.

Can I publish an exam in Hindi and English?

Yes. One paper can carry both languages, and the student picks. The instructions page, the paper table and the question screen all render in the language they chose. You can also publish in Hindi only or English only if that is what your batch needs.

What analytics do I get, and can I see individual students?

You get the shape of the batch, not a file on each student. Section-wise accuracy, time spent per question, and which questions the class as a whole got wrong. Creators see anonymised aggregates — never a student's name, email or identity. Live exams add a session report with participation and pacing on top of that.

Who owns the questions I upload, and can I delete them?

They stay yours. You can unpublish a paper at any time, which removes it from the library, or delete it outright — and deleting an exam deletes the attempts and responses recorded against it as well. There is no exit fee and nothing is locked behind a plan.