CBT Exam Simulator for Indian Entrance & Recruitment Tests
Practise the exam screen itself — the clock, the palette, the marking — before exam day.
Choose a sample paper
Read the rules on the exam’s own site: source
What the screen does
- One clock for the whole paper, counting down. When it reaches zero the paper is submitted as it stands.
- Save & next keeps your answer and moves on; Mark for review & next flags the question so you can come back; Clear answer empties it.
- The palette on the right shows every question in one of five states and lets you jump straight to one.
- Section buttons jump to the first question of a section. Nothing is locked, so you can move between sections freely.
- Questions that want a number have a box to type in instead of options. Nothing but a number is accepted.
- If you switch to another tab the screen counts it, and the report says so — a real examination hall would not allow it.
Test screen
Your result
Section by section
| Section | Right | Partly | Wrong | Not answered | Marks |
|---|
Question by question
| No. | Your answer | Right answer | Marks | Time |
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Where the marks went
About the CBT Exam Simulator for Indian Entrance & Recruitment Tests
Most candidates meet the computer-based test screen for the first time in the examination hall, and lose minutes to it: where the palette is, what “marked for review” does, how to go back, how a question that wants a number typed in behaves. This page is that screen, with a short sample paper so you can rehearse it.
You get one countdown for the whole paper, a question palette with the five states every such screen uses, section buttons, Save & next, Mark for review & next and Clear answer, and negative marking you set yourself. At the end you get a section-by-section breakdown, every question with the right answer and a worked explanation, how long each question took, and what that says about your strategy.
The twelve questions in each sample paper were written for MySmartCoPilot. They are there to practise the screen, not to replace a question bank — and the examining bodies run practice tests of their own, which show you their real screen. MySmartCoPilot is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any examining body.
How to use it
- Choose a sample paper: an NTA-style one in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, an SSC-style one, or a banking-style one.
- Set the time, the marks for a right answer and the marks taken off for a wrong one to what your own information bulletin or advertisement says. Tick the shuffle box if you want the questions in a different order each time.
- Press Start the test. The clock starts at once, as it does in the real thing.
- Answer with Save & next, flag a question with Mark for review & next, empty one with Clear answer, and use the palette to jump to any question. The section buttons move between sections.
- Press Submit test when you are done — or let the clock run out, which submits the paper as it stands.
- Read the analysis: marks and accuracy, each section, each question with its explanation and the time it took, and the notes on where your marks went.
Examples
A paper of 12 questions: 5 answered, 2 answered and marked for review, 1 marked without an answer, 3 opened and left, 1 never opened
Answered: 5 · Answered and marked for review: 2 · Marked for review: 1 · Not answered: 3 · Not visited: 1
The counts under the palette always add up to the number of questions, so you can see at a glance what is still open.
4 marks a question, 1 mark off for a wrong answer: 7 right, 3 wrong, 2 left
7 × 4 − 3 × 1 = 25 marks of 48, accuracy 70%
Marks are never taken off for a question you leave, which is why the break-even guess rate matters.
A body of mass 2 kg moves at 3 m/s. Its kinetic energy in joules?
Type 9 — ½mv² = ½ × 2 × 3² = 9. The box takes nothing but a number, as these questions do on screen.
Three options are right; you choose two of them and nothing wrong
4 × 2/3 = 2.67 marks, counted as partly right — papers that allow partial marks score it in proportion; choosing a wrong option as well scores the negative marks instead
Common uses
- Sitting at the real screen’s controls for the first time somewhere other than the examination hall.
- Practising a submit-before-time run: answer what you know, flag the rest, come back through the palette.
- Seeing what your own paper’s negative marking does to a guessing strategy.
- Checking how long you spend per question, and learning to leave the slow ones for later.
- Showing a first-time candidate what “marked for review” and the palette colours mean.
What this is, and what it is not
It is a rehearsal of the screen: one clock, a palette, marking for review, section switching, options and typed-number answers, negative marking you set, and an analysis afterwards.
