Run a full mock exam

Open Mock Exams in the left menu (institutes too). These are separate from a course’s Test series: any student can take them, not only your enrolled students — a great way to be found. Exams are built and taken on a laptop or desktop.

01Build it

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   Create the exam

   Name it, type who it’s for in your own words (JEE Main, NEET, GPSC Class 1-2, IBPS PO, Class 10…) — this is needed, because it’s how the exam is recommended to students, and the form shows which students it will reach as you type — set the duration, and choose Anytime (a practice mock) or At a fixed time (opens and closes like the real exam).

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   One paper, or sections

   Keep it as one paper with one marking for the whole exam, or divide it into sections — Physics, Chemistry, Maths; or Reasoning, Quant, English — each with its own marking: the marks for a right answer, and the negative marking as a % of them (25% of 4 marks is −1). You can switch later until you publish.

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   Free or paid

   Last, keep it free or set a price (₹10 to ₹10,000). You see what you earn on each sale as you type.

4. 4

   Add questions

   One right answer, one or more right answers, or a numerical answer with a ± range. Add a solution — students see it with their result. A question can have its own marking (e.g. no negative marks on numericals).

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   Or reuse saved questions

   You have one question bank: every question you write or import in an exam is saved there, along with the questions from your course tests. Reuse opens it — search, tick the ones you want and add them to the section. They take its marking, and editing a question in an exam never changes the bank’s copy.

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   Admins: import a file

   For Vidyara’s admins (the official exams), Import reads a JSON file into a section. MCQ upload files work as they are; add a "type" of MCQ_MULTI or NUMERICAL for other kinds. Template downloads an example. Teachers write questions in or Reuse saved ones.

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   Publish

   Use Preview to see the student page first. Publishing locks the questions and marking so every candidate is marked the same way; until someone starts or buys it, Move to draft unlocks it.

02Selling an exam

• A paid exam is bought once, then taken once — like buying a course. Students pay with Razorpay on the exam’s page.
• Vidyara keeps its commission — the same 15% as on courses, with Razorpay’s payment charges paid out of it — shown beside the price as you set it; the rest goes to your Wallet the moment a student pays (an institute’s exams pay the institute’s wallet), and to your bank with your weekly payout, like course earnings.
• To publish a paid exam, your teacher profile must be approved (an institute, verified) — the same as selling a course.
• You can change the price — or switch between free and paid — any time, even after publishing, in Settings. A new price is for new buyers: students who already bought it keep it. Once someone has bought it, the exam stays published, and it can’t be deleted while a buyer hasn’t taken it yet.
• Exams from the Admin console — Vidyara’s official mocks — can be free or paid too. Their sales go to Vidyara: there’s no teacher’s share.

03Results

• Choose whether students see their result right after submitting, or — for a fixed-time exam — after it closes, when everyone is told their result is out.
• The Results tab shows how many took it, the average and highest score, section averages, the leaderboard (tap a student to see their whole paper) and how many got each question right.
• Each student gets one attempt. The timer is kept on the server and the paper is submitted when it runs out.