It is not the software any examining body uses, it does not look like any body’s page, and it holds no real question paper. The National Testing Agency’s copyright policy asks for its permission before its material is reproduced, and other bodies ask the same, so every question here was written for MySmartCoPilot. For the real interface, use the examining body’s own practice tests — the National Testing Agency’s Test Practice Centre says its mock tests are there “to familiarize the students about processes of Computer Based Test (CBT)”, and that they are “only for practice purposes”. For the rules of your own examination, read its information bulletin or advertisement: the Staff Selection Commission publishes its notices at ssc.gov.in.
The five palette states
- Not visited — you have not opened the question yet.
- Not answered — you opened it and left without answering.
- Answered — an answer is saved.
- Marked for review — flagged to come back to, with no answer saved.
- Answered and marked for review — an answer is saved and the question is flagged. A flag never changes how a question is marked; it is a note to yourself.
The palette is a grid of buttons: press one to jump straight to that question. Each button says its number and its state, so a screen reader reads “Question 7: answered and marked for review”.
How the marks are worked out here
Marks and negative marks are your settings, taken from your own bulletin:
- a right answer scores the marks you set;
- a wrong answer loses the negative marks you set (put 0 if your paper has none);
- a question left unanswered scores nothing and loses nothing;
- a “more than one answer” question with some of the right options and nothing wrong scores in proportion, as papers that allow partial marks do, and is counted as partly right rather than right; add a wrong option and it scores the negative marks instead;
- a typed-number answer is right when it is within the tolerance set for that question.
The analysis shows marks per section, accuracy as fully right answers out of the questions you answered (so half-answering a “more than one answer” question never reads as 100%), the time each question took, and plain notes about what cost you marks. To work out whether guessing pays in your paper, use the negative marking calculator.
What a browser cannot do
This screen cannot invigilate. It counts the times you switch away from the tab and says so in the report, because that is worth knowing about your own practice, but a page cannot see your room, your second screen or your phone — which is exactly why real examinations are supervised. Nothing here is a proctoring tool and nothing is recorded or uploaded: no camera, no microphone, no account, and your answers never leave this browser.
Limitations
- The questions are MySmartCoPilot’s own and few: this rehearses the screen, not a syllabus. No real examination paper is reproduced here.
- Not any examining body’s software, and not made to look like one. Each body’s own practice test is the only place to see its real screen.
- Section-wise timing and section-wise locking (which some banking papers use) are not simulated: there is one clock for the whole paper.
- The marks, the negative marking and the time are defaults you must check against your own bulletin — examining bodies change them.
- A browser cannot invigilate. Switching tabs is counted and reported, nothing more.
Privacy
Everything runs in this browser. The sample papers are part of the page; your answers, your marks and your settings stay on your device and are never uploaded. The tool uses no camera, no microphone and no account, and it records nothing about you.
Frequently asked questions
Are these real exam questions?
No. Every question, option and explanation here was written for MySmartCoPilot. Examining bodies control the use of their papers — the National Testing Agency’s copyright policy asks for its permission before its material is reproduced — so nothing is reproduced from them. Use the body’s own practice tests to see its real screen and its own questions.
Is this the actual software used in the exam?
No, and it does not pretend to be: no logo, no official wording and no claim of any connection. It copies the kind of controls such screens have — a countdown, a palette, marking for review, section switching — so that they are familiar on the day.
Why can I set the marks and the negative marking myself?
Because they differ between examinations and change between years. The defaults follow the pattern each family commonly uses; your information bulletin or advertisement is the only reliable source, so the figures are yours to enter.
Does “marked for review” lose me marks?
No. It is a flag for your own use. A question that is marked and answered is marked exactly like any other answered question.
What happens when the clock runs out?
The paper is submitted as it stands and the analysis opens, exactly as a timed test does. Answers you saved are kept; questions you left score nothing.
Can I use this on a phone?
Yes, and it works at 360 px wide, but a real computer-based test is sat on a desktop machine with a mouse. Practise on a laptop or desktop if you can, so the palette and the buttons are where they will be on the day.